ELF Natural Eye Palette Review

Hey guys,

First I am sorry for the delay in posts we were hit pretty hard here in NYC with hurricane Sandy. I just had my power turned back on yesterday. I consider myself very lucky.
Now this post is all about Elf's natural eye palette. I really don't need anymore neutrals but I couldn't resist. I picked this palette up at Wallgreen's for $4.99.

The color selection is great, it reminds me of Urban Decay's naked palettes. However I will say the quality is not exactly the same but its a fraction of the cost. The lighter shades are a little bit chalky but nothing so bad I couldn't work with it.

The shadows have a somewhat satin finish. There is only one shadow with really noticeable shimmer.

I really like the warm brown shades as well as the mid tone colors for warming up the crease.

I would recommend this palette for anyone who loves neutral eyeshadows but isn't ready or willing to spend $50. The selection is great and can be used for a variety of looks.

The palette also comes with an applicator, brown eyeliner pencil and also includes some helpful tips.

Above is a swatch of the eyeliner. I have to say I'm not a huge fan of the liner it doesn't really glide on smooth it actually hurt my eye a little. I amy have gotten a bad one because I have had other eyeliners from elf work well. 

Here are some swatches of the shadows. They don't have names so I'll just go left to right with each row:

Do you have the ELF natural eye palette?? What do you think?

TinK xX

ELF HAUL

I ordered a few things from ELF last week and I wanted to share them. 

The first thing I ordered was the flawless finish foundation in sand. Which I have written about on here before. I absolutely love this foundation and have used it so much I needed to order another one. I tried using a maybelline foundation but its just not the same. I also love that it only costs $6.

Next I really wanted to try the HD powder. 

I have used it a couple of times already and I love it. After I apply my foundation I use this powder to set everything and it gives my face a great matte finish. 

I ordered a couple of lip glosses. The first was the pink candy glossy gloss. 

This gloss is a beautiful shade of pink. It can be a little too pink for me though so I usually mix it with some other colors.

The other glossy gloss I purchased is very similar but its more natural. Sweet Salmon:

They look almost identical in these pictures so I will have to upload a swatch picture so you can see the difference. I like using this color with the revlon lip butter creme brulee the two mixed with a little pink candy are almost a dupe for nars turkish delight. Which I have yet to find the perfect dupe of. A lot of people have recommended bonne belle’s strawberry parfait. Besides the color of the glosses, they are very moisturizing and don’t have a strong scent to them.

I went ahead and ordered a brush cleaner as well. It gets the job done and I have no complaints so far.

I needed a new eyeliner and ordered the waterproof eyeliner pen. It only costs a dollar so what the heck.

I didn’t expect much from this product being that it felt so lightweight like a marker and only costs a buck. HOWEVER ELF never ceases to amaze me. I fell in love with this product I get a great thin line that can easily be built upon. And the color pay off is great.  I could not be more please with the product. 

Finally I ordered some eyelashes for Pepp. I haven’t given them to her yet so once I do she will have to try them out and give a review. This is what they look like, they are the hollywood lashes:

TinK xX

URBAN DECAY NAKED PALETTE

guys, so I know I’m really late on this but I just got the urban decay naked palette and will be getting the naked 2 soon. 

There are already so many reviews and tutorials with this palette. But I just wanted to come in quick and say a few things. I love that it comes with the priming potion (I’m not sure why the naked 2 doesn’t). The colors are all so gorgeous and pigmented. It is expensive but the quality is great. I’m excited to compare it to the naked 2, and I’ll be sure to let you guys know what I think about it. 

Just wanted to give a quick step by step look I did today using the palette

FIrst I used virgin on the inner corners of my eyes which is the lightest color of the palette

Then I used toasted on the rest of the lid 

For the crease I used hustle, I added some darkhorse to the outer corners to darken it up

I then lined my eyes with creep, and on the bottom lash line I used gunmetal and winged it out a little for a dramatic look. 

I”ll try to post some pictures of the finished look later. 

TinK xX

TOO FACED SWEET DREAMS REVIEW

This Too faced palette contains an eye shadow insurance primer, fifteen eye shadows, two blushes, one highlighter and one bronzer. This palette is a little pricey at $52. It was given to me as a gift and I am definitely grateful! 

Okay so lets get into it: Eyeshadows

Im going to start from the top left:

Lovey Dovey:is a really pretty shimmery brown. It has beautiful gold shimmer in it and I have even used it as a liner. 

Teddy Bear: Definitely one of my favorite colors in the palette. This shadow is a light matte brown. It’s a great color for filling eyebrows or even a brown smokey eye.

Copper Peony: I haven’t used this color much but it is a very shimmery copper gold color.

Peach Fuzz: This shadow can be used as a highlight it fine shimmers in it.

In the Buff: Is a matte finish shadow. Which I have used as a highlight. If you don’t really like shimmery shadows this shadow will be good for you. I have heard some people complain that this shadow can be a bit chalky but I haven’t had that experience.

~Second Row~

Smolder: This shadow is a matte black. It’s not a stark black so its not too dramatic. A great color for a smokey eye as well as a liner.

Nice Ash: Is a very pretty grey shadow with fine silver shimmers in it. Combining nice ash with smolder would definitely be a great pairing for a smokey eye.

Party Girl: This purple shadow makes a statement! It has blue shimmers in it and is a bright purple. 

Cut the Cake: Is a lilac shadow with a silver hue to it. This color is would look nice with green eyes.

Satin Sheets: This color is a very shimmery light pink. Great for a highlight color but again tons of shimmer in this shadow so if thats not you stick with in the buff.

~Third Row~

First Dance: Is a deep matte purple color. If you wanted to combining first dance, cut the cake and party girl would make a purple smokey eye.

Cop a Teal: This shadow is beautiful! It reminds me of a peacock. A beautiful teal color with shimmer.

Nice Stems:  I haven’t used this shadow yet. Its a bright green with tons of shimmer!

Label Whore: Reminds me of cop a teal but darker with lots of different shimmer shades. Its one of those shadows that looks different in different lighting.

Honeymoon: This shadows is also very shimmery. Its sort of a gold-olive color. 

Overall the shadows are very pretty not a lot of matte shadows but the ones that are matte are important colors like black, brown and white and even a deep purple. The shadows are very pigmented as well. They are all very good quality.

~Shadow Insurance~

I haven’t really noticed a difference with this primer although lately I have done very natural looks, so I’ll update when I do heavy eye makeup.

~Blush/highlight/bronzer~

Cocoa Rose:  (top left) A dark pink colors with a matte finish. This color can be great for contouring. 

Sweet Pink: A much brighter pink blush with fine shimmer. 

Chocolate Soleil Bronzer: I really like this color for contouring its dark enough to really make contouring pop. 

Candlelight glow: A beautiful highlight with shimmer I use this color on the apples of my cheeks and above where I contoured. It does have a lot of shimmer so sometimes I’ll mix it with the matte in the buff to cut down on all the shimmer.

~Overall thoughts and Packaging~

The packaging of the palette looks like a story book very girly and romantic. It can be a bit bulky though. The palette also included 3 cards with different ideas for looks. Overall I am very happy with the palette I enjoy the quality of Too Faced. What I really love is the bronzer and the variety of shadows. 

Okay finally we are done with this review I think it is safe to say I am sick of the word shimmer haha! 

Happy Holidays!

TinK xX