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         Happy New Year, guys! How was your holidays? Mine's pretty good and I have actually enjoyed a lot. I have celebrated Christmas with my relatives and New Year with my parents and boyfriend. To be honest, this has been the happiest that I have been in the longest time. I can feel big positive changes coming to my life and I am so much excited on that the universe has in store for me this year. 

         For my first post of the year, I have decided to share with you my introductory products that I will be hitting pan on in this panning project called Pan In Everything or #PIE for short. What is this #PIE all about? This project was created by Jessica Lee (video here) in collaboration with other panners. This is a forever ongoing project that aims to hit pan on all beauty products pressed in pans or the ones stored in jars. A panner can choose 4-5 products at a time; the can roll-in another product if he/she has hit pan on a product. This project aims to make use of panned beauty products and consume a good amount before they expire. I think this is a good way to go through panned makeup products that have been neglected, pushed aside or overlooked. This project goes on until you have hit pan on all of the panned makeup products or products stored on a jar that you currently have. 

          I will not include any eyeshadow product on this project because all of  my pressed eyeshadows will be placed on my Pan Those Eyeshadows 2020 project. My main focus for this project are my pressed blushes, powders, and highlighters. I would like to challenge myself to rotate through my face products because I have been neglecting some of them, especially blushes and highlighters.

Focallure Sculpt Glow (03) Ipanema Sun 
          This is the only contour powder I have and I would love to hit pan, or maybe use up, this as the year ends. I have reviewed this Focallure Sculpt Glow duo last year and I said that I will pan on this soon. Well, I have used this regularly since then and I still haven't done it yet. I guess I have underestimated the formula of this product. It is hardly pressed, doesn't have fallouts, and maybe has a deep pan. I love this product and I will continue to use this even if I will hit pan on this. I might hit pan on this by the end of January if I use this every single time I wear makeup.

Pinkies Collection Blusher 
           This blusher doesn't have a shade name and I forgot what number is this. This products works better as a highlighter because it is sheer and very reflective on the skin. It gives this golden pink sort of a bubblegum pink sheen on the skin. I love how this looks good on my warm skin tone and this is one of my favorite highlighters from the local market. This is quite old and so I need to utilize this as much as I can before it goes bad. I have a good amount of dip on this product and I think I might hit pan on this pretty soon. 
Human Nature Perfect Glow Mineral Blush - 02 Sun-kissed
          I have bought this blusher in 2018 and I have not used this since after my two tries of making this product work. I was disappointed that this is so sheer, so powdery and looks more like a subtle highlight. I love that this brand is cruelty-free, harsh chemical-free, eco-friendly, and affordable but the formula needs to be enhanced. I paid Php 295 for this blush and that price is a bit pricey for a local brand. I will try to pat this on my skin instead of swiping it and the color might show up a little bit. I think I might hit pan on this a bit sooner since this so powdery and my brush picks up a lot of product. 

     Essence Pure Nude Highlighter - Be My Highlight     
          Ah! A cult favorite. I have bought this because Kathleen Lights used to rave this highlighter a lot back in the day. I was dying to try this and bought this when I found a seller online selling this a lot cheaper than others. This was first highlighter and I loved it back then. I looks so natural and subtle on the skin. I have used this a lot and I have kind of flatten the dome just a little bit. I still like this but I'm kind of getting tired of this. This contains a lot of product, I have this for almost three years, and I still haven't hit pan on it. I'm bored with this highlighter. I have to admit though, I have been using a lot of other highlighters last year especially the one that are glowy and  blinding. This year, I will be ambitious and try to hit pan this. 


          Those are the products that I have chosen for this round. I'm not sure if I will do a monthly update or just post an update everytime I hit pan on something. I might hit pan one of these this January or maybe next month. I mean, who knows? I am currently unemployed and I won't be able to go out a lot and maybe use makeup products less. I am praying to land on a job soon so I could utilize my makeup products again and buy more makeup products to use and review.

          Are doing this project too? How are you doing so far? Please share it with us by leaving a comment. I have more project pan to share and hopefully it will be posted soon. I have also upcoming reviews for products that I have bought and currently testing. Thank you so much for stopping by and please subscribe if you like my content so you will be notified with my future posts. Have a great day. Stay safe. XOXO
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         Merry Christmas! How are you guys? I have been enjoying my Christmas break and I am just so excited to post more blogs. It is also nice to have a long break because this year has been fully loaded, especially at work and some personal stuff that has happened to me. Anyway, I am sharing with you today my first update on my Pan Those Eyeshadows 2020. To be honest, I have not hit pan on anything yet even though I have used majority of these whenever I wear makeup. I am not sad though, I have hit pan on two complimentary shades which was included on one of the palettes that is currently participating on this project. Please keep on reading if you want to see my progress. :)


Focallure Tropical Vacation - Wax
          This matte cream shade will take like maybe two months for me to hit pan on. I only use shades like this to set my eyeshadow primer and to blend transition shades whenever they go too dark. I have made so much progress on this shadow but I still haven't made a deep dent on this. I am thinking of using a different, the one that has pointed shape, so I could dig on this shadow more. Isn't that kind of cheating or just a mere strategy? I honestly could not tell you guys. Haha! I am hoping to hit pan on this by end on January. 

Focallure Tropical Vacation - Empire

          The next shade is also from the same Focallure eyeshadow palette. This is a shimmery reddish brown, sort of berry shade that I wasn't even using before starting this project. As I have used this more and more, I have come to love this and I use this most of the times as an over all lid shade. This shade pairs well with the matte pink shade that is included on this project (which I will talk about in a moment) and I am wearing the combination most of the times. I love wearing berry-toned looks I really really love this shade now and I think this now my favorite shade from this palette. The formula of this is somewhat like gel-like, somewhat wet and kind of oily but is pigmented. I know I have made a lot of progress on this one and I have made a substantial dip on the product. I may hit pan on this before January ends. 

Pudaier Milky Way - Silver Light
          This the shadow that I have said I will hit pan first on my Pan Those Eyeshadows introduction post because it's powdery and loosely packed. Do you see the pan? Not yet, eh? I have underestimated this shadow's formula; this is so pigmented that I only need to dip my brush on this shadow once and it enough to cover the entire crease area. I have used this every single time and I still haven't hit the pan. Haha! It such a beautiful matte mauve-pink shade that is perfect transition shade for warm tone eye looks and this pairs well the Empire shadow which I have previously talked about. I think that I can hit pan on this shadow as well before the January ends.

Focallure Tropical Vacation - Heat
          This is another shadow from the Focallure palette and it is a matte brown shade with orange undertone. To be honest, I don't use this that much because it overwhelms me and and looks orange on my eye lids. I don't need two transition shades on a single look that is why I use Silver Light more as a transition shade. I have used this a handful times; I have used this as all over the lid shade, sometime on the lower lash line or pairing it with Silver Light whenever I feel like have a super warm crease. I am thinking of using this as a blush whenever I am wearing a warm eye look. What do you think, guys? I don't think I would hit pan on this by the end of January but I will do my best to use this as much as I can.

Beauty Glazed Uranus - Shimmery pine green


          Lastly, I have using this shimmery dark pine green shade as a liner, sometimes on the outer corner to darken a look, or smoking this on the lower lash line as an accent color. I love this shade and am imaging wearing this as an all over lid shade but I am bit hesitant. It is a little bit too much for work and I don't know what outfit to much on a monotone green smokey look. Do you have any ideas or suggestions, guys? I have made a pretty good dip on this shadow but I have no idea how deep the pans of Beauty Glazed pressed eyeshadows. I might continue to use this as an eyeliner in order for me pan on this faster. I hope that's not cheating. Haha! I am hoping to hit pan on this by the end of January as well.

Focallure Tropical Vacation - Moscow
         As I have said earlier, I may not hit pan on anything yet but I have two eyeshadows that I have hit pan on this month because I used them as complimentary shades. Moscow is a matte brown taupe shade that I have used on my brows and also on the outer-v and crease to darken the looks I created. I love pairing this with Silver Light and Empire as they create a grungy berry-toned look and I love wearing them for everyday look. I have also hit pan on another shade from the same palette and it's this shimmery cream shade called Taro. I have used this on as an inner corner highlight for everyday and that's the only reason I have hit pan on this shadow. This is nothing special but it ties my eye look so well. It feels so good to hit pan on a shadows that are not part of any project pans because it gives a different kind of satisfaction. It doesn't feel being forced at all.

Focallure Tropical Vacation - Taro


        This is one of the eye looks I created using this eyeshadow quintet. I haved used Heat all over the lids on smoked it on my lower lash line. Then, I used the shimmery dark pine green shade as an eyeliner and they looked good together. I just wish that the camera have picked up the eye look really so you could see what I mean. I might do this again whenever I feel like a quick eyeshadow look.


                 

                  

        Another look that I created using this quintet is this berry tone look that I wear almost every single day. I use Silver Light as a transtion shade, Moscow on the crease and outer-v, Empire all over the lids and Taro on inner corners. 

           I am enjoying this project at the current moment and I can't wait to hit pan on shades so that I could roll-in different shadows and explore color combinations. Have you also been enjoying your Pan Those Eyeshadows as well? If you have tips, tricks, and suggestions regarding project pans, please let us know so that we will all be successful on doing this project. I hope you have enjoyed this post because I really enjoyed making this update. Thank you for stopping by. Please stay tuned for more contents this upcoming year. Have a nice day. Stay safe. Enjoy the rest of the holidays! 
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          Hey, guys! As you can see, I will sharing with my thoughts and opinions on another eyeshadow palette. You know, I have been buying a lot of eyeshadow palettes this year and I have pending reviews that I need to post soon. What can I do? I love sharing budget beauty finds because I am really happy to score on affordable makeup products with superb quality. I was immediately interested and have bought this Beauty Glazed Lemon Eyeshadow Palette the moment I they posted this on their official Instagram account. I was wowed and so I added this to my card when this posted for sale on Shopee (shop here). 


          This palette is a dupe (allegedly) for the Coulourpop Uh Huh Honey palette and I think that they are similar, but not enough to be a complete duplicate. If you have seen my Beauty Glazed Uranus Palette review which is supposed to be a dupe for a Huda Beauty Palette, you know that this brand doesn't exactly copy the shades of high end palettes. They imitate the tones and shades, kind of tweaking some colors, but never ever exactly copying an entire palette. I salute that and that is why I keep on buying these palettes and I really love that don't compromise quality despite of their affordability. I bought this for only Php 126 which I love since I don't want to spend Php 900 for a yellow eyeshadow palette that I won't use everyday.

Ingredients list

          Beauty Glazed's eyeshadow formula is my favorite since they feel smooth and buttery, super pigmented and vibrant, easy to apply and long lasting on the eyes. I love the fact that they are consistent all through their palettes and still maintaining affordable prices. Anyway, I don't have the Colourpop Uh Huh Honey, but I can see from the pictures that this palette has more deeper shades and some of these have orange undertones. I love this palette but you can only create yellow-toned looks from this and they look all similar once applied. 


Isn't she stunning?


1st Row
          The first row consists matte mustard yellow, mettalic pale yellow, and matte neon yellow shades. These are all easy to apply and blend but the matte neon yellow kind of lacks pigmentation and vibrancy. I think that I would be needing to apply 2-3 layers in order to achieve maximum opacity. The matte mustard shade is so nice to use as a transition shade. The metallic pale yellow looks so pretty as inner corner highlight and I can't get enough of it.

2nd row
          The second row consists of metallic yellow gold, yellow pressed glitter, and metallic fiery peachy gold shades. I have not yet used the yellow gold, but the peachy gold is so stunning on the eyes! I loved how it looked so good on my brown eyes and it made my eyes looked warmer. I have also not yet used the glitter shadow since I can't really wear them for work. I might try this someday for a party of special occasion.

3rd row
          The third row consists of 3 matte shades: deeper mustard, yellow and light brown (with yellow undertone). I apologize because I really such at describing shades. Haha! Anyway, I have used the yellow and light brown on my lids together and the looked the stunning. The brown shade doesn't really look brown at all and they don't look muddy when blended. I haven't used the mustard shade yet because it looks very similar to the mustard shade on the first row.


Sunshine on my eyes


         Last Wednesday, I decided to play with this palette again. I used the mustard yellow as transition shade the matte yellow as a crease shade. I blended them well together and I loved the effect that they created. I used the light brown shade, blended it on my outer-v so that it would create depth and dimension to the look. Then, I decided to apply the light brown all over the lids to serve a base shade on metallic shade that I applied on top of it. I used the peachy gold shade all over the lids and it looked so beautiful! So fiery! I used the metallic pale yellow shade and it completed the look.


Super duper love it!
         I also used the light brown and matte yellow shades on the lower lash line. I applied a black liquid liner on the lash line, the matte pencil black liner on my tightline and waterline. Since the shadows are bright, a black liner is a good contrast and it emphasizes the yellow shadows even more. I paired the eye look with a warm brown lips to complement the eyes. What do you think, guys?  Did it much well?

          I love this palette and the formula that this has. I definitely recommend this palette if you want to try a all-yellow eyeshadow looks or if you want to play with colored shadows without paying for a lot of money. This is not an eyeshadow palette to be used everyday, but if you are fond of collection eyeshadow palettes and want to use colored shadows from time to time, this a good addition to your stash. It's affordable, easy to use and has a great quality.

        Have you tried Beauty Glazed eyeshadows? What do you think of them? I definitely love the two palette that I tried and plan to buy the bigger palettes. They are so affordable and the quality is unbelievable. I hope you enjoyed this post and find it helpful in deciding if you want to try this palette or not. I have upcoming reviews to be posted and I hope you stay tuned. Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a nice day. Stay safe! XOXO
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        Hi, guys! For today's post, I will sharing with you one of my favorite makeup products from Focallure and it's their Sculpt Glow Contour and Highlight Duo. This product was released early this year and I bought at around August. I have using this product for a few months now and I think that I have formed solid opinions and genuine feelings about this products and I will sharing those in a few moments. Please keep on reading if you want to find out. 

         I have been eyeing this duo for a long time and I have finally decided to buy it a few months ago. Focallure is known brand for creating dupes of makeup products from "high-end" brands like Kylie Cosmetics, Huda Beauty, Morphe, Jeffree Star, Anastasia Beverly Hills and a lot more. They have a lot "dupes" from these high end brands and I think that this product I am reviewing is a dupe for Becca Cosmetics' infamous Champagne Pop highlighter which was a collaboration with the ever controversial Ms. Jaclyn Hill. 


         I am not sure with my allegation because I do not own that popular highlighter (das expensive), but basing from the pictures I have compared online and from the shade name itself, i'm pretty sure that this is a dupe. Honestly, I only noticed when I have received the product and I immediately why the shades are familiar. And tada, I remembered Champagne Pop from Becca. 

         Aside from duping a popular highlighter, I think that the product itself has superb quality and I think that it is comparable to high end makeup products. Why do I say that? First of all, the packaging looks and feels so luxurious! This product has magnetic packaging, it feels sturdy and heavy, and has a huge mirror. I mean for the price of Php 338, I ain't complaining at all. It is also great for travelling because it fits most small to medium size makeup bags and you won't be needing to carry a mirror (for touch ups). 

03 Ipanema Sun and Champagne Pop

          Ipanema Sun is a contour powder which is perfect for light-medium skintones. I love that this powder is buildable, easy to blend, and doesn't look muddy on face. This my perfect contour shade! I also think that the coconut leaves embossed on the product look so cute and feels so summery.  I used this almost everyday and I might pan on this soon. Champagne Pop is such a blinding golden peach highlight that is well-suited for my warm light skin. I have used this a lot times, especially during special occasions and it never fails to amaze me everytime I use this. It feels so smooth and buttery and doesn't emphasize texture on my skin. I think this is my top highlighter as of the moment. 


          This is a little bit expensive than their other face products, but this one screams quality and luxury. I love how affordable and accessible this is for most people. If you haven't tried anything from the Focallure beauty products, I recommend you to pick this particular duo because you won't be disappointed. This duo contains 7 grams of product each which is really good considering the price and performance. 


          As you can see, the contour isn't scary at all and highlight is blinding. I can't get over this yet. Can you imagine what would the highlight looked like if I have applied it wet? I would blind everyone. Haha! I think this shade would also look good on darker skin tones. What do you think, guys? 



          Yes, I did cut my hair. I was annoyed by the split ends. Haha! Anyway, I really recommend this product to everybody who's building their makeup collection or looking for a Champagne Pop dupe. I promise you guys, the quality is there and it won't break your budget. My camera doesn't give justice on how this highlight looks stunning in person.

         Have you also tried this product? If so, please share us your thoughts and experiences on comment section because we'd love to know your conclusions about this product as well. I hope you enjoyed this post and find it helpful on your future purchases. Please also leave a comment if you have any requests or suggestions and I'll try my best to entertain those. I hope you stay tuned for more posts. Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a nice day. Stay safe. XOXO

 


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          How are you, guys? It's been three months since I last posted and I know I have pending reviews to do. I have recently been through a lot which affected my mental and physical health and I am still healing and moving on from the things that have happened. I apologize for not posting regularly, I didn't have motivation to write and share my recent makeup finds because I felt like I didn't have the energy. I am now back and I will be reviewing a lot of this in these upcoming weeks so watch out for that. Anyway, for today's post, I will talking about a challenge I started which is the Pan Those Eyeshadows 2020. 

          What is Pan Those Eyeshadow? It is a project started by Alexandra Sjosten (a beauty vlogger) and she has 2 years worth of videos showing how she made this project happen. This project basically aims to hit pan on as many eyeshadows as you can in a span of a year. Majority of the panner to this through roulette where they randomly draw 5 eyeshadows from their collection and once they hit pan on an eyeshadow, they roll in another eyeshadow. The eyeshadows that has been hit pan will be rolled-out from the project since the  goal was hit. You can encode all of your eyeshadows in a spreadsheet and use a random number generator application or site to draw the numbers or name shades. Out of all the project pans out there, this seems to be the most exciting because you surprised with the color combination you will get.

          I have decided to start this project as well since it is fun for me, I can explore color combinations and I will no get tired in using a single palette for the entire year. This will also help me get to know the formulas of the various eyeshadows I have in my collection and they will be just sitting on my drawer for a very long time. For this project, I used the RANDOM.ORG site to randomly select the eyeshadows that I will be using on my first round and these are the following:



         For my first pick, I have randomly selected the Heat shade from the Focallure Tropical Vacation Palette (read review here). This is matte warm shade which leans toward on the orange side. I have used this a few times before and I say that it blends well and is buildable. I'm pretty sure that I will be hitting pan on this maybe 2 months from now since I don't use warm brown shadow as crease shade on a daily basis. 



         The next shadow that I selected was from the same palette and is the shade Empire. It's a shimmery warm brown eyeshadow that has a red undertone and it pairs well with the next shade I will be talking about. I love this all over my lids and it looks good on brown eyes. I think I will be hitting pan on this next month since it has this gel-like texture and we know that a formula like are soft. 



         The third eyeshadow that I picked was the Silver Light shade from the Pudaier Milky Way Eyeshadow Palette. This a matte light pink shade that very pigmented and easy to blend. The powder itself is powdery but I don't need to use much in order to get the most out of this eyeshadow. It is a very very pretty transition shade and matches well with the Empire shade. I think this is the first I will be hitting pan on this project. I think the pan is shallow and my brush is picking up a lot of eyeshadow whenever I use this one. 




          Fortunately, I have drawn the fourth shade from the same Focallure palette. It is also fortunate that I have chosen the Wax shade which is a matte dirty white shade since I can use this to set my primer and blend my transition shades if I have over applied. I don't think I will be hitting pan on this soon since I don't need a lot and my lid space is pretty narrow. 



          And last but not the least, I have drawn this metallic dark green shade from the Beauty Glazed Uranus Palette (read review here). This is nice addition to the current set of eyeshadows I have in my current round since this is the only pop of color I have drawn. I have tried pairing it with Silver Light and Heat and I really didn't like the look I created. I will find other ways to incorporate this shade with the rest of the eyeshadows I have picked for this project. I don't that I will be hitting pan on this soon as well.


          This is the current quintet I have on this project. I love all of these shades on their own and I am really hoping to hit pan on Silver Light soon so that I can roll in another shade on my first update. I will be post updates on this project every month so you could track my progress as well. I will try my very best to take pictures of the looks that I came up with so I could share those as well.

           I hope y'all try this project as well as it is fun and exploratory in nature. It is refreshing for me and I think I won't get bored of this project easily. Are you doing this project as well? Please share you tips, trick, videos, and blog posts with us by leaving a comment so that we will be supporting each other in attaining our project pans. I hope you enjoyed this post and stay tuned for more contents. I will talk to you soon. Thank you for stopping by. Have a nice day!


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