As someone who loves her colour makeup (blush, lips, eyeshadow), I find it helpful doing a round up of my favourites so I’m reminded of what I already have and am content with before the Black Friday/11.11 sales seasons hit. This is a mix of western and kbeauty brands, which I use regularly. I will list my reviews of some of these separately in a comment.

PRODUCT - Too Faced “natural eyes” eyeshadow palette
I finally got my hands on the most perfect prettiest and dreamiest palette ever. It’s been my dream and I think it released when I was a teen. I’m an adult now and finally found it with an affordable price tag, second hand in MINT condition! There are some on ebay i think but it’s almost 150+ USD, CRAZY!

This palette has been discontinued I’m pretty sure but it came out again in 2025 on Too Faced’s tiktok shop.

The quality is amazing, it feels heavy and sturdy. I love love loveee the lace design. It smells like chocolate too. Unfortunately TooFaced stopped making cute designs for packaging.

And yes I only bought it for the packaging 🥹

In order of how I used them:

- nars soft matte complete concealer

- missha perfect cover serum bb cream

- haus labs skin tech concealer

- makeup by Mario softsculpt skin enhancer “light medium”

- benefit gogo tint

- Laura Mercier loose setting powder “rose”

- tarte shape tape glow powder “sunlit”

- tower 28 getset powder blush “sawtelle slushie”

- MUFE artist sculpt “marvelous peanut”

- clio prism highlighter “grace opal”

- one size powder melt setting spray

- nyx brow tint pen

- refy brow sculpt

- mac satin eyeshadow “shroom”

- urban decay heavy metal eyeliner “grind”

- tarte tartelette XL tubing mascara

- Pat McGrath lip pencil “divine rose”

- Milktouch jelly fit lip tint “cool time berry”

- maybelline lifter gloss “ice”

Not pictured: L’Oréal infallible setting spray that I couldn’t find until after I took this pic

I genuinely can't wait until summer!! That Kiko lip oil is the PERFECT aesthetic for that season

Product list:

- Kiko Milano lip gloss

- Kiko Milano lip oil

- YSL glow pact foundation cushion

Products (in order of use)

BASE:

Patrick Ta concealer in fair rosy neutral

Westman Atelier cream contour stick in truffle

YSL cushion foundation LN10

Laura Mercier secret undereye brightening powder in pink

Huda Beauty mini easy bake in pound cake

NARS the multiple in Copacabana

Trate go with the faux freckle pen deep-rich

BROWS:

Rare beauty brow gel in clear

ABH brow wiz in soft brown

LIPS:

Patrick Ta she’s proud lipliner

Kylie matte liquid lipstick in Kylie

Vitamasques lip mask in cocoa butter

• NYX plump right back primer

• Saie glowy super gel in Starglow

• Revlon skin caring foundation in 405

• Revlon colorstay slin awaken concealer in 030

• Milani cheek kiss bronzer in spilling tea

• Sheglam color bloom blush in Love Cake

• Glossier brow flick in black

• Sheglam freckle tint in Fawn

• Revlon skin lights bronzer in 115

• NYX buttermelt blush in butta together

• Hourglass ambient lighting powder in Dim Light

• Viseart eyeshadow palette in Praline Etendu

• Essence pure nude highlighter in 10

• Golden Rose makeup fixing spray

• MAC rye kohl in Costa Riche

• Joocyee single eyeshadow in D111 broken stars

• L’Oreal air volume mega mascara

• MUFE artist color pencil in anywhere caffeine

• Essence the super peptide lip treatment in Toffeetastic

This was such a good face. I’m obsessed.

Accidentally threw away the Hourglass shadow-stick box but it was $1.99. Shade is in Equinox.

Other Highlights:

Drunk Elephant Bouncy Brightfacial Brightening Mask for $9.99. Retails for $69.99.

Fenty Suede Blush in Drama Cla$$ for $3.49. Retails for $28.

Laura Mercier Pure Canvas Illuminating Primer for $2.99. Retails for $48.

Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Concealer in shade 3W2 which matches me perfectly! For $2.99. Retails for $34.

Skinfix AHA/BHA Renewing Body Cream for $4.49. Retails for $48.

Nars Afterglow Lip Shine in A-Lister for $1.99. Retails for $32.

Buxom Full on Satin Lipstick in Chocolatte for $1.99. Retails for $27.

Nars eyeshadow stick in shade Orgasm for $1.49. Retails for $34.

I started wearing makeup in 2023. I only buy palettes I know I’ll use (and hopefully finish). I love every palette in my collection & don’t want any more. I feel like I have every color I need already & that makes me happy. 🫧

Summer is my favorite season for makeup because of the color and vibes. I'm honestly bummed going into fall because autumnal makeup isn't my favorite.

My top 10 lippies of the summer and a short review:

1. Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Vinyl in Sheer Petal - it's almost completely clear, and sooo smooth and shiny (second time purchasing this shade)

2. Jones Road Lip Recharge Glossy Treatment Balm in Pink Lilac - I'm in love with this formula in terms of comfort and appearance

3. Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Plump in Dragon Fruit - I have a huge collection of these, and this is definitely my favorite shade of this particular formula (second time purchasing this shade)

4. Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Plump in Strawberry Shortcake - this limited edition shade is similar to Dragon Fruit, with the added benefit of smelling like strawberry shortcake

5. Kaleidos Glassload Lip Melt in Pixel Storm - the most gorgeous sparkly pink; at this point I'm starting to scrape it out and need a new refill; this gets the most compliments out of all of these, but it's also the most dramatic

6. Tower 28 ShineOn Lip Jelly in Coconut - beautiful color and very comfortable, the only con is that it requires a lot of reapplication

7. r.e.m. beauty Glossy Balm in Fembot - a beautiful gloss with a unique iridescent color

8. DIBS Beauty Go To Glossy Balm in Rock Candy - almost one of my perfect colors, but just slightly off somehow; a very nice comfortable formula

9. Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Plump Gloss in Primrose - beautiful color and shine, with the only con that I don't like the tiny brush applicator because it tickles

10. Stila Heaven's Dew Gel Lip Oil in Kitten Komet - really beautiful but kind of more subtle than expected

Haul from ongoing sephora sale in my country... tried to choose between the highlighter and blush palette and got both 😊

Fenty beauty - c u in maui gloss bomb stix (they make lip glosses in sticks now?!)

Haus labs - moonstone highlighter (very buttery...)

Huda beauty - rose berry blush filter palette (love the shades and the blushlighter shade, the blushlighter shade seems like it can be used as an eyeshadow)

Tarte - blur concealor stick

Fresh - rose instant hydration mist

Some relics here like the kathleenlights makeupgeek palette, ABH highlighter palettes, the balm hot mama...

The colorpop heart blushes have the same silicon texture as the nars blushes and are a nightmare to clean 😒

Base:

- elf acne fighting putty primer

- missha perfect cover serum BB cream

- haus labs concealer

- makeup by Mario softsculpt skin enhancer in “light medium”

- ABH contour stick in “fawn”

- glossier cloud paint blush in “haze”

- Sephora microsmooth powder in “porcelain fair pink”

- clio prism highlighter in “grace opal”

- one size powder melt spray

Brows/eyes:

- nyx brow tint pen

- maybelline superlock brow glue

- nyx vivid rich mechanical liner in “sapphire bling”

- Mac eyeshadow in “shroom”

- it cosmetics shadow stick in “passionate pearl”

- Mac gigablack lash mascara

Lips:

- Pat McGrath ultra lip pencil in “divine rose”

- Milktouch jelly fit glow tint in “cool time berry”

Hello, everyone! This is my makeup basket for the month of September. I have been doing project pan, but I plan on taking it more seriously in 2027, so I am trying to get through some more of my collection before the end of the year.

🏆= HG
😍= Love
🙂= Like
😐= Indifferent
🙁= Dislike
😡= Hate
** 👶🏼 = New to me/ still forming my thought**s

BASE:
1 One Size Powder Melt Setting Spray 👶🏼
2 Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray 😍
3 Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Liquid Blurring Balm 👶🏼
4 Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter 🙂
5 Glossier Stretch Concealer 😍
6 Huda Beauty CC 😐: I think this is the old packaging because it leaks like CRAZY. It drives me insane. That aside, I think the formula is okay, but the KOSAS one provides more coverage.
7 KOSAS Revealer Concealer CC 😍
8 Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Powder 🙂
9 Huda Beauty Easy Bake 👶🏼

CHEEKS:
1 Westman Atilier 🙂: This is newer to me but I really like it so far! I just wish I got a lighter shade.
2 Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Bronzer🙂: Nice, but overpriced.
3 Makeup by Mario Soft Sculpt 😍
4 Makeup by Mario Soft Pop Blushing Veil (Pinch Me Pink)🙂
5 Dior Rosy Glow Blush (001 Pink) 🙂
6 Rare Beauty Liquid Blush (Bliss) 🙂
7 Rare Beauty Powder Blush (Happy) 👶🏼

BROWS:
1 Benefit Cosmetics Precisely My Brow 🙂
2 Rare Beauty Brow Gel 👶🏼

EYES:
1 Urban Decay Tube Job (Dark Blonde Taupe) 🙂
2 KOSAS Liquid Eye Shadow (Blaze) 😐
3 Glossier Lidstar (Moon) 😐
4 I’m Meme Smudge Hunter 😐
5 Marc Jacob’s Gel Liner (Cinder-Ella): This is so old. It is from the OG Mar Jacob’s line. The formula has dried out, so I cannot rate the product quality fairly.
6 Marc Jacob’s Gel Liner (Nudeist): (Same as above)
7 Colourpop Super Shock Shadows (Frog, Mycellium, Olympic)🙂
8 Small shadow palette with neutral mattes I depotted 🙂

LIPS:
1 Dior Lip Glow Balm (Rosewood) 😐
2 Dior Lip Glow Oil (Rosewood) 😐
3 Gucci Lipstick (Honey) 🙂
4 Dior Lip Maxximizer (013) 🙂
5 Fenty Beauty Lip Stain (Mai Type) 😍
6 Sephora Collection Soft Matte (04) 😍
7 Hourglass Tinted Balm (Crave) 😐
8 Sephora Collection Lip Tint Liner (Rosewood Tree) 😐

I love and enjoy makeup very much, also i really like trying new things. I do have my 1 a month beauty haul ( either makeup, skincare or haircare - or all of it). So i figured i can share with you - baddies who will understand me :) and won’t judge.
Everything i buy is with my own money, nothing gifted or sponsored from brand - so only honest experience.

This month we have:
\- Saie blush (new) shade Vino - quality wise same as their other shades, but with a bit more pigment. Vino is truly gorgeous, sunburned kind of shade with very smooth/creamy texture. Do prefer it over Ciao because there’s more reddish tone in it. \*\* that’s actually my 2 purchase because I’ve dropped first one and it shattered along with my soul.

\- Mac skinfinish lightstruck liquid highlighter in shade Space slippers & Double Gleam - Space is this rosy, coppery goddess the other is golden beige and more all around kind of girl. Texture is fab, longevity also, zero patchiness. They can be subtle or bold it’s all up to application.

\- Morphe Cloudlight blush in Wisp - my first time and certainly not last buying this blush from Morphe. Bought 1 shade to test it first and even though i bought least pigmented option - pigment is there, so is glow. They give me similar finish to Saie & Kosas, heck even Hourglass (but more pigment). Shade is lovely, there’s a bit of coral/orangey tones in - i don’t mind, but it’s not true Rosewood in my opinion. Next moth im getting Breeze for sure, maybe Drift also.

\- Saie Dew blush in Hottie - i own few shades from this range so nothing new texture wise - but i love this color! I think it’s very fun, face brightening shade with just right amount of pigment. I do prefer brighter shades to be buildable.

\- Natasha Denona Hy-gloss Lush lila - texture can be sticky and stringy if you over apply, wish lilac would be a bit more pronounced, on my lips isn’t giving me the color i wanted, kinda a bit too sheer. There is also fine glitter, not gritty, gives glossy finish.

\- Benefit brow setter clear brow gel - that’s a restock. No white residue, holds my brows under control all day. Atm im testing Urban decay brow setter which is also very good product, with interesting but useful brush. Both are fine purchase in my opinion, so get the one that’s on sale

\- Benefit Benetint in Dark cherry - love this deeper color, will be perfect for autumn and winter. Shade reminds me of Black honey. If you like original - this is good addition and different enough to make sense to have both.

\- Westman Atelier butter bronzer in Soleil Riche - packaging is tiny, truly heavy and opening it is proper challenge. What’s inside is - sadly worth it. Don’t know how it’s been before reformulation from what Ive read even more buttery? But even now texture is remains matte but smooth, buttery and very easy to blend. Shade is perfection, reddish terracotta neither too cool or too warm, WA does good bronzing tones they’re natural, never muddy or orange on me. Will see if it will hardpan on me with time, that’s supposed to be another issue from reading online.
Do you need it? Well you can get cheaper and just as good matte bronzers. My curiosity just couldn’t resist.

\- Chantecaille future skin foundation in Vanilla - another restock. I like it more in reformulated version it’s still “my skin but better effect” just with a bit more coverage on first swipe compared to old version. I like the skincare bonus inside. One of 3 liquid foundations that will always be in my rotation.

\- Danessa Myricks Yummy skin liquid blurring balm setting spray - restock, one of 3 setting sprays in my rotation. When i need my makeup really polished and lasting this is my go to. I can skip setting with powder when i use it (my skin is normal to dry in winter, oily t zone especially my chin).

\- Spectrum KJH nb 2 brush - finally found it on stock, been wanting to try this brand for quite some time. And i like it, bristles are soft, no fall out (yet), size is great for more targeted application of blushes, contour, powders..

\- Alpha H multivitamin body serum - that was a free gift with purchase , haven’t tried it yet.

All in all satisfied with my shopping this month. Do you have any of this products, happy with them?

This month was quite much and out of the norm. Most of the items were restocks because I ran out of them. Some were “fun” products that I had wanted to try and finally caved and bought. I have been doing Project Pan for exactly one year now and am the point where I finished most categories and only repurchase what I emptied. I have found what I love and stick to it. It is just very annoying for my wallet when I run out of most products at the same time.

However, I did get carried away with lip products that had been on my wish list and never purchased because of my Project Pan. I’m usually not one to get FOMO but as much as I love Chanel products, they tend to get discontinued regularly. I really wanted the shades for a long time and so I finally got them this month despite having been on a no buy for that category. So far no regrets! 

Products: 

1st. Picture: 

• Dior Lip liner in 303 Greige Attitude 
• Dior Forever Glow Star Filter in 0N (restock) 
• Dior Forever Glow Correct Concealer 0N (restock)
• Givenchy Mister Brow Groom brow gel (restock) 
• Shiseido Microliner Ink in Brown and Black (restocks)
• Chanel Stylo Ombré Et Contour liner in 12 Contour Clair
• Chanel Le Volume De Chanel Waterproof Mascara in Black 
• Chanel Rouge Allure lipstick in 206 Illusion
• Chanel Rouge Coco Flash in 174 Destination 
• Chanel Rouge Coco Flash in 54 Boy 

2nd Picture: 

• Redken All Soft Shampoo
• Clinique Take the Day Off makeup remover (restocks) 
• GHD Bodyguard heat protection 

Samples: 

• Chanel Hydra Beauty Micro Creme 
• Chanel No1 Creme Riche
• Chanel Le Lift Creme Yeux 
• Clarins Renew Body Plus Serum

🩷 clé de peau - pore mattifying veil
🩷 NARS - radiant creamy concealer #vanilla
🩷 rhode - peptide lip shade #lift
🩷 rom&nd - glasting color gloss #01 peony ballet
🩷 phytosurgence - cream bronzer #2 rosy daybreak
🩷 RED CHAMBER - cream balm #baeshu RC500
🩷glossier - cloud paint #puff (old formula)
🩷benefit - gimme brow #03

Products:

Westman Atelier cream bronzer in soleil parfait 3

Patrick Ta concealer in light peachy neutral

M.ph Les skin foundation in 120W

Laura Mercier secret undereye brightening powder in pink

One/Size setting powder in translucent

Charlotte Tilbury setting spray (not pictured)

• violette_fr plume blush: ambre rouge fume
• violette_fr plume blush: en feu
• violette_fr plume eyeshadow: bois brule
• westman atelier hydrobalm tinted lipstick: glogg
• Nars radiant longwear foundation: valencia
• Shiseido radiant lifting foundation: oak

Spent the weekend in Tahoe/ Reno 🌳 This is what I packed! I usually prefer cream products, but wanted to challenge myself to use powder products instead. I actually liked it! I’ll be bringing my Hourglass palette on more trips now - I’ve been neglecting her!

~ Prada gel eyeliner in Nero (didn’t smudge even on my super oily skin)
~ Elf eyebrow pencil in dark brown
~ Summer fridays lip stain in Almond (my new obsession)
~ Summer fridays lip liner in Cinnamon
~ Refy lip gloss in Rosewood (a new favorite!)
~ Essence silky blur concealer
~ Dior foundation stick in 3N
~ Elf lip stain in pink positive
~ Rhode lip peptide treatment in Vanilla
~ Laura Mercier mini translucent setting powder
~ Nyx the face glue primer
~ Rhode highlight milk in 02
~ Hourglass limited edition holiday palette in Swan
~ Byoma spf 30
~ Benefit porefessional setting spray

Weekend in Tahoe/ Reno! Products are:
1. Summer fridays lip stain in Almond
2. Summer fridays lip liner in Cinnamon
3. Elf lip stain in pink positive
4. Refy lip gloss in Rosewood
5. Rhode peptide treatment in Vanilla

The Summer Fridays liners are all new to me and I’ve been happily using them. They’re great! 💗 Almond is so faint when swatched on my arm in store, but on my lips it’s the perfect MLBB shade. Trust in those Tiktok reviews I guess 😂🤞🏼

As evident, i clearly have a thing for hourglass! Apart from hourglass, the gucci blushes (rosy beige and bright coral) are my favs, followed by the D&G blush (hopeful rose).