e.l.f. Disney Elsa: Snow and Ice Beauty Book

The newest edition to the e.l.f. disney collection is Queen Elsa! I have nothing but good news and good things to say about this one! I feel like they took all the best things from the other beauty books they have come out with over the past few months and incorporated them into this one!

The book has eight eyeshadows, highlighter, two liners, lipgloss, and eyeshadow brush. This has been the most any beauty book has included.

Eyeshadows are swatched from left to right, first row, then the second row. 
"Kristoff" is a shimmery warm bronze/gold. "Sven" looks like a warm peach in the pan but swatches more of a cool toned peach on my skin tone (I"m a little confused by why those are named as such I don't really see them in those colors at all). "Anna" is a shimmery purple with a fuchsia undertone. "Hans" is a warm shimmer bronze. "Olaf" is a shimmer white, and surprisingly not chalky like I'd expected. "Arendelle" is the prettiest of them all! a shimmer burgundy. "Elsa" is a matte purple with slight silver glitter. "Marshmellow" ?? is a matte black with slight silver glitter. The glitter shades show up pretty matte on the lid to me. 

The highlighter, "Snow Queen", for the most part is a very shimmery champagne. It is very buttery and applies smoothly and evenly. It has a silver imprint in the middle. On the right is the champagne color swatched by itself, next to it is the two swatched together, as if you swirled a brush in the middle. 
Both the liners are really great. I have been very impressed with how well the e.l.f. liners have swatched and applied in each disney beauty book.  The liner on the left is the glitter liner "Starry Night." Unfortunately it isn't the best liner as far as glitters go. The liner on the left is the black liner "Frozen Heart." This one applies beautifully and very black! Neither one is waterproof or smudge resistant though.
The lipgloss "Royal Pursuit" is so pretty. I think that they did really well in replicating the color of Elsa's lips from the movie. It also applies nice and evenly (which is a huge improvement from the previous lip glosses that have come in the other Disney beauty books) and it doesn't smell bad like that one Snow White one did. 

Last but not least is the brush. YES it came with a brush! I think they all should have come with a brush. This is the original eyeshadow brush that is in the e.l.f. essential line that is only $1 but will be the best $1 you have ever spent. I won't go into much detail about it as I have don't previous reviews on this brush alone as well as a huge review on my favorite e.l.f. brushes. I will link one below. 
e.l.f. brush review
Overall this one was great! e.l.f. keep them coming and have them all be this great of quality! This is available at select Walgreen's drugstores. This is the only retailer that I have seen carry any of the e.l.f. Disney collections.
The only downfall: where the other beauty books have retailed for $9.99 this one retails for $12.99. I guess they really want you to pay for that brush and extra eyeliner =/

Thank you guys so much for reading. Please feel free to leave any questions, comments, or recommendations.

e.l.f. Disney: Jasmine Collection! A Whole New World Beauty Book

This is the third disney princess that e.l.f. has added to their disney princess collection.  I didn't get much at all from this one, just the beauty book. Aesthetically this beauty book is absolutely beautiful. I really think that e.l.f. did great with the colors. I really think the purple and turquoise compliment each other really well! 

The book is set up similarly to the Snow White one with 3 large shadows and 4 small ones.  This one has a blush a blush and bronzer like in the Ariel beauty book as opposed to just a bronzer like in the Snow White beauty book.  
It comes with a double ended sponge tip applicator like in the Snow White book. I'm pretty disappointed about that because the Ariel one was the only one so far that came with a brush. 

Ok, onto the shadows. I am not impressed. Out of the 7 shadows, I only feel like 2 are worth using. For the most part the shadows are very powdery and "hard" in the pan. Its really hard to get much payoff on my finger and really difficult fro a brush. 

The two shades that I think are really nice are 'Iago' and 'Jafar.' They are shimmers and apply really easily and evenly. The worst of the bunch are 'Abu' and 'Jasmine' =(.  I was really hoping 'Jasmine' would be an amazing light blue but it is really hard to swatch. It is like the both of these are very hardly packed into the pan. They aren't buttery at all and have a lot of fallout. 'Aladdin' and 'Raja' are pretty but have to be built up.  I'm torn on 'Genie.' It is a gorgeous blue/green teal type color but is patchy. It was slightly difficult to get it to apply evenly but once it was even I liked it.

The blush 'Royal Palace' looks like a peach toned highlight on my skin tone. I would not wear this as a blush, it would look very ashy. The bronzer 'Forbidden Treasure' would be a good all over bronzer to warm my skin tone, it would not work as a bronzer/contour type powder because it is almost my exact color. The blush is just a little chalky but not too terribly bad. It has slight gold shimmer which would make it a great highlight.  The bronzer is great, it is smooth and applies easily and blends well.

The eyeliner is AMAZING! This is the blackest pencil liner I have ever had! It isn't smudge proof, but doesn't claim to be. This will be the only thing I will use from this book. The lipgloss 'Magic Carpet' isn't bad. It does go on patchy. I tried to show it in the swatch. It isn't as bad as that horrible Snow White one by any means! It doesn't have a scent at all (thank goodness). 

I can't wait for the next one! I hope they continue this and have one for every disney princess in the princess court, with and addition of Pocahontas because I think that would be beautiful. 

Thank you so much for reading! Please feel free to leave any comments or recommendations <3

Face of the Day: Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette

This face of the day is a little old but is still one of the looks that I find myself doing often! The Urban Decay Naked 3 palette is still one of the most used in my collection!

Contacts are from honeycolor.com. They are the Angelic Eye Princess green and are absolutely amazing! I originally got these to wear for halloween but these are definitely ok for an average day. They aren't too out there at all.
Face:
Tarte Cosmetics Amazonian clay airbrush powder foundation
Tarte Cosmetics Amazonian clay waterproof brow mouse
NYX blush in Amber Rush
e.l.f. baked bronzer from the duo Antigua
Eyes:
Urban Decay Naked 3 palette: Strange on the brow bone and inner corner, Limit on the lid and lower lash line, Nooner in the crease and outer V.
e.l.f. pen liner from the Ariel collection
Stila smudge stick in tetra on the waterline
Bobbi Brown smokey eye mascara (which is absolutely amazing! I got it in a sephora 500 point bag and wish I could get a full size)
Lips:
Maybeline creamy matter lipstick in touch of spice
Urban Decay 24-7 glide on lip pencil in Naked 

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed! Feel free to leave any comments, ask any questions, or make any recommendations =)

e.l.f. Disney: Snow White Collection! The Fairest of Them All Lip Colleciton

Again! I am so excited that e.l.f. is doing and continuing this Disney collection! Snow White isn't my favorite princess by any means but I have to say the artwork and other aesthetics put into this collection are really nice.  I really like the shadow book that came out with this collection but I think they missed the mark with the lips.

This comes with a lip stain, lip gloss, and a balm in a pot. 

Here they are swatched with flash on the top and in natural light under neath.  All of the reds will give you more of a cherry red lip than a rosy or naturally red lip.

The best in the kit is the lip stain.  It is in the shade Crimson Crush (misspelled on the label by the way).  It goes on very evenly, which can be hard for lip stains.  It is a darker, blue toned red. It doesn't have any scent besides the slight inky smell that a lot of stains have.

Next in the kit is a lip gloss in the shade Ruby Kiss.  When first swatched I though this was so pretty.  You could see subtle purple sparkles in it agains the dark red, but it would NOT swatch evenly! Parts are vey chunky and others are slightly translucent. I tried to capture the uneven consistency and texture in this photo. It is in the middle.

Let me also add that this smells absolutely DISGUSTING! It smells similarly to Bengay and even slightly smells like tar!  I couldn't even put this on to see if it was prettier on the lips... 

Last is the balm in a jar in the shade Berry.  This is very pretty on the lip.  It is moisturizing and is very glossy but the berry shade is visible enough to give you that Snow White pucker. Unfortunately it does not wear well.  I had to reapply it once I got into the car, so maybe after an hour without eating. It would be a nice addition to my purse though for touch ups when my lips feel dry. 

Over all 2/3 of this was nice enough to get.  I believe this retailed for $4.99 so that may be worth it to some.  I would immediately toss out that lip gloss though.  

So excited to see what is next!

e.l.f. Disney: Snow White Collection! The Fairest of Them All Beauty Book

Again! I am so excited that e.l.f. is doing and continuing this Disney collection! Snow White isn't my favorite princess by any means but I think that the shadows in the beauty book are very pretty!  Like the beauty book that came out with the Ariel collection when opened there is a mirror on the left side but this one is shaped like the mirror on the wall.

The book includes 7 shadows, 3 larger than the rest, an eye primer, standard black pencil liner, blush, blush brush, and lipgloss.

The eye primer in this book, in my opinion, does not feel like the one from their essential line that I love and adore! It feels more like the one from their mineral line, just a little more liquid feeling.  It does work well though. It is not as long wearing as the $1 one from the essential line but can definitely get you through an 8 hr day.

Snow White wears very minimal makeup but I think that e.l.f. did a great job incorporating shadows that will allow you to recreate her natural look with taupe tones.

The eyeliner is not my favorite.  It is a dryer formula which does work better for water and tightlining but I had to bare down harder than I would prefer to to get it to really show up true to color, which hasn't ideal for the delicate eye area. 
I swatched the shadows on my hand in the order that they are in the palette.  Like most e.l.f. palettes all the shadows are shimmer. "I'm Wishing" is actually kind of chalky, which is disappointing, and is a sparkly white.  "Diamond Mine" is also a little chalky, not as much as the first one though.  It has a slight gold tint to it.  I love "Heigh Ho," it is a pink champagne color, my favorite color for an all over lid shade.  "Yodel" is the shade that I really think hit the mark for achieving Show's look.  It is a taupe shade that looks really similar to what she has on all over her lid.  "One Song" is a cherry brown.  "Enchanged Forrest" swatches to look more like a sea foam green than a forrest green. "My Prince" is a dark lavender.  I'm pretty happy with the majority of these, aside from the first 2, and really think they captured the essence of this princess.

I'm pretty impressed by the pigmentation of this blush. In my experience the e.l.f. blushes can be hit or miss with pigmentation.  The top photo is with flash and the bottom is without flash.  Swatched next to the blush is the lip gloss that comes with this palette.  It is a very pigmented cranberry red.  It has touches of glitter but not too much to where it is overwhelming. 

Overall I am impressed with this.  I am a little disappointed that this only had 7 shadows compared to the 9 that were in the Ariel beauty book.  Also disappointed that it only came with a blush where the Ariel palette had a highlighter and a bronzer.  The Ariel palette also included an eyeshadow brush from their essential line and a lipgloss.  I like that the Snow White palette has a primer but could do without the liner.  I feel just a little cheated with this one since it was the same price $9.99 as the previous one.  

Cant wait for the rest of the collection! Hopefully Pocahontas will be in here somewhere =D

e.l.f. Disney: Ariel Collection! Bronzed Beauty

I did not get everything from this line, even though I definitely wanted to, but I absolutely love what I did get.  I will start off by saying that I did not buy some things to ever be used, I am adding them to my collection for collective purchases for the Disney lover inside me! 

These can be purchased at select Walgreens, which is where I found mine, but I definitely suggest that you go to the Walgreens website first and see if they are at your local store because they weren't at every Walgreens in my area.  On to the swatches! 

The bronzer in this is very pretty.  It isn't really marbleized but has two different tones in it that can be used separately. I would find it hard to use the gold portions separately for the face because they aren't large enough to comfortably fit a face brush in it and solely get that color.  

I was able to do that with my fingers though for swatch purposes.  On the right is the brown alone.  It shows up as a more cool toned brown on my skin but in the pan it looks very warm.  The middle is the two together, as it would appear on the skin after swirled with a brush. Swirled together the color looks more champagne.  On the right is the gold alone.  All three are very shimmery.  I would not recommend contouring with this because it isn't very matte but would look nice as a highlighter for medium to dark skin tones and a nice all over bronzer for light to medium skin tones.

The brush is not very good.  I'm very surprised because some of my favorite brushes are from e.l.f. The shape does not make it very comfortable to use, it is very flat, but not in a good way.  It is also very scratchy! I would not put this on my face, I feel like it would irritate my skin and break me out.   Aesthetically, it could also be cuter for the collection.  I don't have any good things to say about this brush.
Overall, I like the bronzer and don't like the brush.  This retails for $4.99.  The bronzer is definitely worth that!  I also think that this would be a good gift for Disney Lovers to collect or as a good starter for younger girls just getting into makeup.

Feel free to ask any questions or make any comments.

I have reviewed other pieces of the collection here and here.

e.l.f. Disney: Ariel Collection! Under the Sea Eyes

 I did not get everything from this line, even though I definitely wanted to, but I absolutely love what I did get.  I will start off by saying that I did not some things to ever be used, I am adding them to my collection for collective purchases for the Disney lover inside me! I did buy this one to use though!

These can be purchased at select Walgreens, which is where I found mine, but I definitely suggest that you go to the Walgreens website first and see if they are at your local store because they weren't at every Walgreens in my area.  On to the swatches! 

The two duos in the set are "High Tide" (The one that says Ariel) and "Coral Reef" (The one with the shell).  The shades in High Tide are both shimmer; one is gold/copper and the other is a turquoise blue.  The shades in Coral Reef are also shimmer; one is a copper one and the other is a purple with burgundy undertone in some lights.

The third item in this set is a waterproof eyeliner pen.  I was somewhat impressed by this.  It is not waterproof but is definitely smudge proof. 

The left picture is the liner after I let it dry and then vigorously rubbed it! It stayed put.  The right picture is how it looked after I wet it and rubbed it.  Almost disappeared.

Overall I really like this set.  The shadows are really pretty.  This retails for $4.99.  I think that this would be a good gift for Disney Lovers to collect or as a good starter for younger girls just getting into makeup.

Feel free to ask any questions or make any comments.

I have reviewed other pieces of the collection here and here.

e.l.f. Disney: Ariel collection! Treasure Within Beauty Book

I did not get everything from this line, even though I definitely wanted to, but I absolutely love what I did get.  I will start off by saying that I did not buy some things to ever be used, I am adding them to my collection for collective purchases for the Disney lover inside me! 

These can be purchased at select Walgreens, which is where I found mine, but I definitely suggest that you go to the Walgreens website first and see if they are at your local store because they weren't at every Walgreens in my area.  On to the swatches! 

First is the Treasure Within Beauty Book (exterior photo above). The packaging is absolutely beautiful! I used to have other e.l.f. beauty books and the shadows inside were usually hit and miss but this is so gorgeous! There are 9 eyeshadows, two bronzers, a shadow brush and "blush" brush, and a lipgloss inside on one side.  On the other side there is a mirror that looks like a shell and a book describing how to use the products.  

The eyeshadow brush included is e.l.f.'s eyeshadow brush from the essential line, one of the best brushes they sell. The only difference is that it has a gold/bronze ferrule instead of a silver one, which really goes with the aesthetics of the palette. The smaller brush that is supposed to be used with the bronzers is that typical brush that seems to come in the bottom of a lot of bronzing/blusher compacts. I do not find this very useful. 

The lipgloss is a typical light/baby pink gloss.  It is a little sheer.  I went over the watch on my wrist twice to get a good photo of the color. This definitely would not show up on people who have more pigmented lips like myself. It is also really sticky, in my opinion, and isn't very comfortable to wear.

Swatches are in the order that they are in the book with the "Conch Shell" bronzer on the top right and "Tan Lines" on the bottom right. 

With a closer look at them and the dimension they have with the movement of the light. All of the shadows are shimmery.  Sand Dollar swatches as a shimmery white.  Coral Reef, though it looks yellow in the pan, swatches cream.  Tropical Wave can look turquoise and minty green depending on the light.  North Star was the most disappointing.  I was expecting that beautiful purple as it looks in the pan but it swatches dusky gray.  For Shore looks copper, swatches taupe.  Siren song looks burnt orange, doesn't swatch too bad.  In the right light it looks burnt orange but can also look kind of copper.  The last three are my favorites.  The are so bold and swatch the colors in the pan!

The bronzers are pretty too.  Conch Shell is a cool toned brown.  It is shimmery so I wouldn't suggest contouring with it but it would look nice as an all over bronzer.  Tan Lines is very gold.  It would make a great highlighter!  I have them swatches here a gain beside the lipgloss. 

Overall this is a good palette, it retails for $9.99.  I wouldn't pay more than that, so go get it before they are gone and people quadruple the price on ebay and amazon! I also think that this would be a good gift for Disney Lovers to collect or as a good starter for younger girls just getting into makeup.

Feel free to ask any questions or make any comments.

I have reviewed other pieces of the collection here and here.