Beauty Product Reviews

Blush? Maybe. Undereye setting? ALWAYS.

This brush is a small, tapered powder brush. It's marketed as a blush brush, but I've only used this for blush on the 10 year olds for dance makeup. It's perfect for them because their cheeks are so petite! However, for a full grown woman, it's a little small, and I don't have a large face. Due to the bristles coming to a gentle point at the tip, it's perfect for patting powder onto the undereye, down the bridge of the nose, and for applying blot powder to small areas of the face. The ferrules on e.l.f. brushes have a tendency to loosen up over time, but for $3 it's not a big deal, and easy to re-glue. The bristles are soft, densely packed, and I've never had one shed in the three years I've been religiously using this brush.

This is something special.

There's something very special that makes this $3 powder brush worth every penny. It's a combination of it being on the smaller side, tapered, and having a pinched ferrule that makes it perfect for a variety of applications, including bronzer, powder, and even for a sheer wash of blush. I use it with my Kat Von D Contour Palette for a soft, daily contour under my cheekbones, along my jawline, and on the perimeter of my forehead, and it works amazing to blend the bronzer into my skin. The bristles are soft and flexible, and they can hold up to many washes without shedding. However, the ferrule has come off of many of my e.l.f. brushes due to use, but it's nothing a little Krazy Glue can't fix. For $3, I can put up with glueing a ferrule occasionally. I'm not sure exactly what it is that makes this brush so useful, but I highly recommend you buy it.

All-time fave for light/medium skin tones!

This contour palette has something for everyone. For my very yellow, pale skin, it has my favourite contour powder and undereye setting powders of all time. The two lighter contour shades work beautifully to simultaneously warm up and contour my face, and the yellow-toned highlight shade is something I use every day to set my undereye concealer. It mattifies my undereye and makes my concealer last all day. I've purchased two of these palettes, and I will continue to buy more!!! I just wish Kat Von D would make the palette refillable, as I seem to use up the yellow highlight way before any other shade.

There's a reason why Luminoso is a cult favourite.

Luminoso is the most gorgeous blush I own. And that's not something I take lightly. It manages to make my skin look flawless, highlight my cheekbones, and gently blush my cheeks. The formula meshes beautifully with the skin, and while it is very pigmented, it's easy to blend out if you've applied too much. I'm beginning to put together a freelance kit, and this will definitely be in there; it's easily in my top three all time favourite blushes.