A few ELF Studio Blushes

Part 2 of pics and review of my ELF haul. This time it's the three blushes I picked up from ELF's Studio Line. As always, please enjoy! Let me know if you found this useful. :)


Side-by-side.

Closeup of packaging.

The label on the underside.

Swatches.

The following close-up pics caught the reflection of my camera flash bouncing off the compact's mirror. They are solid colors, it's just the flash making them look like they have stripes through them!


Pink Passion is a bright fluorescent pink. It is much more vibrant then is coming off in the pictures. It's a lighter tone, too. This blush is completely matte.

Candid Coral. I nicked it with my thumbnail when placing it for a picture. :( Anyway this blush is a peachy-pink color. It has tiny gold glitters in it. On the cheeks it is a shimmery peach with some orange undertones. It is similar to a few MAC Mineralized Blushes, Rhapsody in Two (Blush Duo) for one example.

Berry Merry is a raspberry color with small gold and rainbow glitters. The glitters in this blush are bigger and more noticeable than those in Candid Coral.

Review:
These blushes are $3 on eyeslipsface.com. They have 0.168 oz/4.75 g (that is the amount listed on the boxes they came in; the blushes themselves list a 0.097 oz/2.75 g, but that is the amount in their eyeshadow which is half the blushes size). Like ELF's Studio Eyeshadows, their Studio Line of blushes have packaging similar to NARS'. They are black plastic with a little window and little mirror above it. And like the eyeshadows, these blushes are very soft. They are very easily swatchable and are easy to pick up with a brush. All three are pretty sheer. Pink Passion and Berry Merry are easily buildable, but Candid Coral is harder to because of its light color.

Berry Merry comes off sparkly with a hint of color if you only put a little on, and will need to really build it if you want some color pay off. As I said though, it is easily buildable. Candid Coral also comes off more shimmery with a hint of color; however, because it is a much more natural-looking flush, I don't find it as a negative as I do with Berry Merry. Pink Passion comes off as a light-toned fluorescent pink. It is completely matte. This is my favorite because if I want a natural cheek color I can put a little bit on, and if I want a stronger cheek color I can put on another coat.

I believe that Pink Passion is the only matte blush ELF offers so far, which is unfortunate. Nothing wrong with shimmery blushes, but sometimes you want something that will look like a natural flush. Also, and this is a big negative for me, these give me tiny bumps on my cheeks. Not pimples really, just dry bumps. Someone else complained of this in a review of this product on eyeslipsface.com. I only saw the one person who had this problem, so I suspect it's just a sensitivity to whatever is in this product. I have really dry skin, and while it isn't really sensitive, maybe the dryness affects it? The Complexion Perfection powder gives me tiny bumps as well, but I still love it and use it. Review on that and the rest of my stuff is coming soon!

Thanks for reading!