Delightful Illusions: pan porn

Happy New Year! I hope and pray that our 2023 will be full of love, forgiveness, acceptance and healing. 2022 has been a roller coaster ride for me but it was awesome for the most part. I am thankful for the wonderful around me that has been patient and supportive to me all throughout the past year. Anyway, for today's post, let me show you my official shades for the start of my Pan Those Eyeshadows for the year 2023.

Pan Those Eyeshadows is an installment of Project Pan where you randomly or intentionally pick eyeshadows you want to hit pan on. Usually, people choose 4-5 shades to focus on in a round, and others tweak rules to suit their panning style. For this year, I will focus on 4 shades at a time because I will be doing this project together with my Pan That Palette.

My rules are the following:

I will randomly generate 4 eyeshadows per round. I have to use every eyeshadow at least 20 times. Everytime I hit pan on a shadow, I get to roll-in another one.
If I reach my 20 times usage and still haven't hit the pan, I can continue using the eyeshadow until I reach the pan or remove it from the project and generate another shade.
Any eyeshadow that I will generate that is too similar to the shades included in my Pan That Palette will not be joining this project and I get to generate another one.
I will give monthly updates. I think I did a pretty good job in giving regular updates on 2020 and I am pretty confident that I can do that again this year. :)

I have randomly generated these following shades:

First one is this matte muted pink eyeshadow from the Focallure Sunrise Palette. This palette was included in my Pan Those Eyeshadows 2020 and from my experience, the matte eyeshadows in here are loosely pressed and I didn't have any challenges in hitting pan on a matte shadow. I think this might be the first one I will hit pan this round.

The second shadow I rolled-in is this matte dark eggplant shade from the Beauty Glazed Metamorphosis Palette. This is fairly new palette, I bought this in August and I have only used this twice. This palette is has tightly-pressed eyeshadows and most of them are pigmented, including this one. This is the darkest shaded I rolled-in this round and this might one of those that I will 20 uses and choose another one. Since this a new, it's okay if I don't hit pan this yet.

Third eyeshadow I rolled-in is this bronze gold shimmer from the Perfect Diary Red Fox Palette (stay tuned for a future review). This is my newest palette and I haven't used it yet so I don't know if I can hit pan on this after 20 uses. Like the eggplant shade, this is one of those shadows that I will roll-out after hitting the target usage.

Lastly, I have generated this matte dark beige shadow from the UCANBE Taro Milk Palette. Again, it's another new eyeshadow palette that I bought last August. The universe seems to have set me up to use my new eyeshadows because I bought like 20 palettes last year. Yes! I spoiled myself a lot in 2022. These are loosely packed eyeshadows but are of good quality. I think I will hit pan on this after 20 uses.

This is my color story for the first round. This is a cohesive color palette but I'm not sure if I want to wear pink and eggplant shadows everyday. Since these are mostly mattes, I will definitely reach out to my Pan That Palette candidate for lighter shimmer shades. I don't mind having more mattes because they are my favorite in creating eyeshadow looks. I will post monthly updates and I think I have done a good job in giving regular updates back in 2020.

This is my introductory post for this project and I am so excited to create eyeshadow looks with these eyeshadow selections. Are you also doing this project this year? Please let us now in the comments section. Anyway, thank you so much for stopping by and I hope to see you on my 1st update. Have a lovely day. Stay safe always. XOXO

The year 2023 is coming and it's time for me to refresh my Project Pan. I have participated in a lot of these project and I can say that those experiences taught me to utilize what I already have instead of collecting and never using what I have purchases. One of the most exciting installments of this vast community is doing the Pan That Palette; it's a popular project where you have to finish an entire eyeshadow palette all throughout the year. Since it is nearly impossible to finish a palette for a year, most project panners tend to bend the rules or give themselves goals that will consider them in a successful Pan That Palette Project. The only person I know that successfully has done this is Amber F where she used up Urban Decay Naked (Original) Palette back in 2014. Remember those days?

It's been years since I have done this project and the last palette I included in this is the Sleek Oh So Special Palette. I haven't finished the entire palette, I think I have hit pan on 9 eyeshadows and nearly finished 2. I have already decluttered that palette though because it was ready old and the quality of those eyeshadows aren't comparable to the eyeshadows I currently own. For this year, I have chosen to pan this UCANBE Marvel Eyeshadow Palette.

I have older palettes in my collection but this one is the perfect candidate for me since it's just 8 pans. I am planning to do Pan Those Eyeshadows for next year as well and having a smaller palette to focus on will keep me motivated in doing these projects at the same time. I love doing these eyeshadow project pans, have been these since 2015 and I will keep doing these on the years to come.

I usually don't do warm eyeshadow looks since I love cool-toned smokey eyes but this palette is quite old and it's already faced out in stores. Red-toned eyeshadows are of my least favorite but this year I have been buying them and I'm starting to like them. I think these tones suit my Asian skin pretty well and I want to explore more eye looks.

For the month of January, I think I'll just play around with the eyeshadows and create various eye looks. I have already hit pan on the 7th shade (matte burgundy); this was on my Pan Those Eyeshadows 2020 and it took my 3 months of continuous pans to reach the pan. I don't expect great progress on the next couple of months but maybe another pan on one of the matte shadows. That will entirely depend on what kind of eyeshadows I will roll-in in my upcoming Pan Those Eyeshadows project.

Let's take a closer look on the swatches again since my review post didn't have clear pictures. I got a new phone with a great camera and I'd love to show some swatches.

They are clear now. I'm excited to take more pictures and share them with you guys! As I have said, I don't expect great progress for the next 2 months but I hope to hit a pan at least. My plan is to give updates every two months since this is going to be a slow burning project and I don't want to bore you with updates that don't have much to offer. I think 2 months will collect much progress than giving updates monthly. Anyway, I think that's all for my introduction post. I will post my Pan Those Eyeshadows 2023 introduction so stay tuned for that. For more Project Pan contents, you can also visit my Instagram page. I'm currently doing my P.I.E. Project Pan in there. I hope you are all well and safe. Thank you for stopping by. Have a nice day. <3

Hey, guys! How's everybody? I've been work, as usual, and didn't have any spare time to do makeup tutorials. It's been two months since I have updated you with my Pan That Palette Challenge, but I have posting a lot of updates on Instagram (@pansbysylden). This my second update and I can say I made a lot of progress for the past 6 months that I have consistently used this palette. For those of you who are wondering what palette is this, this is the Sleek Oh So Special Eyeshadow Palette. This is the oldest palette in my makeup collection that's why I have decided to pan this palette for 2019. I love this palette so much and I am not getting tired of this yet. If you are curious as to what this palette looks like now, just keep on reading. :)

April 24, 2019

This is what the palette looked like since my last update. As you can see, I have hit pan on the majority of matte shades. I love matte shadows and I think I might finish the 3 brown shades on this quarter of the year.

June 30, 2019

And this is what my palette looked like as of June 30. I have no new pans to show but I have made an enormous progress on all of the shadows. I am so close to finishing the cream shade and the light brown shade. I have been using one of the dark brown shadow on my brows and I can say that I like it because it is the right tone for my hair color. I have also managed to create dips on the dark purple and lavender shadows. I am so positive that I will hit pan on these shadows this month. I can feel it! :) I also love the coral shade as a crease shade because it gives a fiery vibe to boring eye looks and I am quite surprised that it pairs well with the blue gray shadow. I love how I can create various looks with this color scheme. I don't have any specific goal for next update since I am still going with flow and find that technique to be effective for this project. It's just like telling me to let my creative juices flow and enjoy challenge.

I have devised a tracking system on this challenge and it was been really helpful to keep a watch on my progress. Since my last update, I have used this palette 40 times. I am quite proud of my self because I was consistently using this palette and I have paired this with other palettes in order for the monotonous routine not to be boring. For more specificity, I have used cream 33 times, shimmery pink 23 times, matte baby pink 12 times, and lavender 16 times since my last update.

I have used coral 14 times, bronze 6 times, matte light brown 29 times, and matte dark brown 33 times since last update.

For the last quadrant, I have used shimmery blue grey 6 times, dark purple 14 times, taupe brown 20 times, and black 7 times since my last update. I really don't give much attention to this blue grey shadows yet since I really don't like this as a lid shade. I am trying to find ways on how to utilize this shade more and this might be the last shadow that I hit pan on this challenge. I might grab matte grey shadows from other palettes to pair with this shadow. I am hoping to have new pans by the next update since the 2nd quarter of the year has come and I haven't finish any shadow yet. Good luck to us!

To spice things up a little bit, I have decided to merge this challenge with a different challenge called the Pan Those Eyeshadows. It is basically a challenge where you pick random eyeshadows and hit pan on them. After you have hit pan on a particular shadow, you can pull it out of the project and select another shadow that you haven't hit pan on yet. It is a roulette style and a lot of panners on the YouTube community does it. It is one way to force yourself to use shadows you might have been neglecting, or it could be a way to create color combinations you might not normally combine. It's a fun idea and I would like to inject it on my Pan That Palette so I won't get bored easily of my project.

I used a random generator to pick two shadows that I will include in this project. I have typed the shade names on Excel all of my shadows and all of them have a designated specific number. The generator drawn numbers 14 and 45. Number 14 on my list is this Caramel shade from I Heart Makeup Semi-Sweet Eyeshadow Palette. It is a muted gold shadow that I think would incorpate well with the bronze and brown shadows from the Oh So Special Palette. This is a lid shade and I think I might not hit pan on this any time soon. I'll try to use this on my inner corners and mix with other shadows on my lower lash line.

The last shadow I have drawn is this satin white shadow which is number 45 on my list. This shadow is from the Essence All About Chocolates Palette. To be honest, I am also not sure if I can hit pan on this shadow soon since I have two base eyeshadows that I use to set my primer in the Oh So Special Palette. Haha! I feel so lucky! (laughing in a sarcastic tone)

That's my overall progress for this project. As I have said, I still love using this palette everyday and I am still enjoying this project. I might change the rules for my Pan Those Eyeshadows if I don't see any visible progress. Anyway, how are you doing with your Pan That Palette Challenge 2019? I hope you are doing great. If you have any tips or trick on how to do this project quickly, please share those on us by leaving a comment. I love sharing ideas and learning new things! Okay, this is it for now. I hope you are all doing great. I will talk to you soon. Thank you so much for stopping by. Stay safe. I love you all! :)

Happy New Year! How are you, guys? I have been busy with work and I needed much rest so haven't been posting for the past two months. I have been doing a lot of makeup looks which I have been posting on my Instagram makeup account (link on the side bar) and I think I will be featuring them on this blog soon. I have also hauled a lot of makeup items and I might feature them on my future posts. I really don't know where to start because I feel so overwhelmed right now. Haha! Anyway, I have ended my Pan That Palette 2018 and I have already chosen my palette for 2019. Please keep reading if you wanna know where it is (when it's actually very obvious). :)

I stopped using this I Heart Makeup Selfie Palette two months ago since the quality wasn't the same as I first got it. I bought this palette during my 24th birthday and I was amazed by the quality. I loved the pigmentation but texture has gone bad and the just felt gross. Now that I have accumulated a lot of eyeshadow palattes last year, I tossed this just recently and I just want to focus on other eyeshadows in my stash. I have used up a shadow and have hit pan on 7 shadows. I thought that I have already reached my goals for this palette and I already got my money's worth. What do you think?

Sleek Oh So Special Palette

This Sleek palette is currently the oldest in my collection and that's why I chose this for 2019. I have this in my collection for almost 2 years; I remember buying this on February 2016 and I have been using this a lot to do my friend's makeup during special events. I am not going to discuss how these shadows perform since I have already made a review on this last year and click this link if you want to read it.

Sleek Oh So Special Palette

As you can see, I have already hit pan 3 shades and I have 9 more to go. Woohoo! I can do this! My main goal for this palette and to hit pan on all of the remaining shades and maybe use up half of this. Since I don't wear pink eye looks on a daily basis, I think that this project might have slow progress. We'll never know, I guess. Who knows I might actually love pink looks and wear them everyday. For the firs month, I would just play around this palette and figure out my signature look for this palette. I will also be watching videos for eyeshadow combination and makeup look inspirations. :)

I will be keeping this post short since I have already talked enough regarding this palette. If you are doing Pan That Palette for this year, please tell us on the comments section about the palette you decided to pan this year. I hope we all make it this year and inspire everybody to consume what they have on their stash. I hope you stay tuned for updates and more posts. As always, thank you so much for stopping by. Have a nice day! XOXO

Hello, people of the internet! How y'all have been doing? Mine's pretty much the same; doing the same routine I had for years -- work, travel and home. It's been a while since I posted an update on my Pan That Palette and so I decided to do one today. I also included my Project Pan Porn on this update because they are the same thing; panning eyeshadows and see what I can finish this year. For those of you who hasn't heard of what Pan That Palette is about (which I highly doubt), it is a year-long project pan where you pick an eyeshadow palette or any makeup palette and try to finish all of them when the year ends. I have chosen the I Heart Makeup #SELFIE Palette for this year. I have started this project November last year and this palette looks full and pretty new.

Before I talk about my recent progress, let's just take a on what my palette looked like on the past months. I have actually hit pan on the chocolate brown shadow before I started this project. So I used to have 9 shadows to hit pan on and now there are only 4 shadows left to hit pan on. My ultimate goal for this palette is to use this up at the end of 2018. I'm not really sure if I can reach that goal but if ever that I won't, I will just be happy hitting pan on all of the shadows and declutter this. This of my oldest palettes, I bought this as a birthday gift for myself last 2016. Anyways, let's get right into the recent update.

I am proud to say that I have finished #CHOCFIX (matte chocolate brown) shadow. Yay! This was my favorite shadow on this palette and I'm kinda sad that it's gone. I fully aware that there are still bits of eyeshadow left but I'm going to repress them because there's not enough left and I just to use other shadows. I need to find a dupe for this because I loved the shade so much and is the perfect transition shade for most of the eye look that I create or wear. I have also widen the pan on the shadows that I have previously hit pan on.

I don't have any specific goals for the next update as I have already hit pan on the majority of the shadows. As of this update, I am close to hitting pan on the blue gray shadow. I'm feeling it. Haha! I'm actually having trouble using this shadow since it looks more blue on the lids and I'm not comfortable wearing blue shadows for work. It feels too bold for office. If you have any suggestions on how to wear this blue gray shade in a subtler way, please let me know. :) If you also have this palette and created looks with it, please share how you those looks because I'm willing to try anything.

As for my Project Pan Porn update, I have hit pan on shadow Boxed from the Sleek Oh So Special Palette. I have used this as my eye brow powder because it matched my brown hair. I have burgundy hair now, by the way. It's a matte medium brown shade that is also nice a crease shade for everyday looks. I am also close to hitting pan on the shade Bow (matte cream) because I use it daily to set my eyeshadow primer. I love this shadow because it doesn't crease all through out, like it doesn't fade and move around my oily eyelids. I am planning to do a look using only this palette and I might do a tutorial on it. What do you guys think?

I have also hit pan on the matte pinky mauve shadow from the Ever Bilena Brown Palette. The quality of this eyeshadow is okay but that matte mauve shadow is the perfect transition shadow for my cool toned eyeshadow looks. I'm obsessed with this! It blends smoothly and shows up on the eyelids even when blended with darker crease shadows. I also love this palette because I can create looks with it without reaching for other palettes. If you are living in the Philippines and just started getting into the makeup world, grab this one. Especially if you love cool toned or smokey eye looks. :)

To conclude this update, I have hit pan on a total of 8 shadows out of 18. It's already June and I have 6 months left to work on my Project Pan Porn. I am not worried though; I wear makeup on most days and I love eyeshadows I have which excites me with this project. I still enjoy these palettes, I'm still inspired and I am still motivated. I have never been this genuinely happy wtih my project pans. I don't know, I just feel inspired and motivated.

That's all for this update. I hope you enjoyed this post and made you feel motivated with your project pans. If you have any tips, tricks or hacks on how to pan eyeshadows, please let us know. We would really appreciate those! :) I have more makeup related ideas to post so stay tuned for that. Thank you so much for reading and stopping by. I will talk to you soon. Have a nice day! Stay safe. XOXO

Related posts:

Pan That Palette Update 3 - https://delightfulillusions.blogspot.com/2018/02/pan-that-palette-2018-update-3.html

Project Pan Porn Intro - https://delightfulillusions.blogspot.com/2018/01/project-pan-porn-2018.html

Sleek Oh So Special Review - https://delightfulillusions.blogspot.com/2018/01/sleek-oh-so-special-eyeshadow-palette.html

Can you believe it's already March!!!??? Oh my! How time flies by so fast! Hey, guys! I'm Sylden and welcome to my blog. For today's post, I will showing you the products I've hit pan on the past years. Yup, some of these were loved a long time ago and I kinda forgot about using them again and so they just sit on my stash like they don't exist. Haha! Some these are the results of my project pans and one of them were hit pan easily because it was repressed. Anyways, if you are interested on this post, just keep on reading. :)

MAC All That Glitters Eyeshadow (Veluxe Pearl)

I have this since 2011! I'm not even kidding guys. I bought this eyeshadow when I was 18. Eeeeeek! You might be saying that this is really gross and I should've thrown this a long time ago. I'm not gonna throw this though; the quality hasn't changed overtime, doesn't smell stinky, doesn't irritate my eyes and it's expensive. I can't just throw away my $18, guys! I loved this shadow back when I was in college, when MAC was really sought after and popular within the YouTube beauty community. I was excited to buy this and I was willing to cash out a lot of money for MAC. I still love this eyeshadow and I might include this on one of my project pans and use it up. The shade is unique and I haven't discovered an 100% exact dupe for this yet. If you are looking for a peach shade with gold pearl finish, I suggest getting this one.

Ever Bilena Blush Duo in Golden Goddess

This is my favorite bronzer from the local market. I have used this a lot when I bought this and I have hit the pan after a few months. I like how light this is and I could layer it for darker bronze on my face. I was addicted to this, I used this everyday and I have hit pan on it like 3 months after I purchased this. I'm not a fan of the blush though; it has a metallic gold sheen that I don't like. I love matte blushes more than anything. Anyways, if you are looking for an affordable bronzer from the local market, you need to try this.

Ever Bilena Matte Eyeshadow Trios in Tango

The best matte eyeshadows I found on the local market! I bought this back in 2015 and these are my first matte eyeshadow purchase. The red is so pigmented! It's insane for a local drugstore product! I used the custard mid-brown shade a lot as a transition shade back then on all of my looks and I love the warmth it gave. They don't sell this anymore but how I wish they would. I might be decluttering this as this is old and I have other matte eyeshadows in my collection that I use more often.

Essence All About Matt! Fixing Powder

A cult favorite from Essence! I love this powder because it feels so smooth over the foundation, doesn't look cakey and isn't drying. The only problem I have with is that it leaves a white cast which changes the color of my face a little bit. I wasn't happy with the formulation of this product though, it was easily cracked and I haven't have this for a month when that happened. Why Essence powder products so fragile? I have to repress this with water since alcohol would change the consistency of the product. I have hit pan on this after a few uses since I have repressed this. I love this but it so fragile to travel with.

theBalm Autobalm California Face Palette

The only reason I have hit pan on the highlighter is because they are included on my Project Pan 2018. This a so-so palette that lacks pigmentation on some of the shades. The highlight shade looks gorgeous on face but isn't visible on the eyelids. I love it so much that I have hit pan on it not more than 2 months after using this continuously. The blush gives a pink flush which I really love. This blush was hard to hit pan since this was hardly pressed on the pan. This a small sized-blush but it will take me a while to use up. I'm not sure if this still available at The Balm stores but maybe you could find some on online stores.

I Heart Makeup #SELFIE Palette

If you have read my previous posts, you know that this is the eyeshadow palette I use for my Pan That Palette 2018. I love this palette and I gave this as a gift to myself during my 23rd birthday. I love the brown matte eyeshadow the most I plan on finishing this palette this year.

These are the products I have hit pan on as of now. I have hit pan on a lot of products ever since I have collected makeup which was during my college days. I have always kept my collection on a minimal level because I don't want to waste products and let them expire without being given some love. What makeup products have hit pan on? What are your tips for using up makeup products faster? Let us know by leaving a comment below. I hope you find this post motivational and use products that you have. I will talk to you soon. Have a nice day! XOXO

What is Project Pan Porn? Project Pan Porn is basically is a category of Project Pan where you hit pan on as many eyeshadows as you can in a year. This project, if I'm not mistaken, was started by Elle S (see her playlist here). Elle created this project last year and she picked a palette every month and hit pan on as many shadows as possible. I don't remember how much shadows did she hit on 2017, but I can say they were a lot because she in one of the panning queens of the beauty community. I amazed by how much shadows she can use up in a year and she always make gorgeous and unusual color combinations. She is one of my inspirations in doing my project pans.

The way I see it, the goal of this particular project is to rotate and use your other eyeshadows while doing a Pan That Palette. It is a way to incorporate your other makeup palettes with the one you are concentrating in that. It also serves a purpose on not letting your eyeshadows to sit around your stash and be neglected for a year. I think that's genius idea, but it also difficult for most people. It is difficult for people who have just started with Pan That Palette and are overwhelmed with so much shadows. I decided to join this project because I have many eyeshadows and I don't want to ignore them while working on Pan That Palette. I'm panning the I Heart Makeup #SELFIE Palette (link here) this year and it contains a majority of shimmer shades. I knew I made the right decision to pick this palette because I can mix them with my other matte shadows. As you can see from the picture above, all of my palettes contain neutral shades. Haha!

For my first palette, I chose this Ever Bilena Brown Palette. I no idea as to why this is call a "Brown" palette since none of these are brown or a shade of brown. That fourth shadow looks more of like a dusty beige shade rather than a brown. This should've been called "Neutral" instead of "Brown", it would've made a lot of sense that way. I have had this palette for almost two years now and I haven't hit pan on anything yet which kind of surprised me. I always use this palette, especially the dusty pink mauvey and the ultra light mauve shades. These are my go-to transition shades if ever I want to wear cool-toned looks. This is my favorite eyeshadow palette from the local market so far and I don't understand why most Filipino bloggers/vloggers don't like this. This palette is independent; it can create a full wearable look, has two matte shades and a gorgeous inner corner shade. I don't like the Pink Palette because the color selection doesn't go well together.

My goal for the first month of this project is to hit pan on the second and third shade. My aim for this project is to hit pan on 18 eyeshadows, including the ones I have on my Pan That Palette. That palette contains 10 eyeshadows and I've hit pan on 5 shadows already. That brings me to hitting pan on 15 shades more. If I have reached my goal before the 2018 ends, I will continue to hit pan on more shadows to utilize my collection well. :) Do you pan as well? What are your makeup goals for 2018? Please let us know by leaving a comment. I hope you have found an inspiration from this post and start panning soon. Stay tuned for more projects and updates. Have a nice day and I will talk to you next week. XOXO