ELF Studio Shimmer Palette

Generally I like powder highlighters as they are just so easy to work with. Also they last longer. It’s not like they are just going to dry out like cream highlighters will are they? However the £3.50 price tag (I paid £1.50 in a sale) of this ELF cream offering means I’m not going to shed too many tears if it dries out on me before I finish the product. Plus you get four shades in one compact! 

As will all of the Studio line the packaging is good looking and functional with a mirror and tiny brush included. Now the brush is as much use as a chocolate frying pan (mmm) for highlighting cheeks etc but it’s actually pretty good for inner corners so I have held onto it. You get 5.6g in total and given that a little goes a long way this should last a good long while.

From left to right we have an ivory, a peach with gold pearl, a bronze shade and finally a pink shade. Although it’s nice to be able to match your highlight to whatever you’re wearing that day to be honest there isn’t much of a difference between them once they are fully blended out.

The texture is very strange. They dry down almost immediately so you need to blend frantically before they set. I find fingers work best as brushes just don’t give you the heat you need to get them worked into the skin. No chunky shimmer here though thankfully! Once on they give almost a gloss to the skin rather than shimmer. It’s subtle and natural looking but can be built up if you want to.

Provided you are speedy with your blending I really do like these. They give a totally different finish to anything else that I own and that alone makes them worth the purchase x

*Bought by me*