Delightful Illusions

          "A makeup haul, Sylden? I thought you're having a Project Makeup Low Buy for 2016"? Hi, guys! I know you will probably say that guys if you have read my last post. Before you judge or anything, I just want to let you know that I have bought these makeup products during my vacation at Manila last year. The SM North Edsa's Beauty Section at the Department Store had a crazy sale on most of the makeup brands they sell; foreign ones like Essence, Catrice, Flormar, and local brands that I will not mention one by one.

          On my first trip to the Beauty Section, I was actually looking for gifts that will be giving to my family. I have dedicated a post showing you the items I gave them: Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas for 2015. Anyways, my cousin and I were walking inside the department store and saw the Essence kiosk. What made me really thrilled upon seeing the kiosk were the sign boards saying "Php 100", "Php 150", "Php 75", "Php 50", and a lot more. I instantly knew that were having a crazy sale on their face, cheeks, eyes and lip products. I couldn't help myself in not swatching a lot products on the tester rack and deciding what products to get. I was thinking that we don't have Essence in Iloilo and there is nothing wrong in buying a lot of makeup products when they or a great sale. Haha! 

          As I have finished swatching, I have decided to pick this Crystal Eyeliner in Rosy Rush. This is an irridescent eyeliner; it looks pink on an angle and looks gold on a different angle. The glitters are so fine it doesn't feel like a glitter at all. This is the form of liquid which is perfect for me. It glides on smoothly with a watery feeling on the skin. I like this as a topping on my lid shade. This long lasting as well. I will definitely do an in-depth review on this. 

          The next product I picked up is a highlight for eyes on a jumbo pencil form. This is one of the products that I have fell in love the first I swatched it. On a dim light, it looks like a pinkish pearl shimmery shade. On natural morning light, it looks like an ordinary white shimmery shade. This looks good on my waterline but I notice some glitter fallout on my lower lash. That is totally fine because I just smudge the fallout and move on to the next step of my makeup. Haha! 

           The last thing I picked up from my first trip on Essence is this black eyeliner. I love that this so pigmented and easy to apply. It's flat matte but applies smoothly. This is nice for the lash line, tight line and waterline because it lasts a long time. I am so happy that I bought this one. 

          I only picked up 3 products on my first trip because I still have to buy gifts. I said to myself that on my next visit, I will buy the white mattifying powder that they have which is hyped by a lot of girls all over the world. It was on sale for Php 200 only and I was positive that I will get my hands on it. I didn't know if I was just slow, but it was sold out when I came back. It was so disappointing. I still did get a couple of products though. 

          Although this looks like a light black shade on the swatch, it applies boldly on my brows. I like to use for outlining my brows; not so much for filling in. I have medium gold brown hair right now and if I have a super black brows, I will look like a drag witch queen. Haha! This a buildable product but it gets messy when I blend it. I don't know if it just too creamy or the brush it comes with does not do a good job. It lasts all day long though. This has a blonde shade but it was too light for me so I chose this color. If you are looking for a affordable brow liner, check this one out. 

          The last product I bought from Essence is this khaki green eyeshadow from their regular line. When I swatching the shadows, I couldn't decided what to get because they have another neutral shadow that I was staring. The sales lady said that this eyeshadow looks more good that the one I was eyeing. Out of nowhere, I just said "Okay, I'll get that one". She was able to convince and I am glad that she recommended this to me. This looks a brown with green undertone shade on my lids which is not precise on the picture above. Please blame the natural light. Haha!

          Those are all the products I got on the beauty sale the SM North Edsa had. I am happy with all the items I got. There's nothing in here that I hate or regret buying. I should have gotten more but I didn't want to spend all of my money on makeup. I did good, right? Haha! The total cost of all these products should have been Php 815; I have only paid Php 450. Almost half the total price! Yay! I did a good bargain. 

          If you have any Essence makeup products that you love and would recommend to me to try, let me know by leaving a comment. I will appreciate that. :) Did you enjoy the haul? I will be reviewing these products one by one if I can find a time. I hope you liked this post and will come back for upcoming posts. I will talk to you again soon. Have a great day. Stay safe. XOXO

          Hello, guys! How was your New Year? Mine was great. I have got celebrate with my relatives. If you are a reader of my blog, you know that I went to Manila during my vacation. I hope I can post some of my adventures during my vacation. I'll see about that. 😁 I could maybe do a haul for the stuff I purchased from thrift stores and makeup sales. 

          I have been doing challenges ever since and it seems that I didn't finish any of it. My project pan challenges were always a failure because I couldn't control my self in using the products I intended go finish. I can't even control myself even more in not buying makeup while a challenge goes on. Haha! This year, I want to challenge myself again to use up makeup products that most are just sitting on my stash. I am determined this time to finish products and save money. If you want to know what are the products I included in this project, just keep on reading. ☺

          Etude House Look At My Eyes Cafe in Honey Milk - An eyeshadow that I have intended to use as a highlighter on my brow bones and cheek. It's a white matte shadow with specks of glitters when blended. I have used this a lot but it takes forever to hit pan on. I hope I can finish this eyeshadow this 2016 so I could use my other highlight shades.

          Etude House Look At My Eyes Pearl Shadow Base - One of the many products I have talked about a lot. It'a an off-white shimmery cream shadow base. I like how this applies on a creamy consistency and dries like a powder. 

          Mary Kay Eye Mineral Color in Honey Spice - A nice beige satin eye shadow that is perfect for the lids. I liked this shadow back then, when I was in college. It has smooth texture doesn't have a glitter at all. I didn't know why I didn't use it so much. I will do my best to use it up because it is already old. Haha! 😀

           Revlon CustomEyes Shadow/Liner in Naturally Glamorous - Again, one of those eyeshadows that I loved back then haven't used enough. This palette is good for everyday use; for school, work, part, just for any event! The shadows are all shimmery and liner is matte. I am hoping that I could use these all up. 

          IN2IT Supreme Waterproof Eyeliner in All Black - I have a review posted about this product so I won't talk about this product. All I can say is that it doesn't worth buying amd does not do the job that it claims. I'll try to use this up this year because I don't want to waste the money I bougth for this eyeliner.

           AVON Glimmerstick Cosmic Eye Liner in Galactic Green - I like this eyeliner so much! This is a moss green eyeliner with pink glitters to it which I think is so unique. This stays all day long on my lash line. I would love to use this up. 

             Ever Bilena Advance HD Eye Pencil in Natural Blonde - This is an okay eyeliner. Nothing special about this product. The name sounds so good, the product itseld is not. I'll use mainly for my eye base.

          Nichido Foundation Stick in Ivory - I use this as a under eye concealer. It's actually good in concealing my dark circles. It has thick consistency but is easy to blend. It's old so I need to use it up.

          Clinique Different Lipsticks im Shy and A Different Grape, Etude House Look At My Lips in 04 and San San Age Defense Lipstick in 03 - I plan on finishing this all up in 2016. The two are already half-way done; the other two are pretty much long. What's good about this situation is that I've got lip color combinations to choose from. 

           That's a total of 14 products. Whew! I have disregarded my previous project because some of the items in their are included is this challenge. I'll post updates every two months so you can see my progress. If you are doing this too, let me know. I wanna know what products you want to use up. 

             I hope you enjoy this type of post as much I am having fun in doing them. I am going to post another challenge tommorow so stay tuned. Thank you so much for reading. I'll to you soon. Have a great day. Stay safe. 💋