The stuff’s all made in China!! No wonder it’s all so cheap! I mean, $5 for a palette of 32 eyeshadows? It’s almost seemingly too good to be true. And indeed it is because it’s from China! I’m envisioning a little girl, too young to be wearing makeup, forced to stand in a windowless factory, not even allowed to talk to her fellow workers, cramming makeup brushes into a case.
Had I known about this China bit, I probably would not have purchased any of their products. I am still impressed with the brushes but again, I’d rather pay a bit more for something not made in China. And I’m just a bit squicked out about putting chemicals on my face that came from China. You just never know what’s really in there. I tested some of the eyeshadows tonight and might have felt some in-my-head phantom tingles. I don’t know. So, this stuff will be fun to play with but I don’t see myself ever purchasing from E.L.F. again. Unless maybe they move their factories to Vietnam, which I hear will be the new China in 30 or so years. We’ll see.
Aside from the 32 eyeshadow palette and the 11-piece brush set, I also got:
A Kabuki face brush – It’s so soft! Much much softer than the current one I have from Target (probably also made in China), and of course softer than paint brushes. Anyway, this one feels like a chinchilla. Ok maybe not that soft. But close. In fact, all their brushes feel like bunnies. They’re great. I washed them all and not a single hair fell out.
Eye Transformer – This is a set of 4 light colored eyeshadows which they recommend you use with your existing eyeshadows to create new colors. I guess if you have a very dark color that you want to lighten, you could blend it together. I see this more as just a set of 4 pale colored eyeshadows you can use alone, as a highlighter, or blended – like any other eyeshadow really. Kinda’ gimmicky, but it gimmicked it’s way into my makeup pouch.
Shimmering Facial Whip – This is the same thing as the Body Shop’s Radiant Highlighter, for which I paid $7. Though I haven’t tried it, I’m expecting it to be equally as useful, which is to say, not very much. Still, it’s worth the buck to satisfy my curiosity.
Under Eye Concealer & Highlighter – How many highlighters do I need?! Well, I got it for the concealer half. These bags and dark circles under my eyes aren’t going to just hide themselves are they? The packaging says the highlighter can be used as an eyeshadow primer too.
Eyelid Primer – I don’t know what the difference is between an Eyelid and Eyeshadow Primer. Other than $2. I’ve read it’s just as effective as the fancy pants Urban Decay and Too Faced primers. Minus points for the unsanitary wand instead of the squeeze tube packaging but hey, for a buck, can’t complain.
Mineral Infused Mascara – $3
Lengthening & Defining Mascara – $1 *shrug* they were cheap. I got em.
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