AVOID E.L.F. Studio Tinted Moisturizer - Review

I have been eying some products from the Studio line for review ever since I fell in love with their Studio H.D. Invisible powder. One of these is the Studio tinted moisturizer. I was pleased to find a large selection of the Studio Line at K-Mart tonight and I immediately picked up the moisturizer in "Porcelain" and the "Lip Lock Pencil."


Let me preface this by saying that I truly enjoy the ELF line, and I rarely rip on a product that I haven't even tried yet, but there are times when I am more than happy to make an exception. When I pay for a product and get about HALF of what I thought I was paying for? THAT is one of those times.  Don't get me wrong, E.L.F. has some absolute gems in all of the different lines but I have always said that NO company produces gems all the time and ELF is certainly not an exception to that rule

I was at first put off about how the tube of moisturizer was on the small side from what I'm used to but it was pretty fat and I figured it would last me for at lest a couple of weeks and at $3, what have I to lose?

Well... Some of my respect for ELF cosmetics for starters.

I laid the package on my worktable to photograph after I shot product pics of my large Mineral ELF haul and after about 15 minutes of taking photos it was the moisturizer's turn. As I reached for it, something caught my eye, clear space on the viewing window of the tube. That can only mean one thing. There's a heck of a lot of air in there.

So I took it out of the package and set it up on it's side. Look at how nice and plump that bad boy is! Looks like a lot of product right?

WRONG.

So I took it by the top and shook it so that all the product was in the very end of the tube, then popped the top and squeezed all the air in the tube out till product came to the nozzle.

Holy crap. That thing is almost half empty!!! I couldn't believe it so I even squeezed all the product up to the top of the tube to get an idea of how much product really WAS in there.

Now, the label on he packaging says that this is 25 milliliters, 5 milliliters LESS than a standard issue foundation. When you take into consideration that at almost HALF the tube is empty, and you're getting maybe 13 or 15 ml at MOST at $3 a tube, that makes this every bit as expensive as many mid-range drugstore foundations.

I'm not even going to swatch or try this product, I am taking it back to the store and getting my money back. I HIGHLY reccomend avoiding the purchase of this product from ELF, unless you really enjoy your intelligence and wallet being insulted.

*Photos mine, do not use without my permission*