Here I am standing with it and the cute pink box it came in. I just love Too Faced.
So I got inside and opened it... oh wait, I did that outside.
This was on a school night so I didn't have time to do anything with it just yet. But the next couple of mornings I used it! I use my iPhone to take pictures. I tried to capture some images of my eyes with some of the colors on but it just wasn't working so I won't bother to upload those.
So in this palette is 15 stunning shades all holiday related! In addition, a full sized LashGasm mascara. I will talk about that too. I swatched all of the colors and did some comparisons. Here is the inside of the palette... finally!
Sorry it looks a little used but that's because it is! I'm a teacher and school gets out pretty late where I am and when i come home from school there's not much time for new makeup. But like I said, I used it the next couple of mornings after receiving it so that's why it looks a little dusty.
Don't you just love the colors?! I sure do! There are endless possibilities with this one. If I could only use one word to describe this palette it would be "frosty" because a lot of the colors are frosty and I love that because it's a holiday palette!
From left to right: Cookie Dough, Cheers!, Prancer, Sugar Plum, Mulberry, Snow Angel (fun names huh?)
Above is without a flash, below is with flash.
Cookie Dough is a barely there tan color. It really does remind me of cookie dough! It's good for during the day if you have something to do where you can't be super flashy and outrageous. I had a couple of meetings at school so I wore this one day.
Cheers! is one of my faves! It's a super frosty champagne color. It goes on really well. It's super pigmented and you don't need a lot. Unless of course you want a lot! Either way this color is gorgeous. It could be worn day or night.
Prancer is a darker gold. This color was hard to pick up with my brush so I had to use a finger to pick up the color. The powder is thick. I haven't word this color but it makes me a little nervous. I feel like if I wore it one day it would be under my eyes and on my cheeks by the end of the day. Still a lovely color though.
Sugar Plum is one I like a lot too. Purple isn't one of my favorite colors but for some reason I love purple eye shadows. It's a really dark purple with sparkles in it. I used it as a liner at school one day and I loved it!
Mulberry is matte and it reminds me of Tease in the Naked 2 palette. I used it in my crease for school one day. It's a plum color.
Snow Angel is a good base. It's white and matte.
L to R: Powdered Sugar, Too-Too, Yule Log, Chestnut, Twinkle, Joy
Powdered Sugar is also a good base. It's not as pigmented as Snow Angel but that's not always a bad thing! By the way, in the pan this one really does feel like powdered sugar. It is so soft.
Too-Too is a baby pink with white/silver glitter in it. This color is not one of my favorites, I'm not sure pink eyeshadow is one of my things. Pink is one of my favorite colors but for some reason I'm not into pink makeup! (unless it's blush) It's a fun color for sure but I'm not sure I'll ever wear it.
Yule Log sure is pretty! It's a great brown with gold shimmer. I love it! It's extremely pigmented and lasts forever. I used this as a liner for school one day also.
Chestnut is bronze-y. I've not worn this one yet but it looks pretty on my arm, haha.
Twinkle is another gold but this one is more gold than the other one and also the powder is much better. It seems like it would last all night if you wore it to an event.
Joy is a frosty baby blue! It is quite pretty. This one is super pigmented and I can't imagine you would need a lot of this on your eyes to make a statement. Use it in your inner corner for some bright eyes!
L to R: Spike the Punch, Chimney, Coal
Spike the Punch is the other pink in this palette. In the pan it looks more coral-y than Too-Too but after you spread it out on your eyelid it doesn't really appear to be very pink. When you first put it on you can see the pink/coral color but then it goes away. This would be a fun base for using different colors on your eyes.
Chimney is a dark frosty blue. The powder if very soft and pigmented. It would be good as a liner and fun on your lids!
Coal really looks like coal! It's not black, it's a super dark gray. Definitely to be used as liner or for a smokey eye.
I did some comparisons also...
L to R: Prancer, Twinkle, Spike the Punch, Too-Too
I like Twinkle better of the two golds and it depends on the pinks. If I wanted pink, Too-Too, something less pink but girly, Spike the Punch.
Overall this is an amazing palette and I really do love it! So girly, fun, and great for the holidays but really anytime.
One last thing, the mascara. It's okay. I like it for my bottom lashes because the want is so small but it doesn't really make my lashes super thick which is my favorite thing. I compared the wants to my favorites. (Don't mind my bf in the background, I had him hold all three so I could capture them next to each other haha)
Lashgasm, Benefit's They're Real, and Too Faced's Better Than Sex.
Well this was so much fun to do and I can't wait for all of the days and nights I can play around and experiment with all of the colors. It was worth the three week wait (unfortunately it took that long) so I suggest buying it from Sephora because it was downright painful to wait for this baby.
In the end I got it and I am in love with it. It's things like this that make me so happy to be a girl, another perfect reason to own this palette.
Joy to the girls!
-Marlee
