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"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!

Essence Crystal Eyeliner 06 Rosy Rush
Regular Price: Php 199
Sale Price: Php 75

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.

Essence Big Bright Eyes Highligh It Pearly
Regular Price: Php 179
Sale Price: Php 100

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!

Essence Long Lasting Eye Pencil 01 Black FeverRegular Price: Php 169
Sale Price: Php 100

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.

Essence Eyebrow Designer 01 Black
Regular Price: Php 129
Sale Price: Php 100

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.

Essence Eyeshadow 45 Back To KhakiRegular Price: Php 139
Sale Price: Php 75

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

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Hey, guys! Welcome to my blog. :) For today's post, I will talking about my Project Makeup Low Buy for 2016. This year, I'm planning to minimize my makeup shopping because it's not good for my savings and I need to finish a lot of products. Haha! I have recently posted my Products I Want To Use Up in 2016 and Pan That Palette Challenge 2016 which will be collaborated with this project. The reason why didn't mention any rules on those challenges is that because I wanted to dedicated a whole blog post for my makeup purchases this year.

I have been a consumer and shopper of makeup for almost 7 years now. I started wearing makeup during my third year in college. During those days, I have applied horribly makeup on my face; thick layer of face products, uneven eyebrows, not-so-nice eyeliner, undefined eye looks, and a lot more. Haha! Anyways, I have accumulated a lot products during that specific time and even spent my allowance more on buying than anything else. It was crazy.

Today, I have realized that I don't need to be a hoarder (sorry for the term) just like everybody else. I know that collecting makeup is a good feeling for most gals, but I don't see the point of buying those products then just let them be expired without even using them. Do you get my point, guys? I mean it's like wasting your money instead of saving. I don't need to have 10 foundations, 20 concealers, 14 mascaras, 50 lip products at the same time, right? I'm not even a makeup artist. If I don't like a product, I still use it or give it to somebody else. In that case, the money I spent on buying makeup will not go in to the garbage. Okay, enough of the ranting. :)

For this particular project, here are my terms and conditions:

I'm allowed to but only 1 makeup product per month.
If there are sales going on, I will allow my self to buy 2 products.
Mascaras are exempted to this project project because I only buy one at a time.
I will allow myself to have makeup shopping spree on my birthday.
I will show you the makeup item/s I bought for the month and should do a review on it.
At the end of the year, I will do a wrap-up of all the reviews I made and tell you what are the items that I have loved a lot.

The goals for this challenge are to minimize my makeup shopping, buy some really good makeup brushes, save money, and use up products I already have. I am committing my self to this challenge this year and I will try my very best to keep my promise. I will be honest; I'll show all the makeup I bought and post them.

If you decided to do this project as well, please let us know by leaving a comment down below or tweet me. I wanna see your version of this guys. :) I hope you find this project inspirational as I find it really encouraging. Haha! Thank you so much for reading my long ranting. I'll talk to you later. Have a nice day! Stay safe. XOXO

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Hello, wonderful people of the world! Yesterday, I posted about the Products I Want To Use Up in 2016, and today I am going to talk about my Pan That Challenge 2016. If you have been a read for a long time, you know that I have started this project last year; I used my Avon The Greens 8-in-1 eyeshadow palette (click for the link). I have come to a decision to continue using this particular palette for 2016 because I come to love this palette. Since I have started digging in to this palette, why not finish it all?

For a throwback, here's a photo of this palette prior to last year's challenge. It's pretty untouched as you can see. I liked this the moment I received (form an order) it; it's just that ii have other eyeshadows that I used so I can't focus on this. That was the reason why I used this product for this challenge. After 8 months of using it, I have

come to love it. Like really love it. Haha! ☺

Shade 1 - A shimmery white eyeshadow with gold flexes; could be seen when swatched. I like putting this on my inner corners because it's brightening, though it has a lot of glitters to it. I will try my very best to have a lot use of this and hit the pan before the 4th quarter hits.

Shade 2 - A warm gold shimmery shade which apparently has orange undertone to it. I cannot exactly describe the color of this eyeshadow; I even searched on Google what kind of gold is this but I can't really figure out. Haha! Anyways, I like this shadow but it has glitters chunks to it and falls out a lot. It's nice on lids; gives an unsual vibrance to brown eyes.

Shade 3 - A mint baby green shade that isn't pigmented at all. It looks like a shimmery white shade on the lids. I have no idea on how should I incorporate this with other colors, honestly speaking. Haha! I barely touch this product; no dent at all.

Shade 4 - Appears to be a pine green color but is darker when swatched. I always use this on the outer corners of my lids. I might try experimenting this more on my center lids. I'm kind of scared to use this as my main color because I don't if this could be pulled-off by my brown eyes. What do you think, guys? I always use this on my lower lash line to have that nice effect on my look. Hopefully, I could reach the pan just on time.

Shade 5 - A seashell color with pink undertones; seems like a pale taupe shade. This shadow have gotten so much love. I have actually hit pan on this eyeshadow even before I have dropped the palette. I'm so careless. Sorry! This is the shade I put on my entire lids if I don't what look I should make. It's so pretty!

Shade 6 - A combination between olive and moss green. I like this shadow to put on my outer-v and lower lash line. I have not used this on my entire lids; I also don't know if I could pull this off. This shadow has received a lot of love too, as per evidence on the dent I made.

Shade 7 - A cerulean blue mixed teal shade eyeshadow; I just can't describe exactly. Whatever this color is, I know that this belongs to the blue family. Haha! It's so pretty on my brown eyes, especially for accents. I use this on top of my eyeliner and sometimes on my lower lash line. It makes my brown eyes pop. You can see a dent as well. I hope I would hit the pan on a few months.

Shade 8 - A medium brown shimmery eyeshadow with silver glitters in it. I use this on as my crease shade, sometimes on the lower lash line to tone down the greens and blues I put in it. Yay! I've hit pan on it. I might just use it up this year.

Here are the swatches of the eyeshadows. They have a nice pigmentation and easy to blend, though some are little bit chalky. That's okay. I like this palette a lot. Anyways, I will give updates every month so you could see my progress. I will take my time to give updates this year because I didn't have any last year.

Are doing this challenge too? Can you tell us what palette are you using for this challenge? Let us know by leaving a comment below. ☺ Thank you so much for stopping by and read this post. If you like my blog, you are welcome to subscribe. My links are posted on the sidebar. I hope you are having a great day. I'll talk to you soon. Stay safe. XOXO

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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.

Mary Kay Mineral Cheek Color in Pink Petals - This a matte bubble gum pink blush that has a nice color pay-off. This not an easy product to use up because it's literally like a solid rock; the brush can't pick so much. It's not chalky as well. I guess I'll get a good amount use of this.

Elf Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder - I have dropped this back years and years ago. I actually liked the bronzer that came with it. Haha! I know that Elf has made diffrent shades and finishes of this duo; this one has been out before those were made. This is the first they made so I guess this not available anymore. The blush is a coral shade with gold flexes to it and has micro glitters in it. Makeup junkies have actually compared this Benefit's Coralista back then.

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. 💋

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A Merry, Merry Christmas to all of you guys! I am hoping you are having a great time this season. :) I was thinking that before I share to you my "2015 Favorites", I have to do a Spotlight Review of this White Rain Boutique Collection Facial Cleanser and Makeup Remover first. In this review, I will be showing you a demonstration on how this product works. Just keep on reading. :)

Have you ever get tired of searching for a perfect makeup remover that removes everything? Removing waterproof makeup, especially mascara, is such a pain in the ass. I know that we all have tried different things; makeup wipes, cleansing oils, facial cleansers and a lot more. Though they are working effectively, we can still makeup residue left o our skin after scrubbing harshly. Don't you just hate that?

Way back in October, my friend and I checked a store called Branded For Less. It was my first time visiting the store and was amazed by the price range they have on the beauty products. It took me a while to decide on what should I try because they are like Php 99 pesos a piece. I honestly did not know what to get until I saw this facial cleanser. This was actually a random pick, not really interesting at all. Though I though a facial cleanser could come so I bought this.

When we got back to the hotel, I tried this baby. I was amazed the first time I tried this because it removed all of my eye makeup in just 10 seconds. Yep, 10 seconds! The instruction says to massage this on the skin to 30-60 seconds but the makeup vanished in just 10 seconds! Amazing! I was really impressed. The product itself is gentle and has that flowery smell which is not strong at all.

Here's an up-close picture of me (inside the bathroom) wearing a waterproof mascara. Waterproof mascaras are hard to take off oven with an oil-based makeup remover.

The products comes off as transparent and liquid type of cleanser. I use a generous amount all over my face for precise cleansing.

Using the tip of my fingers, I concentrate first on my eyes because there's a lot of makeup in there. I rub the product in a circular motion and slightly scrubbing my eyelashes to remove the mascara.

In a few seconds, I can already see the mascara thoroughly being removed on my lashes.

After rubbing the both eyes, here's what the outcome looks like. You can see that the mascara is everywhere, which is a good thing, because it means that the product removed all of the makeup. Then I'll concentrate on my face to remove the rest of the makeup.

And here's a selfie showing you my makeup-free skin. My skins feels refreshed and hydrated after washing my face.

Overall, I think that is product is amazing for the price that is even more amazing. I know I have amazing but the product is AMAZING! Haha! I'm sorry, I'm really hyped right now. I recommend this to everybody because this suits every type of skin; I'm just not sure for sensitive but it says it's gentle so maybe you can try. :) The best thing about this is that it PARABEN-FREE. Yay! If you want to try this, check Amazon click here.

Please let me know if you ever try this product. Share us your thoughts and your experience by leaving a comment down below. Thank you so much for reading. Have a wonderful week. Happy Holidays! XOXO

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