E.L.F. Essential Professional Complete Set of 12 Brushes

Hello Everyone,

I can't believe it's Thursday.... the week is just passing by so fast. I am excited for the three day weekend coming up. This blog is sort of like a continuation from the last blog about E.L.F. products. A few weeks ago or a month ago, E.L.F. had a promotion for their professional complete set of 12 brushes. Normally, they cost $12, but the promotion was 12 brushes for $1.20. Yep, that is right! 12 brushes for one dollar and 20 cents. That is a great deal!

I have never used E.L.F. brushes before because I like to invest in good quality brushes, however, I was thinking when I first started playing with makeup, I couldn't afford MAC brushes, even today, it's still expensive to me. The brush collection that I have now are accumulated from years and years of just saving my money and buying one brush at a time. A brush can cost up to $52 which is crazy. Well, for those who are just starting off and would like a set of brushes to practice with, these are good to use. The promotion for $1.20 is no longer available on E.L.F, but they are still a good price. Sorry, I wish I could have posted sooner so everyone can have a chance to grab them while they were having a promo, but I think the promo was just for a day.

Ok, let's get to it!
All the brushes came in one big bag and as you can see they have their own individual sleeves.

Total Face Brush- The bristles on this brush feels coarse to me compare to a MAC brush, but of course I can't complain about paying $1.20 for all 12 brushes. The bristles are synthetic. The two cons that I would say about the brushes are they smell and they shed A LOT. Just be aware. People tend not to like this brush out of all the 12 brushes. Again, they are good brushes for everyday use and the price is fantastic.

Bronzing Brush- What I like about these brushes is that they have the name printed on the brush handles. For example, if it is a bronzing brush, it says right on there. Because the brush is kinda flat near the bristle, I like to use this as a contour brush.

Some of the brushes come with their own brush sleeves which is nice

Eyelash and Brow Wand- This spool helps groom your eyebrows to make them more defined and also can be used to separate your eyelashes after applying mascara.

Blending Eye Brush- This brush is great for blending out eyeshadows for a smokey eye. However, if you are working with a small crease area, it can be a little bit difficult, but do-able.

Lip Defining Brush- Personally, I don't use lip brushes but it does help blend in the color more evenly on your lips.

Eyeliner Brush- This is good for tight lining or lining your inner and outer lash line. Definitely good with gel liners and wet formulas.

Smudge Eye Sponge- This is to help smudge out the eyeliners on your lower and upper lash line for that smokey eye effect. Also, to soften those harsh lines. As shown below, it is a sponge tip not bristles.

Concealer Brush- The brush is kinda small but I can see that it will work well if you are just trying to conceal a small area. More for precision than for your entire face. If you are trying to use this for a larger area, this will take you days maybe years to cover up. Just sayin.

Defining Eye Brush- I like this brush a lot because it's small enough to get into the crease of my eyelid.

Foundation Brush- This brush does blend the foundation well into your skin, but I use this more as a concealer than for foundation.

Brow Comb and Brush- For this, I only use the brush side after I draw in my eyebrows to soften the look. I don't really use the comb unless I need to trim my eyebrows.... which I don't do myself.

Eyeshadow Brush- This is my favorite brush out of the 12 and I use this to pack on color to my eyelid. It does have a small brush, but it fits the shape of my eyes really well.

So, these are the 12 brushes that are in the essential brush collection and they are worth the price you are paying for. Despite the shedding, it's a great set overall because I can see most of these brushes being used everyday.

Good Night!
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Eyes. Lips, and Face (E.L.F) Review

Hello Everyone,

I know most of you probably heard of the makeup brand called E.L.F. which can be purchased at your local drugstore and also online. I have used E.L.F brand before, but I have mix reviews about them. They are known to be pretty inexpensive ranging from $1- $35 for most of their products. I would recommend this to someone who is just starting off with using makeup for the first time because of the price points. As you start using more of their products, you can get a feel of what they have that are good. They also have reviews to help guide you to a product that most people rave about. For example, the bestseller are usually the high definition powder, eye palettes, primer, powder brush, and cream eyeliners.

What I really want was the brush holder because I didn't have a place to store all my brushes. I know a lot of people use office supplies to hold their brushes which was what I did before, but now I need a larger container. As I started to look around at their website, of course, I added more items to my basket. Also, at the time there was a promotion where you buy 12 brushes for $1.20.... WOW! How cheap is that???!!! That definitely was going into my basket. I wasn't able to fit all of that into this review so I will create a second blog for those 12 brushes.

Let's start with the brush holder. This is the most expensive item in my basket: $15.00. I have all sorts of brushes from MAC, Sigma, Bare Essentials, E.L.F, etc.... and now they all have a home.

I have also picked up two All-Over Eyeshadow brushes for $1 each (This is not part of the 12 brushes that I will blog later). Mochi (my dog) took a hold of one of the brushes and started to chew on it. I decided to give it to her as a toy since it was only $1. She loves that brush more than her toys that cost $5. These brushes are surprisingly soft and are really good for highlighting under the eyebrows. I use this quite often and again it was only $1.

The next thing I got is their Bestsellers Collection for $5

Inside the package there is an eyelash curler which is pretty decent. I was letting one of my friend use it, not knowing what brand it is, she thought it was from Sephora. I told her it was from E.L.F and she was shocked on how good the quality is.

The liquid eyeliner is just a tiny brush that some people like to use to line their upper eyelashes. For me, I like to use gel liners unless it is the Lancome Arte liner then it's a different story.

An eyeshadow brush... it's not the softest brush that I have used, but it is good enough to be able to pick up any of the eyeshadows that I have.

I am little bias when it comes to mascaras. I love love Maybelline mascaras so it's hard for me to like this one. I used it twice and I didn't see anything too special about this. It's actually not as bad as everything says it is, but it does get messy because it's too liquid-y.

The bristles are very plain and it doesn't help separate my lashes very well.

Lastly, the eyeshadow palette. I can see myself wearing these colors on a daily basis so that was one of the reasons I picked this set. The colors here are neutral and are very pigmented as you can see down below. They do have fallouts but it's not that bad. I can see myself purchasing more of their eyeshadow palettes in the future since they are only $1-$3.

With this palette you can create a day look with just two colors and you can add on the darker brown for a more brown smokey eye-look for night time.

That's it for now.
Take care,

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