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Truth # 1: The holiday season brings out the best in everyone. Truth # 2: The holiday season pushes makeup companies to be more creative, packaging-wise. Truth # 3: The holiday season is the best time for makeup junkies to hoard without guilt.
Still part of my Sephora VIB guilt-free haul, Too Faced A Few of My Favorite Things ($56, Sephora) features twenty eyeshadows, two blushes, two bronzers, chevron-print makeup bag, full-sized lip tint, and deluxe-sized mascara.
Like how can you not drool over this spectacle of a palette?
It’s going to be a swatchfest, y’all ready?
Let’s go to color description, quality, and finish of these eyeshadows….
Snowflakes is metallic champaign, very chalky with fallout issues.
Cream Colored Peonies is matte off-white, a tad powdery.
Coquet is sheen pink-champaign, it’s great for highlighting.
Tinsel is metallic rustic gold (one of my favorites).
Whiskers on Kittens is matte flesh with gold overspray
Honey Honey is metallic gold (another favorite)
Taffy is sheen light pink
Buff is sheen gray/mauve/purple (again a favorite)
Chocolate Milk is matte light brown, it’s a good shade for the crease
Buche de Noel is metallic bronze-brown
Crisp Apple Strudel is metallic light brown
Ooh la Orchid is matte purple, it’s chalky!
Moon on Their Wings is light gold, it’s very chalky and gritty!
Evergreen is sheen olive green
Woolen Mittens is matte brown
Party Time is sheen blue/purple/gray
Dark Chocolate is matte dark brown, it’s great for eyebrow and tightlining
Blue Satin Sashes is dark blue with gold specks, it’s powdery!
Soiree is matte maroon with gold specks
Pure Glam is matte black with silver specks
Here are the blushes and bronzers up close:
Raindrops on Roses is shimmery pink
Chocolate Soleil is matte brown (it smells cocoa)
Melt into Spring is matte peach
Sun Bunny is half light bronze and half dark bronze, both shimmery
When you name a product “Better than Sex”, it has to be really better than the real thing right? You know this zilla‘s going to take it literally, haha! Oh well, it failed in the pleasure department. It’s nothing but a chunky mascara with big bristles and thick formula.
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| left with mascara; right au naturel |
Another miss is the Lip Injection Color Bomb (Bee Sting). It’s supposed to be s moisture plumping lip tint. It didn’t do anything but give moi nude lips. It smells fruity and nice but that’s about it.
While there are some misses on this set (which I kind of expected for holiday releases), it remains a nice holiday present to yourself or bestie. I love Chocolate Soleil bronzer so I’m going to buy a full-sized version next time!
Finally, here’s my Face of the Day wearing some of the eyeshadows, blush, bronzer, lip injection, and mascara.
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| Melt Into Spring (blush), Chocolate Soleil (bronzer) Lip Injection, Better than Sex mascara |
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| Tinsel on lids, Buche de Noel on crease Evergreen on outer corner Cream Colored Peonies on brow bone Dark Chocolate on eyebrows Evergreen and Woolen Mittens on lower lash line |
What’s you favorite holiday palette?
Kathryne
This is a beautiful palette. Too bad the colors do not look very pigmented.
Hi Kim. The metallic ones appear more vibrant when applied wet.
The look you did is beautiful! I had a bad reaction to Color Bomb but love all of the other products. I'll have to check it out!
Oh no! You must be allergic to one of the ingredients. It didn't sting on me
Stunning! I need this for Christmas – gotta love the Sound Of Music theme, too!
Buy, buy, buy. Are we not enablers? haha!
This is such a great set!
Yeah, it's a nice gift set
Oh, these colours are all so beautiful! Nice one!
I think it makes a good holiday present
Oh, these colours are all so beautiful! Nice one!
This has become my favorite palette! Love it!
Wonderful! Thanks for stopping by!!!xo
Def a droolworthy palette! I love the look you created with it girl!
I love your FOTD! Such a pretty set – I'm so tempted!
This looks like a great palette!! Love your photo of the day! xo