Review: ELF Beauty School Palette - Natural

This gorgeous little palette from ELF has been in my collection for quite a while now - so long I've actually forgotten when I got it, woops! I'm 99% certain seeing as I can't find an invoice for it, it was a free gift with an order I placed around Christmas time. 

It's a collection of shimmery, neutral tones - golds, browns and a creamy/white colour. All shades have a reasonable level of pigmentation although some took a few swipes to achieve the swatches below:

Without flash

With flash

They all contain little specks of glitter which I actually find quite annoying. Although I am a fan of eyeshadows like this, there is a LOT of fall out. In fact, when I took this out my drawer to use the other day, the casing was in such a state I had to wipe it down before use. You can imagine what it's like to use if it's doing that whilst in storage. And glitter is a royal pain in the arse to get off your face! 

I also found that the darker shades did need some building up to achieve a true to pan shade on the lid. I would definitely recommend patting the colour on more than blending it on. Otherwise you will just end up blending it all away really easily. 

 Here is a look I achieved using this palette: 

I think I only used the gold in the centre on the top row and the gold/brown in the centre of the bottom row. Possibly a little of the brown in the bottom right of the palette. (Terrible memory, I know)

And for the first time ever, a full face shot! I wasn't sure whether to include this as you can't actually see my eyeshadow due to hooded eyelids/glasses, grr. Nevertheless, here it is :) 

Other products used:

• Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid Foundation - Ivory (£8.19, LINK)
• ELF Corrective Concealer (£3.50, LINK)
• ELF Complexion Perfection Powder (£3.50, LINK)
• MUA Face Primer (£4.00, LINK)
• Urban Decay Primer Potion (£14.50, LINK) 
• ELF Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder - Luminance (£1.50, LINK)
• Benefit Sugarbomb Blusher (£23.50, LINK) 
• MUA Extreme Curl Mascara - Black (£2.00, LINK)
• ELF Makeup Mist & Set (£3.50, LINK)

The ELF Beauty School Palette is available in Natural and Smokey online at:

LINK

and is £3.50.