Another ELF Haul/Review | BEDJ

As you may know, one of my favourite make up brands is ELF; it is great quality, cheap products in a wide variety of colours and fantastic customer service. Therefore, I did a little (big) ELF buy a while ago and am finally getting around to blogging it (for BEDJ). I've tried most (if not all) of the products, so I will do mini reviews as I go! Also, for their 6th birthday, ELF (UK) were doing a live-stream, so I naturally sat down to watch and participate. As part of this, I actually managed to win a prize of loads of ELF products, so these will be marked with an asterisk (*). All opinions are my own and all other products were bought with my own money.

As I only bought one skin product, I will start with this. It is the Mineral Face Cleanser, which is basically a powder consisting of loads of good stuff for your skin, which you create a lather with to cleanse your face. I haven't used this all too much yet (purely because of testing other products), but I did the few times I tried it. It is an odd but also intriguing concept, and although I think it will take a bit of getting used to, I really like this so far.

The face products I decided to buy have a fairly similar concept - a stick of colour in a tube. The left is a concealer (All Over Cover Stick in Apricot Beige) and the right is a multi-use cream blush and lip product (All Over Colour Stick in Golden Peach). I like both of these as the consistency is very smooth and blendable, particularly the latter which gives a nice healthy glow on to the cheeks (and rids of the need for a highlighter).

I got quite a few lip products, so bear with me as I go through them all. The first is this Therapeutic Lip Balm in Strawberry Creme, and this is definitely my most used product so far - so much so that I have very almost ran out. My only complaint is that I wish it would last forever.

Next, I got a Studio Matte Lip Colour in the colour Rich Red, which is a very glamorous cherry red. I love the consistency and had already bought it in the colour Praline, so it was a pretty safe bet that this was going to be good. My instincts served me well and I wore this a lot over Christmas.

I bought these three Lipsticks in Voodoo, Gypsy and Fantasy from their standard range of lipsticks as a bit of an experiment. I wanted to see if these lived up to some reviews I had read about how creamy they are. Good news! I love these so much, although they are much deeper colours than on the website pictures, which I think could be changed so people can actually pick a colour instead of a rather 'Lucky Dip' scenario.

I also bought this Lip Stain in Nude Nectar as a test because, being cheaper than the maybelline ones, I wanted to see if it would do a good job in comparison. I have to say that the colour can come out a bit unevenly, however, once it is rubbed in a bit, this looks great and stays on all day.

This Mineral Moisturising Lip Tint in the colour Rose was a product I wanted for everyday use for school as I am a sucker for lip tints. The texture is far creamier than I expected, but it does do a good job at just giving good colour while moisturising the lips and not feeling as heavy as a lipstick.

*The 11 Piece Studio Brush Set was something I had wanted for a while as everyone says how good ELF brushes are, but I never got round to buying it. These are the BEST brushes by a long shot that I have ever tried and I highly recommend you buy even just a few. Mr favourites are the angled liner brush, fluffy brush and flat-top powder brush. The bristles are prosthetic but they are so so soft and I ADORE them.

 *The next set of brushes I got was the 11 Piece Festive Brush Set, and I must say that these aren't as good quality as the other ones, but still give a great range of brushes. I would suggest buying this set if you were looking for some cheap brushes for essentials. Also, these are on sale for £6 at the moment. £6!!!

*Mmmmm... doesn't it just make you drool? This is basically a good quality equivalent of the really cheap palettes you get on Ebay with every colour on the planet. The version I got was the 100 Piece Marble Eyeshadow Palette, and even though I don't see myself wearing a lot of these colours (there are a lot of orange-toned ones), I will still treasure this forever.

 *This, my friends, is one of the most magnificent things I have ever seen. The 96 Piece Geometric Eyeshadow Palette is so beautiful. Also, in each little square, there are colours that go really well together (for the lid, crease, highlight etc), so kudos to the packaging ELF!

The next two products are virtually the same; they are both 32 Piece Eyeshadow Palette's, except one is in Warm (the neutrals), and the other is Cool (the colours). It's safe to sat that these are perfect for travelling as they are so compact, but also include a range of dark, light, shimmer and matte colours. I use the Warm palette all the time!

Finally, the Little Black Beauty Book in Festive Everyday. I must reiterate, this is not a very big product. It is ideal for travelling as it is (fittingly), about the size of a passport when closed. The mirror is so convenient as well, and oooooooh the colours are so pigmented and uuguuhhh. I have big love for such a small product! I am tempted to buy it in the other colour as well... shhh!

Thanks for reading and I hope this perhaps persuades you to have a look on the ELF online store as they are such a great brand! Their website is http://eyeslipsface.co.uk/ and they also have a sale on at the moment so go and have a look!

Bye!!