ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Swatches (pic HEAVY!)

Hey!!! Guess who found the camera charger! *points thumbs at self* This girl!!! I have TONS of posts to do including a awesome post collaboration I did with Dee from MakeupThoughts on cruelty free cosmetics. She is an incredibly inspiring woman and I am so honored that she approached me about being a guest writer on her blog. Awesome blog btw, you should check it out. Im so jealous of her goodies from the Venomous Villains collection! I totally missed out on it, everything I wanted was sold out :(

Anyhoo I recently took advantage of the %50 mineral makeup sale for ELF and picked up some of their eyeshadows I've been wanting to try. I paid $1.50 for each of these but regularly they retail for $3.

The Colors

Caffeinated - A dark pure gold color. Its goes on surprisingly metallic

Wild - Not as shimmery as it looks but it is still generous on the shimmer. This is a matte plummy-taupe color with gold shimmer

Confident - Metallic taupe color. Color wise this is a dupe for MAC's Satin Taupe which I will do a comparison on another post but quality-wise it is not

Celebrity - A light golden beige, perfect for highlighting your brow bone and the inner corner of the eye

Pros

- Cheap! As mentioned before theses were only a $1.50 with the %50 discount, dont be discouraged if you missed the discount because ELF gives away deals like that every week!

- Very pigmented, a little goes a long way

- Brand does NOT animal test :)

Cons

- It gets all over the place!!!Very difficult and messy to work with

Neutral

- Very metallic and shimmery - this is a PRO for me but the matte lovers may not want to pick these up

Final Thoughts

The colors are amazing, I absolutely love them. As far as quality goes, these aren't finely milled like MAC's or Urban Decay's eye shadows but it isn't a bother to me. The main thing about these is they are soooo messy! I swear all you have to do is twist the cap off these bad boys and theres so much glitter and dust flying around its like you just released a genie or something! I like the colors enough to continually use them until don't but I do not like them enough to repurchase. They are good (and cheap) enough to give a shot though!

Swatches and Pictures

***All pics were taken unedited and the eye shadows were swatched with NO base.***

size comparison

Individual Eyeshadows, swatches with and without flash

Caffeinated

Wild

Confident

Celebrity

side by side comparisons