Elf Cream Blushes: Seductress & Heartbreaker

When I heard Elf had cream blushes I instantly swooned, as their Cream Shadows recently surprised me.

Before I get into it, here is my beef with 90% of cream blushes on the market. They are all pink. Hot, loud, bright pink. I don't know why that is. But I know I don't like it. Even ones with names like Super Peach end up turning hot pink on my skin. It's beyond my comprehension.

I picked out two colors - Seductress and Heartbreaker.


(Seductress)



(Heartbreaker)

I picked both of these colors because Seductress looked like a dusty mauve and Heartbreaker looked like a pretty, soft peach on the web.

Here is what they look like on me.


(Seductress blended out softly.)



(Heartbreaker blended out equally softly.)


Hmmph. The colors aren't quite what I expected, but they are pretty. The color is blendable and buildable and lasts for a decent amount of time. I really like how natural this looks when blended into the skin. I am almost surprised at how flawlessly this applied, since it is on the drier side of a cream blush to start.

I realize I make everyone around me nuts on a quest for the perfect peach blush. I do wish the color worked better for me personally, but if you, like the rest of the world apparently, prefer your cream blush on the pink side, then put down the expensive cream blush and snatch this up instead.

This was sent for review. Elf doesn't test on animals.

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Elf Cream Eyeshadow

I love a good cream shadow. BE's Stay There and Bobbi Brown are among my favorites, so when I started hearing internet chatter that Elf had Cream Shadows that rivaled Bobbi, I had to test them out.


I picked up all four cream shadow shades:

Candlelight - a light highlighter color



Bronze - a golden bronze



Dawn - a taupe-y brown


Eggplant - a medium purple


I didn't expect much, as drugstore brand cream shadows always fail my lids.

I am happy to report that these were surprisingly really nice! They don't pack a serious color punch the way other cream shadows might, but they do add a nice wash of color to the lid. Most importantly, when used with a primer (does anyone NOT use a primer?) they don't crease. They will fade over time, but they wear much better than I had expected for $3 shadows! The Candlelight is definitely my favorite!

They also play nicely with mineral or pressed shadows to help intensify the color of the shadows. So don't forget to try using them as a base for the shadow to stick to (after prepping with a primer!).

I bought these with a gift certificate supplied by the company. Elf does not test on animals.

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e.l.f. 2-1 Conditioning Gloss

I recently couldn't resist the allure of a gift card and picked up a few items from e.l.f. One of the items I picked up is their 2-in-1 Conditioning Gloss. This gloss has a clear outer tube, that hydrates, provides super shiny, lasting gloss and an inner tube that provides the color.

I picked up this shade in Golden in the hopes it would be the perfect choice for summer.


(A golden, beautiful blob of lip gloss.)


This gloss is very shiny and lasts for a respectable amount of time. Especially since it's only $3! However, the color payoff isn't the strongest - at least not in the color I selected.


(Squeezing the sides, hard. Normally, you squeeze your tubes so they flatten out.)


You also have to squeeze the tube really hard, opposite from the way you normally squeeze, to get color to come out and not just the clear gloss. Normally, you squeeze a lip gloss so it's flat. With this, you squeeze the sides. Granted the tube itself is designed to be squeezed that way, but it's backwards from normal tube glosses and it just feels weird in my hand. (You have to do this with other similar glosses, like the one by Laura Geller. The same issue bugged me with her product as well.)

The gloss isn't sticky on your lips. But if your hair gets into it, I can see it being a seriously sticky situation. I think this gloss is so ultra sticky, it almost comes full circle and isn't sticky. Does that make sense to anyone besides myself?


(Where is the gold? It looked so promising in it's golden blob above.)


Overall, for the price, it is exactly what you would expect. It's ok, provided you aren't cheesed about the no-show color. I can say that it feels hydrating, that it hugs the lips and that it stays on for a good amount of time.

Have you tried this? What did you think? Let me know in the comments!

I bought this with a gift certificate provided by the company. Elf does not test on animals.

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