It’s easy to be beautiful when you have the proper tools.  I’ve been a huge fan of Eyes Lips Face, better known as E.L.F Cosmetics quite a while and finally got the chutzpah to get a few things few things from the site.  The company prides itself in providing quality brushes and makeup palettes at affordable prices.

e.l.f has a lot of makeup palettes for eyes, lips and face and you can customize compacts for different looks.  Since I couldn’t make up my mind as to which eye colors to choose from, I went for the whole shebang, the 100-piece eyeshadow collection.  The e.l.f. Studio Endless Eyes Pro Eyeshadow Palette costs just $10 and comes with every color you could think of wearing, including metallics, blacks, neon colors, browns and corals.

The brushes are at a recessionista price of $1 with the higher quality elf brushes costing $3 to $5.  What is even more impressive is that you can snag the essential brushes needed to create all the hottest looks for $12.  That is, you get 12 brushes for $12 minus the case to put them in.  You get: Eye Shadow Brush, Brow Comb + Brush, Lip Defining Brush, Eyelash & Brow Wand, Defining Eye Brush, Total Face Brush, Eyeliner Brush, Smudge Eye Sponge, Blending Eye Brush, Foundation Brush, Blushing, Bronzing and Blending Brush, and Concealer Brush.  Add a few more brushes for $1 and you’ve got yourself a makeup brush collection that cost less than a two course Thai food lunch and iced tea to wash it down with at Regional Thai.