ELF Haul+First Impressions

Haii phrands. I recently ordered some things from Elf online. I picked up some palettes, a zit zapper!! (I was super interested in when I saw it on Msodapop's blog) I also got a blush, a colorstick, a coverstick concealer & some lipsticks. I really liked the Nostalgic lipstick & when I saw it  swatched on ♥♥BeautyyMonsterr♥♥'s blog & was so glad I had ordered it. :3 I also got the matte-ifying nail polish. It makes any nail polish matte & I'll get more into it in another post. But I'm really loving it.

 

 ELF BeautyBook [Bright Eye Edition] : LOVE this beauty book. The colors in the second row are extremely great dupes for some of UD's Naked Palette. The second color in the second row is almost identical to Toasted. The gold color to the right of that one is comparable to Half Baked & the Chocolate brown to it's right, looks a lot like Hustle! I really like the quality of these eyeshadows & the crazy cheap price! The color pay off is amazing. This was probably the best thing I picked up from ELF in this haul. I also love how big the eyeshadows are!

 ELF Studio Endless Eyes Pro Mini Eyeshadow Palette 32 Shadows [Limited Edition] : Another great palette I'm very pleased with. The original price is $10 but right now you can get it for $5 :-o Awesomee. The majority of the shadows in this one have some kind of shimmer. I only see one matte shadow & it's a reddish brown. The quality of the shadows on this palette is very nice. *thumbs up* I will admit even these Elf "studio" shadows don't really hold a candle to my WnW shadows.. but I digress. LOL It's still a great palette & I'm glad I got it.

ELF Studio Endless Eyes Pro Eyeshadow Palette 100 Shadows [Limited Edition] : Meh. From the 3 palettes I picked up from ELF this is the one I really wouldn't recommend. This palette has a mixture of shimmer & matte shadows. I love matte shadows & this palette has a decent amount, I'd say it's about 30-40% matte. It's advertised as "one of Oprah's favorites". But honestly, I don't see why. Some of the shadows are nicely pigmented but there's a lot of them that aren't. I was really looking forward to the oranges in this but those turned out to be the one's with the worst color payoff. ;[ It's not a bad palette for $10 & if you're looking for a decent beginner's shadow palette. But if you're fairly familiar with makeup & are looking for a great quality large eyeshadow palette like the BH or Sedona palettes at a cheaper price, this is not the palette for you. There's really nothing special about it. This is definitely one product I could've lived without.

ELF Studio Blush [Pink Passion] : I looooove this blush! The texture, the pigmentation, the application is all gorgeous. It goes on really smooth & is really easy to blend in. The color is a really bright Barbie pink & it's such gives the cheeks such a pretty pink color.

 All Over Coverstick [Apricot Beige Fair] & All Over Colorstick [Persimmon] : These are only $1 each so I don't know why I expected them to be bigger than they are, but I did. Lol Anyway! I really like the coverstick. I use it under my eyes & around my mouth & loveee it! It's really creamy I'm do glad the color suits me! I like my under eye to be a tad bit lighter than the rest of my face but I'm always afraid the fair-er concealers will be too pinkish for me but this color is awesome. It's for people with yellow-ish undertones. (me!) Lol I really liked it. Now the Colorstick on the right, is supposed to be like NARS The Multiple, for lips, eyes, & face. I found the colorstick to be kind hard to apply because it's so dry. It doesn't give off a lot of color, just shimmer. It's not really ideal for a blush or for the lips because it's just a bunch of shimmer. It also feels kind of sticky. I had seen Vintage Makeup (Love her reviews!) do a review on the Spotlight colorstick some months ago & was hoping the Persimmon color would be better but nooooooo. ;( I should've listened lol.

 Revlon Colorstay Foundation [150 Buff Chamois] : I picked this up at Walgreens. I had heard so much hoopla about this foundation & how great the coverage was so I had to try it. And I must say, I really like it! It feels a little heavier than my usual foundation [Covergirl Aqua Smoothers Makeup] <-- LOVE it! But I have noticed that the Colorstay lasts a lot longer than my Aqua Smoothers. I've noticed that the product dries pretty quickly so I do one area of my face first instead of dabbing dots of foundation all over my face like I usually do with liquid foundations. It's really great with coverage & definitely build-able but it will feel heavier on the face. In the picture above I put some foundation where I have a small mole & a light birthmark on my arm to show coverage. I really like it but on days I know I'm going to be outside a lot, I opt for my Aqua Smoothers.

ELF Lipstick Flirtatious & Nostalgic

ELF Lipstick Nostalgic [Nude] & Flirtatious [Pink] : Both of these "lipsticks" broke. I guess you get what you pay for =/ but still, the lipstick itself, the color, the texture, everything is amazing. The packaging is so ugly & cheap though. When I used them, the stick like.. wiggled. *cue dramatic music* Til it wiggled too much & broke. I really love the lipsticks though. I just wish they'd fix the packaging or maybe it's sooo smooth that it breaks easily? Idk but this is baloney lol

Sedona Lace 88 Eyeshadows [Matte Palette] : I actually won this baby on Facebook. Yayyy! I really like the palette. I actually thought it was bigger than it actually is though. But anyway, I was expecting all the shadows to be matte but it does have a few shimmer shadows in the mix [as shown in swatch pic above]. I really like the pigmentation & the sleek packaging of the actual palette. Really pretty.

 The length of the acutal palette is a bit shorter than the length of a dvd case. [Ha. As you can see.. My man & I love anything & everything JFK related] :3

Each shadow is about the size of a dime.

I'm looking forward to using all these awesome colors for ya'll :3

Thanks so much for reading.

xOxO