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WIN-ter Wonderland: e.l.f. Cosmetics Review and Giveaway!

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I incorporated all of these items into a full face look so I could throughly test them out and show you what they look like when worn. To create this purple smokey eye I used the Mineral Eyeshadow Primer , Essential Smudge Pot in Poppin Party , and Studio Baked Eyeshadow in Burnt Plum . I started with a base of the Mineral Eyeshadow Primer all over my lid, brow bone, and crease. I've been using this stuff for about a year and I think it is comparable to the Urban Decay and Too Faced primers. The texture is really nice; it had a light and creamy texture that is easy to blend on the eye but try to avoid over blending it. It sets pretty quickly to a soft velvety texture. I like to blend it out over the lid, then the brow bone, then the crease. This prevents you from getting too much product in the crease which will then crease later in the day. A little goes a very long way and I always finish application by patting with my fingertip to avoid flaking. When applied correclty this will...

Halloween Inspired Full Face: Vice 3 Palette, Wet n' Wild, My Pretty Zombie.

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I did quite a few Halloween Inspired full face looks this month but didn't get photos of them simply becase this month has been so hectic with our sudden move. I've had to literally SQUEEZE time in to do the looks but there wasn't any time to photograph them. Except for this one. So, here it is! The eye is a basic smokey eye but I extended it out a bit to make it longer at the outter eye. It was done using the 5th column of Urban Decay's Vice 3 palette . I applied Defy to the majority of my lid and up into the crease. I deepened the outter corner with Revolver and also brought it up into my crease. I then used Angel to blend the crease up and out. I applied Last Sin to my brow bone. This gives you a very shimmery result which I think is great at Halloween but also great to amp up a look.  I used My Pretty Zombie's Drugs Like Me Blush in Morphine to the hollows of my cheeks. I applied this very sparingly because a little will go a very long way. This is a metal...