Elf Haul Part 1

Last week I did a bit of online shopping and after ordering a set of new make-up brushes, I decided to see if elf had an offer on and there was an offer for 2 free gifts if you spent over a certain amount, so I decided to order some make-up as I've heard lots of mixed reviews about elf.

From just opening the products and swatching them I am quite impressed with the pigmentation, I will do reviews on a few of these products, but I have a feeling I will like them all.

So first off I had a look at the brushes, I just stuck to the basics though as I get fed up of always having to wash my brushes and make sure they are dry by the next day so I ordered a Total Face Brush, Bronzing Brush and a Blending Eye Brush. I did use the eye brush today and it blended my eyeshadow nicely and is soft, the other 2 brushes do feel quite soft as well but I notice a bit of fall out from the Total Face Brush, but it wasn't much so I'm not too bothered.

 I then looked at blushers as I have gone a bit blusher crazy at the moment and whenever I go to town I buy a new one, I was looking for a new bronzer as well so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and get a Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder in St Lucia, the blusher is quite light so I may just use it as a highlighter instead and when I swatched the bronzer it is quite shimmery but I don't mind that, it also doesn't seem to orangey like most cheaper bronzers.

An All Over Colour Stick in Pink Lemonade was next to be added to my basket, let me just say it smells so good but I can't think of what it reminds me of, I don't like the idea of using this on cheeks, eyes and lips so I will just be using it as a blusher, I love the colour of this, it's a rosy light pink and very shimmery, it will be lovely in spring and summer to add a healthy looking colour to the cheeks.

Next is an Eyelid Primer in sheer, I'm always wanting to try different eye primers as I hate it when my eyeshadow creases, lately though I haven't been using a primer I've just been using one of my Calvin Klein cream eyeshadows as a base which works quite well but I don't have that many colours, so I thought I would give this primer a go. It's not very thick and is nice and creamy so I'm looking forward to using this.

I love eyeshadow pencils as a quick, in a rush wash of colour over the eyelid, also being able to blend them easily is always a plus, I wanted a nice everyday colour so I got the Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick in French Lace, it's like a light rose gold colour, I also use these as bases for eyeshadow aswell so they are always handy to have in my make up collection.

The final thing in this part of my elf haul I ordered was a Single Eyeshadow in saddle although I have a lot of brown eyeshadows I always want more, I thought that this colour would be great to great a smokey eye with, I also think it will be a nice colour to wear alone, it's a medium brown with a nice shimmer to it.

Part 2 will me up later this week.

Lou
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