New Product Alert : ELF Studio Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder in Fiji (Matte)

Attention all 'oil-rig' skinned ladies! (I'm oily-skinned too, y'all)

ERMAIGADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

ELF Cosmetics has finally. Yes, like finally. *flipshair*

Finally launched their new ELF Studio Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder in Fiji, a MATTE - 

I repeat, MATTE version. 

OH, I IZZ ZZO EXCITEDDDDD!!

Well, this product might ring a bell or two as I blogged about their first version of ELF Studio Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder, in St. Lucia (previously known as Original) : http://bit.ly/elfstudiostlucia which contains shimmer. Based on the multiple reviews I have come across, quite a handful of ladies steered clear because it would add on unwanted shine or enlarged their pores due to their oily skin. 

Now ELF has heard your cries and ANSWERED with a MATTE version! Good job, ELF! Keep reeling us in and making us stay because of your affordable products. Still feeling a little sore at you for not shipping your products to Malaysia. Hmmph. But I still love ya! 

The million dollar question.. Will I purchase this product? In a heart beat, YES.

Does this product strike your fancy? 

Yay or Nay? 

Thank you for reading!

Love,

Sarah :)

Giveaway : MESMERIZE.COM X LASHESANDSTROKES MINI GIVEAWAY!

Okay, I am seriously excited.

THIS. IS. MY. VERY. FIRST. GIVEAWAY!!

*skip-skippity-skip*

Review : ELF Studio Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder in St.Lucia

Yep, it looks that yummy. Even Andriod thinks so too!

Put appearances aside, how does it perform?

Click on 'read more' to find out >>>

How Tickled are you when it comes to the color Pink?

The size of the eyeshadow

Front Cover - Gold Embossed 'Milani'

Ingredients

As you can see, it is quite a pretty big pan of a whopping 3.1g of  pressed powder! It is slightly larger in size if compared to the MAC Paint Pots. The packaging is made of sturdy plastic and hard plastic cover to cushion accidental drops. *gasps* You wouldn't want to do that on purpose now, would ya? I rather not test it on my purchase. No thank you.

The size is just nice for you to hold it in your palm, not too small nor too big. Making it easy to open and close without fumbling. So far, I have not experience any dissatisfaction using it and it gave me no problem at all physically speaking.

Now, on to the product itself.

Based on the swatches I seen online, it swatched really well showing it glorious pigmentation. But when I swatched it, I must admit I was like, "Uh, that was it?". Most importantly, the colour did show up quite well on one swatch. But not enough to make me go, OMGEEEE.

The texture is quite powdery as you can see the picture below :

POWDA!

 In my opinion, it applies averagely smoothly but a little base might help in this area to keep it in place. 

Now, onto the colour. This is the MAIN reason why I purchased it. It strongly reminds me of my Smashbox Trio Eyeshadow in Headshot where the I'm in love with the pink shade called Golden Orchid. The color has a very pretty golden sheen to it which makes in unique and wearable for warm toned girls. ITSOPRETTYIMMAGONNADAIIII ♥

Okay, since I was playing around with this shade. I decided why not let you girls see how you can bring your favourite eyeshadows to life with a simple thing called, a base. My little wee project consist of :

• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• MAC Paint Pot in Painterly
• MAC Paint Pot in Bare Study
• MAC Paint Pot in Rubensque 
• MAC Paint Pot in Groundwork
• MAC Paint Pot in Constructivist 
• Milani Powder Eyeshadow in Tickled Pink
• ELF Essentials Eyeshadow Brush
• ELF Studio Concealer Brush
• Konad Cosmetics Drawing Style Eyeliner in Black

  

Below are the swatches on the primer & base.

• Ori - Eyeshadow w/o primer or base
• UD - Urban Decay Primer Potion
• P - Painterly
• BS - Bare Study
• R - Rubensque 
• G - Groundwork
• C - Construtivist

From the pictures, you can tell this little gem shines the brightest with MAC Paint Pot in Bare Study & Rubensque :) Somehow UDPP & Painterly just kills the color by making it look flat and pink, toning down its beautiful golden sheen. It can be paired with Groundwork & Constructivist for a pink-brown smokey eye which I have been loving for sometime now. It is a match-made in heaven.

OVERALL : The unique shade it is this eyeshadows' saving grace and honestly, it is a beautiful piece to own and wear for days you wanna look extra sweet. So are you tickled yet? 

Would love to hear from you girls :)

Comment away below!

Love,
Sarah.

A mini US haul ♥

Hi girls,

Yep. I have just gotten my results yesterday.

And..

I got above 3. Not at the borderline of 3. Surprisingly.

*HAPPYDANCE*

Why blog about it?

Well, I'm the kind of person who just simply can't sit down and studies/books-only-kind-of-person.

Ever since primary school till today.

I joined extra curricular activities & took part in various projects but yet still manage to maintain a quite satisfying result. I'm no born genius, mind you.

Example : 

Normal student  : Would take about 2-3 tries at a maths question & would be able to understand the       concept.
Sarah                 : Would try the question 10 times and in different number but same concept, still does not understand the concept. #uberphail 

~(T^T)~

Anyway, you'd get what I mean.

It is quite an improvement from the previous semester. I guess all those sleepless nights paid off finally :)
Thank you, God! <3
I shall up my target for this coming semester. Must!!

Now ON TO the REAL reason why you are reading this post. Heh.

These are my mini US haul for the month of Feb! Nope, I didn't place any preorder. It's ready stock, babeh!

Where :
I got my drugs from my 'drug dealer'  (lol. I hope she doesn't kill me. meep. ) from Retail Paradise sole managed by Ms Wee who hails from Johor. She takes preorders from various & AWESOME brands from the US. Which Malaysia currently lacks.

What :
The items I purchased are :-

1. ELF Baked Eyeshadow in Enchanted. 
2. ELF Studio Complexion Brush.
3. Loreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Amber Rush. (I have been hunting for this shade!) 
4. NYX Matte Lipstick in Sierra. 
5. Milani Powder Eyeshadow in Tickled Pink.
6. Wet n Wild Megalast Lipstick in 24 Carrot Gold. 
7. Wet n Wild Megalast Lipstick in In The Flesh.

All in all, I am really happy with my purchases as I have carefully selected and studied each item to make sure it is a guilt-free purchase! So far, so good.

I shall do individual review/first impressions on each item as fast as I can. I have taken pictures on the first day itself when I received the items. But as usual, with my 'perfectionism' approach I have towards my reviews and this blog. It's not as easy as "click-slap watermark-write-post". I usually try my very best to provide true to colour swatches and personal honest opinions for you girls as I find it hard to come across true to color swatches and non-overhyped reviews.

Below are the swatches of the items listed : 

From left : Wet n Wild In The Flesh, Wet n Wild 24 Carrot Gold, NYX Matte in Sierra, ELF Baked Eyeshadow in Enchanted, Loreal Infalliable Eyeshadow in Amber Rush & Milani Powder Eyeshadow in Tickled Pink.

Well that's all for now folks!

Over & out,
Sarah :)