e.l.f Studio Baked Blush | REVIEW + SWATCH

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The author is not paid to write this post. 

All information are written based solely on author's personal experiences.

In cosmetics blushes are typically used by women to give color to their cheeks and give that glowing youthful looking appearance. There's about four (4) types of blushes that I know which are, Powder finish, cream, liquid and tinted blushes. But there's also the baked blush that I wanted to try out for my self. So I purchased three (3) baked blushes from www.theprimppad.com and these blushes are from e.l.f cosmetics.  Their website has a lot of authentic make brands to choose from with a cheap price, if your a beauty enthusiast then check their website,you can also follow them on their instagram @theprimppad .

Here's the blushes that I have purchased & I got 3 baked blushes:

MORE INFO about the Baked Blush:

Product Name: Studio Baked Blush 

Brand: e.l.f 

Shades: 

(LEFT - RIGHT)

Passion pink, Peachy Cheeky , Rich Rose

Price: Php 168.00 per pc.

Net Weight:  6g

What does it do?

The soft and shimmering colour of our Baked Blush creates a natural healthy glow. Baked in an oven, these blushes offer rich pigmentation for a beautiful effect. The long-lasting formula provides a gorgeous, smooth and even application.

Directions:

Using a brush, apply to the apples of the cheeks for a subtle wash of colour. Or dampen a brush and blend in for a more vibrant effect. Build colour for desired look.

Ingredients:

Mica, Talc, Nylon-12, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Paraffinum Liquidum (mineral oil), Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Dimethicone, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Tocopheryl Acetate (Ve), Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Fruit Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil , Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491 , CI 77492 , CI 77499), Ultramarine Violet (CI 77077), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Yellow No.5 Lake (CI 19140), Red No.40 Lake (CI 16035), Red No.7 Lake (CI 15850), Blue No.1 Lake (CI 42090).

For the packaging, the blushes are in their studio line which is very chic because they come in a black sleek boxes, and on the front you can already see the blushes.

Inside the box, they're secured with each plastic bases that's beneath them and this is to prevent the blushes from moving around the box and sliping out from the box. 

Here's how the actual baked blushes looks like, they come in a black container with a plastic transparent lid. Each blush is formed uniquely small enough to fit on the container, because of their shapes they remind me like mini hills. But they're not too bulky looking they're actually thin just to fit for our makeup bags.

I noticed that these blushes were created beautifully because I can tell from it's appearance they are very pigmented.

SWATCHES:

PASSION PINK

For the first baked blush, passion pink has a mixture of deep kinda of bronze/ orange color 

which I prefer using this on a summers hot days, because this will definitely give me that beach/y bronzed glow. 

PEACHY CHEEKY

The second color which is called peachy cheeky , the color has a sun kissed peach color but a  bit shimmer/y. This I could also use alone for a sun kissed glow on a summer day.

RICH ROSE

 For last blush which is Rich Rose, the color has slightly blue under tones with also pink tones, the color also consist of shimmers and also so pigmented. I could honestly wear this on a gloomy day because on cold weathers I wanna have those kind'a frost bites like your cheeks are freezing cold and just turns slightly pinkish.

FINAL VERDICT:

PROS:

- The packaging is professionally made

- It's not too bulky for your makeup bag

- each color is really pigmented with just one swatch of my finger

- each blush has shimmers in it to give you that youthful glow/y appearance

- Doesn't have any manufactured smell at all

- Price is affordable for a studio line blush

CONS:

- Each blush has minimal fall outs due to the shimmers in it

- doesn't come with a brush neither a mirror

Overall each blush has its own color payoff that's so beautiful for any type of skin tones. But it's best to apply the baked blushes with a brush for a lot more control, because they are very pigmented.

Will you repurchase the Baked Blushes?

Maybe, because i'm not a very big fan of blushes with shimmer's in it I prefer the powder finish ones because shimmer blushes doesn't look to attractive on me. But I love how each color creates a washed color for my cheeks.

Which do you prefer for your blushes Baked?Cream?Liquid? or powder finish?

^_^

 Till next time as always Take care & "simply love life always"

e.l.f Mineral Infused Mascara | REVIEW

DISCLAIMER: 

THIS IS NOT A SPONSORED REVIEW, ALL INFORMATION ARE WRITTEN  & SHARE WITH FULL HONEST OPINION BY THE AUTHOR.

The author is not paid to write this post. 

All information are written based solely on author's personal experiences.

Mascara's are said to be the magic wands for our eyes because they enhance our short barely naked lashes. I for myself have really really tiny short lashes so without any mascara's on my lashes I have droopy sad eyes. I honestly have about four (4) to six (6) different mascara's like different brands,because I just wanna give some love to my lashes since they do need TLC!

Last wednesday I just went out to purchase some things that I need for my everyday basis like cotton pads, facial wipes and stuff that I need, and I saw that there was the e.l.f. cosmetics corner at LCC mall Legazpi city branch, and I was pretty excited to see that they already have e.l.f here yey!!

They had lots of stuff on the rack more much like foundations, lip stains, blushes, eyeliners and mascara's. My eye caught their mineral Infused Mascara so I only bought the mascara. Now for my review . . . ^_^

MORE INFO about the Mascara:

Name: Mineral Infused Mascara

Brand: e.l.f 

Shade: Black

Price: Php 250.00

What does it do?

- Creates fuller, healthier looking lashes

- Enhances lashes for a naturally thicker more volumized look

- The long wear formula and unique silicone brush creates clump free and defined lashes that last all day.  

Ingredients:

Aqua (Water), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cera Carnauba (Carnauba) Wax, Synthetic Beeswax, Styrene/Acrylates/Ammonium Methacrylate Copolymer, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate SE, PVP, Triethanolamine , Triacontanyl PVP, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate May Contain: Iron Oxides (CI 77491 , CI 77492 , CI 77499), Manganese Violet (CI 77742)

Net wt. :  0.28 oz (8g)

MD: 06 - 01 - 2014

BB:  05 - 31 - 2017 

✔✔✔✔✔ Charity

✔✔✔✔✔ Recyclable

✔✔✔✔✔ NO ANIMAL TESTING 

Here's how my eyelashes looks like without any mascara on, i barely have lashes and my eyes looks very kind of flat, sad and droopy. No volume either fuller lashes at all :(

To apply the mascara  start from the base of your lashes and wiggle the wand going up to the tips of your eyelashes.

I ONLY APPLIED MY UPPER LASHES BTW: EXCUSE THE CREEPY EYES STARING DOWN

Here's the outcome of my before & after, with and without the mascara:

The Mineral mascara just works its magic through my tiny lash hairs. ^_^

I did a comparison with a few coats applying the mascara, starting from 1 - 2 coats the mascara works its formula already as you can see that it started to add little volume. From 3 - 4 coats my lashes has that length and volume but i wanted to go in more and add more, so from 5 - 8 coats i stopped already since the mascara gave me the perfect results of fuller volumized naturally healthier lashes. 

I could add more mascara if i want to to give me a lot of volume and make them a lot fuller because the formula doesn't really irritate my eye balls at all, plus the wand is easy to handle since it's made out of silicone, its not too stiff for my eyes instead its comb are soft for my eyes. 

FOR MY FINAL VERDICT:

PROS:

♥ The mascara comes in a sleek black matte finish plastic made container

♥ It's light weight so your makeup bag won't be bulky or heavy for this mascara.

♥ The wand comes in a silicone made form and is lighter to handle to apply the mascara

♥ The mascara has no STINKY SMELL at all

♥ The formula of the mascara didn't irritate my eye balls at all

♥ The consistency is not too water/y and thick

♥ With a few coats applied it shows the results immediately

♥ It doesn't clump my lashes 

♥ It doesn't extremely dry up lashes, so i could re-apply the mascara on my lashes

♥ The outcome of the mascara comes out with healthy naturally fuller looking lashes for me

♥ It lasted through out my entire day. 

CONS:

✘ Sadly it's not waterproof so be carefully not to get teary eyes or get wet at rainy days

✘ It's not smudge proof, when I tried smudging it, it smudged the mascara a little bit

Overall I love the mascara for my every day go-to daily basis, but i'd rather wear this on a beautiful sunny day to avoid any smudges on my face. The mascara just gave those natural healthier more volume lashes that i ever want for my eyelashes. 

Have you ever tried the mascara? So how well did it do for your short lashes? comment down below :)

Till next time as always Take care & "simply love life always"

e.l.f Flawless Finish Foundation | REVIEW & FIRST IMPRESSION

Foundation is one of the most important steps to achieve a an even uniform color to our complexion. Finding the right foundation is hard right? Because you have to have the right foundation that will not only cover up your imperfections but also give you that flawless smooth youthful looking skin. For makeup its really important to achieve a even canvas on your face because you don't wanna go out looking like pale on the face and yet you have a medium skin tone right? So here's one foundation that I will certainly love to bits.  
So recently for the past few months from summer I love the beach and so my friends/TROPA haha! went to Catanduanes and had a summer blast there so a lot of Beach swimmings, Waterfall hiking and stuff like that so a lot of sun exposure I had. And you guessed it I went a bit darker than my natural skin tone. But currently I haven't got any sun exposure since Bicol experienced a lot of cloudy, rain and especially a typhoon just passed us like the typhoon "Glenda" . So my skin went to fair light medium. And some of my foundations that are stacked on my vanity are deep medium so I had to get me one foundation that's a bit lighter than my old ones. So here's my new foundation and it's the e.l.f Flawless Finish Foundation:

 

Starting off with the packaging first itself it comes in a chic black box.The box clearly says its a semi matte finish that lasts all day. On the back portion has it's direction, drug facts , other information and inactive ingredients. At the side of the box has its manufactured date which was on May 1, 2014 and the product will simply Be best before on April 30, 2017 which has 3 years of use cool! :) 

The foundation itself comes in a semi heavy yet classy glass container with a black chic lid to match their brand theme. 

It has SPF 15 and it's oil free and has a net wt. 08 oz (23g). 

At the back of the bottle has it's uses which indicates "Helps prevent sunburn" and also has directions to apply the foundation. Plus a reminder tip warning that its for external use only and keep it of eyes if it gets into the eyes just rinse it out with water and keep away from children. And lastly it has a active ingredients in it with Octisalate 2% and Titanium Dioxide 55%. 

I love how e.l.f adds a chic touch to this foundation because of the top lid engraved with their brand name. Oh by the way I got in the shade in "SAND".

The foundation comes in a pump form which is pretty convenient to use so that I can estimate the amount of product I'll be pumping out, and won't waste or spill the foundation so it's a good thing that it comes out with a pump. 

SWATCH:
The foundation color has a light medium undertone to it that matches my skin tone color :

The foundation doesn't have that sticky very thick creamy consistency but just enough in between like not too heavy and light that just runs out down to the skin.It doesn't consist of any glitter/y flex in it that once the light reflects on the skin. So lets take a test to it shall we? . .

So here's my bare face hence with all the impurities I have on my skin due to city pollution and even the weather condition either my hormones affects my skin lately. Now thats a lady's life and I know some of you might feel the same why I do.

 You can tell that that I have skin discoloration, dark circles and some pimple scars that I just can't resist to remove them which I know isn't right to do, and another pimple that's on my right forehead. So the foundation clearly said based on its description: "It's semi matte finish that lasts all day". So to start off before applying the foundation I already prepped my face from tonining, moisturizing and prime my face. Now that's done I'm just using the back of my hand to apply minimal amount of product so that I can control the amount once applied onto my face.   

 I'm using my Real Technique's Buffing brush to apply the foundation gradually and towards my neck to even out my skin tone. 

 So what I did here is I just applied one layer first to check how the foundation went well with my imperfections. I noticed that it even out the discoloration that I had on my skin tone and covered up some dark spots on the sides of my face, and minimally covered up my pimple scars. For my dark circles it also covered up just right to make my face appear lighter.     

  So I went on to apply another layer to give me more coverage that I want to have for my complexion. 

 Here's the result on my 2nd layer :

I already stopped on my second layer since the foundation already achieved my expectations to have a even complexion. Now that's everything good for my complexion I just set my entire face with my Ben Nye Neutral Set powder to keep my face from getting too oily and keep the foundation set onto my face. And also I did my brows and added my tinted blush and tinted lip stain. 

Here's how my face looks like from Normal indoor light and with a flash of my camera:

I didn't apply any eye makeup because this is how my face looks like from every single day I do to just have a natural and fresh youthful looking skin. For my under eyes I'm already used to not apply concealer because I just want my skin to breathe a lot and have at least minimal amount of product on my face.

With the curiosity that I had since the product says it lasts all day I went out to test and see how the foundation turns out after  my daily basis in life.   

I started the time when I was at home around 10:00 AM and my face looks really fresh and stress free from before. 

TAKEN AT 4:00PM

This is how my face looks like without any re touch ups. I started to get oily on my t-zone areas and especially a lot on my forehead. I never used any loos powders to seal in the foundation, this is to check how it's lasting power can go over for hours. So I only used my blotting sheet to blot my oily areas. And here's how my blotting sheet looks like.

You can already see through my blotting sheet and that's how oily my face is. I noticed also that the foundation got a little transfer to my blotting sheet but it's still there and my dark circles are already peaking through and so is with my pimple scars, and I still have my brows and blush on.

So I went on further to test how much long the foundation can stay after another few hours.

Here's how my entire face looks like and this was taken around 10:00PM in the evening and I could honestly say that the lasting power of the foundation can last to 12 hours  for me and based on my experience because I have a active life basis which includes sun exposure, and even windy weather so hence the messy hair (hehehe..).

FINAL VERDICT:

• For the price ranges from Php 350.00 - Php 400.00 which is a fair price
• The container/bottle itself comes in a pro chic theme
• comes with a pump
• Has SPF 15
• It has a semi matte silky Finish 
• Doesn't have a stinky smell
• Must be applied with a buffing brush or beauty sponge for more fair blended complexion results
• Doesn't have any glitter/y flexes 
• doesn't clog my pores at all
• Must be set with any setting powder for more matte finish
• Ideal for combo skin types 

Overall for the experience of the foundation I love how it works on my skin type because it just gives me a flawless youthful complexion, but I only need to just bring my blotting sheet  to get the excess oils that I have on my face because the foundation still stays on my face and doesn't fade easily. 

Will You Repurchase the foundation?

Yes, because it's versatile to use and I love how the foundation works for me.

Till next time as always Take care & "simply love life always"

DISCLAIMER: 

THIS IS NOT A SPONSORED REVIEW, ALL INFORMATION ARE WRITTEN  & SHARE WITH FULL HONEST OPINION BY THE AUTHOR.

The author is not paid to write this post.

All information are written based solely on author's personal experiences.