E.L.F. Haul

So, there have been a lot of changes that I’ve had to make to my collection. Now is time for the rebuild, so you could say. E.L.F. (eyes.lips.face.) cosmetics is entirely gluten free, and amazingly affordable. They also had an unreal deal going on, if you spent $25 you receive 10 mineral eyeshadows for free. I thought that was a perfect opportunity to stock up. Here’s what I got. 

-ELF Mineral Eye Liner in black and midnight: $3

I am very happy with these liners. They are creamy and glide on effortlessly. Overall they’re just great. 

Left: Midnight Right: Black

- ELF Cream Eyeliner $3

To be short and sweet, this is a great gel liner. I have them in black and purple. Best of all just three bucks!

-ELF Studio Lip Balm $3

The colors I have are pink and nude. They are very much a tinted lip balm. There is not much pigmentation, but are very moisturizing. 

-ELF Studio Single Eyeshadow $3

Pebble and coffeebean. Pebble is more of a satin finish, and coffeebean has quite a bit of glitter. Pebble is a great taupe color; I think I’ll get a lot of use out of this. It is really universal. Coffeebean is a medium brown with golden shimmer. This is so beautiful when built up into the crease for a dramatic look.

Coffeebean

Pebble

 

Left: Coffeebean Right: Pebble

Then I chose 10 mineral eyeshadows. $3 each. These are loose powders, which can be kind of tricky, but are fun none the less. These are the colors:

Elegant

Innocent

Temptress

Caffeinated

Confident

Socialite

Mysterious

Royal

Partier

Seductive

Elegant, Innocent, Temptress

Innocent, Elegant, Temptress

Caffeinated, Confident, Socialite

Caffeinated, Confident, Socialite

Seductive

Seductive

Glad I could share with you!

And as always, I'm looking at the bright side that I didn't have to scrap my entire collection.

Happy beautifying!

Lip Products

As long winded as my last post was,I still have some choice words for the cosmetic world. But I'll spare you thedetails and get to the important stuff.
Just another reminder, products that qualify as "safe" are notcertified gluten free, but have no gluten derived ingredients. There are notreally any regulations on gluten free makeup like there is for gluten free food.

So here it is. This is my entire makeup collection.  In this photo, it is a mixture of gluten free and not gluten free products.

Ok, so this is kind of how it goes.There’s both good news and bad news, and I’m going to start with the bad news.I do it that way because maybe by the end of the good news, you’ll forget aboutthe bad. As sad and disappointed I am in the information I got today, I actuallyfeel really good. Some of my “holy grail” products will have to be buried andR.I.P. But there is a silver lining.

So let’s get to it. I’m going to separatethe posts by product type, lips, eyes, face, just because there is a lot to goover. I’ll start with lips, because that’s the product that is the easiest toingest/get in your system. So here goes nothing.

Ok, this is one product that I amsuper disappointed about. I absolutely loved MAC’s cremesheen glass lipglosses.WRONG! 

MAC Cremesheen glass

NOT safe

Ill have to stop loving them. Ialso loved the cremesheen lipsticks. WRONG again. MAC does have a goodselection of gluten free lipsticks, but the cremesheen isn’t one of them. MAC has different finishes for their lipsticks, some are safe and some are not; 

MAC Amplified Crème	NOT safe
MAC Cremesheen	NOT safe
MAC Frost	safe
MAC Glaze	safe
MAC Lustre	safe
MAC Matte	safe
MAC Satin	safe
MAC Sheen Supreme	safe

I also made a list of all theshades that are the NOT safe finishes. The finish is listed on the bottom of the tube above the shade.

These are the shades names that are NOT safe.

            Amplified Creme

Saint Germain

Impassioned

Girl About Town

Cosmo

Chatterbox

Fast Play

Craving

Dubonnet

Dark Side

Brick-O-Lay

Morange

Vegas Volt

Half ‘n Half

Up The Amp

Blankety

Cremesheen

Beach Sand

Pillow Talk

Offshoot

Crème Cup

Speed Dial

Hot Gossip

Speak Louder

Fanfare

Lickable

Spice is Nice

Hang-up

Party Line

Brave Red

Dare you

Shy Girl

Ravishing

Crème d’ Nude

Crème in Your Coffee

Modesty

On Hold

Crosswires

Black Knight

            Next are the MAC’s plushglass lipglosses. These are NOT safe. This product was alright,but I definitely won’t loose any sleep about not having them.

MAC Plushglass

NOT safe

            I havefound a new liking for lip liners. I thought they should have been left in 1998,but I realized you can’t really pull off a bold lip well without them. And I havebeen thoroughly enjoying the bold lip trend. BUT these Rimmel London 1000 Kissesare not gluten free.

Rimmel London 1000 Kisses

NOT safe

           

              That’s finebecause MAC lip pencils are gluten free! YAYYYYY

MAC Lip pencil

safe

            And here wego, this is unheard of news. The brand E.L.F. (Eyes. Lips. Face.) is acompletely gluten free company. They actually test their products for gluten.WHHHHAAAAATTTT???? I couldn’t believe it when they told me that. They test anddo not find any gluten in the products. Yes sir-y.

E.L.F.

ALL

Safe

           

          

Thanks so much for reading!

I’ll post the eyes and face sections of my collection soon.

Happy Beautifying!