ELF Mineral Shadow Swatches!

Hello Upsessers! 

Today's post is a continuation of my most recent ELF (eyeslipsface) haul! The other week ELF held a sale if you spent $30 you could pick 10 of their mineral eyeshadows for free! I have done this before when they ran this sale earlier in the year and when they did it again I was like HECK YES! I LOVE LOVE these shadows! The pigmentation is great, long lasting formula and I have seen no creasing! If you have not tried these yet you must get on it! You will not be sorry, even if you missed the sale at the small price tag of $3 for a .03 oz jar, it is money well spent! In today's post I have 4 out of the 10 I selected. I will post the other 6 during the week and if you are interested in the previous ten I already own let me know IN THE COMMENTS!
Innocent: Matte vanilla white I would compare this to MAC Blanc Type eyeshadow
Elegant: Such an amazing color its shimmery white with gorgeous golden flecks the first swatch pic doesn't do it justice but I amped up the flash as you can see in the third pic down and there you can see the amazing sparkle it has!
Celebrity: A very pretty bronzey, gold high shimmer (but not with fall out) and is beautiful foiled!
Caffeinated: Dark cool tone brown with a golden undertone. Super unique! Love this foiled or great for you to use to deepen out the crease!
PS. My next EOTD post will be of a look I did with all 4 of these colors! So make sure to look for it! You can also follow all of my EOTD on my instagram: makeupsessedwithali
To purchase these shadows: www.eyeslipsface.com
If you have eye looks you have done with these shadows leave a link to your blog or instagram in the comments so we all can check them out! Or ask about a guest blog post!!  xoxo Ali

ELF Mineral Eyeshadow

L-R Elegant, Caffeinated, Celebrity, Innocent

L-R Caffeinated and Elegant (with more light) 

L-R Elegant, Caffeinated, Celebrity, Innocent

Thanks Ali xoxo! 

ELF Haul Pt.1 Face!

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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/

Mini NYX Haul!

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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! 

Drug Store Haul!

Hello Upsessers!
     Welcome back! Sorry for being so absent lately with the holiday its been super busy around here! But I finally made it to the drug store do some makeup therapy shopping and I think I did pretty good!
          I was so excited when I went to my local Walgreens and seen the new Fergie section of Wet n Wild and I went a little over board! So a little review of what I got! I purchased 5 Fergie Centerstage Collection Perfect Pout Lip Colors in Fergie Daily, Bebot Love, Penthouse Sweet, Saraghina, and Ferguson Crest Cabernet. They are AMAZING! The color pay off is great, they are creamy and not drying at all, and they last a good amount of time for the price! Also from the Fergie Collection I picked up her Take On The Day Eyeshadow Primer, and On The Edge Creme Eyeliner in Cocoa. Now I can't do a review on these just yet because I haven't tried them out but my first impression is : I'm very impressed! The eyeshadow primer is nice because it has a flesh tone tint to it for a little extra coverage. The cream liner is spectacular; it comes with a good size eyeliner brush and about 2.8 g of product which is decent for the $4.99 price tag. Over all I am very happy with my Fergie Collection purchases, but if you wanna get it on the goodies act fast because as of right now they are LIMITED EDITION!
          Now moving on to the Kate for Rimmel Matte Lipsticks, they are a nice creamy texture (creamier than most matte lipsticks) and a little to my dismay they had a bit of a sheen finish when I was hoping they would be a flat matte. I picked up two of her colors in #s 101 and 107. I have to give these another wear or two before I decide fully on whether or not I would purchase again!
         And lastly I wandered to the mascaras and picked up both the Maybelline Rocket Volum' Express along with the L'oreal Power Volume Collagen. I have to say L'oreal is the hands down winner in this competition between the two! The lift, volume and fullness this mascara gives you with the defining rich black color is everything you would want in a drug store mascara with out the flakyness and eyelid transfer. Maybelline Rocket Volum' Express on the other hand was not all bad it does give you a good amount of lift but it failed in separating my eyelashes efficiently enough for my liking along with having a lot of transfer to my eyelid area during a days wear.
           OK I think I talked enough on with the pictures! ENJOY and Thanks for stopping by!! xox Ali

Fergie Centerstage Collection Perfect Pout Lip Colors

Fergie Centerstage Collection Perfect Pout Lip Colors

Fergie Centerstage Collection Perfect Pout Lip Colors

(L-R) Bebot Love, Fergie Daily, Penthouse Sweet, Saraghina, Ferguson Crest Cabernet 

Fergie's Creme Eyeliner in Cocoa and Eyeshadow Primer 

Fergie Creme Liner in Cocoa (left) and Primer (right)

Kate Matte Lipsticks for Rimmel

Kate Matte Lipsticks for Rimmel

Kate Matte Lipsticks in 101(left) and 107 (right)