ELF Studio Blushes & A Giveaway!

A few weeks ago, ELF sent me some of their new(er) Studio Line blushes to review. In case you didn't already know, I am a huge fan of the ELF line and to be honest, those were some of the only products from the Studio Line that I didn't already own!

I was sent 3: Fuchia Fusion, Pink Passion, & Gotta Glow. All come housed in ELF's signature black plastic packaging. The packaging resembles NARS packaging except it has a window and a mirror and it's substantially heavier than the NARS rubber cases.

Before I go on, I'm going to mention that although I do own 2 NARS blushes, the one I could find (Mata Hari for reference) does not match up with any of these shades and I do not own Albatross so I'm sorry there's no comparison between that and Gotta Glow (however, even though I have no idea where it is, the other NARS blush I own, Angelicka seems like it may be a dupe for Fuchsia Fusion, but I might only be thinking that since they both have silver glitter!). However, I did try to compare the blushes to some of my others powder blushes in my collection.

From left to right:
ELF Fuchsia Fusion, Fresh Petal, The Body Shop Roseflower Fuchsia 02, ELF Pink Passion, TBS Roseflower 01, TBS Cool Dusk

Similar order for swatches (though I ran out of room and the next row are just the subsequent blushes after Pink Passion - I swatched TBS Cool Dusk trio individually aside from the super pale pink shade). I'd say the Fresh is mostly a dupe for Fuchsia Fusion, but it's more of a satin with no silver glitter.

The first possibly dupe shade that I thought of was I saw Gotta Glow was a shade from Bare Escentuals called Gossamer which is an all over face color that came out with one of those multi-product collections on QVC.

From left to right we have:
ELF Gotta Glow, Laura Geller Highlighter in Amaretti (part of the Boysenberry blush n brighten) and Bare Escentuals Gossamer. As you can see, Gotta Glow is much more of a refined shimmer than the fairly evident shimmer/glimmer in the Bare Escentuals.

Gotta Glow is one of those great multi-purpose products. Highlighter? No problem. Inner corner highlight? Done. Brow bone highlight? Great! etc etc etc. My only complaint about the shade is it a touch powdery, but even so it's fairly easy to work with.

I'd like Fuchsia Fusion a lot more if it didn't have the silver glitter. Even though I'm in my 20s, I still prefer a more subdued glow on my cheeks, however, the glitter is easily buffed away and the color is quite pigmented and pretty.

Pink Passion was a lot less bright and pigmented than I thought it would be, but I like it because it's a matte buildable shade that is perfect for those mornings where you don't want to have to think a lot. I'm not sure how successful it would be on darker skin tones though but on my fair skin it's quite pretty.

And now the exciting part.

I have the same 3 blushes I reviewed to give away to a lucky reader! Fuchsia Fusion, Pink Passion & Gotta Glow. The giveaway is open to anyone in the US & Canada (sorry International readers!). If you win, you will be sent the blushes directly from ELF (hence the location rules). Anyway, this giveaway is super easy. Leave me a comment telling me the following:

- your name or alias
- your blog URL if you have one
&
- your favorite blush!


You do not need to leave an e-mail address for me to contact you. However, I will be posting the name of the winner (so at least give something descriptive and not anonymous when you post!) on the blog on July 17th. You must contact me at jeweledthumb@gmail.com within 48 hours with your mailing address. If not your win will be forfeited and I will pick a new winner. Since my spam folder ate previous giveaway winner's e-mails, if I don't respond to you within 24 hours, please comment on a recent blog post in addition to your e-mail.

You must be a follower of Jeweled Thumb to enter, but that's really easy too, right? =)

This giveaway will end July 16th @ 11:59 EST. Good luck!

disclosure: The products I reviewed were sent by ELF and ELF is sponsoring this giveaway. I was not compensated in any way for this aside from the free products.