e.l.f Shimmering Facial Whip

I recently got a mini Elf haul from iHerb. I purchased this in spotlight which is a light white crystal shimmer.

I love the smell!! Comes in a small tube like a lip gloss has a similar lip gloss texture, a little sticky.

Gives excellent highlight shimmer and get compliments on my highlight :)

First time I used it I used a little fluffy eyeshadow brush to apply and the brush soaked up waaay too much powder.

So I just apply a very small dot on my ring finger and warm up on my fingers first then just pat into the highest point on my cheekbones. GORGEOUS colour payoff.

I am going to get the other colours as well! I love this!! You can also apply to brow bone , but I think it's shimmery for nose, chin, cupids bow and forehead highlight.

I have this in the colour Persimmon, which is a beautiful pale pink (reminds me of the colour of Benefit High Beam). The packaging is a little cute tube, which I have neeaarly mistaken for a lip gloss more than once...

The colour and finish are super pretty on the skin, but I do have a bit of a hard time blending it in because it is pretty sticky. If you use a brush, it sheers out too much and takes away some of the shimmer, but if you use your fingers, it can take a little while to blend in just because of the stickyness.

It is so worth it for the price, it is just gorgeous and I pretty much always get compliments when I wear it.

I am quite new to these kinds of products so I am happy spending just a few dollars on something to see how it goes. This little tube of shimmer happiness costs just $4.00 and is great.

The tube is quite small but you really get some bang for your buck. You need the smallest amount to get a great look. Shimmer is what you get, its gorgeous.

I put just a dab onto my ring fingers and then apply to my face, so simple and it stays in place all day long.

I know you can pay a lot more for highlighters but for me this little gem is a winner.

As soon as I purchased one of these I read a terrible review of them so didn't have high hopes for it. I was pleasantly surprised when I used it and think it is amazing for the price. I purchased the shade pink lemonade (which I think is the shade pictured above) as I thought it would be best for my cool toned skin (with pink undertones). It gives a lovely shimmer/glow wherever it is applied and is pretty versatile. I have used it as a cheekbone and brow bone highlight and found that when used sparingly it does not look extremely unnatural. It will last a fair while since so little product is used at a time too! Will definitely repurchase this and recommend it. For the price, you can't go wrong really.

I haven't used an illuminator before this but wanted to try one and Iherb was selling this on Iherb for next to nothing, so I decided to give it a go.

I have a warm-toned complexion so wanted to try the golden shade which was unfortunately sold out, so decided to give "Pink Lemonade" a go.

I applied it first with my RT blender to my cheekbones, completely overdoing the ammount of product and ending up looking like a doll with verrrryyy rosey cheeks. The colour is super pigmented, I didn't expect it to apply so pink!

Second time around I was more reserved and applied just a tad to my cheekbones with my fingertips, blending it into my pre-applied foundation. It highlighted my cheekbones beautifully, giving me the most radiant, natural glow. You only need the tiniest amount so apply sparingly and this should last you a long time. I will definately recommend and repurchase this, hopefully golden is available next time as I'd be excited to see how it goes on other areas of the face!

I love these! So affordable and cute! The pigmentation is really good, they give a nice glow to your cheek bones or i like to use it under my brows as well. You do have to reapply it every so often but you only need a little bit. My favourite shade is 'Lilac Petal' it blends quite well with my skin tone. I don't think they are the best out there but they are amazing for their price! :)

I picked one up randomly from Kmart, I bought Lilac Petal and really didn't know what to do with it at first! Then, as my make up skills developed I found it to be an amazing highlight.. it does have quite a thick consistency, and is difficult to blend out but it once you get the hang of it, for $3, it's an amazing product! I've got the rest of the colours on its way from iHerb, can't wait to try them all!

I don’t know why this is, but I am completely incompetent at working with powder. So a powder highlighter is impossible for me to work with, but this baby is so very easy.

It’s also a really good beginner highlighter, and because it is really cheap, you can get this to do a good practice with.

I have this in the white shade it comes in. It is a really small tube - which I wasn’t expecting. I thought it would be way bigger, but for $1 totally enough product.

I also love the little nozzle it has, it’s really small which is perfect as the perfect amount of product comes out. No need to worry about wasting it. It’s also perfect for coming out in little tiny circles so you can dot it in the areas that it needs to go.

It’s a really thick and sticky product which I don’t like. I have to wash my hands after I put it on. It’s also really difficult to blend, and you will need to use your fingers for this because using a brush will only just remove all the product off your face and onto the brush. Using your fingers will help warm the product up. But it is really thick, and difficult to work with. I find that I have to give quite a bit of a drag across my face to get it to spread, which also unfortunately makes it difficult to make sure it doesn’t spread to places you don’t want it to go. It will take practice but once you perfect it, it’s really nice.

While it is sticky on the fingers, it’s not sticky on the face when it dries which is good. But it is really shimmery as well. Even once it’s dried and you touch your face, shimmer and colour will transfer onto your face.

I always get heaps of compliments when I wear it. But I do recommend that if you are wearing the white shade, that you contour with it. It can make your face look wider and larger if you don’t because it is so pale.

I also notice that for it to look best, I have to wear it over bb cream or foundation. It makes my skin look really bad if I wear it on it’s on, making all these little red bumps come up.

I’m making it sound like it’s a horrible product, but I truly love it, despite all those things, and I will purchase it over and over again. I’m also keen on experimenting with the different shades it comes in. So lovely.

I think for the price, this product is amazing. It takes a little bit of practice to get right, and figure out how to blend it properly, but after getting over that hurdle it can give such a lovely glow to the face. I have the shades 'spotlight' and 'lilac petal'. Spotlight is a white/silver colour, and Lilac Petal has a pink tinge to it and I think is very similar in colour to Benefit's High Beam. I use Lilac Petal as a highlighter/blush combo and Spotlight when I just want to have a slight glow. It has a slightly sticky formula which can be annoying, but is able to be overlooked. The packaging is so cute and the nozzle means that you are able to get a small amount of product out at a time, which means little to no waste. Yay!

This was the first highlighter that I used after a recommendation from a friend. I bought the 'Golden Peach' shade from Kmart.

It comes in a small little tube but you only need to use a small amount of the product to see results. I find it is a really lovely shade for my reasonably pale skin and it really has a lovely shimmer on your skin. I have found that it is a nice soft and creamy texture which makes it super easy to apply.

Overall i loved it and will continue to use it :)