Cream Eyeliner... Budget friendly!

Hi Everyone!

Keeping with my commitment to find the very best products on my very low budget, I've been a sucker for all the deals on eyeslipsface.com, otherwise known as Elf.  Elf is sold at Target stores as well but their site is packed with items that can't be found in stores AND they have a new sale up literally every time I blink.  I took advantage of one of those deals (50% all Studio makeup) a few weeks ago and I'll review some of the products I ordered at a later date. 

Elf flew under the radar for a while at Target stores offering $1 makeup.  I may have bought a lip gloss or two back in the day but Elf has stepped it up majorly.  The packaging, the pigmentation...for the price, can't be beat.  I was talking with my friend Sam today (who also enjoys Elf) and she wanted to see a review for some of the new products I recently picked up.  That is coming (promise!) but I couldn't hold off on reviewing one of my favorite new Studio products I've found recently...

Do you have $3? I know you do.  And if you don't...SCROUNGE!  That is all this little pot of joy will cost you!  I'm talking about Elf's cream eyeliner.  I used to be a pencil liner only gal...those days are O-V-E-R!  I own a few cream liners from Smashbox which are really fantastic but I had to try this one from Elf... I actually nabbed this at my local Target 2 weeks ago as I failed to add it to my "cart" during my Studio line binge.  I decided on "Plum Purple".  It has the slightest sheen to it and it's absolutely gorgeous.  Other colors include: Coffee, Midnight, Copper, Gunmetal, etc... Also, whoever bought up all the Black from my local Target: sharing is caring!

Smashbox Cream Liners

Plum Purple

 The product claims to be "smudgeproof and budgeproof" and they aren't kidding.  The photo below showing the swatches is after I've rubbed my fingers back and forth over the product leaving it undisturbed.  Amazing!  I wore this liner this weekend and I probably had it on for a good 12 hours and it looked perfect at the end of the day.  It's magic, I'm convinced.  I like to use a flat liner brush for application (Smashbox) and it goes on flawlessly.  It does come with a cheapo mini angled liner brush which didn't particularly work for me so I tossed it.   

The packaging is very nice.  There is quite a bit of plastic surrounding the actual product, but I truly can't see myself ever having to scrape the bottom of this pot.  A little goes a very long way. 

I HIGHLY recommend this liner.  If you are a cream liner novice, you can absolutely afford to experiment with this one!