e.l.f. Wish List #2

So my e.l.f. ban is up soon (4.27.2011 to be exact) and I decided to tease myself just a little and make myself a little wish list. I might extend the ban because 56 days really isn't that impressive (well for me it is but in general it's a little ridiculous).

Anyways, here's what caught my eye from

e.l.f.



There wasn't as much as I thought there would be, this is a good sign!

{but I kind of really want that $50 grab bag... and you can get it (and all gift sets) for 50% off with

Code: MOM until 4/25/2011... this could be bad...}

What are you wishing for lately?

xoxo

Temptation....

So after posting my last e.l.f. haul I deleted www.eyeslipsface.com from my bookmarked sites and even unsubscribed from their emails. Things have been going well and I have gone a whole week without thinking about e.l.f.

Until I was on Facebook and saw this....

How could I forget to delete them from Facebook!?

Oh 50% sales... You're my favorite kind of sale.

And the mineral line... I love the mineral line.

The eye shadows... the brushes... the lipsticks

I feel my self control slipping away...

AHHHH! I must get off the computer and hide the credit cards!!

Okay it's not that bad... I have more self-control than that.

But I do have the overwhelming desire to cheat my e.l.f. diet and go order makeup from e.l.f.'s mineral line.

Someone go take advantage of this sale, I would hate to let 50% off go to waste.

xoxo

Too Faced Nude Attitude set

Hi Ladies!

If you follow me on Twitter (ThtsFrmTheMrs) you saw yesterday that both my e.l.f. and Too Faced packages arrived. What a fantastic Friday it was! This is the package I was most excited about. Too Faced has their Vintage Sale ending soon and because I can't resist a good sale or the thought of trying a new makeup brand (not that Too Faced is new but is new to me) I decided to make an order. They have some great deals going on with their makeup sets and as you can tell from the title, I got the Nude Attitude set. Oh and did I mention I got it for only $20.00!!

The order also came with a sample of the Shadow Insurance and a code good for 20% off your next purchase.

All the sets come in an adorable makeup clutch

I'm glad I wanted the products that came in this set because it comes with the cutest clutch.

Here's what I got...

Too Faced Lash Injection mascara

I have heard a lot about this mascara and I'm really excited to give it a go. The brush is huge and just packed with bristles.

Too Faced Shadow Insurance anti-crease eye shadow primer

I love my e.l.f. primer but with all the raves about this primer I couldn't help but try it. It doesn't come with a wand like my e.l.f. primer but the squeezy tube will do the job just fine I'm sure.

Too Faced Lip Injection extreme lip plumping treatment

I didn't realize this was a lip plumper but I'm still excited to try it. It has a brush applicator and a slightly fruity scent.

Too Faced Eye Shadow Duo in Honey Pot and Cocoa Puff

Aren't we all suckers for shimmery neutral eyeshadows? I sure am. These two are gorgeous. I wasn't expecting the colors to be so nice, but they are. I think I could use these two everyday and never get tired of them. Sorry I forgot to swatch them but the pics are very true to color.

Those are all the goodies I got with this little order. As much as I love all my drugstore and e.l.f. makeup, I'm very excited to add a little high end to my collection.

xoxo

e.l.f. Wishlist #1

Hey Everyone,

I just made an order of e.l.f. Cosmetics using the coupon code NEWSTU for 50% OFF all Studio Cosmetics with a purchase of $25.00 or more. I'm so excited about the goodies I picked out. Of course once I was on the website, I couldn't help looking around at the other things not included in the coupon sale. I was inspired by Lauren (whose wishlists can be seen here) to make a wishlist of my own.

Here's what caught my eye....

1. Mineral Eyeshadows in Sweet, Outdoorsy, Dreamy, and Flirty

2. Mineral Lipstick in Fiery Fuchsia and Bare Brown

3. Studio Cream Blush in Temptress

4. Large Black Brush Holder

5. Essentials Duo Eyeshadow in Butter Pecan and Berry Mix

6. Beauty Encyclopedia: Everyday Eye Edition

7. Nail Polish in Innocent and Glitter Glam

8. Mineral Blush in Rose (bright rosy pink)

9. 5pc Hypershine Gloss Set

10. Vanilla Coconut Gift Set

I don't really feel like these are products I can't live without but I do plan on adding them to my collection within the next few months. I know orders from e.l.f. can be iffy sometimes when it comes to pigmentation or how the color compares to the website but I love their products. I have had really good luck with all my purchases and am rarely disappointed. I feel like you are always taking a chance when you order online but with e.l.f.'s fantastic prices and good reputation you know you are getting more than your moneys worth.

Well let me get off my e.l.f. soapbox lol.

Do you have any of these products? What do you think of them? Let me know how they are working for you.

xoxo

Mini e.l.f. Haul

Hey Everyone!

For like a month e.l.f. had a coupon code going on where you could take $5.00 off any purchase with no minimum amount required. I decided to just buy 5  things from their $1.00 Essentials line. Unfortunately they didn't quite get my order right. I ordered the nail polish in Party Purple but instead they sent me Mineral Lipstick in Nicely Nude. They didn't charge me more for it... but I already have that lipstick and don't want another one. I wanted Party Purple!! Oh well. Silly e.l.f.

Here are the goods

Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Bark 

This is a a pink brown very natural nude color. It's quite sheer but I knew to expect that. I think it will be great by itself or over a nude lipstick. It has the slightest hint of mintyness and is super smooth!

Mineral Lipstick in Nicely Nude 

It's a nice shimmery pink shade but definitely isn't nude in my opinion. This was the first lipstick I bought from e.l.f. I really like it. Now I have a backup I guess ;) 

Natural Radiance Blusher in Bronze 

I am continually impressed with these Natural Radiance Blushers, (minus the ridiculous packaging)

This shade is soo pigmented and has tons of gold shimmer.

I don't think I will use this until summer but then it will great at bronzing my skin but also giving it a really nice summer glow.

Free gift, Brightening Eye Color quad in Nouveau Neutrals 

I got this as my free gift for referring 3 friends to e.l.f.

My very first purchase from e.l.f. included this same quad but in the colors Ethereal. I hated that one. I couldn't make it work for me so I gave it to my mom. The colors of this quad are bordering on identical.

The colors look nice... but I knew better.

The white and light tan colors are really sheer and chalky. It doesn't help that they are full of super chunky glitter.

The light rusty red shade is less chalky as is the greenish gray. But compared to my other e.l.f. shadows from the studio and mineral lines, these ones are really poor quality. Sorry e.l.f. I'm just not a fan.

Eye Crease Brush and Eyeliner Brush 

I'm really excited about the eye crease brush because it looks like a mini version of the blending brush and that brush is a superstar. The eyeliner brush is really hard. It's more than just stiff bristles, it kind of feels like there is a piece of plastic hiding in the bristles.... But I haven't used it yet, so maybe it will work well for application.

Well there is my itty bitty e.l.f. haul. I went on their website while writing this post to get the name of the nail polish I tried to order and saw that they have 50% off all lip products going on until 02/07/2011. I immediately went into a lip frenzy adding products to my cart, but once I looked through everything I picked out I realized I didn't really love anything in there and that I was being sucked in at the prospect of 50% off. So I closed the browser... Oh e.l.f. you sure know the way to my heart or should I say wallet!

I hope you are all having a fabulous week and I will talk to you real soon!

xoxo 

E.L.F. Haul/Review #2

Hey Everyone!
I hope you're all having a wonderful Saturday morning. I wanted to show you guys what I got in my second E.L.F. Haul and do a little review.

First is the Eyeshadow Primer and Liner Sealer, $3.00

This a really neat product from their Studio line. It's a primer on one end and an eye liner sealer on the other. I got this for the primer because I had never tried any kind of primer before but I love it for the sealer. You just dip the little brush in any eye shadow and apply it like liner. It has great staying power and it's perfect if you want to do a really fun look with bright or crazy eye liner but you don't want to buy an eye liner you're only going to use once. The primer is also a good product. It makes even my cheapest drugstore eye shadows last all day. My only complaint is the roll on stick is pretty big and it makes it difficult to control where it goes on your eye lid. You either don't get the corners at all, or you get it all over. Maybe once I use it more and it thins out on top I will be able to apply it to the corners.

Moving on...

Lip Definer & Shaper in Natural/Nude, $3.00 I was sooo disappointed in this product. First off, natural and nude are the same color. And that color is an extremely frosty pink. There is nothing natural or nude about this product. Because of how frosty and shimmery it was you really can't use it to shade or define your lips. These are the only shades it comes in, and until they come out with other less frosty shades I can't even tell you about the quality of the product because I can't bear to wear this stuff.

Lip Primer and Plumper, $3.00

These first three items are all from the studio line and I think the packaging from the studio line is absolutely gorgeous! It's all black matte and it looks so chic and expensive. Oh and everything is $3.00. I have never purchased anything from NARS but I frequently read that the E.L.F. studio line looks so much like NARS products. I can't put it off anymore... oh this product... so it's a $3.oo lip plumper... what can you expect. I don't really think plumpers work anyways but this one is just a cinnamon scented chapstick that makes your lips tingle and burn. So if you like cinnamon, this is a great chapstick for you. The primer is very chalky and I feel like it washes out all my lipsticks. But I'm still working out the kinks.. so don't take my word for it.

Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Strawberry, $1.00

Okay this is a picture I took, obviously. In my previous post I talked about this product in a different shade (Baby Lips) and the picture off the website is a perfect representation of the actually color of the product. This one however is totally different. Please look at the deep red above and the color below....

These are pictures of the same shade. Epic Fail. It's a red red red gloss and in no way pink. However, this is a very wearable bright red, so they quickly redeemed themselves. I already talked about how the texture and staying power of this product are ah-mazing but this red is really gorgeous and one I think most everyone can pull off. Also, because it's a gloss it is slightly sheer making it a good transition if you never wear bold lip colors.

Mineral Lipstick in Nicely Nude, $5.00

My Picture (Yes I took these in my car)

And E.L.F.'s picture...

These pictures are perfect representations of the color. So sometimes they get it right on... and sometimes they are sooo off. The best I can tell you is that there is always going to be the chance a product comes in a different shade than what you were expecting, but really don't think it happens that often. Enough about color already, lets talk product. This was my first lipstick (I know 2 months ago was my first lipstick, ridiculous. But I'm so glad I bought one) and I looooooove it. It's the perfect pink. So gorgeous, so perfect with a smokey eye, so perfect everyday. It's a very smooth product as well. The lasting power isn't the greatest I have used but it is still worth the money. I am definitely going to re-purchase this product again and again!

So these are only 5 of the 15 products I got with my second order but I wanted to get some of them up tonight.

BTW, just a little E.L.F. alert, they have FREE SHIPPING with any $30.00 purchase through 07/13/2010. Use CODE: THIRTY at checkout!

Go check it out!