e.l.f. Aqua Beauty Molten Liquid Eye Shadow |
Price: Canada - approx. $5.99 Best Price: Walmart, Loblaws Beauty Department & Rexall (Check your local drugstore for sales) U.S. - approx. $4.00 Best Price: Walmart, Ulta & ELF Website (Check your local drugstore for sales) Product Description: Hydrating liquid eye shadow ***** Metallic look with a cooling effect ***** Formula infused with Purified Water and Vitamin E to help hydrate skin Directions: Apply colour over eyelids with help of applicator/wand ***** Gently blend out using finger or blending blush ***** Allow to dry before applying more colour ***** Can also be used a eye shadow primer to intensify powder eye shadows | Swatches:
***** Available Shades: Brushed Copper #57029 ***** Rose Gold #57030 ***** Molten Bronze #57031 ***** Liquid Gold #57032 ***** Cool Steel #57048 ***** Mocha Metal #57063 ***** |
http://www.elfcosmetics.com/p/aqua-beauty-molten-liquid-eyeshadow
Review
First Impressions: Lets start at the beginning with the packaging of the box. This is pretty much your standard E.L.F. design, but with a twist. The layout of the packaging is the same, however they have chosen to change from their standard black/white to blue/white packaging for the Aqua Beauty line. I like the change, and I think the blue/white design really helps to differentiate between their normal line and the Aqua Beauty line. ***** Also, I really like their decision to package these eye shadows in a tube with a wand, rather than a pot. All around it makes it less messy, easier to apply with the wand, and to pack in my bag for travel. ***** |
Now, E.L.F. promotes these liquid eye shadows as having a vibrant and metallic finish. Looking at the product in the bottle, I would more or less agree with that statement. However, once I swatched the product on my hand, it had more of a shimmery and iridescent look rather than metallic. As well, once I blended out the shadow with my finger, the pigment mostly disappeared and all I was left with was a faint pink shimmer.
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Wear:
According to the E.L.F. website, they say you can wear the liquid eyes shadow alone on the eyelids or as a primer for powder shadows. So, naturally I decided to this shadow both ways.
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Alone:
As I wanted to try this product on its own, I did not apply any sort of primer or base to my eyelids beforehand. On its own, the shadow applied like a normal liquid eye shadow would, wet but not runny. The wand transferred a nice amount of product in one to two swipes, and it looked really pigmented. Now, because it is a liquid eye shadow, I had to move quickly to blend and adjust the product before it dried. I found using my finger tip to blend out the product the best way, as when I used a blending brush too much of the product transferred to the brush and I had to reapply more of the eye shadow to get the pigmentation back. The eye shadow dried down with a few minutes, and so long as I did not overly blend out the product the rose colour remained apparent and beautiful.
For the price, I am definitely surprised how well this liquid eye shadow worked on its own.
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According to the E.L.F. website, they say you can wear the liquid eyes shadow alone on the eyelids or as a primer for powder shadows. So, naturally I decided to this shadow both ways.
*****
Alone:
As I wanted to try this product on its own, I did not apply any sort of primer or base to my eyelids beforehand. On its own, the shadow applied like a normal liquid eye shadow would, wet but not runny. The wand transferred a nice amount of product in one to two swipes, and it looked really pigmented. Now, because it is a liquid eye shadow, I had to move quickly to blend and adjust the product before it dried. I found using my finger tip to blend out the product the best way, as when I used a blending brush too much of the product transferred to the brush and I had to reapply more of the eye shadow to get the pigmentation back. The eye shadow dried down with a few minutes, and so long as I did not overly blend out the product the rose colour remained apparent and beautiful.
For the price, I am definitely surprised how well this liquid eye shadow worked on its own.
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Prism Eye Shadow Palette- Naked
rating 4/5
*All product photos taken by me and belong to LotusKilt
Price: Avg. $6.99 to $14.00 *Cost varies by location or website you purchase it from Product Description: Described as an ultra-silky and lustrous eye shadows palette, that holds six shimmery shades ***** Looks like a powder, but feels like cream ***** Can be used for different range of looks day or night ***** Shades can be mixed and matched to create custom looks ***** Can be used dry for subtle wash of colour or applied wet for a vibrant effect ***** Shades can be used to contour, line and highlight eyes ***** Light shades to apply as a base all over lids or to highlight ***** Medium shades on eyelids or in crease to contour ***** Darkest shades to define and line eyes, or as an eyeliner for bold effect | Swatches: *Swatches in picture were applied wet (Shades From Left to Right) First: White Shade (Base or Highlight) ***** Second: Yellow Shade (Base or Highlight) ***** Third: Rose Shade (Eyelid or Contour) ***** Fourth: Golden Brown (Eyelid or Contour) ***** Fifth: Rose Brown (Define, Line Eyes or Smoky Eye Look) ***** Sixth: Darkest Brown (Define, Line Eyes or Smoky Eye Look) |
http://www.elfcosmetics.com/p/prism-eyeshadow
Review
First Impressions:
I found the Prism Naked Palette on sale at the drugstore, and it was the last one on sale for only $5.00, (regularly I believe it sells for $10.00). With more than fifty percent off the original price, I couldn't turn down that deal. Prior to this, I was on the fence about buying the Prism Palette, because it only has shimmery shades and no matte shades. I don't like using only shimmery shades on my eyes, I like to have a matte shade or two to use as a base and for blending. However, for $5.00 I thought I would give it a try.
Contour Palette - Light/Medium
rating 4/5
*All product photos taken by me and belong to LotusKilt
Price: Avg. $6.00 to $10.00 *Cost varies by location or website you purchase it from Product Description: Powder contour palette that hold 4 shades to mix and match for a custom and defined look. ***** Infused with Vitamin E ***** Contouring, shading, sculpting, brightening and highlighting. ***** Can be used for bronzing the sides of the nose, hollows of cheekbones, jawline and hairline to slim ***** Can be used for highlighting over the nose, cheekbones, brow bone, center of the forehead and cupid's bow to lift (very top of lip between the nose and upper lip) | Swatches: Left: Light Shimmer Tone (Highlight) ***** Second Left: Yellow/Orange Tone (Highlight) ***** Third From Left: Warm Matte Tone (Contour) ***** Right: Cool Matte Tone (Contour) |
Review
First Impressions:
I bought this at a local drugstore after searching through a few stores that were either sold out, or had a few remaining boxes that had been ripped opened and tested (gross).The packaging itself looks very neat and in the typical black smooth E.L.F. design. I was also hoping to grab the dark/darker contour palette (#83346) to test as well, but unfortunately none of the stores in my area carry it, so I was a bit disappointed I couldn't get my hands on it, but c'est la vie.
I bought this at a local drugstore after searching through a few stores that were either sold out, or had a few remaining boxes that had been ripped opened and tested (gross).The packaging itself looks very neat and in the typical black smooth E.L.F. design. I was also hoping to grab the dark/darker contour palette (#83346) to test as well, but unfortunately none of the stores in my area carry it, so I was a bit disappointed I couldn't get my hands on it, but c'est la vie.
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