Review: ELF Cream Blushes

Hello! So far, so good when it comes to the blogging, haha! 

This time I will review the ELF Cream Blushes. I have three of them;

L - R

Tease, Heart Breaker, Vixen

If you're intrested they are $6/£6.50, but they are currently on sale for £3 on the ELF UK-website!

There are 5 shades on the US-website and 6 on the UK-site. The shade missing on the US-site is Vixen. I don't know if it's just sold out, or if it's not going to be sold there. I know UK gets their products from the US, so I would assume they're discontinuing the colour.

Here you can see the packaging. It's kindof bulky and big, but it's not really a problem for me.

Here you can see the swatches. Obviously the darker colours appear alot better on the skin, and I wouldn't reccomend Heart Breaker if your skintone is medium-dark, I don't know if it would show very well. But ofcourse, what do I know, my skin's almost white! 

I applied the swatches with my fingers, but I have used brushes to apply it to my cheeks as well.

L - R

Tease, Vixen, Heart Breaker.

Tease is a brownish coral-colour, and I think it would be really pretty on most people. It defiently has a warm undertone, and it is quite buildable.

Vixen is a red-colour that has a little hint of plum to it. I'd say this is a warmtoned-colour as well, and this can be built up ALOT! I don't think I would reccomend this if you're any lighter than I am, it might be too dark unless you are really careful.

Heart Breaker is a light baby pink, and I actually thought this would lean more orange when I bought it because that was what it looked like on the ELF-website. I don't really wear pink on my cheeks, I like orange, peachy and coral colours, but I have used it several times. 

All of the colours are matte, and you don't have to set them with a powder!

Here you can see the texture. It's not really a cream, it's more like play-doh. You can kind of see the texture in the pictures. 

I really like these blushes. They're great for everyday, but the packaging isn't really travel-friendly. I really like the product inside, though! I wish there were more shades, and the price is a little high for ELF, but definetly worth the price, at least for me here in Norway since we usually pay twice the price for a L'oreal blush anyways. In the US I know you can get makeup-products alot cheaper, so I don't know if it would be such a good bargain for you guys. Still a very intresting texture and I would definetly try them out.

Almost forgot to mention; they last pretty long on me, but of course that'll depend on your skintype !

Be sure to look up swatches online though, the ELF swatches aren't really that reliable. I'll give you an example:

These are both Heart Breaker. They don't look remotely the same!

The left one is from the ELF webstite, and what I thought I got when I ordered Heart Breaker. I have to say I was a little disappointed when I got it.

My Project 30 Pan

If any of you are subscribed to my youtube-channel, chrisbeeblack, you probably already know this, but I've started a Project 30 Pan. I started on the 1st of April, and I'm over halfways after just a month.

Here is my list of things I'm going to finish.

1. Isadora Perfect Coverstick - Light
2. Miners Voluptulash Mascara - Black
3. Max Factor Kohn Pencil - Black
4. L'oreal Superliner Carbon Gloss - Carbon Black
5. Ulta Eye Highlighting Wand
6. Yves Rocher Lash Plumping Mascara - Black
7. Hema Lipgloss Shine
8. Maybelline Kohl Express - Glamblack
9. Maybelline Color Sensational Lipliner - Coral Fire
10. NYC Sandbar Quad - Brown Shade
11. Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid Foundation - Ivory
12. ELF Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 - Rosy Beige
13. Max Factor Age Renew Foundation - 45 Warm Almond
14. Deadly Passion Pearl Perfume
15. Amèlie English Lavender Foot Lotion
16. Natuvive Pomegranate Body Lotion
17. Yves Rocher Eye Makeup Remover
18. NYC Sandbar Quad - Highlighter Shade
19. Lee Stafford Poker Straight Dry Shampoo
20. Dove Deostick
21. Farmasi Facial Cleanser Tonic - Rose
22. Farmasi Facial Cleanser Gel - Lime
23. Define Hairthickening Haircream
24. Garnier Pure 3in1 Wash/Scrub/Mask
25. ELF Studio Pressed Powder - Sand
26. ELF Eyelid Primer - Sheer
27. "Blistex" Lipbalm (refilled the container)
28. Garnier Eye Roll-on
29. TCW Lipgloss Palette
30. Biotin Hairspray

All the things in bold writing are finished! That's 16 products I believe, and I can't wait to be finished! 

I did haul 8 makeup products from ELF, but I have also given away 14 products to a friend, so I feel it's okay, I still have less products than I had when I started! 14 + 16 are 30 products gone, and then - 8 are 22 products. And I also have 14 other products left from my Project 30 Pan. 

22 + 14 are 36, so all in all I will have 6 products less than if I were to just finish my Project.

Can't wait to be done! I have a wishlist of things I want to get when the Project is over, so I'll post that here later today or tomorrow. I have gotten a few of the products on the list already in my 1st of May-haul, though.

Thank you so much for reading, I really appreciate it!

Review: ELF Custom Eyes & Compact

Hi guys! I know in my last post which was 4 or 5 months ago I said I would start blogging more often, and I failed horribly! I've had so much to do at school but I'm going to try... Again!

Ok, so on the picture underneath you can see all the colours I have from the range. There are 14 colours to choose from on the ELF UK-website, while there are 18 on the ELF US-website. I have all the natural colors, except "taupe" which haven't gotten to the UK yet. Aubergine is the only one that really has a real colour too it, but the dark purple are not that colorful.

If you are intrested in these, they're on sale for only £0.45 on the ELF UK-site! As are the Custom Face and Custom Lips.

L-R

Ivory, Pink Ice, Wheat, Golden Glow, Drift Wood

Moon Dust, Mocha, Aubergine, Dusk

L-R

Ivory, Pink Ice

Wheat, Golden Glow

Drift Wood, Moon Dust

L-R

Mocha, Aubergine, Dusk

You can clearly tell the last three are the ones with the most colour-payoff. 

I think these are great! They're super cheap at only $1/£1.50 (£0.45) a piece, and the Compacts to put them in are the same price. The Compacts have 4 spots for the eyeshadows as well as a huge mirror which is great. The separator in the palettes are also super-easy to take out if you'd like to do that.

Here are two looks I created with eyeshadows from the ELF Custom Eyes. As I base I used the ELF Eyelid Primer. The colours will be even brighter if you use a sticky base such as the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils.

Here I used Dusk all over the lid, blended with Moon Dust and used Ivory as I highlight.

Here I'm wearing Aubergine in the outer V and the crease with Wheat all over the lid. My highlight is Pink Ice.

I actually have 7 of the compacts! They're great for travelling because of the size and mirror, and you can actually fit 5 or 6 eyeshadows in there!

These are definetly great value, even though the pigmentation isn't amazing on my hand, they are a lot better when you have a primer underneath. I really reccomend the ELF Eyelid Primer which is also $1/£1.50.

I'd say "Go for it!" They're cheap and very good for everyday =)

Review: NYC Metro Quartet Eyeshadow - Sandbar

I got this in the mail in September last year, and it took a good while before I started using it, but when I did, let me tell you, I used it alot, which is why I am going to write you a review now, in the middle of the night.

Here you can see the outer packaging and the shades. It's three neutral shades and a purple. You can even tell through the packaging that I've hit pan on two of the shades, haha!

NYC New York Color Metro Quartet Eyeshadow in Sandbar.

Here you can see all the shades, and I labeled them so you can tell the difference in the swatches. I didn't actually realize until now how much more pigmented shade 2 is compared to shade 1. Oh well, shade 1 is great for everyday with shade 4 as a highlight. It's become my go-to look, where I apply shade 1 all over the lid and into the crease, blend it out and apply shade 4 as a highlight in the inner corners and under the brow. 

 Here they all are swatched. It was a little hard swatching shade 3 and 4 since the pans are so small. The plan is to use up shade 1, 2 and 4, and then depot shade 3 and put it in a palette. I doubt I would use that as an everyday-color as I have done with the others. 

All in all I really recommend this palette. They are great shades, and you can make them appear pretty well with a primer underneath. They blend easily too. If you perfer bright colors then it might be for you, but the purple shade do have a pretty blue duo-chrome to it!

Giftwish: Large Makeup Organizer Case

Congratulations, you all survived doomsday!

Thought I'd share another giftwish with you guys to celebrate, and since I came over this on Make Up Academy's facebook-page I wanted to show you. It looks amazing, right?

This is a organizer-case similar to the Zuca-one, just cheaper and a little smaller I think. This baby is only £25 which is an amazing price! When MUA hits 50 000 Facebook-Fans they will have a 50% off code, so I'll definetly go crazy =D
I'll post a wishlist shortly, and it's possible it will be quite long since I don't own anything from MUA!

Go crazy HERE and remember to like their facebook-page HERE for updates and future coupons!

Gift wish: Brush Tree

I saw this in a November-favorites video on youtube, and I couldn't help but to want on for my own. It's so clever and simple, and the price isn't too bad either. I do not know if the company ships internationally though, but it's not expensive to wish !

This is the Brush Tree from Benjadelle, and you can get it HERE!

It is currently out of stock, but I'm sure they'll get more in soon.

The brush tree is avaliable in three different colors; Black, White and Pink.

FOTD - Cat Eye and Winter-Orange

This is my look fpr today. I chose a simple cat eye, with som subtle orange lips. Yes, it's December, but I don't care, I'll wear orange if I'd like, and so should you.

For my eyes I used NYC Metro Quartet in Sandbar. I used the shade to the far left in the crease.

Eyeliner is L'oreal Super Liner Carbon Gloss and L'oreal Kohl in black for my waterline. 

The mascara is Miners VoloptuLash, which is my go-to mascara at the moment. 

I also used a little bit of ELF Studio Single Eyes in Sand Dollar on my lid and for some highlight, both on the brow bone and on the rest of my face.

I used Maybelline Affinitone Foundation, Nivea Perfect Finish setting powder, 10pc blush palette from eBay, from which I used an orange-shade. I also used Viva la Diva concealer 3in1 for my undereye and as an eyeshadow base.

My lips are covered in a tad ov lipbalm, and Maybelline Color Sensational Lip Liner in 440 Fire Coral

What do you think?

Gift wish: Yonanas Ice Cream Treat Maker

Another wish for this year! It's a machine that makes frozen bananas into a soft-serve ice cream. Since it's just frozen bananas, it's healthy; just like eating a real banana. The machine is made for making banana-ice cream (hence the name), but it can be done with other frozen fruits too, such as strawberries, mango, blueberries and so on.  

Here in Norway it retails for 500NOK, but in the US you can get it for $50 at bath and body works. It's also availiable on amazon.com. For all the norwegians out there, it's availiable from komplett.no, expert.no, leifdal.no and so on. It's also avaliable in stores.

This sounds so great, and it's not really that expensive either, so I'm hoping to get this for X-mas!

Have you tried it?
What do you think?

Gift wish: Lulu's Beauty Bag!

I've been drooling over this for a while now, ever since I saw it on Fotballfrue Caroline Eriksen's blog. It's a two-compartment makeup bag. The one I want is in black, but they have ceveral other colors as well.

In the top compartment there's a few stings for your brushes, and in the bottom there's just one huge area for all of you makeup or toiletries.

It's gorgeous, but it's expensive. Original price is 599 NOK, which is around $100, so it's expensive, but I think it would be worth it for a huge, luxery makeup bag with room for all the stuff you need (and do not need) with you for a trip, or to have in your bathroom for easy access.

For you norwegians, you can buy it at Parfymelle stores, and on coverbrands.no (http://www.coverbrands.no/merker/lulu-s/beauty-bag-black/), and probably more places too. It's currently on sale for 509 NOK for the black and the beige models.

What do you think?

Last Minute Halloween Look! - Roboto

Ok, so on tuesday the "russ" at my school are having a theme-day, and the theme is halloween! 

Since I'm a russ this year, of course I wanted to participate, and I needed a quick and easy look to do before school, and it also had to be effectful. That's when I thought of this look!

It's a robot-inspired face look, and if you'd like you can obviously cover your whole face if you'd like, but I didn't because I didn't have that much time before I had to go to work, and I just wanted to see if it worked out. As you can see, it did... I'm not a very fan of the black outline, because it needs to be thicker, but I will fix that when I'm going to wear it to school. I'm also planning on doing some patches of silver here and there on my face and exposed parts of my body, so I'll probably post a picture on my facebook-page Chrisbeeblack Beauty when I'm done, so check that out on tuesday if you'd like to see!

BTW, if you're wondering what "russ" is, it's what the Norwegian graduates are called. You can read more about it HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ) if you'd like! I'll probably also do a video about it in the spring when the celebrations are closing up on me, haha! I also have to get my russe-clothing first!

So here's the look!

 The products I used:

IsaDora Perfect Coverstick - 01 Light

H&M Dipliner - Black

ELF Duo Eyeshadow Cream - Black Licorice

ELF Eyeshadow Duo - Black Licorice

I also used NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil - Milk, but I forgot to put it in the picture! 

What do you think ?