This time on drugstore.com. I was actually waiting to get the stuff in July when I could use my 8-plus bucks of drugstore dollars to offset my total. But as I was looking through the cart and editing some of the stuff, I decided to go google some drugstore.com coupon codes. I found one for $5 off $40 and tried it out to see if it worked on my $40.49 cart total. Then I wanted to see if I could pay using my new Mastercard Platinum card - I could! That means more options for me, lol! Yup, yup, Mastercard seems to have deemed me fit to have a Platinum too, hehehe - is that a sign I'm coming up in the world, LOL?
So my curiosity begot me 13 pieces of e.l.f products for a total of $35.49. Drugstore.com was also still having the 'Buy 4, Save $2' promo (ends June 30 2012) on select e.l.f products so except for one Essential line product that did not qualify, the other items were from the Studio range covered by the promo. I basically got all the stuff I wanted to try but didn't get before as I thought I couldn't justify it. I was still trying to see if I should hold off till July but just went for it cos the $2 bucks off for every 4 e.l.f products promo wasn't going to be valid in July. It's a case of do I get the stuff now with the $6 bucks saving and the $5 off or do I wait to use my $8.62 and potentially $5 off $40 in July. I obviously decided to get them now. I guess I'll have $10.32 come July - that's always another excuse to buy more stuff :P
This time around I decided to get myself these things:
Yup, there's that Mineral Infused Primer again! I think I'm trying to make sure that I have enough if ever I have to ration the stuff :P I got duplicates of both the sunscreen powder and brush shampoo. These were items I thought are absolutely worth it to be getting multiples of. SPF45 powder sunscreen at 6 bucks per container is a steal. I've been using the one I got in my first e.l.f. website order consistently and I strongly believe it has improved my overall skin appearance. The brush shampoo - it's $2.50. Considering I have an obsession with buying up makeup brushes right now, I could do with brush shampoo, no?
There are 2 conditioning lip balms in this order but each a different shade - I got the Peaceful Pink (I believe this is the shade that is most popular) and Mellow Melon (shade that I've been lusting after since I first heard about this product). Honestly, the reviews re: Mellow Melon haven't been that great. The reason I got it anyways was cos I saw this shade swatched on a Youtube vid and it looked gorgeous to me. Hence getting it anyways :D I also have been coveting the Matte Lip Color for quite a while now. I originally wanted to get this in the shade Rose but since I have a mineral lip tint in that hue already, I decided to go for Coral instead. Continuing on with lip products is my purchase of the Lip Primer & Plumper. The name basically describes what this product does. The dual-ended pencil has a lip primer on one end and a plumper on the other. Reviews have been mediocre on this item. While people do rave about the primer, the plumper is something hardly worth writing about apparently. I got it anyway cos the plumper has a cinnamon scent and I am obsessed with cinnamon stuff.
Next, I decided to get the Concealer Pencil & Brush in Fair. I have this already in Medium. Seems like the color is too dark for my skin tone so when I cover up blemishes or discolored areas, it just looks splotchy - waaaaay darker than my skin tone. Which surprised me. So this time I just decided to go for Fair. Another item is the Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 in the shade Beige. I'll reserve comments till I get my hands on this. I've been so-so on guessing my shades with ELF which is something a lot of people have issues with. In my ELF site order I got the $1 tinted moisturizer in Honey. I wanted to be able to test out the difference between the Studio line version and the Essential line hence why I got one from each. Then we have the Clarifying Pressed Powder in Honey. I got this one to round out my total to 40 bucks honestly. And as much as that is the reason, I also figured that this would be great with the Essential line tinted moisturizer I got in Honey as well as the All-Over Cover Stick in the same shade.
Now, moving on to the single eye product I got. e.l.f's Essential Waterproof eyeliner pen is looking like a bust to me. Great reviews but not something that goes on well for me personally since I am prone to get teary whilst applying the damn liner that the color amazingly gets watered down. A waterproof eyeliner gets watered down - that's irony, right there. I read rave reviews about the Studio line Cream Eyeliner and thought, why not? I decided to get it in the shade Coffee which should mean it's a rich dark brown. I'm usually a black liner gal but I've been watching plenty of tutorials and love how brown eyeliner enhances the eyes in a subtler way than black liner. Hence why I made the last minute decision to get this in place of the lip liner pencil and blending brush.
And that ends this edition of "Zlena's Mission to Own Every Single e.l.f. Product" :D Yup, I do realize the ridiculousness of it all but I find myself getting sucked in time and time again. What can I do except throw out a desperate plea. Please, God, help me to be strong against the temptation of e.l.f.'s makeup line. Amen.
