Hiya!


A couple months ago I went kinda crazy on E.L.F makeup brushes and I bought 8 brushes because they were just so inexpensive, so I thought I'd share with you my opinions on them.


So first of all I'm going to start with the eye brushes, all of the black brushes are from the studio collection and each of them costs £3.75 and the white brushes are just the normal makeup brushes which cost £1.50 each. You can purchase all of these brushes from the E.L.F website.
Eyeshadow C brush

When I first saw this brush I thought it was quite big especially for my small monolid eyes but it's good for applying eye shadow to the eyes and for drawing the outer V on the outter edge of the eyes. Costs £3.75.
Small precision brush

I absolutely love this brush especially for lining the eyes and it's great for concealing, you can also use this for lining your lips. 
Angled Contour brush

I don't really use this very often. On the packaging it says that it can be used to contour the eyes but for me it is just too big for that, I tend to use this to contour my face like the cheek bones and the nose. This costs £3.75.
Contour brush

I would love this brush more if it was smaller, it's a bit too big for the crease. However, sometimes I would use this to contour my nose or to conceal my dark circles, other than that I don't usually go for this brush. Costs £3.75.
Eye Crease brush

I love this crease brush! It's just small enough for my eyes but this brush sheds quite a lot however for only £1.50 it does an amazing job!
Smudge brush

This is my favourite eyeshadow brush, it's just great for applying eyeshadow to the lids and great for smudging eyeshadow on the lash line, it's also good for drawing an outter V onto the outter edge of the eyes. However, the biggest down fall of this brush is that it sheds a lot! On the other hand it is £1.50 so you can't really expect it to be of top quality. 
Eyelash and brow wand

The reason why I wanted to try this brush because it received so many good reviews on MakeUpAlley but for me it's only a mascara wand on a stick and doesn't really do anything amazing. You can use this to brush your eyebrows and eyelashes. Costs £1.50.


And finally the one and only face brush that I bought from E.L.F


Powder brush

I use this brush to press sheer loose powder onto my face to set my makeup or to mattify my face when it looks oily. I wish the hairs on this brush was a lot short but overall it's still a very good brush however I tend to find that when I wash this brush it seems to loses its colour.
That is the end of my E.L.F brushes review. Overall I think E.L.F do really good brushes for the price that they are offering but brushes from the normal collection tend to shed a lot but my studio brushes don't shed at all. Also a final point all of the studio brushes are made out of anti-bacterial, synthetic haired taklon and they are suitable for powder, cream and liquid products which is a bonus!


Hoped this was helpful and we'll talk again! 


Winnie xoxo

Hello everyone haven't talk to you in ages!


This review is on the 'Rimmel London Glam Eyes Gel Eyeliner'. I have to say the reason why I wanted to try this product was because Superdrug had a 3 for 2 offer and I though the packaging of this eyeliner was really nifty, it's very similar to the packaging of some Asian brands. I bought mine at Superdrug for £6.49 and I got it in the colour Black 001 which I think is the only colour that it comes in.


The packaging of this eyeliner is made of plastic from top to bottom and it comes with a mini detachable brush which you can either store in the long lid or attach to the lid for an easy eyeliner application. 

Although this eyeliner is very portable, I think the packaging is quite cheap I mean they could at least used glass for the pot and the mini detachable brush isn't useful at all, it doesn't fit on to the lid properly.
Moving onto the actual product, I found that this eyeliner certainly did not live up to it's name. On the packaging it says that it is a waterproof gel eyeliner, however I applied this to my waterline and the product did not stay on for long at all!
                                                                                    

It is really easy to apply this gel eyeliner and it glides on very smoothly unlike the 'Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner' but it's not very pigmented and I find that the colour fades away quite quickly. Also, it smudges a lot.

In this photo I've done two swatches on  my hand, the gel eyeliner on the left is the 'Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner' and the one on the right is the 'Rimmel London Glam Eyes Gel Eyeliner'. As you can see the Rimmel gel liner has more of a shiny finish 
where as the Maybelline one is more matte. I've only done two swipes of the Maybelline gel liner but I've done multiple swipes of the Rimmel gel liner because it did not come out properly.


This is the pot that it comes in, it is very small and there's only 2g of product in the container, not worth the money at all.














Pros

• Glides on very smoothly
• Very portable 

Cons

• Smudges a lot
• Not very pigmented
• Not a lot of product for the money 
• Poor quality packaging
• Not waterproof 

Overall this product was definitely a miss for me and I certainly would not be purchasing this again. 

Hoped you all found this review helpful and I'll be talking to you guys again soon! 

Winnie xoxo