Haul: Ulta

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A few weeks ago hubby and I were planning a day trip to a city that also happened to have my nearest Ulta (which really is not near) so I went online to look at the weekly ad and made a list of items I wanted to get, well when I got there I could not find anything that I had on my list! Actually I was quite disappointed with my experience, a lot of the shelves were hardly even stocked with product and there was no one around to ask for help locating items. When I don't want to be bothered in a store there are all kinds of sales people coming up and asking if I need help, but the one time I really wanted some help there was no one.

Anywho, I just decided I would make an online purchase, I was able to find everything that I had on my list plus one extra item! A few of the items I ordered were on sale, plus I had a $3.50 off coupon! I will more than likely do a review on each of the products I purchased.

The first thing I got was the Eclos

Review: Avon Eye Shadow Primer

Almost every cosmetics company has an eye shadow primer, and now we can add Avon to that list. Avon introduced their eye shadow primer to the public in Campaign 2.

Avon's eye shadow primer is a cream based product that is designed to be used in two ways. The most popular way to use it would be to intensify eye shadow and to extend the wearing time of the eye shadows. The other use would be to use it alone to even skin tone. Avon's eye shadow primer comes in two shades, light beige and warm beige. It comes in a glass jar with 3.5 grams of product.

My experience with this product has been very positive. I've been using this for about a month now and it really helps intensify the colors of my eye shadow and helps keep them in place all day. When I go to take my makeup off, my eye shadow looks pretty much the same as it did when I applied it that morning. I have not had any problems with my shadows creasing. It's a big help with evening out my skin tone on my eye lids as well. It's a very light weight product and a little bit goes a long way. I love that it's an affordable eye shadow primer. It retails for $7.00, but if you are familiar with Avon, you know you can always find their products on sale.

Have you tried Avon's eye shadow primer? What did you think of it? If not, do you plan on purchasing it?

Quality: 5/5

Value: 5/5

Packaging: 5/5

Pigmentation: 5/5

Overall: 20/20

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E.L.F Cosmetics (eyes)

I have recently discovered this brand of cosmetics by watching videos on YouTube. The brand as you can probably tell from the title is E.L.F (aka eyes, lips, face). They have two main lines, essentials and studio. The items from the essentials line only cost $1.00, yep that’s right a buck! The items from the studio line cost $3.00. They offer a wide variety of products on their website. You can also find E.L.F products at select K-mart, Target, Big Lots, and Dollar Stores.
I will break this topic down to 3 entries one for eyes, one for lips and one for face. Most of the products that I bought came from the essentials line. I will list my favorite products that I have and post some pictures of the actual product, and a picture of swatches. Click the photos to see them full size.
First up, tools for the eyes! I have a couple of the eyeshadow brushes, one of defining eye brushes and one of the blending eye brushes. I really like the eyeshadow brushes, they grab a lot of product. I’m not sure yet how I feel about the blending eye brush, I used it once and didn’t care too much for it, but I want to use it some more before I make my final decision about it. The blending eye brush is great! It works very well for blending your eyeshadow so you don’t have harsh lines when using multiple colors. All these brushes are super soft!
I also have a tube of their eye lid primer, which I absolutely love. It really helps your shadow to stay on all day!
The other 3 eye products that I like are the Brightening Eye Quads, the cream shadow duos, and the powder shadow duos. I have bought about 5 of the quads and they have been hit or miss. Some of them are very pigmented and some are not. I really love their cream shadow duos. All the ones that I have gotten have been very pigmented. I feel like they wear very well, just don’t use too much of the product because if you do it will crease on you. The powder shadows are also very pigmented and wear very well. Sometimes I like to put on the cream shadow as a base and then use the matching powder shadow on top.
Tools

Primer

Brightening Eye Quads (if you would like to see swatches let me know and I’ll post them)

Shadow Duos
 Cream Shadow SwatchesPowder Shadow Swatches