e.l.f Baked Blush Review

I purchased this from Iherb having heard great reviews about Elf baked goods. Also the price was appealing @ $3. The packaging: A simple blush in a plastic black and clear compact. The product: A marbled pink and brownish raised shadow. No sparkle apparent. Its instructed to use apply wet to the face for intense effect. Use/effects : so I used this with my urban decay de slick setting spray by spraying the blush brush then brushing over the blush, applying to the apples of the cheeks. I didn't get any intense look and no matter how I applied it all that's apparent is a shimmer sparkle to my skin so I tend to build it up by layer other blushes with it. I also used without a wet brush& still the blush is ineffective. Using it layered with my matte bronze blushes gives the shimmer effect. In all it doesn't want to work. Unfortunately I'm dissatisfied with the product. I so want to have it work so I keep adding it into my routine. Maybe I ruined it by using a wet brush to it. I'm not sure, all I know is it doesn't give me the effect I hoped it would...

My very first Elf product came from a fellow Beauty Review Member. It was given to me as a gift earlier on in the year. I never really knew about Elf until I became a member of this site. Elf can be found in Kmart stores and iherb. I've been wanting to do iherb haul for some time now, but just haven't gotten around to doing it.

This Blush that I got was Pinky Cheeky. The small compact has a window so you can see the product. This blush is pink and has a slight shimmer through it. The consistency of the powder was quite thin. It doesn't have any scent to it.

When I applied it to my cheeks I found it difficult to build colour up. As for long lasting, it didn't last very long at all on me. I tried using dry and wet still didn't get any good results. Would I purchase it again yes only to give it one more chance. I want to see if I get the same result. I'll return back to this review to see if it happens again.

A brand that can deliver affordable quality products are a favourite in my books but I felt these baked blushes were a miss. I bought them from Iherb for $3.00 each and unfortunately I ended up throwing them away because they just didn’t work for me.

It’s not a huge loss because they didn’t cost much but I expect baked blushes to be quite pigmented but alas my selections weren’t the case. I bought Rich Rose because it reminded me of one of my favourite MAC blushes (Ring of Saturn) with its rose and brown swirls. I also bought Peachy Cheeky because the online swatches reminded me of champagne rose goodness with lovely shimmer. What I received instead was pretty disappointing.

Rich Rose barely showed up on my skintone and this is not because I’m part of the chocolate club but there was very little pigmentation. I tried it on my mum who has a fair complexion and we could detect a light dusting of brown and a hint of pink and that was only after a number of swipes in the pan. I was not impressed.

Peachy Cheeky performed "better" however it applied patchy and the shimmer stood out more than the colour pay off. I felt that because the application was patchy it affected the lasting power (or lack of). I was lucky to get 2 hours of wear but I was more annoyed with the transfer of shimmer. You could perhaps use this as a blush topper because the pigmentation isn’t as great so better to layer it over a pigmented blush.

I personally wouldn’t recommend the baked blushes and instead would recommend the normal ELF blushes and highlighters if wanting that baked glow – all still very affordable and great to have in your collection when traveling.