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ELF Cosmetics Reviews Summary

ELF Cosmetics enjoys a mixed reputation among customers, with many praising the affordability and quality of their products, particularly for beginners. Positive experiences frequently highlight effective shipping and packaging, as well as the brand's commitment to cruelty-free and vegan options. However, significant concerns arise regarding customer service, with reports of unresponsive support, order inaccuracies, and delays in reward redemption overshadowing positive interactions. Overall, while ELF's product offerings attract loyal customers, the company must address its customer service challenges to enhance satisfaction and trust.

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value
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returns
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quality
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Texas
78 reviews
49 helpful votes
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The goods and bads
August 8, 2018

This brand is very affordable but some products really prove that it's worth the $1 because of how bad it is.

Date of experience: August 7, 2018
California
76 reviews
124 helpful votes
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Great products
August 6, 2018

Love the translucent setting powder. Not a big fan of how little is in there primer or or any of there products frankly

Date of experience: August 5, 2018
North Dakota
33 reviews
84 helpful votes
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I will admit that I wait for free shipping deals - but I do that with every site. But even during the holidays, shipping is extremely fast. The prices are fantastic but here is the great part... most of their products are top quality (not every company is 100% but they are par with companies that charge 5x as much).

Date of experience: July 18, 2018
Canada
28 reviews
55 helpful votes
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Some of the products are amazing, love the face primer for example. Some are a complete miss; I avoid their face powders.
Prices are amazing and they have sales sometimes as great as 50% off all items. I like to wait till then to stock up.
If you spend more than $25 free shipping and a free gift.
They have a points club that gains points on every purchase. Points can be exchanged for free make-up
All transactions in American dollars, the last few times I have had to pay a duty charge when it arrives in Canada. However with exchange and duty it still is an amazing deal and cheaper then I can buy Elf in the stores

Date of experience: May 17, 2018
Canada
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Great product lines. The site helps you choose which products are best for you. Reviews of each product right on the page and they are well written and accurate. Love ordering from them. They always have great promotions for free products or discount codes. A++

Date of experience: January 23, 2018
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I am the client, who brings them money, can not place the order for several months because of an error on the site, but they showed absolutely no desire to eliminate the problem. I lost a lot of time trying, changing the browser, changing the account, cleaning the cookies, etc. With the same data, I absolutely without any problems do orders on other sites. I have a print screen and proof. It seems that they do not need either clients or money. Therefore, I successfully order on other sites, and, accordingly, they have a profit here that E. L. F could have... I think this attitude to the clients this company will not last long.

Date of experience: January 15, 2018
New York
2 reviews
19 helpful votes
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I used to love ordering their products when I was in college so I figured now that I wanted to start wearing makeup again I would go back to a brand I knew. I placed my order and found out that the same day or next day they started a huge sale. I emailed to see if I could get them to give me the price difference for the sale that was going on and the attitude that I was received with was amazing. I spoke to several people as no one wanted to help and finally someone told me I would get a ONE TIME EXCEPTION and that I needed to pay more attention in the future. To future sales I don't know about. Okay. Strike one. Strike two, there are no ways to return products you don't like. Strike 3, the quality of their products are hit or miss. I know you will never fully love everything from every company but they need to work on making everything better overall from quality to customer service. They used to be about quality and that packaging was kept more basic to focus on the product and now it seems they have lost site of their original intentions. They just lost a customer. I know that is chump change for them and they probably don't care, but at least now I can tell other's go spend your money where if you have an issue your voice is heard.

Date of experience: January 15, 2018
Vermont
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I spend probably thousands at sephora. I was suggested elf from a friend. Boy, she did me wrong. My package has been stuck in PA (about 8 hours from me) for daaaaaays. So i contacted customer service to see whats up and she was less than helpful and honestly not the friendliest. She acted like she wanted to just get off the chat with me and the only way she actually 'answered' my question was 'well, this is how our company works' UHH NO.

Recently i had to contact sephora's customer service for a product out of stock. What did they do? Refund me instantly like it was in my bank INSTANTLY and put credit on my account AND gave me free shipping on anything for the inconvenience. Sephora also apologized profusely. Elf didn't. Elf customer service might have gave me 3 sentences and wanted out lol. Good riddance. Bye felicia!

Date of experience: December 4, 2017
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Poor
October 26, 2017

My order says it was supposed to be delivered today, I checked the status of it, its in Tennessee, I live in North Carolina. WTF. I was looking for it today: I have somewhere to go. Im pissed

Date of experience: October 26, 2017
Maryland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Slow shipping, bad CS
August 21, 2017

They are really slow, don't buy from them. Yes it's cheap, but u get what u paid for. Mediocre products.

Date of experience: August 21, 2017
New Hampshire
17 reviews
86 helpful votes
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I've ordered from elf several times. My local drug stores don't have a very wide selection of elf items, and it's a bummer cuz there's a cvs about 100 steps from my door. Anyway, i'm not in love with their site, it's not really easy to navigate. But what i do like is the check out section. They are very thorough and ask over and over if the shipping address is correct, etc. the last time i ordered was during Christmas, and there was not only a good sale, there were coupon codes all over the place. So i was able to buy more than $60 of items for less than $25. And free shipping. So i was quite happy. The order came complete, and everything was packaged well. I had moved since my last order, and was using a new card to pay for it. I didn't mind the extra few minutes at all.
I will for sure use this site again.
It's refreshing to be able to buy drug store products at actual drug store prices. I hate paying up to $18 for a face primer when i can get one delivered to my home for $6. In this case you don't get what you pay for... you get much more.

Date of experience: July 23, 2017
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Tinted Lip Oil
April 30, 2017

Love the feel and the color selection but the staying power is an epic FAIL. Even with a primer and lip liner it feathers and fades and you have to constantly reapply.

Date of experience: April 30, 2017
Wisconsin
47 reviews
141 helpful votes
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Good Experience X3
April 15, 2017

I have ordered three times and was fortunate to have a great experience each time. The orders were accurate and complete. Shipping was as expected. Twice I received free gifts with my purchase. While many of the product sizes are somewhat small, the value is undisputable. Considering the quality and the unbelievably discounted prices when compared to department store prices, I am fully satisfied.

Date of experience: April 14, 2017
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Tried to place an order twice, one credit card denied, then tried another, it was also denied, called the bank, said my order was charged then credited back, TWICE! Now I have to wait to get my money back from 2 different credit cards, customer service was NO HELP at all, said it was probably something I typed in that was wrong, never again, BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY

Date of experience: April 5, 2017
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Awful customer service
January 24, 2017

I ordered the 19 piece brush set which was supposed to come with an eye shadow pallet. The box for the brushes was torn up as if it had been ripped open and they never sent me the eyeshadow pallet. I emailed a compliant and was advised the eyeshadow was "out of stock" yet it was still for sale on the website. I was also told my item could not be resent because of shipping delays in the warehouse. Worst customer service and not high quality products. Don't waste your money.

Date of experience: January 24, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Serum liquid foundation
January 15, 2017

An excellent product. The color is perfect, it has a very nice feel, and the high SPF is great! Please keep making it! Jodi

Date of experience: January 14, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worried
December 28, 2016

This is the first time I have ordered from the elf website. I have ordered elf products from the Ulta website and I just LOVE them. They are very good quality for being so cheap. This time I ordered around $30 of products plus I used the "BESTOF2016" to get a free pack of sample things that is supposedly worth $18. After reading these reviews I have instantly regretted ordering right from their website. I wouldn't be so worried if it weren't for the fact that once I filled out my order and inserted the credit card number it had all my information correctly written down but it said "0 items in cart; total: $0.00". This happened the first time I filled out the order so I filled it out a second time. Hopefully it was just my phone acting stupid, but if it did charge the credit card and it ended up not being just a glitch in my phone, I will be very mad.

Date of experience: December 28, 2016
Idaho
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible
December 28, 2016

I was supposed to get my package b4 Christmas as a present but the day it was supposed to come they said it was going to come on the following Wednesday after Christmas (Christmas was on a Sunday) then on Tuesday the day b4 im supposed receive it they say again it's being rescheduled for an extra day & to expect it be delivered on Thursday. Never will I ever buy something online from them! Horrible shipping been almost 3 weeks since I placed my order.

Date of experience: December 27, 2016
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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... still waiting
October 29, 2016

I ordered 10 items on their very slow and frustrating website ( alarm bell no 1). Took 15 mins for payment (repeated) to actually go through ( alarm bell no 2). Took 2 weeks for the " thank you for your payment" (no 3). One month later and Im still waiting for shipment details... I love ELF products but I've been forever put off purchasing anything from them online. Everything. Seems.To. Take. Forever.
And to make it worse customer service are extremely rude, and ignorant. Im Australian, and being asked if Im an "abo wog" and if my parents where prisoners and laughing, is NOT acceptable.

Date of experience: October 29, 2016
Maryland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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So they took my money and lied abt the order shipped already. The tracking number they provided was invalid. I had to dispute to charge thru PayPal. Such a terrible company. I guess it a blessing. Wearing cheap made in China makeup can disturb ur hormone and affect ur health.

Date of experience: October 22, 2016