big news!! (for me..and maybe you)

I am super duper excited ( yeah..I just said DUPER )...I went to a new Walmart today (not really new, but it's the newest one in town) and they sell ELF!! I don't know how long they've been doing that, but I just went yesterday to two different Walmarts (the one I went to today and the oldest one we have) and the old one didn't sell it..and I guess I didn't go down the aisle yesterday I went down today at the new one that I saw the ELF.

What I'm even more excited about is that what they sell is different than what Target sells. They have different Studio products, like the matte lipcolor. The $1 products were also a bit different, but I was too excited about the Matte Lipcolor and Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder. I was going a little crazy, but narrowed it down to two things telling myself "it's a permanent thing..don't go crazy!"

This is what I got at Walmart (from ELF) :

ELF Matte Lip Color in Tea Rose, and Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder  in Blushed/Bronzed.

But here's what I got total :

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Solid as a Rock, and Pure Ice in Heartbreaker

I absolutely hate the packaging for the blusher/bronzer duo...well the outer package. To me, the bronzer looks like an olive green/brown color. Not pretty. But it is so pretty inside :

The picture doesn't show it that great..but they're great! I made the mistake of using it like my other bronzer/blush where I rub the brush a couple times to get color but trust me..don't do that. I did that and then put the bronzer on my forehead first, and I then had a brown forehead because so much powder was on there. A little goes a long way. These give great color for those who have never used this brand. I have Candid Coral, and I like it as well. Happy with this purchase.

I love these lip colors. I want to go back and get more. I have wanted this for a long time, so I was excited to see it in store. This is such a feminine color to me, and so is the name : Tea Rose. That's exactly what this color makes me think of..sitting down and drinking tea. Floral dresses, doilies.. yeah. Perfect name ELF!! Here are all these products on my arm (Bronzer, Blush, Lip Color) :

The lighting was a little bit overcast, so this lip picture looks a bit off (to me anyway), but I still thinks this color looks great. I think this also comes in red, a coral color...They have it all on their website if you're curious. They're also only $3 which makes them even greater in my book! 

I also got a couple nail polishes because Walmart finally cleaned up their nail polish area and re-stocked their colors. The past few times I went to look at their Pure Ice section, they've been completely out of everything but the bright green they sell. I was happy to see this color, I saw it a long time ago on someone's blog and wanted it in my collection! I saw a purple version as well (my favorite color) but at a different location so I might have to go see if it's still there next week :

So pretty. Ok a little story..I have wanted Nicole by OPI in Kim-pletely in Love since before it came out, and I have had such a hard time finding it. Everywhere they've been out of it (sort of like Whimsical but I won't even go into that right now!!), so when I saw Sinful Colors Glass Pink I was really excited because, to me, it looked almost like I remember Kim-pletely in Love to look like..not that I had anything to compare it to. So I bought it, and it was only $1.99 which appeased me for a little bit. But I still yearned..everywhere that I went that sold Nicole by OPI I looked to see if they had Kim-pletely in Love but nope.

Yesterday while at Walmart, I saw Sally Hansen Solid as a Rock and got excited because I thought it, too, looked like Kim-pletely in Love. And it's even cheaper than $1.99, so that made me even happier. A friend and I went to two different Walmarts, Target, and CVS yesterday looking for a shampoo, and we went to a CVS that's only been opened about a month by her house, and I almost screamed (not really)..THERE WAS ONE Kim-pletely in Love LEFT!!! Needless to say I got it. So I think I will, soon, compare these three just to see if I was right about them being similar. I saw another blogger was asked to compare Kim-pletely in Love to OPI Pedal Faster Suzi or something, which are obviously not the same color. But these are all similar in my opinion, except maybe the amount of shimmer, and yes I see Kim-pletely in Love is lighter than the other two..but on the nail, we shall see! Glass Pink looks like it has more shimmer, and Solid as a Rock looks like it has a lot less shimmer. I also saw in a swatch that Kim-pletely in Love has a bit of a bluish shimmer to it? Look out for the comparison post soon! :

Sinful Colors Glass Pink, Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Solid as a Rock, Nicole by OPI  Kim-pletely in Love

Day Twenty Four : ELF Essential Elements Custom Lips in Crimson

DAY TWENTY-FOUR :

I got this for free for subscribing to NYLON magazine about a year ago and I haven't really used it. There are only about two colors I like it in, the red and pink. Here is Crimson. It looks like a pink/red to me.

Here it is on the lip :

It's a nice simple color, but nothing special about it. It's more sheer than not, but I kinda like that about it. I also like the palette that I can change out the colors if I choose to, whether it is with an eyeshadow or face powder (blushes and stuff). The set also comes with a mini shadow sponge/lip brush. I don't know about other stores, but Target here only has the eyeshadows to fill this, no face or lip ones (they might not even have the palette itself!). But they have a nice selection online, and it is all just $1.00 each...four colors for $4.00 is a deal in my book!

ELF Essential Elements Custom Lips in Crimson : $1.00 each

Day Fourteen : E.L.F. Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Ruby Slipper

DAY FOURTEEN : 

Well, today I got ready and went clear across town for a Docent Tour (have I mentioned I'm a volunteer at the local art museum?), but the party never showed..I was a little mad, but at least my lipstick looked good! And I always love seeing the people who work there. 

Anyway, I got this at Target. I was intrigued by the "Liquid Lipstick" part of it. 

This is it on my hand (there really is no difference between the two, I just happened to swipe it twice on my hand) :

Here it is on the lip :

I love it because it is sheer, and the shimmer in it is gold. How pretty is that?? But I wanted a little more pop with it..so I took Wet n Wild MegaLast Lip Color in Stoplight Red (seen in the post here), and put E.L.F. on top of it.

Bottom to Top : Stoplight Red alone, Stoplight Red and Ruby Slipper together, Ruby Slipper alone.

Isn't this so pretty?? A little crazy for a tour at the museum, but I just love how Ruby Slipper and Stoplight Red compliment each other! :)

E.L.F. Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Ruby Slipper : $1.00

Day Two : E.L.F. Essential Lipstick in Classy.

DAY TWO :

I love anything cheap. If a makeup product is cheap AND works really well, I feel like I've won the lottery. I started using e.l.f. in high school before Target started selling it, however, at the time I only got eyeshadows from them.

I just got this lipstick the other day, and I love it. At first when I got it, it was hard to put on because the lipstick was practically frozen and no color was going on my lips (and this also caused the lipstick to break so I had to get another one). Once I warmed it up a bit, though, it went on smoothly!

The weird thing about e.l.f. cosmetics is the color they use to represent the color of the product (if that makes sense). I even notice online it is weird..The package for these lipsticks have stickers that are supposed to represent the color in the tube, but for this one (which is obviously a nice light pink) showed a coral color. This makes for a hard time if you're shopping for products online! Luckily with this lipstick there is a clear space that shows you the lipstick so you'd be able to see the actual color.

...moving on..Here it is on my arm:

It was hard to capture this lipstick because the flash would completely ruin the color.
Here it is on the lip:

I think this is a nice, everyday color most people can wear. It even stays on for a long time!

If you're interested in their lipsticks, or even any other makeup they have (the sell a WONDERFUL eyelid primer for only $1.00), visit their website by clicking here. If you sign up for their email list, they have tons of sales all the time, whether it is a free eyeshadow palette, free shipping on orders $25+, the fantastic 50% everything when you spend $25+, and more!! Or just visit your local Target, they carry a portion of the makeup line.

E.L.F. Essential Lipstick in Classy : $1.00