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I have been really impressed with almost every ELF Studio makeup product I’ve tried, and at just £3.50 each you really can’t go wrong!

Translucent Matifying Powder -
This is one of my favourite ELF products ever and I have gone through 5 or 6 now. If you have oily skin you NEED this, it holds up the oil like no other powder I’ve tried and I always have one in my handbag for touch-ups throughout the day. Although the shade is ‘transluscent’ I find it matches my skintone perfectly and provides the best coverage I’ve seen from a powder. Whilst on holiday I wore this on it’s own as it was so hot, and it covered any redness/blemishes and didn’t feel as if it was clogging my pores. This has better coverage and lasting power then MAC Studio Fix IMO and at a quarter of the price! I can’t rave about this product enough, I love it and will repurchase over and over again, pictured is one of my backups, with daily use (and touch-ups) a compact usually lasts me 1-2 months. You also get a large …

Sooooooooo Cherry Culture we’re having one of their fab sales, I think it was 25% off but I’m not too sure. All NYX was in the sale and the round lipsticks were just $1.99 so of course I had to snap them up! I also got a few eyeshadows, a blush and 2 cream blushers just because they were all so cheap…

So (not in order) I picked up the round lipsticks in Rose Bud, Athena, Sky Pink, Baby Pink, Chaos, Thalia, Jupiter, Sash & Ceto
Cream Blush in Tea Rose (left) & Golden
Blush in Nutmeg
Eyeshadows in Herb (left) & True Taupe
Heres a closer look at the lippies so you can see the shades, click to enlarge!

I already own a few NYX items, the famous jumbo pencils and a few lipsticks and I think the brand is fab for the money. It’s just a shame it’s not more easily available in the UK, most websites over here sell it for way above the RRP but cest la vie!
Do you own any NYX?

For a natural look I sure used alot of stuff!

I wanted to keep it simple, and focus on my skin more than anything. I love the HD powder, it really adds that finishing touch. As my skin is oily, I used the matifying powder first and just a quick dusting of the HD powder once I had applied everything else.
For my base I used the ELF Mineral Infused Primer then I used Revlon Colorstay foundation, applied with the ELF Studio flat top kabuki style powder brush, then I used the ELF concealer/highlighter duo under my eyes (I dabbed them both and blended) then I applied the ELF Studio Matifying powder all over using the sponge provided (shock horror!). Then I used the ELF Blush/Bronze duo to slighty contour, as this product is SOO pigmented I used a very light hand! I used my Ms Makeup blusher brush (its quite stiff, which I like for contouring)

For my eyes I primed my lids with the ELF Primer then curled my lashes with the ELF mechanical curler and I used 2 shades from the Sparkle Eyes Beauty Encyclopedia, using the mushroom colour all over my lid then just a touch of …

It was snowing quite heavily yesterday, bored at home me, my boyfriend and my mum took a walk to Tesco just round the corner. After seeing Jellymnx’s post on the fabulous illuminators she got from Wet n Wild I was gagging to have a look down the beauty aisle! My Tesco is quite big but they only carry half a shelf of Wet n Wild so my choice was quite limited but I did like the look of most of the offerings bar the lipsticks… they looked a bit tacky and I wouldnt wear the ‘Pat Butcher’ style colours my store had in stock. But apart from those, the rest of the range looked quite good! I picked up the Silk Powder blusher in Pearlescent Pink and the Cover All concealer in fair. When I got home I went straight on MUA (as u do!) to see what others think, and was quite shocked to see the blusher I had picked up was being hailed as a NARS Orgasm dupe! I’ve never actually tried Orgasm, I dont think I could spend that much money on a blusher to be honest! But I know alot of ladies LOVE it …