Eyes, Lips, Face

A couple of weeks ago ELF or www.eyeslipsface.co.uk had their "last ever" 50% off everything weekend sale, the offer had been tempting me the 2 or three previous weekends that they had run the offer, but the phrase "last ever" did it for me and I hopped along to the website and started chucking things into my online shopping basket.

I set myself a limit of £20 once the discount had been taken off, so I was getting £40 worth of products. So, here's what I got...

From the ELF Mineral Collection:

• Bronzed Mineral Glow; these sheer, natural powders will leave your skin looking and feeling healthy and radiant.
• Blush in "Joy" (mauve lilac); Create a subtle color definition to your cheeks that will add radiance and a glow, for a healthy look you can see.
• Eyeshadow in "Elegant"; Bring a touch of natural beauty to your eyes with these soft, translucent shades that add subtle highlights for daytime or increased drama for night. With key vitamins A & B, these eyeshadows hydrate and minimize the appearance of fine lines. Available in an array of light-reflecting color options they can be worn wet or dry, together or alone, for countless shimmering looks and trends. The all natural consistency makes them incredibly easy to apply and blend for a flawless finish.

From the ELF Studio Collection:

• Cream eyeliner in "Copper"; Creates smooth lines that are defined and precise. Smudge-proof, budge-proof and water-resistant coverage for all day wear to combat against, sweat, tears and rain!
• Matte Lip Colour in "Natural"; This convenient jumbo sized lip pencil creates exact colour application with twist up ease so you never have to sharpen. The pigment rich colour glides on effortlessly and easily to provide long lasting matte colour. The enriched Vitamin A, C & E formula moisturizes and hydrates lips for beautiful healthy looking lips.
• Flawless Finish Foundation in "Sand"; Achieve a flawless complexion with the silky smooth e.l.f. Studio Flawless Finish Foundation. The lightweight formula blends in naturally for a beautiful semi-matte finish. This liquid foundation applies easily and lasts all day for visibly brighter and radiant looking skin. Using our Flawless Finish Foundation not only restores uneven skin textures and tones, but most importantly, the SPF 15 protects your skin against harmful sun damage!

From the regular ELF range:

• Shimmering facial whip in "Camilia"; Multipurpose, on-the-go whipped colorant is vitamin B, C and E packed to instantly brighten and soothe skin with no greasy after-feel.
• Eyelid Primer; Preps your eyelid for smoother, longer-lasting and crease-proof eyeshadow. The ultra sheer nude color works to increase eye color longevity. The lightweight liquid formula quickly absorbs into the skin for comfortable wear.

Brushes:

• Studio Stipple Brush; This new antibacterial, synthetic haired Taklon brush is softer and more ansorbent and can be used with wet or dry products. Be a professional makeup artist and create a flawless look with this e.l.f. Studio brush! The layered bristles create a soft airbrushed look that's perfect for applying foundation or adding colour definition to cheekbones or highlighting with soft layers. Use this brush with any liquid or powder face product such as foundation, blush or bronzer to build your coverage from sheer to heavy.
• Defining eye brush; Velvety bristles line eyes, fill in eyelids, and define thin or sparse brows.
• Eyeshadow brush; Specially sheered brush tip absorbs the perfect amount of eye shadow and provides long lasting color saturation. The comfort curved brush contours the eye with natural gliding strokes for easy and accurate eye shadow application.
• Kabuki Body brush; The larger brush has the ideal size and density for perfect powder application (such as Mineral Booster), and to apply bronzer or highlighter to your face and/or body.

Please let me know if there is anything you would like me to review, and I will be happy to.

Loves,

xoxo

Elf Haul

Hi everyone, hope you all had a nice weekend. I did go to Westfield on Saturday, but I didn't go to MAC I'm afraid, so I didn't pick up any of the new collections and instead spent my money on clothes. 

This morning I went to the post office to pick up a parcel that I missed on Thursday, which was my Elf order. 

I got two of the duo eyeshadows, the first one is called Mocha Swril, which as you can see is a light beige and a dark brown. They are really creamy shadows so really easy to blend.

The next one is called Butter Pecan, which is a brown and peach.

I got one of their blushes which recently came out with the extended Elf Studio line, as you all know, the one I chose was Peachykeen as I have a few pink blushes and wanted to try a more peachy one, and at £3.50 you can't really go wrong. 

Next up is one of the Mineral eyeshadows in Natural, this is a gorgeous pinky peach and it reminds me of my favourite eyeshadow by MAC, Grand Entrance, which was limited edition, but I use it every day, so this is a good replacement. 

Also from the Mineral range I got this lipstick, its Runway Pink, and I already have Nicely Nude and Natural Nymph, which I am really happy with. However at the moment I'm not sure how Runway Pink is going to work for me, also when swatched on my hand it seemed pretty drying. I'll keep you posted with this one.

I got a mineral eyeliner in black. 

And a waterproof eyeliner pen, which comes out like a felt and I'm very excited to try this out.

Back to the Studio range and I got this eyeliner and shadow stick in Glow and Pearl. The thicker end is the shadow Glow and the liner Pearl. You have to press pretty hard to get a good colour pay off, and in doing so I broke off some of the eyeliner end. But the colours are nice, and I will be using the shadow end for a brow highlight and the liner for inner corner highlight.

And lastly, which I'm sure you've all seen before, the complexion brush and the HD powder. I've read mixed reviews about the HD powder, some people saying it works and some saying it does nothing for them. It's meant to create a "soft focus" effect to the skin. Mask fine lines and imperfections for a radiant complexion. It's designed to be used with high-definition camera technology. So I'll let you know when I've had time to try it out!

Loves,