i have no idea about e.l.f. and i don't remember how i stumbled upon e.l.f. all i know, i was browsing about their products, and i'm glad that it's also cruelty free and very affordable. it has 3 price groups. the essential is $1 range, the studio has $3 and $5 range. so far, the only thing that attracts me from the essential line is the eyelid primer. and yes, i bought it, and i like it, though it dries quicker. or is it me who don't use it so often? oh well...
other products that i'm attracted to are their brushes, blushes, bronzer, lip liner and the lip scrub. the famous brush from the studio line is the powder brush, which i later bought it. actually i want to buy another brush, but i don't know which one to buy. i'm eyeing on the stipple brush or the angled blush brush.. but since i've had blush brushes and my foundation brush which all still in pristine condition, i decided to put that thought on hold. and that also applied to the blushes too, since i decided to buy nyx instead of elf. though i have 2 shades in my list, the candid coral and twinkled pink.
okay.. now move on to the bronzer. elf has 3 different type of bronzers, warm, gold and cool. i didn't know what to expect in a bronzer but i was looking for a bronzer that can be used to contour, but i didn't searched intensive enough, so i made a bad choice. i choose the gold one since i found out that it's the most subtle one, and since i'm quite fair, i'm afraid that dark bronzer will make me look silly. but turned out, it's so subtle that it barely showed on me. plus it's too shimmery for contouring. oh well.. if i'm lazy enough to put on blush on or i was going for bold lip, i just use this bronzer to warm my face. but i won't buy it again for bronzing or contouring.
and lip liner.. they have their matte lip cream which serves as lip liner, and it's quite popular since some of the shades are similar to some popular lipstick. but, they also have a universal lip liner. it's clear and waxy, so it also helps helping to keep the lipstick in place. since i don't have many bright lipsticks, i don't want the usual lip liner, and just bought the universal one instead. as for the lip scrub, i decided to buy it since i hate scrubbing my lips with my bare finger. and i don't want harsh scrub since i don't know what to expect from lip scrub. but this lip scrub got good reviews, so i decided to try it. well, i still don't know how to make it scrubbing my lips before chapping a bit of the top of the scrub, but i think chopping a bit every time i use it is easy. if you have other ideas to use it, please tell me. as for the effectiveness, i might say it is effective.. but scrubbing it to hard will bleed your lips.
sometimes i want to buy more from this brand, but lately since i'm more into lipsticks, somehow elf lipsticks don't attract me so i'm not interested anymore in this brand. but i do look on their website every now and then since they often have marvelous promotion deal. if you're new to makeup world and don't want to spend fortune but want to have a good experience, then elf is a good way to start.
to round it all up..
(+) cruelty free, budget-friendly, often have sales (big one.. 50% or more), great selection of brushes, you get what you paid for and don't make you broke.
(-) no worldwide shipping so it's hard to get, especially here in indonesia.
what about you guys? do you have great experience with elf? please do share...
other products that i'm attracted to are their brushes, blushes, bronzer, lip liner and the lip scrub. the famous brush from the studio line is the powder brush, which i later bought it. actually i want to buy another brush, but i don't know which one to buy. i'm eyeing on the stipple brush or the angled blush brush.. but since i've had blush brushes and my foundation brush which all still in pristine condition, i decided to put that thought on hold. and that also applied to the blushes too, since i decided to buy nyx instead of elf. though i have 2 shades in my list, the candid coral and twinkled pink.
okay.. now move on to the bronzer. elf has 3 different type of bronzers, warm, gold and cool. i didn't know what to expect in a bronzer but i was looking for a bronzer that can be used to contour, but i didn't searched intensive enough, so i made a bad choice. i choose the gold one since i found out that it's the most subtle one, and since i'm quite fair, i'm afraid that dark bronzer will make me look silly. but turned out, it's so subtle that it barely showed on me. plus it's too shimmery for contouring. oh well.. if i'm lazy enough to put on blush on or i was going for bold lip, i just use this bronzer to warm my face. but i won't buy it again for bronzing or contouring.
and lip liner.. they have their matte lip cream which serves as lip liner, and it's quite popular since some of the shades are similar to some popular lipstick. but, they also have a universal lip liner. it's clear and waxy, so it also helps helping to keep the lipstick in place. since i don't have many bright lipsticks, i don't want the usual lip liner, and just bought the universal one instead. as for the lip scrub, i decided to buy it since i hate scrubbing my lips with my bare finger. and i don't want harsh scrub since i don't know what to expect from lip scrub. but this lip scrub got good reviews, so i decided to try it. well, i still don't know how to make it scrubbing my lips before chapping a bit of the top of the scrub, but i think chopping a bit every time i use it is easy. if you have other ideas to use it, please tell me. as for the effectiveness, i might say it is effective.. but scrubbing it to hard will bleed your lips.
sometimes i want to buy more from this brand, but lately since i'm more into lipsticks, somehow elf lipsticks don't attract me so i'm not interested anymore in this brand. but i do look on their website every now and then since they often have marvelous promotion deal. if you're new to makeup world and don't want to spend fortune but want to have a good experience, then elf is a good way to start.
to round it all up..
(+) cruelty free, budget-friendly, often have sales (big one.. 50% or more), great selection of brushes, you get what you paid for and don't make you broke.
(-) no worldwide shipping so it's hard to get, especially here in indonesia.
what about you guys? do you have great experience with elf? please do share...
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