Hey dolls, needless to say this will be another of my long drawn out posts which fails to have a direction. But it was my birthday so I want to mention a couple of things I got, I also have done a tiny bit of shopping, found some new bits and bobs that I want to mention and fancy a bit of a ramble.
It would probably be a lot easier to do separate posts on everything I'm about to mention... but it's Christmas and quite frankly I can't be bothered with the faff.
Firstly my order from elf arrived, which I was super excited about! I didn't order much but I'm now a true elf fan!
The first thing I got was a cream eyeliner, it's black and was around £3. I was expecting it to be more of a gel, however it 100% falls into the cream category. Application is buttery smooth and staying power and pigmentation are perfection. Overall there is not much I can fault this product on. The packaging is plasticicy and could do with improving but for the price point I would highly recommend this.
In my eyes you cannot order from elf with out coming away with a brush. They're probably the most hyped product and most affordable brushes that you can find on the market.
Powder brush- £3.75 - Since I can remember I have seen this brush mentioned constantly on youtube and on blogs. I had always imagined that this brush would be scratchy, shed a tonne and basically just feel cheap. I couldn't of been more wrong though. It has not shed once, neither is it anywhere scratchy, I have been using it to apply powder. However it will be interesting to see how it applys foundation. Furthermore it washes a dream. The brush itself feels expensive and is a lovely density, it's not too stiff but the bristles are not packed it so much that it has no give.
Smudge brush - £1.50 - I'm neither here nore there with this brush. I don't love it due to the shedding and lack of bristles but for £1.50 you cannot expect much... It's nice, yes but it hasn't blown me away. Needless to say it does what it says and smudges eyeliner for example and is great for applying shadow along the bottom lash line but I wouldn't recommend it.
In conclusion, I'm pretty impressed with elf so far. I want to try the highlighter palette, concealer palette, more of their brushes along with there brush cleaner.
I received this palette as a gift on my birthday and was over the moon. The pixiwoo sisters have used this is a couple of videos so I was excited to try it.
The pigmentation isn't fab, although foiling the shadows makes a huge difference. The colours create a perfect cool toned smokey eye without being garish. I think this palette would work for many different ages teens up to ageing eyes., as the is minimal and basically unnoticeable shimmer. I wouldn't go any buy this palette for myself, but I can see myself hitting pan on it.
I picked up these two nail polishes which I am in love with! There not much to say, they are comparable to O.P.I and apply like a dream. They don't dry too quickly which is a pain but the colours are beautiful and once dry they do not chip for days. You get 14.7ml which is a fairly large amount, the colours are also true to what you see in the bottle. Would definitely purchase more.
I have also had a couple of changes to my preferred hair styles, and they way I care for it; which will be mentioned it a post soon (the exciting bit is that I'm now a hair model)
Anyway, I have enjoyed wearing my hair up in clips which is a lot better for it's health.
Hair spirals have also gained a place in my heart, they are perfect for when you're doing a top knot or messy bun, you just twist one in and you're good to go.
To close this post off I want to mention Lily-Flame candles. They were also a gift, and I'm obsessed. there's not one that you wouldn't want to burn, they also burn for hourssssss. Defo recommend.
That's it for today, apologies for the lengthiness of this post.
xxx
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