RED ALERT: 75% Off elf Studio! Code Required

This is what I get for staying online when I know I shouldn't - I made another order. There is a 75% off discount code on elf Studio products. Yes, 75% off, meaning that most elf Studio makeup and brushes ($3) will only cost you 75 cents! Oh great, just when I made an order last week too. Damn! =/

Now for the important code: WWYB75S

UPDATE: I believe the code is limited to only $10 worth of stuff now.

I just tried the code tonight and it worked. I ordered $50 dollars worth of stuff and got $37.50 off. I wasn't charged tax but the shipping was almost $7 dollars. Total damage: $19.45 for 16 items.

I don't know the expiration date and have no idea about international customers. Let me know if it worked for you. Also, they wouldn't ship to my PO Box - as they usually do - so I had to use my home address, which I hate because of potential thieves stealing boxes outside the house.

Ok, I guess that means I'm not buying the MAC Photo Realism quad that I've been wanting to get because now I won't have any more room left in my storage. LoL. But don't quote me on that.

RELATED LINKS:

• elf Studio Haul and Review: Bronzers, Blush, Eyeshadows, Brow Kit, Kabuki and Blush Brush
• elf Studio Brushes and Various Makeup Review
  

I'll be sure to do a post after I get this new haul...

REVIEW: Cargo PlantLove Palette & Urban Decay Lipstick Sample

I received my Sephora order and I'm very happy since it was only $25 plus tax. I needed to add $5 more to my cart to get free shipping, so this is how I ended up with CARGO's PlantLove palette. Yes, it was only $5.

THE RUNDOWN

• CARGO PlantLove, an eco-friendly line for the "green" girl
• Contains natural and organic ingredients; free of parabens, phthalates, synthetic dyes, or fragrances
• Packaged in a cardboard book-type palette with hidden magnetic closure
• Measures about 3 1/₄" x 3 1/₄"
• Comes with 4 eyeshadows, 2.5 g each (total 10 g)
  
• Price: $5
  

The front and inside covers

PROS

• Very inexpensive
• Made with all natural and organic ingredients for those with a "green" conscience
• Large amount of product
• Two colors, Iris (purple) and Ginger (orange bronze) have a better texture than the other two and have pretty good color pay-off when used over a good base (see swatches below)
• For $5, the purple color by itself is worth it
• Good to add in your cart if you need $5 more to get free shipping at Sephora.com

CONS

• If you sniff the shadows, they smell like cooking oil, but I don't notice that odor when wearing it
• Other two shadows, Zinnea (golden orange) and Thyme (light sage) have a gritty, flaky, rough texture (kind of like a MAC lustre) and aren't as pigmented as the other two
• Zinnea and Thyme are a little hard to blend
• Must use a good base - like a shadestick, paintpot, or cream eyeshadow - to get good color payoff
• No practical highlight color

Note: a MAC depotted shadow would fit into the first inner circle

Ingredients (click to ENLARGE)
They include: Karanja Oil, Argan Oil, Grape Seed Oil & Sunflower Seed Oil

COLOR DESCRIPTIONS

• IRIS: deep violet shimmer (frost finish)
• THYME: light sage shimmer (lustre finish)
• GINGER: warm orange bronze shimmer (frost finish)
• ZINNEA: golden orange shimmer (lustre finish)

Swatched over Scandalous Eyeshadow Magnet

IRL, the purple looks better than in this eye pic; it looks quite sheer here even if it wasn't. I can't seem to take a good eye pic...go figure. Plus I didn't use a dark base but IRL, the purple is really pretty. (Excuse the unfilled brow)

Base: TFSI & Physicians Formula ColorEyes shadestick in Champagne (discontinued)
Lid & lower lashline: Iris
Crease: Ginger
Inner corner: Zinnea
Hightlight: None

Base: Same as above
Lid & lower lashline: Ginger
Crease & inner corner: Zinnea
Outer corner: Iris
Highlight: None

Playing with my swatch

FINAL THOUGHTS
It was only $5 and I'm not complaining.

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SEPHORA SAMPLES

• Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation (haven't tried yet)
• Bare Minerals Foundation Primer (haven't tried yet)
• Urban Decay Lipstick in Sellout (Love!)

The full-size Urban Decay lipstick in Sellout goes for $22 but it's so worth it! It's well-pigmented, creamy, dreamy, moist and glossy: perfection. I would definitely blow $22 on one lipstick plus the packaging is gorgeous. Sellout is not really my color - a medium/dark raspberry creme - but the texture blows me away. I have to say it's better than a MAC Cremesheen and the Sally Hansen Natural Beauty lipsticks are coming to mind right now. (I'm tellin' ya, those Sally Hansen lippies are good.) I was on the verge of buying UD's lipstick in Naked, but I promised myself I wouldn't buy any lip products until I used something up. Be aware of the color descriptions because some are labeled as sheer or semi-sheer coverage. Sellout is a full-coverage lipstick so it comes out opaque.

See how glossy it is? Skip the lipgloss when wearing these!

UPCOMING POST
I got my Stila palette (@ 50% off, $20!) and, ay Dios mio, it's so pretty in person. A review with swatches coming soon cuz I'm still playing with it....

Thanks for stopping by! =) You'll be seeing more eyeshadow review posts and some mineral foundation reviews this month.