ELF's studio matte lip color in nearly nude (review w/ swatches)

Hi everyone!

This is my second review and it will be on ELF's new studio matte lip color in nearly nude. I have just received this a few days ago and am really liking it. I already have this matte lip color in natural and coral and love them, and will be doing reviews on them sometime in the future. I decided to do the shade "nearly nude" first since there really isn't much swatches out there yet for people to look at. When I ordered I couldn't find any swatches at all so I didn't know what to expect.

ELF's matte lip color can be used as a lip liner and/or a lipstick. It is thin but not too thin, I prefer it over regular lipstick because it's provides even coverage. So nearly nude is a nudey pink with a tiny hint of orange, when swatched on the hand. When on the lips its more nude with a hint of pink without the orange. When I swatched it on my hand, it looked really really similar to the matte lip color in coral. Now coral is a peachy pink and is just beautiful, but I was worried that on the lips it would look the same, but luckily it didn't. When nearly nude is applied to the lips its more pale. I have pigmented lips and it took two layers to get this to show up, but two layers gives it a pretty opaque look. One bad thing about these lip colors is that they show the lines on your lips, so I always make sure that I put a good lip balm on before applying these.

Onto the swatches:

It comes in a matte black long tube with the color of the lipstick at the end(it's actually a weird sharpener, I have never tried it before so I don't know how it works)

 

This is all of the product that it comes with. It may not seem like a lot but it really is a generous amount for $3!

 I apologize for the swatches, I can't seem to get good pictures to show the true color.

Thanks for reading loves!

ELF's mineral eyeshadow in caffeinated

Hi guys!!

This is my very first review! It's going to be on ELF's mineral eyeshadow in the shade "caffeinated". I have a good majority of ELF's mineral eyeshadows and will be doing all of them individually.


Now onto the review. ELF's mineral eyeshadows have to be one of my favorite things from ELF. They come in a cute little jar with a matte black lid, similar to most of the studio line.
Caffeinated is a gorgeous medium brown goldy bronze color. It has a nice sparkly glow to it and like all the other mineral eyeshadows, they glide on so smoothly with little fallout. Instead of a regular powder it is almost like they are "wet", which I think is why they glide on so smooth. Now onto the pictures:

For some reason the pictures in the jar didn't show the color very well. I think it's because I took them near my window and it's snowing so the sun wasn't out. Sorry!

This pictures really shows the glow/shimmer that it has. It really is beautiful and when applied to the eyelids it's more of a nice glow.

Well that's my review, I know it was short and the pictures aren't all that great but I will try to do better next time! Since this is my first review I'm still learning what it takes to take good pictures and everything so I hope you bare with me and if you have any pointers I will gladly take them! Thanks for reading and if you ever have any requests on any ELF products I will take them and do my best to do a review!

A little about myself

Hi everyone! I decided to start a blog to share my love for makeup and to give my opinions on products. I always wanted to do a blog to help people who are looking or deciding on what makeup product to buy. I myself have trouble sometimes finding reviews and swatches on certain products so I am here to hopefully help some people out with this!


As you may already know, my name is Kim and I am 19 years old. I love animals, hair and of course makeup! I have just in the past year really gotten into makeup and the thing I love most is lipstick! My other passion is animals. My whole family have always been animal lovers and we have a house full of all different types. We even have wild deer that come to our yard that are more like pets! Some of them have been coming around since we moved here almost 8 years ago and still come everyday to get fed.

This blog is mostly going to be about makeup products but will every once in a while have a post about random things. This is it for now and will do my first product review soon!! :)