Delightful Illusions: favorites

Hey, guys! For today's post, I wanted to do something chill and relaxing to read. I want to share with you my favorite shade in each of the eyeshadow palette I own. I have watched videos like these back in 2018, which I wanted to do a long time ago but I was kind of lazy. I also wanted to play all of my eyeshadow palettes, get to know the formulas, and dig into them to see what really are the best shades in all of that I own. Eyeshadow is my number favorite makeup item because it's like painting in my eyes; it's like putting a piece of art on my eyelids. I have purchased a lot of eyeshadow palattes, mainly from online shopping, last year since I have found some great brands that offer quality eyeshadows for affordable prices. I have 15 eyeshadow palettes in total as of the moment and if you want to know what are my favorite shade in each of them, please keep on reading. :)

Wet n' Wild Silent Treatment - Transition shade

Starting with smaller palettes, I have not used this infamous quad a lot because I was disappointed with the quality of this one. This was used to be trio and I remember that people used to rave about this back then because of the taupe shade. I was thinking that I would love this new and enhanced formula because the rave on the taupe shade was big. It was not the case and I am picking the mauve matte transition shade as my favorite shade on this palette. There is nothing special about this shade, it's just that this the one I like the most.

Lots of Love Supernatural Eyeshadow Palette - Shade # 4

This LOL Supernatural Matte Eyeshadow Palette is my perfect set of shadows to create everyday cool-toned smokey eyes. I have used this palette a lot back in 2018, the year when I was into cool toned smokey looks. My favorite shade in this palette is the that I have hit pan on and it is this medium grey shade. I love this as a transition or crease shade whenever I do cool tone smokey eyes. This palette has a nice formula and I suggest you try this one if you are in search for good quality grey shadows.

Essence All About... Chocolates Eyeshadow Palette - Shade # 2

Next palette is this one from Essence which I bought online almost two years ago. My favorite shade in this palette is the second one which looks like a taupe with green undertone. This looks very beautiful when applied over a dark base. I made a look featuring this shade on an Instagram post and if you want to see how this shade poppin, here's the link. I love this shade so much and will keep this palette just for this.

Sace Lady Twilight Eyeshadow Palette - Shimmery brick red shade

This palette is straight up dupe for the NARS Narcissist Eyesadow Palette. They copied the layout, the shadows, and the shade names as well. This has surprisingly a good quality and so affordable. My favorite shade in this palette is the shimmery brick red shade (middle row). I used this once all over the lids when I re-created a warm smokey look and I fell in love with this. I never thought I would love warm shadows all over the eyes, but I am now. Thanks to this shadow!

Beauty Glazed Lemon Eyeshadow Palette - metallic peachy gold (middle row, right)

I apologize for not rotating this picture! I recently reviewed this palette and as I have said, this brand has one of the greatest formula with an affordable price. I love the metallic fiery peachy gold in this palette because it so bold and loud. This is one of the most flattering shades I have put on my lids, it made my brown eyes pop!

Beauty Glazed Uranus Eyeshadow Palette - Metallic olive (last row, middle)

One of the most beautiful eyeshadow palettes that I own! As I have said, this brand has one f the most incredible formulas with incredibly affordable price. I have also reviewed this palette before and I don't have any complaints with this one. I love the metallic olive shade the most and compliments well with my brown eyes. I love this all over the lids and can't get enough of this shade. So stunning!

Pudaier Milky Way Eyeshadow Palette - Aspiration

Here's another affordable palette that I have purchased from Shopee that I still need to make a dedicated post on this. I love the quality of this eyeshadow palette as well the shade Silver Light is included in my Pan Those Eyeshadows 2020 project. My favorite shade in this palette is Aspiration which is this metallic beige shade that looks of wet on the eyes. This by far my most favorite eyeshadow formula; this is so soft, easy to apply, and so wet looking. This so nice as an eyeshadow topper or to be applied on its own. I remember wearing this one all over the lids and my boyfriend kept looking on me. He said I looked so beautiful that day. *insert heart emoji*

Sleek Oh So Special Palette - Noir (matte black)

You have seen this palette probably a million times already, so I am not gonna rumble so much about this. This is still one of my favorite eyeshadow palettes and is of the most well-loved. This was the palette I used for my Pan That Palette 2019 and I also hit pan on all of the shades. The matte black, Noir, is my most favorite out of the 12 shades that are included in this palette. This matte black is so pigmented. So perfect for an all-out black smokey eye look. I have used this palette on different occasions, even using it on other people. This palette will be staying on my collection until I have used up most of the shades.

Kathleen Lights x Colourpop The Zodiac Palette - Gemini

Ah! The Zodiac Palette. This is one of my most treasured palette since this a collaboration with Kathleen with Colourpop and she loves astrology as much as I do. This is the most expensive palette I currently own and I think that it's kind of worth paying for this one because this special and unique in terms of the process on how the shades were chosen and feeling like it's personalized. My favorite shade in this palette is The Gemini, which is this unique metallic antique gold with green undertone. I love this all over the lids as well, pairing it with The Sagittarius on the outer-v. You can actually buy this shade separately if you want to try this one.

IMAGIC High Heels Eyeshadow Palete - Elf

The newest addition to my eyeshadow palette collection. Yes, it's another green-themed eyeshadow palette. I love green eyeshadows! I have used this palette a fews times already and I still haven't formed my overall thoughts regarding this palette. I still have to review this yet and I hope you stay tuned for that. Anyway, I love the Elf shade the most in this palette. This shade has a duo-chrome quality and is perfect as a topper. This palette has good quality as well and all of these are pigmented. Can't wait to play with this more.

Focallure Tropical Vacation Palette - Empire

Another Pan Those Eyeshadows sneak peek! My favorite shade in this palette is Empire, one of the eyeshadows that is included on the project mentioned. This shade looks so stunning on the lids as well. I didn't know that cranberry would look so good on the eyelids, but I do now. Thanks to this project. This has that gel-like quality and is best applied with hands. I love to use for an everyday berry-toned eye look.

Focallure Hi Perth Eyeshadow Palette - Pavlova

Yes, another Focallure eyeshadow palette. I love Focallure Beauty products! I have bought this palette the moment they posted this for sale. The blue shades spoke to me and so I was dying to try this eyeshadow palette. I love all of the shades, but what stood out to me the most is Pavlova. This a a multi-chrome shadow; this has blue, green, purple and silver reflex with brown undertone. It looks so stunning and glittery on the eyelids. You need to try this palette.

ZOEVA En Taupe Palette - Gallery

This is one of the oldest palettes in my collection. I know this looks really boring but I love my taupe shadows. My favorite shade in this palette is Gallery, it's this matte taupe shade that looks good on the crease whenever doing smokey eyeshadows. This shade is blendable, buildable, and a little bit powdery. The formula of these shadows are kind of dry, maybe because it is old. I'll try use this more this year and get my money's more.

I Heart Revolution Salted Caramel Eyeshadow Palette - Shimmery warm brown (middle row, right)

This of my favorite neutral eyeshadow palettes. It consists of cool and warm brown shades with a little bit of colored shades. This is your basic everyday eyeshadow palette that is actually a dupe for the Too Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate Palette. I have this for almost two years and the shadows still smell like chocolate. The quality and color pay-off of these shadows are superb as well. My favorite is the shimmery warm brown shade that is perfect for warm smokey brown eye looks. I think that this shade makes my brown eyes pop more compared to the cool toned brown shade. I love this palette and I recommend this to anybody who loves neutral eyeshadows.

Focallure Sweet As Honey Palette - Misty Rose

And last but not the least, this bigger eyeshadow palette from Focallure. I love this color scheme and I think that Huda Beauty took their inspiration of Mercury Retrograde Palette from this one. Remember their New Nudes Palette? They were also inspired by one of the Beauty Creations eyeshadow palette. Tea! Anyway, I think that this color story is unique because they are a little bit muted, but kind of colorful at the same time. I have to review this palette yet, but I can definitely say that this my favorite eyeshadow from Focallure as of the moment. My favorite if Misty Rose, that duo-chrome gold pink shade that looks beautiful all over the lids. I used this during my birthday and it looked stunning. I felt extra pretty, I felt like I was Barbie. If you haven't tried this one, please grab it.

These are my favorite shades in each of my eyeshadow palette. I think I curated an interesting color scheme for an eyeshadow palette. It is not so cohesive and there are only 4 mattes out of the 15 shades. Haha! If a palette like this was made, would have been able to buy it? Or will you pass? I think I would have my second thoughts since the shadows are all over the place. There are not enough dark shades to create a cohesive eye looks.

This post has let you peek through my eyeshadow palette collection, which isn't that much to be honest. I love the size of my collection and I think I might stop spending money on eyeshadow palettes for a while. I hope you enjoyed this post and inspired you to shop your stash and pick your best picks as well. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day. Stay safe.

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Hi, guys! Today, I will be talking about my May Favorites for the year of 2016. I don't have much products to talk about because I'm currently doing projects and I have been using the same makeup items since January. For this favorites post, I will be showing you the skin care and hair care products that I truly loved and used a lot on the month of May. If you are interested to know what are my recent beauty favorites, just keep on reading.

Nivea Extra White Repair Pore Minimiser Toner 200mL

This toner is surprisingly gentle and doesn't have strong alcohol scent at all. You know how commercialized brands work, right? They will have all the claims they want on their products; when you buy them, they actually do not work at all. You don't get what you paid for. This toner is different. It's thin, has sweet scent, light on the skin, kind of moisturizing, and removes excessive dirt, makeup, and oil on the face. I have noticed that my skin went from being dull to pinkish-radiant glow. It also made my skin feels soft and looks smooth. I highly recommend this product if you are looking for an effective toner that's worth the price.

Human Nature 100% Natural Night Moisturizer

I wasn't a fan of face moisturizers in general until I used this product. I have an oily skin and moisturizers aren't my friends. I was curious to try this product since I never used a night moisturizer before. Since this is an organic product, I decided to buy this and see what it will do to my skin. The first thing I noticed when applied this on, it has a medium consistency, leave a semi-sticky feeling on the skin, and smells like actual plants. This thoroughly absorbs into the skin and makes my skin feel so supple and soft when I wake up in the morning. The very best thing about this is that it fights zits and pimples. I had a zit one time and I applied a generous amount of this on the affected area. Do you what I saw when I woke up the following day? The zit has flatten a little bit and it wasn't painful anymore when I touched this. I continued using this night after night and my zit was gone. It was gone without transforming into a pimple. This product is a life saver! I'm note sure if this could cure pimples or acnes, but if you are interested in using this product, you should try. This is one of the best skin care products I have ever used.

Victoria's Secret Bergamot Smoothing Scrub Wash

The best body scrub I have ever used! It smells so good. The smell is the main reason why I love this product. The smell lingers on the bathroom for hours and stays on the skin as well. It has that citrus scent that is calming yet addictive. The texture is gelee-like; thin, non-greasy and not sticky at all. I love that this has moiturizing property but isn't heavy on the skin. If you are looking for a light, good-smelling, and gentle body scrub, try this product. You'll love this.

Daily Defense Argan Oil Conditioner

This conditioner is way better than the conditioners I have tried my whole life. It make my hair incredibly soft and smooth. It has light weight formula and doesn't leave a greasy residue on my scalp after washing my hair. It smells sweet, like a cupcake, and lasts long through out the day. It relaxes my hair making it controllable. I have been using this since last week of April but it has still a lot of product inside the bottle. If you are a cruelty-free shopper, get this because it's cruelty-free and affordable. If you find this, just try this and I'm pretty confident that you'll like this product too.

Revlon CustomEyes Naturally Glamorous Shadow/Liner

This eyeshadow palette is included one of the projects I'm currently doing this year. This is one of those makeup items I have used and forgotten about for years and years. Recently, I have been experimenting on different eyeshadow combinations and I have found a nice way on how to use the liner shade on this palette. As you can see above, the liner isn't quite pigmented and won't work when worn alone. I tried using this shade as a shadow base and layer with a light brown eyeshadow. The result gives kind of a brown taupe shadow which is kind of my thing as I really love dark eyeshadow looks for everyday. I've worn this combination a lot on the month of May and I liked it. If you are interested on this palette, you can still get this on the Revlon's website and Amazon.

These are my favorite products from the month of May. I genuinely love all the products I have mentioned and would be happy if you try them as well. I have linked all the products so you would know where to find them.

What are your favorites products recently? Please let us know so we could try them too. I hope you enjoyed this post. Comments are always welcomed, appreciated and replied. Thank you so much for stopping by. I'll talk to you soon. I hope you have a great day. Stay safe.

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Hi, guys! Welcome to my March 2016 Favorites post! :) I missed February, and so I thought I would share my favorites this month because they are actually the same from the previous month. I got to discover some skin care and makeup products last last month and I loved most of them. There are some things mentioned in this post like application technique and product combinations. If you are interested to know them, just keep on reading. :)

Maybelline Color Show Lipstick in True Toffee

It's one those lipstick that you will love for the rest of your life after you have applied this on your lips. I'm not even exaggerating guys. The formulation is creamy, has smooth application on the lips, and moisturizing all through out the wear. The products claims to be long lasting and rich in pigmentation, which I think is true based on my experience. This True Toffee shade comes off as peachy nude which has a cool to neutral tone. I'm a light-skinned with warm undertone person; I didn't think cool-toned nude lip colors will not look good on me. If you are looking for an affordable, great quality, long lasting lipsticks, check Maybelline's Color Show makeup line.

AVON Simply Pretty Lip Defining Pencil in Nude

Another AVON product again. Yay! Honestly, there's not a single makeup product from AVON that I didn't like. The products that I got from this brand are all great. I'm not kidding, guys. Anyways, I loved this lip liner the past month (and still it is this month) because it's a easy use; it's a no-brainer product, glides smoothly on the lips, and easy to clean the excess. This products looks pretty dark on the liner, but goes on light on the lips. It comes off as a warm light brown shade which actually looks good together with the lipstick I mentioned above. I highly highly recommend this lip liner if you are looking for a budget friendly but good one.

These are the swatches of the products I just talked about. As you can see, the other one is cool-toned and the the other is warm-toned. I have worn this combination during a celebration event we had last week; I have loved it because the products stayed long on my lips for hours. I have only retouched once. Anyways, please excuse my face here, my falsies was still wet and my eyes were feeling heavy. Haha!


Human Nature Purifying Facial Scrub and Human Nature Balancing Face Toner

"A good skin is a happy skin. A happy skin is a healthy skin. The more organic the ingredients are, the better." That was my quote, which I said during my mini makeup lesson that I have given to my office mates last Monday. Recently, I was starting to ditch my skin care products because I wanted to use organic products for my skin care routine. Human Nature is a local brand that has emerged years and years ago on the Philippine Market, aiming to bring an array of 100% organic skin care products without the high price.

I have recently ran out of a facial scrub, so I browsed a grocery for a new scrub to try on. I saw the Human Nature Purifying Facial Scrub which has real strawberry seeds. Strawberry seeds used as a face scrub?? Wow, that's sounds so cool! I love how this scrub makes my skin feel cleansed and purified without feeling the usual tightness I feel with other face scrubs. It has that clean sweet scent which isn't overwhelming at all. It's not really for fighting for oiliness and pimples, but it is a gentle scrub for daily use. If you are looking for an affordable organic face scrub, check this product out.

I also bought this Human Nature Balancing Face Toner because I remember loving this way back on 2012; It was year I first tried this product. I loved it, and I love it still. It feels light and gentle, somewhat moisturizing, and smells so nice.This toner is never tightening nor drying. I love it a lot. Enough said! :)

Daiso Hyaluronic Acid Mixing Face Mist

An acid mixing mist for your face?? Is that safe, Sylden?? Haha! Worry not, my friends. This is a safe mist that could be used daily. I have searched the internet about this Hyaluronic Acid and I found out that this acid is used on products that helps heal wounds, dry pimples, and other related stuff. This product is not bad at all! I bought this because I was intrigued to see how this works that first I time I saw it on the store. This is nice for moisturizing the face before applying makeup, setting the face, mixing it with flaky eye shadows, and a lot. I love how this fixes my face when a product decides to cake on my skin suddenly. :) This is a life saver! Haha! I might forget to mention that this has alcohol and isn't organic at all. I don't if this is even safe for sensitive skin. If you have no any problematic skin conditions, this might work for you as well.

The next thing I'm gonna talk about is actually a technique I learned from Michelle of ReadySetGlamour. A couple of months ago, she uploaded a video about Do's and Don't s of makeup. One of the techniques that really caught my attention was the one in which she demonstrated to set the eye primer/base with a powder. I tried the technique the next morning and I was amazed. The powder absorbed the moisture on my lids, making the eye shadows to blend better and lasts all day long. I also noticed a minimal creasing towards the end of the day. If you haven't done this technique, please try it. You will love it and see the difference. I use the Esssence I Love Stage Eyeshadow Base on my lids and set it with the Clean and Clear Oil-Control Pressed Powder. This combination works for me and I love it. :)

Victoria's Secret Fearless Fragrance Mist

Oh My God. This perfume describes me -- FEARLESS. It's sweet, sour, fruity and alluring at the same time. Victoria's Secret described this as: "Attitude is everything in this modern take on a seductive floral scent, here in a sheer fragrance mist." The scent is floral with blackcurrant, purple diamond iris and orris notes. The scent kind of reminds me of the ZARA Oriental Eau de Toilette, which has girly seduction in it. They're not on the same family of notes, but they are on the same family of floral fragrances. They have both seductive scent; the VS is hardcore and the ZARA is toned down. Anyways,I love this Fearless Fragrance for everyday use. It's something that screams "me". I'm a fearless person and I know it. Haha!

Those are my favorites for the month of February and March. What are your current favorites? Please share those with us by leaving a comment down below. I love reading and replying to comments. :) If you have any requests, please let me know. Thank you so much for reading my favorites. I hope you enjoyed this post. I will talk to you soon. Have a great week, everyone. Stay safe. XOXO

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