If you have read my blog for any amount of time, you will know that I am a palette addict! When I bought the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette a couple of months ago, I loved it so much that it went straight into my Top Three Palettes of all time! Naturally, this made me want to try another palette from Too Faced so when my best friend was visiting NYC last month, I asked her to pick up the Semi Sweet Palette for me.
For $49, you get 16 shadows of excellent quality so although a little pricey, it is nothing too crazy when you consider how many shadows you get. It comes in the same sturdy case as the original palette, which looks like a bar of milk chocolate, as opposed to the dark chocolate version of the original. The first thing I noticed was that same chocolate scent from the original palette, which is not too over-powering but sweet smelling, all the same. The first thing I noticed upon opening the case, was that the black shadow had broken & that all of the other shadows had specks of black in them :-( (It had to be the black, didn't it?!)
As you will see from the pictures, I tried to remove as much of the black as possible, but it was difficult to do without spreading it further. It is such a shame because every time I open the palette now, more of it seems to shift so I am unsure how to stop that. The pink sugar shade is the worst affected, which is a shame but probably one of the shadows I would be least likely to use regularly anyway, so not the worst thing in the world. Apart from that, I am very happy with the colour selection in this palette.
Like the original palette, there is a mixture of matte & shimmer shadows and I find that they are as beautifully pigmented as those in the original palette. The only exception being pink sugar, but it may be because there are so many tiny specks of black on it. The blueberry swirl is the only shadow that I feel I won't get very much use out of, but all of the others are very wearable colours and there is no end to the number of looks that could be created with this palette.
Peanut butter, Caramel, Frosting, Butter Pecan and Truffled are my initial favourites, but I know that I will use them all. I love that the shadow names are now on the pan, rather than on a plastic insert as was the case in the original Chocolate Palette. There is also a generous sized mirror inside the lid, which is very useful. There is also a little booklet that shows three looks using these shadows, which I think is brilliant because for some people, 16 shadows can be overwhelming in terms of which would work well together so this gives a great starting point.
Overall, I am very happy that I own this palette and I honestly couldn't choose between this and the original because I love pretty much all of the shadows in both, The texture, pigmentation and blendability of the shadows is as good as you will get with any brand. As with the previous palette, this has just left me wanting to try more products from Too Faced!
Have you tried this palette? What Too Faced products do you love & recommend that I try next?
My review of the original Chocolate Bar Palette is here.
My review of the original Chocolate Bar Palette is here.
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