Delightful Illusions

          Hey, guys! Today's post will about this UCANBE Marvel Eyeshadow Palette that is known as a dupe for the Huda Beauty Mauve Obsessions Palette. This will be the first time I will be talking about this brand on my blog and I am so happy that I will be talking about good things to day. I bought this last December, after Christmas, and I had this since January. I was supposed to feature this a few months ago but I was so focused on making progress on my Pan Those Eyeshadows Project and I kind of ignored this was for a while. Last week, I had a few days to play on this palette more since the project is going well and I have extra days to play other eyeshadows and so I went ahead and used this 3 days straight. If you want to know my thoughts on this palette, just keep on reading.

          Out of all the 9-pan eyeshadow palettes that I have bought from Shopee, this one has the best packaging. It has that holographic effect on the design, it doesn't fade, and looks expensive. I love the fact that this sleeker compared to the palettes that I bought from the said application. It fits on my makeup bag and it doesn't take too much space. This quite larger than most 9-pan palettes, but that doesn't bother me since the shadows have larger pans and they more product. I also love the fact that they utilize the space; it looks neat and organized. The only this that I would add to this palette are the shades names so I can easily identify and pinpoint the eyeshadows.

        Upon looking at this palette closely, you will notice that these shadows are the exact duplicates of the Huda Beauty Mauve Obsessions palette. Huda Beauty's palette is more of bloody reds and the shimmers are more peachy or beige shades. This Marvel palette is like a toned-down, subdued, and has a nicer color story than the former palette mentioned. I don't know why they called it "mauve" palette since I don't seen any mauve shade in there. Haha! 

          I've got to say that the best part of this palette are the matte shades; so pigmented, buildable, blendable and doesn't have annoying amount of fallout. All of these shadows are tightly-packed and rarely has any fallout. The shimers are more like metallic shades since they are so fine and reflective once applied on the lids. These shadows are easily picked-up by brushes making it one of the friendly-user with great quality palettes that I have tried. This palette can create various red-toned eyeshadow looks from cute girly day look to sexy vampy night look. 

Shade 1 - This is a light pink metallic shade with a little bit of chunks of glitters but look so pretty once blended.

Shade 2 - This is a matte cream shade that is nice for setting the eyeshadow base or blending harsh lines on the crease.

Shade 3 - This is a matte bloody dark red brick shade that is so pigmented I was afraid to use on my eyes. It so loud and this is the only shadow I have not yet used. Do you have any suggestions?

Shade 4 - This a matte cool-toned brown shade that is perfect to use a transition shade if I want a more of a subdued look.

Shade 5 - This a matte burnt pink shade that works as a perfect pink transition shade. It could also be built-up for intensity. I think this would make a pretty blush as well. 

Shade 6 - This is a shimmery dark pink shade which I also like but there's nothing special on this palette

Shade 7 - This is matte maroon shade which is currently included on my Pan Those Eyesadows. I always use this on my outer-v, upper lash line, or upper lash line and it looks beautiful. 

Shade 8 - This is a metallic light pink shade with gold and peach glitters which looks so stunning on the lids. I think this the most unique shade in this palette and I hope they will sell an individual eyeshadow for this shade.

Shade 9 - Lastly, this is a matte dark mauve brown shade that could be used as an eyeliner, an one-shadow smokey look, or could be used to fill-in the brows. I just love that this shade here instead of another red shadow.

       I have created 3 looks using this palette solely the past week and I managed to achieve 3 different looks. The first one looks like Barbie's eye look, the second one is like a full-blown pink look, and the third one is an all-matte smokey look. I think that this palette creates red-toned looks but also different enough from each other. As I always say, I am cool-toned eyeshadow person and liking warm eyeshadows is saying something. This is one of those times that I liked warm eyeshadow looks and I am so satisfied that I bought this palette. 

      Overall, I think that this palettte is a great alternative to the Huda Beauty Mauve Obsessions palette because you get that same pigmented shades and similar color story without spending so much money. This currently being sold for Php 200 at the UCANBE Official Shoppee Store, so if you want to try this palette for yourself go ahead and grab the discount right now. 

     This is it for today's post and I have more reviews to come since I have been buying a lot of eyeshadows lately because there are lots of nice deals going on. Haha! Anyway, thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed today's post. Have a nice day. Stay safe always. XOXO

            This is my update for this month's progress and I feel so satisfied with the dips I made. I am hoping for a good progress by the next update. How are you guys doing with your project pans? Are you also enjoying or nah? Please let us know by leaving a comment. I have lots of posts to make by the next few weeks and I hope you follow this blog in order to see more updates. Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a great day! 

         If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that I have previously reviewed the Focallure Perth Palette which also a part of their Go-To collection release last year around June. Just like what I have said from that post, this is quite expensive compared from their larger palettes but it still worth the price since they put so much detail on the packaging; from the design, the sturdiness of the packaging which includes a mirror, to securing the box by doubling the protection. This palette has 15 shades containing various finishes. The mattes and really smooth and easy to blend. The mettalics are so pigmented and easy to apply. Unlike the previous formula, these metallic shades are easily picked up by brush and doesn't need a lot to achieve good pay-off. This also contains two ultra-metallic shades which if perfect as eyeshadow toppers. 

         Most of these shadows have pink undertone but with different variations and color depth. As I have played with these shadows more and more, I have realized that they are different enough from each other and it does't feel repetitive at all. I also love the fact that they included two cool-toned shades which feels a little random but nice for a variety. Like most Focallure eyeshadow palettes, this one also lacks deeper shades  and I find it hard to create looks for night time. I live more smokey looks and they are my favorite type of eye looks to create and liking this palette despite of it lacking deeper tones is saying something. I don't wear these types of shades on everyday basis but I am loving the girly vibes these shadows for far and I am learning to enjoy warm eyeshadows because of this brand.

          I apologize for the quality of these pictures, I am still trying to figure out how to take good quality pictures with new Huawei phone. These shadows are stunning in person and metallics shades are to die for. They are so soft, easy to blend, pigmented and lasts for a long time with a good primer. I have used all of the shades in this palette except for Hanami, the pretty pressed glitter shades, since I don't to look to extra at work. I will find an opportunity to incorporate this glitter shadow on one of my looks whenever I have one. For this post, I will be sharing three looks that I have created from this palette. These are the following:

          This first look gives me Spring Barbie vibes. I used Sake (matte 4 pink tone) as transition shade, Ramen (matte mauve) on my outer-v, Petal (ultra-metallic silver) on my lids and Kimono (ultra-metallic pink nude) as inner corner highlight. I was drawn to Ramen first but I was kind of disappointed that it isn't deep enough to be a true mauve because it looks like a perfect mauve shade. Petal is kind of sheer but still looks pretty all over the lids. I love this look and will try to perfect it the next time I do this.

          For this second look, I wanted to explore with the yellow-toned shades. I used Sashimi (matte coral) as transition shade, Euno Park (matte burnt sienna) on the crease and outer-v, Koi Pond (matte sunset orange) all over the lids, and Dango (metallic golden copper) on inner half of the lids.  I thought that Euno Park is a brown matte with yellow undertone but it looks red on the eyelids. Koi Pond is a neutral yellow and it comes off so subtle on my lids. I thought it would be a nice custard yellow shade. I want to use this again all over the lids without using the pink shade to see if would come off more yellow on my eyes. Dango is such pretty shade and I want to explore this shade more. 

     

          For this third look, I created a red monotone look using only two shades from this palette. I used Sushi (matte burnt umber) on the crease and outer-v and Tokyo Tower (metallic reddish brown) all over the lids. Sushi is such a gorgeous deep red-toned shade to use as on a one shadow look. It so soft, blendable and can be built up for a smokey look. Tokyo Tower is also gorgeous metallic red-tone shade that looks good on my brown eyes. This is my favorite look and these are my favorite shades from this palette. 

          I also made a fourth look but I didn't take pictures because I felt lazy that day. Haha! I centred that look on a metallic bronze shade from this palette. I used Bloom (semi-matte pink with gold glitter) as transition shade, Fuji (matte dusty rose) on my crease and outer-v, and Tempura (metallic copper bronze) all over the lids. It was a pretty warm eyeshadow look and I liked it. I also remember using Sakura (semi-matte pink with silver glitter) on my crease when I recreated the first look I made.

        If you like soft, girly pink shadows, I think you would love this palette. It easy to fit in makeup bags if you want to travel with this palette. If you have the other palettes from this collection, I really think that you will find similar shades from this palette. Is this palette a necessity? Definitely, not. You already have these shades from your warm-toned palettes. This is not the most unique palette but it looks so pretty and has a greater quality from their previous go-to palettes. You can use some of these matte shadows as blush if you have light to medium skin tones. Overall, I think this palette is a nice addition to my growing eyeshadow palette collection. As I have said, liking warm-toned eyeshadows when you are cool-toned eyeshadow lover is saying something. For the price of Php 480, I think it worth it.

          I hope you find this post helpful in deciding if you want to buy this palette or not. I have also purchased a smaller from this brand and will feature it soon on this blog. Please stay safe always and thank you so much for stopping buy. Have a nice day.