E.L.F Beauty Bundle September 2014

E.L.F has a subscription service for a bi-monthly (every 8weeks) beauty bundle box. You pay $20 a month for $40+ worth of full sized products, awesom right? This is my second box I had received, and each month has a theme. My first beauty bundle theme was e.l.f's 10th Birthday. This month is Back to School! And although e.l.f is known for it's wicked cheap makeup, there definitely some misses but even those holy grail hits that are often times dupe for heck of a lot less! If you want a box full of goodies every other month, you can subscribe here.

Each bundle comes in a cute little (big) box that greets you with "Hello Beautiful!", while your goodies are wrapped away withen pretty pink tissue paper. Immediately you see a card that describes the months theme as well as a list of everything that's inside and what each item retails for. 

Back to Beauty School! 

"Head back to school this fall - back to e.l.f. Beauty School that is! Here's your full set of supplies for Makeup 101 - including everything you need for a full eyes, lips, and face look! From shiny new tools, like our Essential Profession Complete Set of 12 Brushes, to our all-new Beauty School Face & Lip Palette, you'll be prepared with all the beauty basics!"

I will list all the products at the end with the price each one retails for!

And this baby is where all the true fun begins! Inside this cute little bag is all your goodies for the month, and I really like that they use this bag versus plastic so you can actually re-use it for something else.

Now, on to what's inside!

I actually already have this mascara from a haul I was going to post, but I accidentally deleted it. This is the E.l.f Volume Plumping Mascara. For me personally, I'm not very picky with mascaras, but I didn't really care for this. This was definitely a miss. I felt like the way it applied was that of those childrens play mascaras, with the matching wand. Also, the formula was way too wet for me, as I like mine on the dryer side.

I found the E.l.f Eye Primer & Liner really interesting. I've never seen anyrhing like it before, although I'm sure more exisits amongst other brands. The stick part is the primer to prime your lids (obviously) then the fine point is what you use to seal your eyeliners. I haven't used liners since my highschool days, but I'm pretty tempted now just to test this baby out!

First is the HD Undereye Setting Powder:

"This light-diffusing powder camouflages fine lines, dark circles and imperfections, perfect for on camera or everyday wear." 

Some of these items I plan on doing separate reviews on and this is definitely one of them. This is a setting powder, so I'm really curious to see how well this works for setting concealers.

Next is the Smudge pot. Again, I need to start wearing eyeshadow more. This beaut can be useed as a long-lasting eyeshadow or a liner!

I've been wanting to try some lipsticks from e.l.f so I was really happy to see one from their Mineral line. The shade is in Barely Bitten, which I thought was a clever name since Halloween is right around the corner. The color is beautiful too, a deep coppery red with brown undertones. Nothing like what my camera captured, dang lighting. 

I found the Professional Complete Set of 12 Brushes fom the Essentials line to be a nice touch. However, I have a few brushes from that line that I found to be too scratchy and uncomfortable on my skin. I don't see these getting much use, but I will give them a try!

First lets talk about the 3Pc Eyeliner set. This set incudes a liquid black and brown liner as well as a glitter liner with a built in sharpener withen the cap. Now to test out that liner sealer(; 

And lastly, my favorite piece of all.. The brand new 13pc Face and Lip Palette! I remember recieving an email about this and wanting to try it out. Well I certainly didn't expect to it to be in this months bundle! I love blushes if you haven't found out that earlier. They are my favorite piece of makeup. I have not opened this yet (or any other item in this box), but from the look of the packaging there seems to be two blushes, two bronzers, and ofcourse the rest lip products. I will be doing a separate review on this in the future, do keep a look out!

The very last item I did not show (but was in the first picture above) were the powder puffs. I honesly forgot to snap a picture on it's own. But then I thought oh well, they're not that exciting anyways lol

So that was everything I received in this months Beauty Bundle, below will be a list of everything and it's retail price, along with a total tally. I love E.l.f because if you're on a budget like myself, you can try multiple items without breaking the bank! Granted you have a select amount of hits or misses, but so does every brand. 

Beauty Bundle/Product Price 

⚫ Eye Primer & Liner Sealer $3

⚫ HD Undereye Setting Powder $3

⚫ 3 Piece Eyeliner Set $3

⚫ Smudge Pot $3

⚫ Volume Plumping Mascara $3

⚫ Mineral Lipstick $5

⚫ 13 Piece Face & Lip Palette $8

⚫ Powder Puffs Set of 4 $1

⚫ Professional Complete Set of 12 Brushes $12

Total= $41

I do have to say that I was more impressed with my first Beauty Bundle, but none the less am still pleased.

That's it for today, I hope you enjoyed and thank you for reading!

Have you subscribed to E.l.f's Beauty Bundle?