Ramblings of a Makeup and Shopping Addict: E.l.f. Review & Swatches

In a previous post I mentioned I bought some things from E.l.f. at Target, you can see that post here. I had a few people request that I do a review on them, and I've been using the products for a few weeks now, so I can finally give a proper review. :)
First off I'd like to say that I'm highly impressed with the pigmentation and staying power of these products. For only being $1-$3 per item it's well worth your money. I'm not saying that these are as great as Urban Decay eyeshadows but definitely good for being $1-$3.
Anyway first I'm going to talk about the products I dislike.
Elf's Tinted Moisturizer. I'm trying, desperately to get back into liquid foundations (I've been using a mineral powder for many years). I figured this would be a good start considering it was only $3. I used it once, and I broke out from it, I haven't used it since, I know I'll break out again. I have very sensitive skin, and it's not just sensitive skin where I get a few little break outs, the kind of break outs I get are cystic pimples which are very painful and last for weeks. As a matter of fact, since I used it the pimple finally decided to subside. So this is why I'm weary of trying it again...

Another product I dislike is Elf's concealer. I'm in desperate need of a new one, seeing how the one I'm using now is running very low, so I decided to give this a try. Unfortunately I don't like it at all. I used it once underneath my eyes and it did nothing for my dark circles. As a matter of fact it was just to liquidy with no coverage power. Also, as weird as this sounds.. it tingled when I put it on, and not it a good way, it was more of a burning feeling. Weird. So I wouldn't recommend this.

Those were the only two products I disliked. Onto products I'm loving for everyday use. I've been using the Elf eyeshadow primer everyday. It's a perfect primer for everyday use instead of wasting my expensive Urban Decay Primer Potion. I'm a college student, so trying to save every bit I can is well worth it. So instead of using my high end brand everyday I'm now using Elf's. And I'm actually very satisfied with the staying power of it.

Onto the liquid eyeliners. I've only used the eyeliner is Coffee and I'm loving it. I don't particularly like the brush, but I can deal with it and I love the staying power of this as well. Like I said before I can use this everyday knowing it's only $1, compared to my $18 one.

Onto my black friday deal of the eyeshadow palette for $10 and the contouring powder.

Eyeshadow palette with flash

Without flash.

I tried swatching, but it didn't come out as well as I thought..

Like I said before, I'm loving the pigmentation of these colors, I've only used the neutral colors thus far, but I'm loving it! The palette was only $10 from Target on black friday, originally $15, and I seriously can not get enough of it. I love the color pay off on such a cheap shadow. As I've said before the color isn't as great as a Urban Decay or Mac shadow, but definitely worth your money. And with a palette with so many colors I have so much to play with every day. :)
Onto the contouring kit. I tried this once and it made me break out, I gave it a few days and wanted to try it again, but I desperately wanted this to work, and I've been using it for a week or so now and haven't had a break out since, so it must of been something else that made me break out.. (probably stress from school) but anyway I'm loving this! So pretty!