REVIEW - E.L.F CONTOUR AND BLUSH DUO WITH SWATCHES

As you all know, last week my little ELF haul was delivered and I've been testing out the products since I received it, and this is soon becoming my favourite face product! With ease this gives me shape and definition in a matter of seconds.

I must admit, how much does this duo remind you of NARS Orgasm blush and Laguna bronzer duo? From the packaging to the pigmentation to the product texture, all I can think about is the Orgasm/Laguna duo and trust me I'm not complaining! A little unoriginal I must admit but this cost me £3.95 and the Orgasm/Laguna duo retails at £30 so I'm not going to say no, but seriously this has to be the best dupe ever!

The blush is a true pink shade with flecks of gold running through whilst the contour powder is a matte brown with slight undertones of orange. Both powders compliment each other perfectly and are highly pigmented, as you can see from the swatches, and blend easily upon the skin to create either a natural or dramatic look. I was nervous at first due to my pasty pale skin, but if I can blend it to go with my skin, I'm sure you can too! I love the texture of these powders as they glide upon the skin and feel very lightweight. 

Without a doubt, I highly recommend this contour blush duo to every single one of you!

JUST A FEW NEW THINGS FROM E.L.F

The other day I was having a browse on eyelipsface.com and I saw some bargains I couldn't refuse. For instance, my whole order cost me under £21, I got a free mystery gift, well gifts should I say, and I got free delivery! 

Because I've never really tried E.L.F products before I thought I'd order only a few things and go from there, but on first impressions, I'm impressed!

So I only actually purchased six items; three brushes, a contour palette, eye shadow palette and a concealer palette because you can never have too many palettes. I haven't put any swatches up yet because I'm hopping to give them all a test out first and then give you a review! I picked up the countour palette in the shade St. Lucia because it seem to be the lightest shade and considering I'm so pale, I need it to be subtile. I must admit the packaging of the Contour Palette is ever so similar to the NARS packaging which is a little unoriginal but pretty nevertheless.

I chose the 32 Piece Eyeshadow Palette in the shade Natural because funnily enough I was looking for a more natural, nudey (if that's even a word?) looking palette! I have heard so many amazing things about E.L.F eyeshadows and I wanted to give them a go myself.

I also grab the Complete Coverage Concealer in the shade light, obviously because I'm so pale. What drew me to this is the four different shades of concealer which will aid me to mask a multiple of sins but also because I'm on holiday next month, so hopefully the darker shades will help hide my blemishes if I manage to catch a tan!

As you can see in the pictures above, I also picked up three brushes. I just chose two eyeshadow blending brushes because you can never have too many and a bronzing brush. Not entirely sure why I selected the bronzing brush but I'm positive it will come in handy!

E.L.F were also really generous this past week and gave me a massive surprise gift which includes:

Baked Bronzer in the shade Los Cabos

Conditioning Lip Balm SPF 15 in Bombshell Brown

Matte Eyeshadow in Mint

Mineral Lip Gloss in Daring

Duo Cream Eyeshadow Cream in Berry Mix

Liquid Eyeliner in Plum

In all honestly, I will probably only use the liquid eyeliner as the colours of the other products aren't really my thing, but it was still super generous of them and the products won't go to waste because I'll give them to my little sister, she'll find something to do with them!

That's all for now, keep checking on my blog for new posts and a review on these products!