ELF Haul Pt.1 Face!

Hello Upsessers!

Today's post is the start of my new Eyes Lips Face (ELF) haul! If you have not heard of this site yet, you have NO IDEA what your missing! Eyes Lips Face is a online makeup store that carries GREAT QUALITY makeup at LOW PRICES a ton of things starting at ONE DOLLAR! I have ordered from this site hundreds of times and I have NEVER been disappointed! I will make sure to link their site at the end of the post so all of you can take advantage of their great deals! This post will relate to everything "face" I got in this order. 

ELF HD Blush in Superstar is a beautiful insanely pigmented true pink. It reminds me of when I was little and Tickle Me Pink was my favorite Crayola Crayon it's like the exact color. 

ELF HD Blush in Headliner is a super pigmented baby pink with a violet/lavender undertone. 

What I love about both of these is how little product it takes to get such great pay off. Both of the swatches below is just one teeny pump! Retails online for $3.00 each. **I now own all the HD blushes if you are interested swatches of the other colors let me know in the comments!**

ELF HD Blush in Headliner and Superstar.

Top- Superstar      Bottom- Headliner

ELF Contouring & Bronzing Cream! Another amazing find at ELF! I already own the powder duo of this set and I love it and I have been looking for a creamy contour color everywhere and I finally found it at ELF! The blush is a very pretty peachy pink with no shimmer. And the bronzer/contour color is a very cool tone light brown again with no shimmer. Needless to say I LOVE IT! It is soooo creamy, sooo pigmented, and I love that the color is light to start and very buildable! This only comes in one shade called St. Lucia, so for you darker skinned beauties this is a buildable formation so don't let the light color keep you from trying it out! Retails online for $3.00 each!

ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Cream in St. Lucia

(L) Blush  (R) Contour/Bronzer

Next up! ELF Studio Blush in Gotta Glow. Now for all you girls like me craving after NARS Albatross, with a not big enough budget, this is an answer to your prayers! It is a gorgeous candle light goldeny glow soo pretty I can't even put it into words! Retails online for $3.00 each. 

ELF Blush in Gotta Glow

Gotta Glow

Last but certainly not least! ELF's new Maximum Coverage Concealer! I was super excited when I seen this one but I am a concealer lover and I feel like I have tried every drug store, high end concealer out there and still haven't found the "perfect" one. But this concealer I purchased in the color Porcelain which is the lightest shade is really nice for the $3.00 price tag! It's super creamy and goes on so smooth and not drying or cakey at all, like some fuller coverage concealers are. Below I put in a picture with the concealer applied to half my hand. I just scrubbed all the other swatches off my hand so I wanted to see how well this concealer covered redness and the blueness of my veins since I will be applying it to my under eye circles. And I can say confidently this may be my new favorite concealer!

ELF Maximum Coverage Concealer in Porcelain

Concealer applied to Right side of my hand! 

**Check out Eyes Lips Face out yourself!  http://www.eyeslipsface.com/

6Contour Blush Palette Coastal Scents Review!

Hello Upsessers! Sorry for being so absent but I am back and working hard to bring you a ton of new posts! So to kick it off I thought I would start with Coastal Scents 6Contour Blush Palette. 

Now I have to say I was a little put off by some of the chalky textures of certain colors in this palette just because I have such high respect for their eyeshadow. But besides the texture I was very pleased with pigmentation and coverage. 

This palette includes One Translucent Powder, I use it as a setting powder and you might be able to get away with it as a subtle highlight powder.( I did not include this is the swatches for obvious reasons of it being translucent) 

The next color is a light flesh colored powder with yellow undertones, this color has nice coverage but this is where the chalkyness comes in to play, if you apply with a light hand and build up coverage I didn't notice a chalky build up. I am going to guess the chalkyness stems from the fact that the powder seems to be a finely milled pigment, which does finish out to have a silky texture once rubbed in.

The next color is another flesh tone but this one having pink undertones instead. Again same chalky texture but does blend out to a silky smooth finish if applied the right way. 

The contour color is a deep matte brown, it is a chocolate-esque brown with very nice buildable color. Just a word of advice to fairer skin tones apply very lightly and build to desired color because a little goes along way and it is very easy to over do it with this color!

Lastly the two blushes which are probably my favorite things in this palette. The blush in the top row is a very rosy matte pink, very gorgeous, very vibrant and very wearable; LOVE! The blush in the bottom row is a nice tea rose that is also a matte color. I have noticed this one does go on a lot sheerer than the other so it may take a while to build the desired pigmentation.
Retails on Coastal Scent's website for $18.95!

Now enough typing onto the photos! 

6Contour Blush Palette

Top:Translucent, Yellow undertone, Rosy Vibrant Pink Blush
Bottom: Pink undertone, Contour, Tea Rose Blush

Top-Bottom: Contour, Yellow undertone, Pink undertone
(NO FLASH)

Top-Bottom: Pink undertone, Yellow undertone, Contour
(FLASH)

R-L: Vibrant Rose Pink (1 application to achieve this color), Tea Rose Pink (2 applications to achieve this color)

Mini NYX Haul!

Hello Upsessers!  

So I decided to take a small break from more Coastal Scent's swatches to do a mini NYX haul! So I was recently shopping around Urban Outfitters and came across some clearance NYX makeup and I was like SCORE! So I grabbed three cream stick blushes and one cream stick bronzer. I LOVE LOVE LOVE them all! 

The stick blushes I purchased were in the colors:

 Orchid: which is a BEAUTIFUL shimmer pink peach color, it is to die for and the photo does it no justice!

Magnolia: Is a very pretty baby pink with a little undertone of purple no shimmer almost a matte finish. 

Tea Rose: Is just that a mauvey tea rose pink with the just lightest bit of shimmer sheen.

NYX bronzer in Bronzy Lambada: Is a gorgeous golden bronze with shimmery gold reflects through out. 

So on to the photos!

NYX cream bronzer and stick blushes! 

NYX Tango with Bronzing Stix in Bronzy Lambada!

Bronzy Lambada! 

NYX cream stick blushes! 

NYX cream stick blushes!

(Top to Bottom) Blush in Orchid, Magnolia,  Tea Rose, Bronzer in Bronzy Lambada! 

Belletto Studio Review and Swatches!

Hey upsessers!

      I recently purchased a Belletto Studio Airbrush system off of Hautelook the other day for $100 plus tax. The kit that I purchases normally runs for $484 on their website www.bellettostudio.com. The set is called Beauty Basics Airbrush System and I purchased the color set Fair Skin with Pink Undertones. And I have to say it was one of the best $100 dollars I have invested on a single makeup product. The set included the compressor, the airbrush wand, four shades of foundation ranging from fair to light/medium, one blush, one eyeshadow, two primers, and a bottle of cleaner solution. I have to say so far I have tried the primer, foundation in shade F3 beignet and the cleaner solution afterwards. I have to say I was amazed at how easy I found the system to use. The instructions are very clear and to the point and it also comes with a informational DVD. The coverage was light to medium but could be built up to be a fuller coverage foundation. I applied 2 layers and resulted in a professional airbrushed look with a medium coverage and no cakey-ness. I loved the fact that you couldn't even tell I was wearing makeup and the length of wear earned the system some major bonus points. Applied the foundation around 1 pm and removed it at 10 pm and I did not have any touch ups in the mean time. For any one looking into investing in an airbrush system and wants professional quality with ease of use as a beginner this is the system for you! I have taken a bunch of pictures that I have included below to help you get a better idea of the system! Enjoy and let me know if you have a Belletto System as well, or any other airbrush system and how do you like it?! xox Ali 

The Compressor

The Airbrush Wand 

Set of two Primers

Blusha and Eyeshadow 

Set of Four Foundations 

Foundations in (L-R) F8 Darque Tan, F3 Beignet, F1 Creme De La, F4 Blanched Almond

Eyeshadow in Unique Taupe (left) and Blush in Peachish (right)