Cheap Discovery- e.l.f (eyelipsface) Duo Eye Shadow Cream- Review

I recently decided to try out a makeup brand called elf (short for: eye lips face). I came across their website from a friend's recommendation for the brand's good quality brushes. When I was browsing around the site, I was instantly shocked by the amount of good review they receive from customers for all kind of products.

I just couldn't resist when it comes to makeup and because of the cheap prices, I didn't even try resisting my desire to shop. I brought a few different products from e.l.f. and the picture above is the Duo Eye Shadow Cream, in color (on top) Black Licorice, (bottom left) Butter Pecan, (bottom right) Sugar Cookie. All color sets come in two different colors which complement each other.

I have so far only tried Butter Pecan and Sugar Cookie. Both color sets are gorgeous with one color being shimmery with some glitter mixed in and another color being the darker color to contrast the highlighting color.

When I first used it, I used a brush, just like how you would normally do it with eyeshadow. The cream seems to be piled on instead of spreading. It gives me a very oily and sticky feel on my eyelids and it was very uncomfortable. I then tried to blend it out with eyeshadow to create a more demensions look, but the powder eyeshadow just sticked on instead of blend in and the outcome wasn't so great.

I then decided to used my finger instead of a brush for my second attempt. Much better but the colors are very soft. I can't do much blending as well because I'm trying to avoid the same oily and sticky feeling. I ended up having only one single color on my eye and I used powder eyeshadow to intensify the edges. Applying eyeliner was also very difficult. It was like skating on an oily floor.

At the end, I gave up applying eyeliner on my upper eyelid and just focused on my lower waterline where I have no eyeshadow cream on.

I wouldn't recommend this product because it's just too oily and difficult to use with other products. This product only costs a dollar but I guess it's true someone's that price is somewhat interdependent with quality.

Review- e.l.f. Studio Makeup Clutch Palette

I brought this clutch makeup palette from e.l.f. recently and I finally have the chance to use it. It comes in a very cute clutch style case in black.

The makeup palette contain...

• 32 Eyeshadows
• 6 Lip Colors
• 2 Blushes
• 1 Bronzer
• 1 Eyebrow Powder
• 1 Eyebrow Cream
• 1 Face Shimmer
• 3 Dual Ended Eyeshadow Applicators

LOL, notice my UB shirt in the mirror reflection! Go Bulls! I love to wear this shirt on a Sunday afternoon!

This palette was purchased for only $15 on e.l.f.'s website. I am a sucker to palettes and makeup kits that contains varieties of makeup products. This palette contains almost everything that a person need to have on-the-go.

The eyeshadows are quite well pigmented. The only problem is, the color may not be true as shown on the palette when you apply it on skin. For example, the very top-left color seems to be a white highlighting eyeshadow right? Well, it's actually a bright pink. e.l.f. tends to have a bit of fall-out problem with their eyeshadow, but I haven't discover this problem with this palette yet.

The lip-glosses are amazing. The colors are absolutely gorgeous! I wish the orange lip-gloss is a bit more orange though.

The bronzer is too dark for my skin tone but I love the orange blush. It's a very cute blush color and it turns out to be quite natural and perfect for a summer look. I haven't used the eyebrow power, eyebrow cream, or the face shimmer yet.

This palette only comes with eyeshadow applicators so you will need your brushes. The bronzer and blushes fall-outs do tend to fall onto the lip-glosses. But overall, this palette rocks with such a cheap price! It's also quite small and easy to carry, especially for traveling!

Sadly, I have no travel plans this year. I guess I won't be bring this to any trips with me this year...

xoxo