Makeup Post/Review: ELF Studio 75% Off "Haul".

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!

[ I spent $30 & SAVED $80 total
would have been $100+ w/out the code. ]

E.L.F.
e y e s l i p s f a c e

was having a 75% on everything under Studio.
Which... btw. is also still having another sale 50%
on the Mineral line! (code: NEWMINB50)
& Also another thing going on is
$20 Encyclopedia DVD set (code: BTSABE)

See entry I wrote on August 14- something.

I went ahead and stocked up on their makeup brushes.
(2x), I was curious about their new makeup:
eyeshadow in Amethyst, that was the only one
that seemed to grab my attention since I already
have WAY too many eyeshadows.. (NYX)
Anyway, 2 blushes in Candid Coral and
Peachy Keen. Again, eyeshadow was
called Amethyst. The eyeshadow seemed
very small, for some reason I was expecting
it to be a little bigger, lol. :P

First thing inside was the 2 Kabuki's, makeup & 2x blush brushes
that they recently added so I went ahead and bought 2 blush
brushes just to have some kind of matching sets to go along
w/the studio brush sets I bought in 2x.

Kabuki brushes were for body and face so I went ahead
and bought those 2 as well. I already tried them out,
I only ran my hands across the brushes, they feel EXTREMLEY
soft, just like 100% of the reviews I've seen who blogged/vlogged
about them. I love them alot, I couldnt stop messing with it. LOL
The quality is amazing, and the colors are amazing too.
I love black and white together, they remind me of a skunk,
which isn't a good thing but it's a cute skunk.
Brushes all did have some kind of ackward smell to them
but after cleaning them, that won't be a problem.
The painting on the brushes are good quality as well,
nice and sleek, soft to the touch, and very well made overall. A+

Underneath was 2x Studio brush sets.
I had no problems with packaging,
Both sets were packed nice and tight,
the box it was delivered in, they were
all wrapped w/hard tissue like paper.

2x 20pc. Makeup Remover's
I was curious about these.
I haven't had any luck on finding
makeup remover cloth's that's
good for sensitive skin, so
I am hoping these might work.
I bought 2 incase, since it was 75% off anyways.
2 because it only had 20 qty.
That isn't a lot. lol

WHAT TO EXPECT IN NEXT BLOG ENTRY.

NEXT UPDATE >> I started opening the contents of everything and now I'm trying to figure out what I should do w/the spare set of brushes, I might put them in one of the 2 makeup brush holders I bought in the 75% off studio, which was the Makeup Artist brush belt and the zipper puch one, or I have 3 vase brush holder's I tried out, see pictures below.

EDIT >> Pictures of the makeup Artist brush belt and brush zipper pouch:


Note: I liked it. It's sleek, but of course the quality isn't super great but it's good. lol But I like it, I might even put some decorations on it (I have sewing skills. It's another talent I don't really like to brag about.. ROFL) :x shhh



Note: I like the logo on the bottom left. It's cute. =]


Note: It's simple. Reminds me of this other zipper pouch I own (unknown name) that I got from a friend that had brushes in it too I also wish I knew the brand because those brushes are amazing... :O But yeah mine is more taller since the brushes it came with are taller and bigger than standard ones. This is great if I'm going somewhere, easy to toss brushes in and just go! lol.


My older vase I used for the reg. ELF brushes


This used to hold my fake plastic flowers. ROFL

Thought this tin can was cute. Haha



NEXT UPDATE >> Reviews on 2 blushes, 1 eyeshadow (Candid Coral, Peachy Keen, & Amethyst).
EDIT >> Candid Coral (L) & Peachy Keen (R) - I swatched these once and already I can tell these probably won't work well for me. I'm kind of lightly tanned, and the peachy didn't seem to appear on my, just gave me a light shimmer, coral gave me some color, overall these were beautiful colors, I just wish I can find the perfect blush for my skin tone. So I guess my next purchase might have to be the infamous "NARS - Orgasm" since I never bought that one yet. Packaging is great, it reminds me of NARS packaging and it's sturdy, only thing I had problem with is the plastic on lid literally fell out. So that's only fixable if I super glue it back I guess.
EDIT >> Amethyst E/S - I didn't expect it to be THIS DARK. And the e/s was like super small. Kind of. For some reason I figured it might be a little bigger. Anyway, it seemed more of a very dark plum color w/some copper/brown tones in it. Some metallic shimmer also. This is probably perfect to give dark definition on the corner of eyes or sweep out for smokey looks I guess. Packaging similar to blush and the plastic thing again can easily be broken off lid so I was careful not to touch the plastic part. Overall it's a cute color but not what I was expecting it to be like shown in the website. But I guess I never learn because sometimes advertisement is NOT WHAT IT SEEMS. So you take risks, and ehh it was just $3 & 75% off so I'm not complaining too much. :P I think I'll just stick to buying tools from ELF, their brushes so far are my most fav. by them.

Nail Polish: Pure ICE - Hot Tamale 762


NEXT UPDATE >> Makeup Removers.

Small Claire's palette I got from my sister way back,
these were fun to play around with. I decided to color allover my
eye to see the results. Random Beauty Essence brush btw.

My fav. look! LMAOjkjk. Crazyness.



The icky part. lol
So when I started to remove my makeup
I noticed a burning sensation around my lids.
That wasn't good so I had to wipe my eyes w/kleenex
afterwards to get the leftover wetness from the wipes
because it was stinging really bad.
Note: I still have yet to find... a decent makeup remover
(pref. in wipes.. ) but all seem to sting my eye really bad.
Maybe I should use cleansing types in a bottle??

Overall.. the packaging is awesome, as always I believe
ELF focuses on packaging than their makeup. >_>
That's just my opinion! lol But yeah... I love their
packaging, it's very good looking, just I have trouble
still "liking" the product itself. Maybe it's just me!?
My eye felt sore a little so I had to use OLAY
This clear gel thing I use to help reduce "puffyness"
& "future wrinkles" etc. But it's very soothing and cool
once on skin. So yeah. :D

Picture of my skin routine
(which hasn't changed for almost a year)


Newest products is stuff by Neutrogena. I've been having some acne problems lately, not sure if it's stress or what but I never had it that bad, I guess. LOL but it's working like it said, only thing that sucked was it was bringing up all the bad then it was reacting to it and adusting to it and slowly it's showing results. So it's been about 4 days I've used the products and I like the product. CLEAN & CLEAR Night has always been a #1 fav. I've had it for a year now and it's super moisturizing and my face doesn't feel oily after using it. The St. Ives is something I picked up half a year ago, my middle sister was using it and one day I decided to use and, I switched from using Neutrogena to that. So it's kind of a mixture and that kind of sorta bothers me. LOL

NEXT UPDATE >> "Today's Makeup" Makeup I did today, but I'll post that up tomorrow w/a link to my collection/haul on ELF Studio linked.

Edit >> A video post will be linked here later off of my MySpace video channel & pictures of me using Amethyst which I hope will turn out okay since I'm still iffy about the color and I want to use Coral as blush so we'll see how this goes.. >_>

That's all for now! Later! :3