May 1, 2012

e.l.f Haul

I have tried a few makeup brushes from e.l.f  but have always wanted to try their products as I read a lot of good reviews about them.

Thanks to Canadian Beauty Reviews, I am convinced that e.l.f. shipping and delivery to Canada is pretty good so gave me the green light to place my first order.

I have my eyes set on a few must-try products from e.l.f. (thanks to Lenallure). She has great and detailed reviews of a lot of beauty products.

So here is what I got:


Canadian Beauty Reviews gave me a great tip of placing an order under $20 so I don't have to pay duty on my order. e.l.f products are very reasonably-priced but the shipping cost can be pricey to Canada. I managed to place the order when they were doing the 50% off promotion and I found a discount code for shipping so making this order under $20 with the shipping.




The powder is very silky. Can't wait to try it. 


Matifying Powder

I have oily skin and always in need of powder mid way through the day. This is a very nice color, a hint of pink, which I think would suit my skin tone. I have bought compact powder before with very yellowish undertone. Not the most complimentary color on me.


Contouring Blush and Bronze Powder

I like the soft pink blush color but the bronze powder looks different from the picture shown on the webiste. It is a little bit darker than I thought. Haven't tried it yet so will review it after.



High Definition Powder

I was contemplating between getting this in translucent(clear) or this (shimmer). At the end, decided to go with shimmer. It is a very light pink powder with a hint of shimmer. I was worried that it would have a lot of shimmer but it is very subtle. I tried it today and you can only see a hint of shimmer when I was applying it. Very smooth powder. I only put on BB cream today. Will yet have to try with foundation and see if the pink tone would alter color on it. 

Overall, very pleased with my order. I placed the order and received it within a week. I wanted to try their essential blending blush but they were out of stock(so bought it from ebay). Still a few other things I want to try out and will definitely continue to buy from them online. 


25 comments:

  1. Great haul! I really like the mattifying powder-but it definitely has a bit of color to it so you can add a whole bunch xoxo
    A Thing of Beauty

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    1. I live on matifying powder and can't wait to try it out.

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  2. Awesome haul! you and steph are awful awful people! now I'm going to HAVE to get something from e.l.f!!! :P Was the shipping fairly fast?

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    1. yes, we're the little devils. Buy it buy it buy it!! haha. Shipping was fairly fast. Considering I placed the order on Apr 20, order was processed Apr 23 and I got the shipment yesterday.

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    2. hehe you won't regret it though! such great value for the cost :) and yes, my order got to me pretty quickly as well!

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  3. thanks for the love!
    your haul looks great. :)
    can't wait for your reviews on them.
    i didn't know now they have shimmer version of the HD powder. i wanna try it! ^-^

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    1. Thanks again for your recommendations! Think the shimmer HD powder is new. You may want to give it a try too!

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  4. great haul! I am really loving the pressed powder. the mattifying powder sounds intriguing to me as well, might have to order that one too!

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    1. Thanks again for giving me the tips of ordering and I'm loving my new E.L.F products!!

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  5. i love, love, love the elf blush/bronzer duo- i hope you like yours too! New Follower! Can't wait to catch up on your posts :)

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    1. can't wait to try the bronzer and blush. Thanks for following, so sweet of you :)

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  6. Nice hauls! I love all of them!!! the pressed powder seems pretty nice! I haven't tried any pressed powder from elf yet! hope you could share a review on that ^_^~

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    1. Can't wait to try all my new items and review them. I have a feeling I am loving them already!

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  7. Great haul, I love E.L.F products :)
    xx

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    1. After reading so many god reviews about E.L.F, I just have to try and so far I have tried the HD powder and love it. Can't wait to try the rest.

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  8. Great haul, I've loved all the elf products that I have tried so far! xx

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    1. I have a feeling that I will go back and order some more products. Just can't believe the price and how good the quality is.

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  9. great haul!! love elf!:) btw, I follow u now, I'm in love with your country!!^^ kisses from Italy!

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  10. I love your blog! Found you on a blog hop! I'm so excited to follow your blog!
    Follow me back?
    Thanks!
    Foreveralwaysfashion.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you so much, so sweet of you! Following you back.

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  11. I like ELF stuff a lot, esp their mineral eye shadow, nice haul!!

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    1. I definitely will try more of their products. Thanks for recommending mineral eye shadow. Will sure give it a try.

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  12. I love elf... have an order on the way ! I didn't know it was different prices. It very cheap for the uk : )
    follow back?
    www.imitationisthegreatestformofflattery.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. The prices are cheap in US but since they have to ship to Canada, sometimes the items were $1 or 2 but I had to pay $10 for the shipping. Just wish they are more readily available here.

      Thanks for dropping by, following you back:)

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