ELF 100 pc Marble Eyeshadow Palette Review Part 1
There's a little funny story about when I bought this palette. It was the weekend before my birthday and ELF (eyes lips face) had an offer so I decided to order but wasn't sure if I should since I didn't know if my sister had bought it for me for my birthday or not.
However I decided to buy it and on my birthday I got the gift from my sister, start to unwrap it but stop and she said "Don't tell me you did something stupid" and I said "I think I have", yes my sister bought it for me! But then I just gave my to mum instead when it arrived so problem solved!
On to the actual review.
The name of the palette says pretty much everything, it is a palette with 100 shadows and some of them (11 if I counted right) have a marbled effect, meaning the shadow has two different colours. This is not an overspray its genuinely two shadows from top to bottom (can't really swear about that since I haven't hit pan on any).
The size of the palette is ~ 23.5 x 19 cm and about 1.5 cm high. The shadows are ~ 1.5 x 2 cm which is a decent size for the price!
The range of colours are amazing, there are alot of neutrals (about half the palette) and alot of brights with a lot of different textures. Unlike the "regular" 100 pc Eyeshadow Palette this one has alot of matte colours and not mainly frosty as the regular one has. This was probably the selling point for me, not the marble shadows. All in all the marble palette is much more appealing with the bright colours than the regular.
For those who love bright colours like me I recommend to buy both since the colours are really different, if you only want to buy one of them, go with the marble. If you prefer neutrals you could go either way, the regular have more darker browns and the marble one have more light beige/golden colours but I wouldn't get both since they are pretty much the same on the neutral side.
Now to the quality of the shadows.
I find this one to be a little less powdery than their other shadows and the shadows are alot softer. It's really like petting a cat to put them on your fingers. They are quite hard to swatch (which you will see in the swatch-parts of this review) especially the matte colours, but as long as you use a primer/base they look beautiful on the eyes!
They are pigmented and stay vivid all day long (again, as long as you use a primer/base). I wouldn't use them wet since this will ruin the colours (did that mistake with my other 100 palette).
As for the marbled eyeshadows, I'm not really a big fan of them usually since they usually always become a dirty mix of the colours, but that's not the case for these ones. The colours don't really mix with each other (you'll see what I mean when you see the swatches) so you either get two colours or only one of them will show up, with an exception for the frosty/shimmery colours where the shadows mix and becomes beautiful colours. But I will talk a little bit more about that in the swatch-posts.
For this review not to be super long and crowded with pictures I will include close ups and swatches in parts 2 and 3!
You can find the palette here
Sorry for the pictures being skew, it's not the easiest palette to photograph.
Until next parts here's a look made completely with this palette (over NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk)
June Go-To-Product
Some months ago (actually almost a year ago) I bought the Eye Transformer from E.L.F (eyes lips face).
I maybe used it just to try it out but then I just put it away somewhere and kinda never used it again, until recently.
I can probably say it's my most used product of June except for the usual things like foundation, mascara and so on.
You can use it different ways: on it's own for just a bit of colour, on top of an eyeliner/base, on top of other shadows etc etc etc.
Just to give you some pictures on this awesome product I took quick swatches just after I got home from work, bear this in mind since the quality is kinda crappy.
Just to give you some pictures on this awesome product I took quick swatches just after I got home from work, bear this in mind since the quality is kinda crappy.
(Eye Transformer colours from left-right: Green, Yellow/Golden, Red/Pink, Blueishpurple)
(On top of ELF eyelid primer in Sheer. From left-right green, yellow/golden, red/pink, blueishpurple)
(On top of an black eyeliner. From left-right green, yellow/golden, red/pink, blueishpurple)
Just look at the blueish one!! Seriously, if I could marry it I would :P
It's only £3.75 or €4.50 and it is worth buying!
Review ELF Studio Cream Eyeshadow
First I like to say R.I.P shoes, at least I had you for three days and got to wear you once. When I got to the shop where I bought them they said that they were not allowed to sell them anymore 'cause a certain heel-falling-of-issue so I only got my money back. (note that I started writing this blogpost ages ago but haven't got it up until now, still I feel the urge to keep this sidenote about the death of my shoes)
Oh well, of to a new review about my loved package from ELF.
This time it's the new Studio Cream Eyeshadows that's on the menu.
I've never tried any of these before so didn't really have any expectations or anything, just thought it would be nice bases and wanted to try them out. It's a really great product and you can trust what they say about long-lasting. Wore one of them today with no primer and Tropical Teal on top and even now >12 hours later, no creasing or fading.
So I only tried two colours since I didn't know if I liked them or not and they were Teal Party and Purple Pleaser.
I really really really like these cream eyeshadows! They're pigmented but can easily be blended out or kept pigmented. They stay on and do not crease at all (as far as I've noticed). Usually I have a primer anyways so that can be why they don't crease but I've tried them without as well and haven't noticed any sewere creasing.
They work excellent as a base aswell even though they dry pretty quickly so I like to do one eye at a time when I use them as bases so the one eye I do last (usually the left one) don't dry before I get to it.
Swatch time!
(Purple Pleaser with flash)
(Purple Pleaser without flash)
Purple Pleaser is a very warm-toned purple with a hint of gold to it, not at all as blue as the pigment Passionate Purple. Don't really now how to put my thoughts into words but I find it quite convenient when in use as a base. That's a strange sentence but what I mean is that it doesn't have alot going on by it self and therefore won't interfere with the shadow used on top of it, it just makes them pop.
(Teal Party with flash)
(Teal Party without flash)
Teal Party also have alot of goldenish undertones, it's more like Tropical Teal (the pigment) as a cream shadow. For some reason I don't like to use this by it self as much as I like using Purple Pleaser on its own. I find it quite boring and, not really ugly, but something like that. What I'm trying to say is that it isn't really a good all-over-colour.
(from L-R with flash Teal Party, Purple Pleaser, Teal Party blended out, Purple Pleaser blended out)
(From L-R without flash Teal Party, Purple Pleaser, Teal Party blended out, Purple Pleaser blended out)
Oh well, of to a new review about my loved package from ELF.
This time it's the new Studio Cream Eyeshadows that's on the menu.
I've never tried any of these before so didn't really have any expectations or anything, just thought it would be nice bases and wanted to try them out. It's a really great product and you can trust what they say about long-lasting. Wore one of them today with no primer and Tropical Teal on top and even now >12 hours later, no creasing or fading.
So I only tried two colours since I didn't know if I liked them or not and they were Teal Party and Purple Pleaser.
I really really really like these cream eyeshadows! They're pigmented but can easily be blended out or kept pigmented. They stay on and do not crease at all (as far as I've noticed). Usually I have a primer anyways so that can be why they don't crease but I've tried them without as well and haven't noticed any sewere creasing.
They work excellent as a base aswell even though they dry pretty quickly so I like to do one eye at a time when I use them as bases so the one eye I do last (usually the left one) don't dry before I get to it.
Swatch time!
(Purple Pleaser with flash)
(Purple Pleaser without flash)
Purple Pleaser is a very warm-toned purple with a hint of gold to it, not at all as blue as the pigment Passionate Purple. Don't really now how to put my thoughts into words but I find it quite convenient when in use as a base. That's a strange sentence but what I mean is that it doesn't have alot going on by it self and therefore won't interfere with the shadow used on top of it, it just makes them pop.
(Teal Party with flash)
(Teal Party without flash)
Teal Party also have alot of goldenish undertones, it's more like Tropical Teal (the pigment) as a cream shadow. For some reason I don't like to use this by it self as much as I like using Purple Pleaser on its own. I find it quite boring and, not really ugly, but something like that. What I'm trying to say is that it isn't really a good all-over-colour.
(from L-R with flash Teal Party, Purple Pleaser, Teal Party blended out, Purple Pleaser blended out)
(From L-R without flash Teal Party, Purple Pleaser, Teal Party blended out, Purple Pleaser blended out)
(From L-R with flash Teal Party w Tropical Teal, Purple Pleaser w Passionate Purple, the same but blended)
(From L-R without flash Teal Party w Tropical Teal, Purple Pleaser w Passionate Purple, the same but blended)
On the swatches you can see that Teal Party almost has no change in colour only more pigmented when Purple Pleaser on the other hand only makes the pigment pop with no change of colour, except for the blended version where the blueish tones of Passionate Purple doesn't show up, but on the other hand if you look at the dry swatches of Passionate Purple it has almost no blue showing up.
My overall opinion about the Cream Eyeshadows are that I like them, the statements on the ELF homepage are quite accurate even if I don't think they're pictures are to true (the teal is more blue and the purple more pink). They are easy to blend or keep pigmented and I do like them as bases. I will absolutely get more of the colours.
(From L-R without flash Teal Party w Tropical Teal, Purple Pleaser w Passionate Purple, the same but blended)
On the swatches you can see that Teal Party almost has no change in colour only more pigmented when Purple Pleaser on the other hand only makes the pigment pop with no change of colour, except for the blended version where the blueish tones of Passionate Purple doesn't show up, but on the other hand if you look at the dry swatches of Passionate Purple it has almost no blue showing up.
My overall opinion about the Cream Eyeshadows are that I like them, the statements on the ELF homepage are quite accurate even if I don't think they're pictures are to true (the teal is more blue and the purple more pink). They are easy to blend or keep pigmented and I do like them as bases. I will absolutely get more of the colours.
Review ELF Studio Pigment Eyeshadow
Okay as said I ordered from ELF (eyes lips face) two weeks ago and got it this Monday.
And for the record, you will find ALOT of ELF reviews in this blog since it's my absolute favourite makeup company.
I'm going to start of the review with the Studio Pigmet Eyeshadows. I had one already and I'll probably include that one in a later review, but this time I'm only going to talk about the three I bought this time which is Breezy Blue, Passionate Purple and Tropical Teal.
(from left - right Passionate Purple, Breezy Blue and Tropical Teal)
The colours are amazing and they go on smoothly and pigmented. As you will see on the swatches they really do need something to stick to (like a base, primer or applied wet) to really make the colours true and pigmented.
From seeing them on the homepage I don't really know what to say. They're not that true to the colour, the purple is more blue, the blue is darker and the teal isn't as bright and alot more greenish/gold (all in comparison to the pics on their page). Still they're beautiful colours and I really like them.
(Passionate Plum with flash)
(Passionate Plum without flash)
(swatches with flash, left - right ELF primer in pearl, dry, wet)
(swatches without flash)
As you can see Passionate Purple is almost a purple/blue duochrome, though when applied it turns out more like a blueish purple.
(Breezy Blue with flash)
(Breezy Blue without flash)
(swatches with flash, left - right ELF primer in pearl, dry, wet)
(swatches without flash)
Breezy Blue is a navy blue with some rainbowshimmer tough it doesn't really show when applied and when applied dry it becomes almos black. It's not really anything special that you can't find elsewhere but I like it.
And for the record, you will find ALOT of ELF reviews in this blog since it's my absolute favourite makeup company.
I'm going to start of the review with the Studio Pigmet Eyeshadows. I had one already and I'll probably include that one in a later review, but this time I'm only going to talk about the three I bought this time which is Breezy Blue, Passionate Purple and Tropical Teal.
(from left - right Passionate Purple, Breezy Blue and Tropical Teal)
The colours are amazing and they go on smoothly and pigmented. As you will see on the swatches they really do need something to stick to (like a base, primer or applied wet) to really make the colours true and pigmented.
From seeing them on the homepage I don't really know what to say. They're not that true to the colour, the purple is more blue, the blue is darker and the teal isn't as bright and alot more greenish/gold (all in comparison to the pics on their page). Still they're beautiful colours and I really like them.
(Passionate Plum with flash)
(Passionate Plum without flash)
(swatches with flash, left - right ELF primer in pearl, dry, wet)
(swatches without flash)
As you can see Passionate Purple is almost a purple/blue duochrome, though when applied it turns out more like a blueish purple.
(Breezy Blue with flash)
(Breezy Blue without flash)
(swatches with flash, left - right ELF primer in pearl, dry, wet)
(swatches without flash)
Breezy Blue is a navy blue with some rainbowshimmer tough it doesn't really show when applied and when applied dry it becomes almos black. It's not really anything special that you can't find elsewhere but I like it.
(Tropical Teal with flash)
(Tropical Teal without flash)
(swatches with flash, left - right ELF primer in pearl, dry, wet)
(swatches without flash)
Tropical Teal was probably the colour that I was the most disappointed with since it looks nothing like the picture on their homepage and I hoped it would be much more like their new cream eyeliner (will show up in a later post) but it was nothing like it. I still really like this colour and will probably use it alot.
All in all I'm really satisfied with the shadows and long for buying the rest of them as well!
(Tropical Teal without flash)
(swatches with flash, left - right ELF primer in pearl, dry, wet)
(swatches without flash)
Tropical Teal was probably the colour that I was the most disappointed with since it looks nothing like the picture on their homepage and I hoped it would be much more like their new cream eyeliner (will show up in a later post) but it was nothing like it. I still really like this colour and will probably use it alot.
All in all I'm really satisfied with the shadows and long for buying the rest of them as well!
