ELF Cosmetics

After reading all the reviews I tend to agree with most user. In my younger years for I had children I would purchase Mac products and love them then I found urban decay under their sales items I love their eyeshadows they are definitely the best! However what I tend to do is order a few big shipment per year of my favorite items. Some of my favorite items are the powder blush, their brushes. It is definitely worth using airbrush cleaners eyeliner brush is perfect for eyeliner and eyebrows there cleansing wipes are great! I love their white cream eyeshadow. So for the price it is worth trying out different item and finding what works best for you. I would stay away from the bigger pallets am i shadow I find them to be of less quality. I love about 90% of the products that I get has been purchased the beauty bundle for me and I get that every 3 months is very fun to get new products and try them out to see what you like.

I love using Mac and Too Faced and had a friend who also does but had purchased a bunch of elf products to use too. I just bought the elf make up setting spray, bronzer, blush, contouring brush, eye lash curler and HD finishing powder and I love them all. My makeup looked great today!

Seriously, I do not know what people are complaining about. This is pretty nice makeup for dollar store prices… and what website doesn’t require information to check out?! Umm duh.
I placed a fairly large order online and it was the shipped the next day. Also, there was a certain product I wanted but it was out of stock on the site and the next day it was back in stock so I contacted customer service and I was able to purchase the item and they waived the shipping cost since I had just placed an order the day prior. Great experience with them.
Do not have champagne wishes on a beer budget people.

I started using elf BC a friend of mine recommended them. At first I was cautious about their low prices but placed an order anyway. Their website is easy to use and they always have a great special going on. Needless to say I absolutely fell in love with them immediately. this is great makeup at an unbeatable price! Their specialty doesn’t stop at makeup. I have tried their brushes, nail polishes, makeup remover, and nail kits. If you spend $ 35 you get free shipping. I took away a star BC they are often out of stock on some of my faves which is a huge confirmation of my review.

Zuli at Elf did the most amazing makeover on my almost 14 year old. She is the best makeup artist I’ve ever seen. Staff here is SO lovely. Makeup so affordable. We wish we could take Zuli home w us!

I came back to this store to give it a second try. I always like to try something more than once. I went back and it did appear to be cleaned up… But at that point there was not one customer in the place so that may have been the reason for the cleanliness.
Anyways, I bough two lipsticks which I was really excited to try, they had great color and went on nice. UNTIL THE WHOLE LIPSTICK FELL OUT OD THE TUBE… This happened to both of the lipsticks. Yet another disappointment.
— I gave this place a second store because I was very happy with their double sided black eye liner. It stays on nice and is very dark. Also, their baked blushes are pretty good. They aren’t very pigmented so you have to use a lot. I do recommend these two items. Other than that, their make up is pure garbage

Need to quench your makeup shopping addiction yet not break the bank? Then get thy arse to the ELF flagship store in NYC! Seriously, go. I love their makeup brushes as much, if not more than my Chanel or MAC. Just go… you’ll thank me.

I’ve been using ELF products since 2009 and have rarely had problems with the product. Frankly, they have some of the best makeup brushes in the business and that’s saying a lot since their brushes range from $ 1-​$ 3. In fact some of ELF’s face brushes rival those of MAC, MUFE or Sephora, they are that good.
ELF has also stepped their game up when it comes to their foundations. They finally realized that women of color actually use their products too! :) The only thing that keeps me from giving them 5 stars is their shipping. Not only do charge $ 7 for shipping, they use the painfully slow FedEx ground. Really wish they would use USPS instead
Also, I have not been impressed with their lipsticks. All the colors seem rather muted and dull, I prefer vibrant and fun! :)
Other than that, ELF is good product for testing out new stuff and even for your basics. Hope they’re around for another 10 years!

So I have high end brushes by MAC, Stila and so on. I use the elf that were $ 1 each. Every single day.
The expensive brushes make me feel guilty. I worry I will drop, break or lose them. I never pack them on trips for this fear… the elf ones are used every single morning. I lose it? Break it? Easy to replace guilt free.
My favorite is the concealer brush which uses just the right amount of product every time. It is stiffer than a MAC concealer brush but has more «slip» to glide the product over your dark under eye circles, depositing the creamy color to look like you had sleep. It’s like Cinderella’s fairy godmother but for a buck. Buy two– totally worth it!
My next favorite is the angled brush for eyeliner and brows. It is a sharp angle cut of thin, synthetic bristles that make for a very versatile tool. You can wet it under the tap and use colored eyeshadow as eyeliner. You can use a neutral eyeshadow dry and blended for a softly subtle smoky eye. You can use gel pots and work a thin 90’s or a heavy thick 60’s line on your lashes. I’ve layered colors (teal on top of black) I’ve played with glitter… Buy several of these to play yourself and enjoy how pretty you look for it!

Love there products! Affordable and cute. I just wish they had more locations and made the store bigger!

Not the best store — small and dirty. Only 2 employees.
They won’t make exchanges or returns for online purchases with receipt & brand new condition. The employees claim to have nothing to do with the online store. Quite inconvenient since their online website is pretty incompetent and doesn’t fully fulfill orders but charges you for the entire order.
Can’t say anything about the prices though. We’ll see if the product lasts a full day: P

The other day, I spontaneously decided to buy e.l.f. Studios’ «Rich Red» Matte Lip Color & thought if it doesn’t look great on me, at least I didn’t spend a fortune. I also sprung for e.l.f. Studio’s «Nude» Lip Balm SPF 15 & didn’t think much of my beauty products, as I added them to my basket & made my way to the register.
After applying e.l.f. Studios’ «Rich Red» Matte Lip Color, I took a step back to look at myself & couldn’t believe the transformation. When I looked in the mirror, I saw the type of person I’m aspiring to be: a bad ass woman whose assertive with her decisions, confident in her own skin & kicks ass at making things happen.
It’s incredible how a single change from routine can immediately alter your perspective.
Thank you e.l.f. Cosmetics for producing affordable beauty products that sky-​rocketed my confidence. I’m definitely a fan & plan to incorporate your lip products into my everyday beauty routine.
If you’re looking to shake up your beauty routine without blowing your budget, be sure to give e.l.f. Cosmetics a try. Also «like» their Facebook page for make up tips & information about upcoming sales.
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Great experimenting makeup! Especially when theyre having a 50% off sale.
Some have their niche, others should be saved for quality purchases.
Eyeshadows:
Blendable, soft, not the most pigmented. The light colors and the dark colors are perfect for highlighting and deepening uses since the darks do not disappoint with their deep richness but when it comes to pigmentation for the bright primary, secondaries and tertiary shades, they are lacking. (not surprising). For bright colors, look elsewhere… Ben Nye, Graftobian @ Camerareadycosmetics… That or use a white cream shadow and douse your eye with as much shadow as you can to get that same rich color as you could with the other brands I mentioned.
Foundation:
I only have tried the studio flawless finish foundation in sand, and was surprisingly nice! I have yellow based asian skin and took picture of myself with flash and it comes out very natural looking with my stippling brush, then blended with flat head powder brush. The low spf helps keep the flash whiteness away. (high spf makes for those awful white faced flash pictures). Its on the sheer side so keep that in mind. I do not need very much coverage and it is perfect for me. Might not be for others.
Lip Exfoliator:
My favorite product for winter so far. A nice creamy smooth chapped lip stick with sweet brown sugar that melts away into delicious lips. My lips chap easily in the winter and Ive been using this everyday, scrubbing just a lil bit of of the dry skin away, over the past 5 days. They are noticeably softer, smoother. Would repurchase this.
Shimmering Facial Whip:
Lovely sweet smell reminiscent of a grape or cherry dessert. The white shimmer is a very nice highlighter that smooths on nicely and pleases the senses. The cap, however, is a pain to replace as the twisting spirals on the bottle tip are so compressed. Takes me about 3 tries to screw it on properly.
Lip Palette:
I am reviewing the ones from one of the large shadow/​blush/​lip boxed sets.
The worst elf product Ive tried. Pigmentation is all but present. Its more like a chap stick with tint.
Shine Eraser Sheets:
I had to use 3 to compare to 1 sheet of my Gatsby or CleanNClear Oil film sheets. Would not repurchase. even if its overall cheaper. Too much hassle.
Brushes:
Satisfactory but time will tell… Ive used a Mac Brush for about 16 years now that should be replaced. I highly doubt these would last nearly that long. They are soft and feel very nice to the touch, however. I would wash and do a loose pull before going for it because I had to go back in and remove several hairs on the first few uses.
Eyeliner:
I wouldnt even go there… I like to make sure my eyeliners glide like silk. Though I have heard the tip of using a lighter to soften hard eyeliners… but I still dont want to go through the hassle of that.
IN GENERAL:
Save $ at Elf for ~~~ lip exfoliator, sheer foundation, highlighter, lip sticks and glosses, mascaras, powder blush, brush experimenting (finding your right sized/​shaped brush for your face), eyeshadow experimenting (finding nice colors for your skin),
Splurge elsewhere for ~~~ bright eyeshadows, color correcting concealers, pencil eyeliners, cream blushes, crream eyeliner, brushes that will last,

I was so excited to see their cyber Monday sale this year with 50% off everything, however their customer service has completely ruined this experience for me.
A friend of mine placed an order after me and hers shipped two days later. Mine took the full SEVEN days before the order was fulfilled. FedEx was backed up because of weather, so my box took an extra day to come so that was okay.
When I got my order I had three things that were missing from my order, two I had not ordered, and two where the product was darker than the swatch online so I wanted to return those.
I called customer service DURING THEIR HOURS and got a voicemail that said my call couldn’t be taken, but to leave a message and that it may take 48 hours for them to get back. So I emailed and got some auto response saying to send them the product # of my missing products, but that they couldn’t guarantee that they would be here by Christmas. The products are for me, so Christmas isn’t a big deal.
HOWEVER, a quarter of my order was missing or random stuff I didn’t order, customer service doesn’t answer during THEIR posted hours, and they really just don’t care about making a good impression with people who order from them.
I like their products, but I probably won’t order online again.

I like their make-​up, love their concealer and especially their brushes but the 212# customer service SUCKS! I called to inquire about my shipment that has taken over 7 days and she was BEYOND RUDE and GHETTO, She had an attitude from the very beginning of the conversation-​argued with me and then hung up on me when i asked her if she was having a bad day or just didnt like her job! I then called back after calming down to speak with a a manger– she answered the line AGAIN and recognized my number and voice and told me all of the managers were in a meeting until 1pm– then HUNG UP ON ME AGAIN!
I have never in my life seen such disrespect for a customer or disregard for professionalism! VERY SAD because not i will not purchase any products online because i dont want to have to deal with that kind of disrespect or anxiety. if my shipment takes too long… I’ll just get little things from Target. I spend an easy $ 150 a month on products and you lost a customer… hopefully you fix and train your customer service reps! I would much rather pay more money and support good customer service than save a few dollars and deal with that!

I read plenty of reviews here that say a lot of negative stuff about ELF and that lost their point completely, they just complained and never explained what happened… If you want to read a useful review, keep your eyes here!
I ordered from ELF on-​line because they had a super good discount where orders over $ 25 would be shipped for free, which I found great! I bought 8 things all for 25 dollars, no more no less.
What I bought was:
*Blush brush: It didn’t shed, AT ALL. I pulled the bristles hard and tried it on my face and not one single bristle was left on me. It’s big enough for the cheeks (not kabuki brush big like they’d like) and it’s really soft and comfortable to use.
*HD lifting concealer: It brightens up those dark circles under your eyes really nicely and it blends perfectly with the skin and your foundation. If you expect it to make really dark circles disappear, that’s obviously not going to happen. To use it, you just need a tiny bit of it and you’re done, you don’t need to cake it to make it work and it also has a nice aroma.
*Mineral blush (rose colored): It’s small, pretty loose and has a lot of pigmentation, so once again you don’t need to cake it to make the color show, it’s great and not messy at all.
*Lip exfoliator: Imagine a lipstick that’s kind of rough with a pretty nice cocoa smell. That’s it, you rub a bit of it on your lips, pluck your lips together and rub them and boom, you’ll get super soft, nice looking kissable lips, SIMPLY GREAT. People said that it breaks, OF COURSE IT BREAKS! If you apply it with the force of a gorilla everything will break, is as delicate as your everyday lipstick, so be nice and gentle.
*Mascara primer: It’ll be weird seeing it at first but I swear, it works wonders on the lashes and it disappears as soon as you put your mascara on. It enlarges and defines the lashes and it’s not heavy at all.
*Shine eraser: Those are oil blotting sheets. They’re thin and nice and remove those greasy spots from your face without removing your make up. They worked really nice for me, specially since I live in a hot weathered place and my face tends to be shiny pretty often. They’re infused with green tea, so there’s that too!
*Tweezers: They’re super good, super resistant and trust me, they won’t break or fall apart easily. Great addition for those messy brows!
*Mineral infused face primer: It’s simply great, it blended perfectly on my skin and toned down that weird yellowish/​brown color I have on my skin that doesn’t look natural (my skin tone is medium since I’m Hispanic) and it didn’t mess up when I applied my foundation at all. Pretty good!
About the shipping: I ordered on July the 18^th and they arrived today in pristine condition. It didn’t take long at all, only 5 business day and nothing came broken, they didn’t send anything wrong and the packaging is really cute.
All in all, it was a pretty good experience, everything was perfect and the products are really good, and everything for just 25 bucks! It cannot get any better than that.
If you’re within the US. territory, give it a shot! You won’t be disappointed.

Nice products but terrible customer service. Their shipping is incredibly slow — it takes me literally 3 weeks to get anything, and that’s with paid shipping. Free shipping promos can take over a month. I live on the west coast, but c’mon. It’s pretty ridiculous.
Also, their live chat ALWAYS seems to be closed, and they don’t always answer the phone during business hours. Recently they shipped an item to the wrong address (there was no option to change the shipping address and since I had selected «shipping same as billing» I figured they’d send it to, you know, the same address). I immediately emailed (live chat and phone lines were closed), and received an email back stating they would contact me within 72 hours, usually 24 hours. It’s been over a week and I still haven’t heard back. The item has shipped (I had no way to cancel the order since they weren’t responding) and who knows if it will ever make it to me.
They have some nice products but a lot are hit or miss. I have a few favorites but I don’t order new items unless there is a sales promotion since I think the quality is usually pretty bad. I love the eyebrow kits, the mineral eyeshadows, and the lipsticks though. The cream liners are pretty good too.

I didn’t know there was a Unilocal for ELF!
I’ve made 3 purchases from them this past year and I LOVE that they have excellent customer service, prompt shipping (except during the holiday season), and decent beauty items.
My first 2 orders I received within a week, but my 3^rd order I purchased the first week of December (during the holidays) and it arrived 2 weeks later. While I waited for my 3^rd order, I kept in contact with customer service and they were VERY helpful and adjusted my order as I requested. (They had a better promotion going on and because my order hasn’t shipped yet they changed my order.)
My favorite things from elf are the:
Waterproof eyeliner pen & Brightening Eye Color from their Essentials collection
Their studio brushes (as if I really need all 18 brushes even though I have ¹⁵⁄₁₈ of them. haha)
The palettes from their holiday limited edition 24k collection are completely better than their eyeshadow palettes from the studio line despite the higher cost.
I must ask though. WHY DID THEIR NAIL POLISH PRICES GO UP FROM $ 1 TO $ 2?
Will I place another e.l.f. order in the future? Yes possibly.

At first I was hesitant at ordering makeup from elf cosmetics simply because of reading reviews about it. But this is my 4^th purchase already.
I like their conceiler for $ 3, their liquid eyeliner for $ 1, their face powder (I forgot how much it was. Either $ 1 or $ 3) most of their products are either $ 1, $ 3 or $ 6.
Some of the items I did not like:
Blue colored liquid eyeliner for $ 1, why-​because when it dries up, it becomes flaky.
Lip balm $ 1 — it’s a so so for this product, it feels weird but it is very moisturizing on lips
Marker styled eyeliner $ 1– the top of the pen feels is as stiff as a marker, so when you glide it across your eyelid, it feels like your scraping your eyelids
What I like– their clear mascara /​eyebrow gel for $ 1 (I just ordered 4 more)
Their concealer $ 3– it is thin and blends right in into your face color
Their black liquid eyeliner $ 1– easy to put on, not as flaky and stays on pretty good.
I will post another review for my incoming package.

I like that they use pullstring bags within the mailing package. Products definitely range a lot between hit or miss, though.
5-​star worthy:
SHINE ERASERS — easy to carry a packet of sheets around in a purse, though one of my friends carries it in his wallet. Great for eliminating shine before photos, without disturbing makeup.
UNDER EYE CONCEALER & HIGHLIGHTER — love the convenience of a double-​ended brush tool. Easy to blend with brushstrokes or finger-​dabbing, but the concealer formula doesn’t set well with powder.
CLARIFYING PRESSED POWDER — comes with a round makeup pad, but nowhere to stow it within the slender snap-​shut container. Even with the minor inconvenience, the powder hasn’t shaken loose despite some abuse, and serves its purpose to provide a nice matte look. Can’t vouch for the clarifying part, but it’s certainly done me no harm.
4-​star worthy:
MINERAL EYESHADOW, FOUNDATION — both blend in thinner than I’d like, and you have to tap repeatedly to avoid spillage. Otherwise functional enough to be in my regular rotation, and screws shut to contain the powder well.
CONCEAL PENCIL & BRUSH — decent double-​ended pencil for spot touch-​ups.
EYE WIDENER — softest e.l.f. pencil they have, love the touch of white.
EYE SHADOW, FOUNDATION, DEFINING EYE BRUSHES — very usable, not too stiff.
EYESHADOW DUOS — I prefer the powder duos over the cream duos, but nice for when you’re too rushed to be creative.
3-​star worthy:
EYECOLOR 4PACKS — smaller color palettes. Nice to have it paired for you, but if you like one combo and not the other then you might as well purchase individual units.
ALL-​OVER COLOR STICKS — darker hues are nice for light everyday shimmer makeup, particularly lids and cheeks. Usable for lips but I prefer something that tastes more appealing.
BROW COMB & BRUSH — dual tool for cleaning up clumpy lashes and keeping those eye hairs pointing the right way. Not that necessary, about as functional as a cleaned old mascara brush.
EYE SMUDGE SPONGE — standard for smoky eye looks, short length.
MINERAL LIP LINER — love the glide-​on applicator pen, I’ve cheated and used this as eyeliner before.
TINTED MOISTURIZER SPF15 — nice screw-​top tube for when you’re in too much of a hurry to use SPF lotion before makeup.
2-​star worthy:
NAIL POLISH — two to three layers required for solid color.
LIP LINER — color applies, but the pencil’s hard enough to be painful to use right at the point.
CONCEALER STICK — applies easily but doesn’t blend well since it doesn’t really dry, but okay in a pinch. Cap tends to fall off too easily.
LIQUID EYESHADOW — dries slowly and doesn’t gradient well.
TONE CORRECTING CONCEALER — liquid does its job, but it’s nothing a good basic concealer shouldn’t already be doing in my opinion.
EYELINER PENCIL — color applies less easily than the lip liner pencils, and they’re just as hard.
NATURAL RADIANCE BLUSHER — nice shade, but rubs off very easily. Blush knocks loose way too easily, and as annoying as it is to slide the container open or shut, it’s not secure enough to keep the loose powder from spilling out.
TWEEZER — I’ve used less slippery tweezers.
1-​star worthy:
LIFTER/​FILLER — nothing that can’t be achieved with eyeshadow, and it needs to be blended anyways. Nice double-​ended pencil, just seems unnecessary.
EYELINER, LIP DEFINER BRUSHES — very stiff, not a fan.
EYEBROW TREAT & TAME — double-​ended brush doesn’t seem to be worth it. Haven’t noticed significant improvement from treatment, and the taming isn’t much more effective than wetting and smoothing.