REVIEW: Too Faced Chocolate Bar eyeshadow Palette

Hey everyone!

How was your week so far? 

For my birthday, I received the Chocolate Bar palette by Too Faced! Thank you so much, Trang and Gurmit! <3 Love you guys! I was going to get this myself but they told me that they already bought it for me haha

Anyway, I wanted to do a quick review on it. I know that this palette has been out for a while now, but I still wanted to just write about what I thought on the palette.

Here it is :)

This is the Too Faced Chocolate Bar eye shadow palette. You get 16 eye-shadows and the packaging is absolutely adorable!

On the site: The Chocolate Bar experience begins as soon as you open the palette and the smell of sweet chocolate envelopes you. The eye shadows are pigmented with pure, antioxidant-rich cocao powder and includes 16 matte and shimmer shades of natural browns, delicate pinks and luscious plums. Includes our signature how-to Glamour Guide with three looks to get you started.

Pricing/Content: It retails for $68.95 AUD at Mecca and Kit Cosmetics stores. You get about 0.95g of product with the smaller shadows and 2.8g of product for the two bigger shadows. 

Packaging: Packaging is absolutely adorable and very true to the concept! The outer packaging is made to look like the wrapper of a candy bar and the actual packaging for the actual palette is in the shape of a chocolate bar :D It has a magnetic closure which isn't the most secure but good enough. I also found that the palette itself was a little thick. It is however, lightweight. 

My thoughts: I love smell of this palette. LOL! It smells soooo good! If you're a chocolate lover, then you're going to love this palette. I also recommend the Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Bronzer because that also has a really nice chocolate smell to it. 

I like this palette. I think it's adorable and cute. Some colours have better pigmentation over others. The metallic colours (marzipan, amaretto, hazelnut, crème brulee and haute chocolate) have the best pigmentation while the glittery shades (candied violet and black forest truffle) had an okay pigmentation. The matte colours are really nice too - great as transition colours or even by themselves for an all-matte look. They had a great texture but some of the pigmentation was okay. It took a couple swatches for me to get them to look opaque but other than that, they were beautiful colours. I don't think that it was necessary for 'white chocolate' and 'champagne truffle' to be so big and they could've added two more colours into the palette but I do love those two colours. Oh and the names for the shades are all so yummy! :P Most shades had some minor fallout - especially candied violet. 

Gilded Ganache: A dark brown with warm undertones with gold/bronze glitter through it. There were quite a bit of fallout but is a really nice corner to emphasize the outer V.
White Chocolate: A pale, matte colour with a very slight yellow undertone to it. This colour is perfect for highlighting the brow bone and brightening the inner corners as it is matte.
Milk Chocolate: Matte and medium-tones brown shade which I like to use to blend colours with to remove any harsh lines.
Black Forest Truffle: A brown with plum/burgundy undertones and lots of golden/bronze glitter. The glitter in this shade made it feel more gritty and wasn't opaque on the first swatch. I had to go over the swatch a few times to get it more opaque.
Triple Fudge: A deeper, more cool/neutral-toned brown matte shade. Great for the outer v or even blending with.

Salted Caramel: An orange-tones brown shade that is matte. I found this colour to be a little powdery but it has great pigmentation.
Marzipan: One of my favourite colours out of the whole palette! It's a golden-peachy shade with a metallic to frosty finish. The texture of this shade is so nice. It was so buttery and just glided on in one swipe. Beautiful shade!
Semi-Sweet: A matte, warm-toned dark brown. Again with this shade, it took me a few swipes to get it more opaque but this is a nice colour to contour the eyes with.
Strawberry Bon Bon: A cool-tone light pink with a matte finish. It looks more pinker in the palette than when you actually put it on the eyes. The pigmentation of this colour was meh. I wish it showed up more pink in the swatch.
Candied Violet: A beautiful, deep violet shade. However, I found this hard to blend with and had to build it up many times to get it to an opaque colour. Least pigmented out of the whole palette. It also had a dry texture due to the glitter/shimmer in it.
Amaretto: A bronzey-red toned brown shade with a metallic/frosty finish. It's such a beautiful colour and the pigmentation was awesome. The texture is also nice and smooth.

Hazelnut: A warm-toned bronze shade with a metallic finish. It has great pigmentation and the texture was really good!

Creme Brulee: A metallic, slightly warm-toned golden shade. Another one of my favourites in the palette. the texture was so smooth and blendable. 

Haute Chocolate: A warm, golden brown shade with a frosty finish. The pigmentation of this shade is amazing and is just so smooth and buttery! 

Cherry Cordial: A plum/red toned brown. It has a matte finish. The pigmentation was okay and it did look a little powdery. 

Champagne Truffle: A beautiful frosty white with a hint of pink shade. It has great pigmentation and is a beautiful colour to highlight the inner corners with and to brighten the eyes. 

Overall: This is a nice palette that I do find myself reaching more than my UD Naked 1 lately - maybe because it smells so yummy! I think it is a nice addition to your collection but there isn't any colour that is really unique or that stand outs. I do recommend this palette if you're deciding on getting a neutral palette and the bonus scent of chocolate is always nice! :D However, if you do already have a few neutral palettes, then you might not need this - only if you really want to since they are a bunch of neutral shades. But hey, can you ever have enough?

Have you tried this palette yet? What are your favourite shades? If not, are you planning on getting this palette?

Let me know :D

Until next time, guys. Stay safe!

Pochu <3

(the product mentioned in the above post was given to me as a gift. I am grateful for everything I receive)

REVIEW: Too Faced 2014 Spring Collection - La Crème lipsticks

Hi everyone! How have you been? :)

I just started school this week and so far it's been pretty chill. I'm so excited for my trip to America which is in like a little over 3 months! Can't wait to go out and get all the make up that I want!
Any whoooo, I just got these lipsticks from Too Faced as early birthday gifts and was just so excited about them because I was just about to purchase them myself but yeah! Thanks so much to my lovely family friend, Sarah! <3 I'm assuming that she stalked my twitter so that's how she knew that I wanted them haha!

Moving on.

There are 5 new shades for the 2014 spring collection in the La Crème lipsticks by Too Faced and I have 3. I have Pink Chocolate, Bon Bon and Jelly Bean. The other 2 new shades are Taffy and Lollipop. I've swatched both Taffy and Lollipop in store and neither appealed to me so I don't think I'll be getting those myself any time in the future.

Good job on picking the 3 nicest shades, Sarah!

On to my review:

On the website: There's rich, there's obscenely rich and then there's our La Crème Color Drenched Lip Cream. Oozing with lip-conditioning hydrators, including white lotus flower. It Treats while it enhances lip.

Pricing: The La Crème lipsticks by Too Faced retails for $31.95 here in Australia and each contain 3g/0.11 Oz.

Packaging: They have the same packaging as the other lipsticks in the La Crème line and it's in the gold tube which is very sleek and feels really sturdy so the cap won't be falling off in your handbag :)

My thoughts: I love the La Crème lipstick line! I love more shades over others but overall I think it's a great lipstick line. They are very moisturising and are very creamy. These 3 colours from the spring collection aren't totally opaque but have very good pigmentation. The colour is buildable so if you do want opaque colour, they layer really well. But they're also great for everyday wear if you're looking for something that's not too bright and is more wearable. You do have to reapply throughout the day if you want the same colour intensity as when you first applied it but they do last a few good hours. The sheen does wear off after a couple hours of wear and the colour also fades some but it doesn't fade out completely.
Because they are really moisturising, these will give a really nice shine to the lips but it you want something matte or something that's not too shiny, then these colours aren't that. They are so comfortable on the lips and I haven't noticed and particular scents with these at all. I do like using these when my lips are dry but I haven't really noticed anything about it treating dry lips? I mean, they keep them moisturised if that's what they mean by that haha
Also, there was a website that mentioned that these were limited edition, however, on the Too Faced Website, I haven't seen it saying that these were limited edition... so I'm pretty sure that these aren't around for a limited time as I have not seen any where else mentioning that they're limited edition.

'Pink Chocolate' is a neutral pinky shade with brown tones that is perfect for the cooler seasons of the year. Of course you could wear this as an everyday neutral colour too but it is very slightly darker than your everyday my-lips-but-better shade.

Lips with no product on it

 Lips with one layer of Pink Chocolate applied

'Bon Bon' is a beautiful pinky-coral shade that is definitely perfect for spring and summer! On the website, it's described as a pink papaya shade. I think this shade would definitely have to be my favourite and if you like pinks to coral shades then this would be perfect for you.

Lips with one layer of 'Bon Bon' applied

'Jelly Bean' is a pink with red undertones and is almost like a raspberry colour. I think this is the most pigmented out of the 3 and is so nice when you layer it to make it opaque. If you want a bright pop of colour this spring/summer but don't want something that's too bold, then this is a beautiful colour! I love how you can sheer it out and build it up to the intensity that you like :)

Lips with one layer of 'Jelly Bean' applied

Overall: I would highly recommend these colours! The texture of these lipsticks are so lovely - they're so creamy and moisturing and are just so comfortable to wear. If you're looking for some colour this spring and summer (those in the northern hemisphere haha) then I would definitely recommend Bon Bon and Jelly Bean. Pink Chocolate is more of a darker colour and if you don't really like browns then it may not be for you but it's also a very nice colour for the cooler months in my opinion. 

So yeah, if you're wanting to spoil yourself with a lip colour any time soon I do recommend these :)

Wearing 'Bon Bon'

Have you tried any colours of the new spring collection yet? If not, do you want to now? :D What is your favourite shade? I really love Bon Bon haha 

Until next time guys! Stay safe :)

Pochu xx

(Products mentioned were given to me as gifts and review is my 110% honest opinion. I am grateful for all things that I receive)