ELF haul.

Another ELF haul has just arrived.

I picked up two contouring blush and bronzing powder set in the two newly introduced colours. I own the original and I like the blush.
Also, I got the interesting Long-lasting Lustrous Eyeshadow. they remind me of the Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill and L'oreal Infallible.
The brush I got free from the spree. I love their Studio Powder Brush and I own like a lot of back-ups of them.

Gala & Toast

The packaging is simple and sleek!

They are very shimmery!

Antigua and Turks & Caicos.

Turks and Caicos looks like a NARS Sin/Casino dupe.

It comes in a pink-champagne with gold shimmer blush side and red-toned dark brown bronzer.

The bronzer is definitely too dark on me but let's see how it is gonna work.

Antigua reminds me of NARS Angelika/Laguna duo.

It comes with a bright hot pink with gold shimmers at the blush side and a medium-tone brown-tone bronzer.

This is definitely gonna be my favourite duo from the ELF contouring blush and bronzing powder duo.

The three duos side by side. 

I am back & an ELF haul

Left Moscow on the 29th. Now I am back in Malaysia.

It feels so great to be home. 

Since now, i am at home, I have access to items I have getting online from the past year. 

My Korean hauls are very messy and I still need to clear them up from the box and try to fit them in my makeup drawers (they are gonna explode soon)
so now I am going to post on my American hauls first.

My ELF haul. 

These are the items I got from ELF. 

The ELF HD Blush and the Tone Correcting Powder in shimmer are the ELF items that I am most excited about. 

The Tone Correcting Powder comes in a matte black packaging. 

The shimmers are really obvious in the pan
It is gonna make a great highlighting powder to give a luminous look. 

ELF HD Blush.

I got mine in the colour headliner and diva. 

The blush is actually really really tiny. 

This is the size compared to a NYX lipstick.

The blush is really pigmented so a size like this should be able to last forever! 

I can never have too many lipbalms because I basically run through them a lot. 

The colours I got are Peaceful Pink and Mellow Berry.

Mellow Berry is a deep berry colour. 

Peaceful Pink a medium shade pink. 

ELF is one of my favourite dirt cheap cosmetic brand, some items work like a gem.
Usually they have 50% off their studio/mineral line which makes everything even cheaper. 

ELF haul - June

This is my ELF haul part 2. It is bigger than my first one.
The items I picked up are the items I mostly likely will use and interested in trying out.

ELF Studio Cream Eyeshadow in Dawn. It is a beautiful taupe but from the picture it doesn't look like it.
My camera and the lighting is washing the colour out a lot.
I am pretty shock to see the packaging, it is very bulky. It takes a lot of space. As you can see it compared to the ELF mineral booster-large in the first picture, they are almost the same size.

The ELF Mineral Booster in Sheer- Large.
It comes with 17.85g worth of product for USD8, which is a very good buy.

ELF Studio Glossy Gloss in Wild Watermelon and Pink Candy.
I heard lots of rave reviews about these glosses.
Wild Watermelon is a bright dark blue-toned pink.
Pink Candy is a baby pink, almost a nude colour.

ELF Studio Radiance Enhancer in Spotlight.
I never used the ELF shimmery facial whip in spotlight before so I can't compare this with the facial whips.
It has a lilac base which is great colour for a highlighter for pale skintones.

ELF studio matte lip pencil in TeaRose.
This colour has a purple undertone, I don't know if I can pull it off but it is definitely pretty.

I am gonna do a comparison between the ELF Studio Mineral Powder Brush and ELF Studio Blush Brush.
As you can see from the photo, size wise they look very similar.
The Mineral Powder Brush is small for a powder brush, I doubt it can function as a powder brush when you are in hurry and on the go. It is just too small for an over the face powdering.
And the ELF Studio Blush Brush is already small itself.

Left : ELF Studio Powder Brush Right: ELF Studio Blush Brush

The ELF Studio Powder Brush is fluffier and thicker than the blush brush, the blush brush is flatter and thinner.
If you own either one then I think there's no point getting the other.
Quality wise, they are very soft and doesn't shed at all (for mine atleast) after washing.

Getting the gold.

Nothing feels better than a whole bunch of items waiting for you at home.
Feels like Christmas.

Hora! When I opened the cupboard. My heart literally screamed in joy.
The amount of love packages for me.

I am start off with a mini ELF haul- part 1
Since I am at home now, I have more flexibility in taking photos and working around with the photos.

The first part of the ELF haul, I only got three items.
ELF Studio blushes in Fuchsia Fusion and Giddy Gold, ELF Studio Powder Brush.

The ELF Studio Powder Brush is the best foundation brush I have ever used.
When I do ELF hauls, I always buy one backup of it.

ELF studio blush in Fuchsia Fusion.
From reviews, it is said to be a dupe of NARS' Angelika. I do not own Angelika thus I can't give a comment on this.
This blush is a bright medium rose toned blush with slight blue base with lots of golden shimmers.
Very beautiful .

ELF studio blush in Giddy Gold.
I am not sure how to describe the colour of this blush. It is definitely not gold.
It is more of a orangy golden bronze. A great colour for summer.

Review : ELF healthy glow bronzing powder in Matte Bronze

Want a cheap contour shade that doesn't break the wallet?
Looks like ELF can solve it for you.

The Matte Bronze bronzer is pigmented and lean more to the brown tone instead of red or orange.
There's a little shimmers in it which is hardly visible eventhough it is called matte bronze but when applied, there's no shimmers at all.
Since it is so pigmented, apply with a light hand using a blush brush/angled blush brush/stippling brush.
Little goes a long way, I got this bronzer since a year ago, i still hardly made a dent in it but then, I hardly contour when I am in a hurry.
It last the whole day if you don't touch/rub your face throughout the day. Also, use a setting powder to set it.

The packaging is well, really cheap but that doesn't bother me because well what do I expect for USD1. The powder is pretty fragile. Don't ever drop it if not it is gonna turn into loose powder.

Overall, it is a very good product for USD1. I recommend it and would repurchase it.

Swatches on a NC20 skin. 

Package galore

I am still alive.I has been a hectic weekend with all the funeral processes thus the absence.

In the midst of the funeral days, I have received a parcel. I am gonna share what I've got.

This is like a collective haul. I got the items during the ELF 50% off Studio, NPB 20%, Drugstore 20% off, Sallybeauty 20% off and Victoria's Secret annual sale.Here's the loot excluding the Victoria Secret items.

A quick swatch of the ELF under eye concealer and highlighter duo in light
After blending it out.ELF's studio blush in Gotta Glow. It's a pretty highlighter with gold flecks.

This is what I got from Victoria's Secret.2 bottles of body mist. Love Spell and Coconut Passion.

Swatch of NYX ultra pearl mania is yellow.Such a pretty yellow, almost like gold.

Maybelline's dream mousse blush in rose petal
I finally jumped the bandwagon and got it.

Sally girl baked eyeshadows.I heard good stuffs about this eyeshadow. Since it's USD0.99 per piece, it wouldn't hurt the pocket to try them out.I got Aqua and Purple-grey.

This is swatched dry.NYX eyeshadow in Autumn Sky.

NYX bronzer in daydream of Maui. I love the packaging a lot that's why I decided to try it. Ain't the packaging cute?

It comes with a powder puff. I don't think it's practical to apply bronzer with this though. It's better to use a brush.This is the colour. Urgh my camera didn't capture the colour right.

A little lootie.

I don't get it. Why people always mess up my order.

Went to eat at Just Talk Cafe yesterday.Nice environment, nice lighting (oh romantic lighting) and stuff...
It took me really freaking long for my order, apparently they messed up with the order and had to remade my meal.
It's pretty frustrating to wait long for a meal.

My Iced Milk Tea. I love milk teas to the max!

This not my haul. It's my friend'sI'm just posting here so you can see the colour swatches. Yea, I asked her permission and I suppose to take a pic for her since she won't get it till Monday.
She wants to see it.Jordana Blush in Redwood.
A very pretty pink-red with slight silver shimmer, really pretty on darker skintones.
NYX round lipsticks in Thalia and Frosted Beige
NYX megashine lipgloss in Salsa.
A super bright hot fuchsia. Really pretty and fun colour

ELF mineral lipgloss in NightOwl.
A deep brownish berry colour with gold shimmers. Not my colour but I am sure she will pull it well since she has darker skintone.

The ELF mineral kit. This is what comes with it. I forgot to snap a pic of the pouch.
It comes with a foundation, concealer, blush, bronzing brush, total face brush and a travel pouch.

The colour of the dark foundation and Rose blush.
Rose blush is really pretty. It's a medium rose pink