BeneFit's Ka-Pow! Doesn't Pack a Punch

A Review

As I have mentioned many times throughout the past several reviews, I am the Editor-in-Chief of Teen Trend Magazine. As Editor, I get all sorts of free schwag that I assign to writers to test and review. Since the companies that send us the items are so kind to send them to us in the first place, I do my best to find someone who likes the item to give it a review. A little biased, sure, but that's the magazine business.

When BeneFit Cosmetics offered to send a bunch of products for us to test for the Flavor of the Month column, the writers that new about it were thrilled. (Since I only get x amount of items, I only tell x amount of writers.) After all, BeneFit has an awesome reputation for high-end products.

The Zaparella line of acne products sounded as though it would be perfect for our readers. I kept the Wooosh! Facial Cleanser for myself and assigned Ka-Pow!, Boo-Boo Zap, Dr. Feelgood, Honey, Snap Out Of It and EyeCon to other writers. I was absolutely thrilled with the Wooosh! and thought about going to the mall to pick up the other products in that line. My skin had never looked better.

A couple days later, I received a phone call from Julie, who was given the Ka-Pow! to test out. She hated it. It dried out her skin very badly, and caused more redness than she could handle. Then again, Julie has extremely sensitive skin. I told her to bring it back to me, and I would give her a different product to try out.

Since Julie only used Ka-Pow! a couple of times, I decided to use it myself. After all, it received a negative comment from one writer... I figured I would give it a go and see what happened. I have much different skin than Julie does, and am prone to a large zit on my chin every now and again. Since I am on Provera (more on that later), my skin is breaking out a little more than usual.

Unfortunately, my skin type didn't matter. Julie was right in her initial assessment of Ka-Pow.