I'm not really planning to buy a make-up product but while I'm looking for products to soothe my very irritated pimples, I bought this quad eyeshadow from Squad Cosmetics in Lazada during their 3.27 birthday sale. This eyeshadow is called Squadlet Mini Palette and it comes in 6 variations grouped into browns, pinks, and peach/orange. The one I got is Serene from the pink series. Since this is an unplanned purchase, I only bought this one item. It is also my first time buying from the brand Squad Cosmetics as I'm not personally sure of the brand's quality and safety yet. Snagged it for only ₱88.00 (regular price is ₱99.00), very cheap!

I know this is really an overdue post but I waited until my pimples had finally calmed down and dried before I went on to apply make-up on my face again. I had a bad acne breakout by the end of February. Can't risk getting more pimples or have it worsen.

This is my first time making a product review so please bear with me.

Definitely worth the wait! I only used this eyeshadow with a full face make-up on last Thursday and I'm very much pleased with this product.

Squad Cosmetics' Squadlet Mini Palette in Serene

The pink shades in this quad are my ideal colors. They're all cute and pretty. I'm not into vibrant, bold and nude colors for I think they don't suit my skintone. The shades in Serene are just what I like for natural or subtle looking make-up, but honestly, they don't look stunning or noticeable on me because of my darker skintone even if there's a good lighting on me. It's not that the product is faint, they're highly pigmented actually. I've swatched each of them for 2-3 times but that's far the colors can go on my skin, except for the shimmer one. Maybe Serene would look good for those with fairer skintones instead. Nevertheless, I still like this eyeshadow palette.

Another thing that I liked is that despite of it's cheap price, is the product's quality. It doesn't have a powdery or chalky texture so when I applied the products on my lids, it doesn't fall off or stick together in clumps. The formula is smooth and it is easy to combine and blend colors. Squadlet is also perfect for make-up beginners like me! I know I should have shared how the product looked like on my lids but I'm not that confident in my eye shadow application, haha.

And because I'm still new into make-up, I don't know much about make-up. For now, the only cons for this product that I could say is it's packaging and shades. Well of course, you can't expect more for a quad eyeshadow that is less than a hundred pesos. The product doesn't even came in a box! It is only covered in a thin sheet of plastic, and for added safety, wrapped snugly in two sheets of bubble wraps. Fortunately, the package arrived safely to me. The product's casing itself is very thin and isn't on the sturdy side so be careful in handling it. One drop and I'm sure that the palette will break. The second thing that I don't like is that between the 6 variants, they don't really have any variety. I mean the shades looked the same in each palette except for one or two. I even had a hard time choosing, lol. Well, what's important, despite the product's shortcomings. is that it isn't itchy on my lids and when I took my make-up of, my lids doesn't feel patchy or rough.

Overall, I like this product. I might try the other variants soon, probably Sassy, the other one from the pink group, because of it's darker pinkish-reddish shade. But other than that, the only difference between Sassy and Serene, is the shimmer eyeshadow, based on their stock photos and some on reviews I've seen on YouTube (when in doubt about the stock photos, I check other people's review on YouTube, haha). I might be mistaken, of course, as I haven't really seen the other palettes in person so I can't really compare, but if you look at the stock photos on Lazada, Shopee or BeautyMNL, it seems like the shades are very similar to each other. I usually stay at home these days so there's not a lot of chances and reasons to wear make-up yet I'm pretty much satisfied with this product. But once I have the resources, I might try on their other variants too, afterall Squad Cosmetics' Squadlet Mini Palette didn't disappoint for its price.

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