Too Faced Chocolate Bon Bons Palette Review and Swatch
5:52 PMI recently got the Too Faced Chocolate Bon Bons palette for my birthday (thanks sis!). Although it has already been reviewed and swatched to death, it probably wouldn't hurt to add more reviews and swatches to the internet for all the ladies and gentlemen out there deciding on purchasing one. I was extremely excited to try this palette as I've heard great things about Too Faced shadows and it is also my first product from the cosmetics company. The packaging is very cute and good quality. It is a sturdy case but thin and light weight which I like. It is easy to open as it has a magnetic clasp but I wish the magnets were a bit stronger just so it's better secured when travelling.
Like all Too Faced palettes, the Chocolate Bon Bons comes with a card with easy tutorials on three looks, usually a natural look, an evening look, and a fun look. I haven't had a chance to try these eye looks yet, but I love how Too Faced includes these as it helps the creative juices flow when thinking of new looks, especially with the bolder colours in their palettes.
As you may have heard, this palette, along with all of the palettes in Too Faced "Chocolate" line, smells fantastic - like delicious milk chocolate. I'm so tempted to lick the shadows to see if it tastes like chocolate as well, but it's probably not a good idea. I found all of the colours to be pretty well pigmented, both using fingers and brushes. However, comparing to MAC and Urban Decay shadows, I found all of the colours to be much more powdery than what I am used to. It may be a matter of personal preference or just getting used to the shadows, but I'm not loving how the shadows apply to the eyes. I find a lot of powder kicks up when using any of the shadows, even the more buttery ones such as Molasses Chip and Cafe Au Lait. I find with shadows that are more powdery, it makes the palette dirtier quicker, the colours move around on the eye much more, muddy ing the eye looks, and it overall wastes more product. This is just my initial impressions on this type of eyeshadow formulation, so after it get more used to it and find better techniques on how to apply to shadows, I may like it much more.
Despite my neutral feelings towards the eyeshadow formula, I do like the majority of the colours and found most of them to be very pigmented, and when applied with a finger, they are quite buttery though each shade has different degrees of "butteriness". The mattes are also surprisingly pigmented and smooth, though there are one or two that goes on a bit patchy which I will point out later in the individual colour descriptions. I find this palette has a good mixture of cool, warm and neutral shades, and I love how there a couple pops of colour to set it apart from all the neutral brown palettes out there. I find you can create many looks for any situations with this palette - going to work, feeling lazy and just want to use one shadow (hello Molasses Chip, Cafe Au Lait and Satin Sheets!), going out, dressing up, etc... However, I also found some colours to look a bit too similar and if you use it together, there won't be enough contrast to tell them apart or they would just look somewhat muddy (e.g.: Sprinkles and Cotton Candy, Cashew Chew and Pecan Praline, Bordeaux and Mocha, Malted and Dark Truffle).
Almond Truffle - matte light mauve with taupey-pink undertones, alright pigmented but can go on a bit powdery.
Satin Sheets - light champagne with find gold shimmer. Very buttery texture and nice pigmentation. Depending on skin tone can be a bit difficult to show up
Sprinkles - baby white-based pink frost. Same buttery texture as satin sheets with good pigmentation. Depending on skin tone, can also be a difficult to show up
Molasses Chip - warm peachy copper with find gold shimmer, very buttery, smooth and pigmented. Definitely one of my favourite shades in the palette.
Malted - matte based dark chocolate brown with neutral leaning cool undertones. a sprinkling of gold shimmer but difficult to see when applied. Decently pigmented for a matte base and a nice smooth texture
Cashew Chew - creamy light brown based beige with pink undertones. Satin/matte finish, nice texture but a bit chalky with some fallout.
Cotton Candy - frosty cool pink, very similar to sprinkles but a shade darker and slightly more shimmer. Okay pigmentation and nice texture
Cafe au Lait - another one of my favourites, this is a shimmery dark champagne. Beautiful colour, very smooth and very pigmented
Bordeaux - dark brown with burgundy and purple undertones. Matte, okay pigmentation and goes on a bit patchy
Mocha - medium warm chocolate brown, matte, alright pigmentation for a matte, has a nice texture and can look a bit patchy when layering it over itself
Black Current - dark purple with chunky iridescent glitter (a bit difficult to see in the picture, but it's there!). Nice pigmentation, nice texture, quite a bit of fallout though
Dark Truffle - dark chocolate brown with fine shimmer. Very pigmented and only needs one swipe for good colour payoff
Pecan Praline - matte taupe-grey. It has a smooth texture but not as pigmented as I would have liked
Totally Fetch - bright magenta pink, with a metallic finish. This has alright pigmentation and needs a few swipes to build up the colour, though that can also be a good thing due to how bright the colour is. This shade is a lot harder than the others
Earl Grey - dark cool slate grey with a teal undertone, fine silver shimmer, and a metallic finish. Definitely wish more teal would come through.
Divinity - warm creamy beige with a matte finish. Very smooth but very powdery, however that makes it easy to brush all over the lid for a base
This palette currently retails for $59.00 CAD at Sephora for a net product weight of 14.0 grams. As a comparison, the Urban Decay Naked palettes retail for $66.00 CAD (net product weight 17.0 grams), the Tarte Tartelette palettes retail for $54.00 CAD (net product weight 18.0 grams), and MAC x15 Netural Palettes retail for $85.00 CAD (net product weight 19.5 grams)
You can purchase Too Faced Chocolate Bon Bons Palette HERE
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