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ELF Beauty Book – Smoky Eye Edition





Sorry the eyeliner pencil is missing for I have used it :)







ELF has some really great products & at great prices. When I started building my makeup kit as a beginner, most of my products were from ELF. This eye shadow palette is one of them. There are 3 editions/color schemes in these beauty books and since I was starting, I wanted the one with neutral colors.
The packaging is very beautiful and just as it’s called, looks like a book – a beauty book. The top cover has a magnet lock so it keeps it locked and in place. There are 12 eye shadows in it along with a dual sided brush and a simple black eyeliner pencil (which I ran out of and hence not shown in my pictures). Inside one the left side, it states instructions on how to use the eye shadows (which was very useful to me as a beginner). Also, has a small rectangular mirror placed above the eye shadows on the right side.
Texture of the eye shadows vary from shade to shade. Some of them are very hard to blend and some are velvety soft (which I LOVE!!!). The shades don’t have any names so I have numbered them for reference here. Shade no. 6, 8, 10, 11 & 12 are very soft. My favorites are 6 & 8. I should do a look using these soon. The colors are apt for neutral eye looks – very pretty and natural looking. Although, shade no. 3 is the one painfully hard to handle, so difficult to blend, but once you get it on -this color stays like crazy! It won’t budge until you want it to. Except shade no. 1 i.e. white one, all the shades have shimmer. Some have more some have less. You can use them either dry or wet. I prefer to use dry as dry and cream as cream.
The applicator is a waste. It can only be used to swatch. :P As for the eyeliner pencil which I have used completely, was very good as well. I used it to tight line.
Overall, I like all the colors especially the velvety ones. It is a good palette for those getting into makeup. Some colors don’t blend easily & some blend like a dream. Using fingers to apply these is preferable. The book itself is lightweight and easy to carry. I like it - great for on the go beauty touch ups – as ELF says. Quantity of the shadows is good thus, will last for a longer time.
Rating – 3.5/5
Repurchase – No.
I bought this in the UK, from their website. It is not available in India yet.
Here is alink to the product for more details. Priced at GBP 6 at the weight of 158 gms total of the book.
Cheers!




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