Sunday 9 March 2014

Too Faced Chocolate Bar

It feels like Christmas has just ended but as many people are in the midst of Lent, also known as a six week long period of chocolate deprivation, that means that Easter is just around the corner. What better way to feed both a make-up and chocolate addiction, than with the Chocolate Bar, Too Faced's latest palette which offers cocoa-infused eyeshadows.
Looks good enough to eat. 
When I was teenager I imagined working for Thornton's just so I could empty their ice-cream filled waffle cones from the shelf. As I grew older my desire to be employed by Cadbury/Mars/Green & Black's/Lindt/whoever makes Kinder Bueno as a professional taster was an unattainable saccharin-filled dream. 
Get. In. My. Belly. Image taken from MadHouseFamilyReviews
In reality, they'd have to crane me out of the factory. My colleagues would find me in cocoa bean coma surrounded by a haze of purple foil wrappers, discarded boxes and with broken Malteasers embedded in the ever-growing folds of my fingers.
Keeping the dream alive on the frontline of the Cadbury factory. Image taken from SWNS.
Before this post reveals any more of my Daim bar addiction, I will revert your attention to the prodcut at hand. As soon as you open the Chocolate Bar palette, the sweet scent wraps your nose, tickling the back of your throat and making your mouth water for more.
Top row from left to right: Gilded Ganache, White Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Black Forest Truffle, Triple Fudge.
Middle row from left to right: Salted Caramel, Marzipan, Semi-Sweet, Strawberry Bon Bon, Candied Violet, Armaretto.
Bottom row from left to right: Hazelnut, Creme Brule, Haute Chocolate,  Cherry Cordial, Champagne Truffle.
 
Visually, this palette is  stunning. With it's sturdy tin case, it is perfect for travelling so you don't have to worry about the shadows shattering. The Chocolate Bar is laid out with sixteen delicious chocolate, honey and candy hues in a mixture of textures including mattes, shimmers and glitters. Too Faced thoughtfully included two larger highlight shades in the inevitability that they would be used the most. 
16 gorgeous shades made up of 7 mattes and 9 shimmers. 
The shadows are beautifully pigmented, buttery-soft, build-able and blend effortlessly into one another. The colours include:
  • Gilded Ganache -  shimmering dark brown with olive and gold sparkle.
  • White Chocolate - matte bream beige.
  • Milk Chocolate - matte mid-toned warm brown.
  • Black Forest Truffle -  burgundy with flecks of bronze/gold glitter. 
  • Triple Fudge - matte rich deep dark brown.
  • Salted Caramel - matte mid-toned orange brown.
  • Marzipan - shimmering neutral pink.
  • Semi-Sweet - matte mid-toned brown. 
  • Strawberry Bon Bon - matte cool baby pink.
  • Candied Violet - shimmering cool purple.
  • Armaretto - shimmering warm copper.
  • Hazelnut - shimmering bronze.
  • Creme Brule - shimmering gold.
  • Haute Chocolate - shimmering taupe with multi-coloured glitter.
  • Cherry Cordial - demi-matte reddish brown. 
  • Champagne Truffle  - shimmering pale pink beige.

From left to right: Gilded Ganache, White Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Black Forest Truffle, Triple Fudge.
From left to right: Salted Caramel, Marzipan, Semi-Sweet, Strawberry Bon Bon, Candied Violet, Armaretto.
From left to right: Hazelnut, Creme Brule, Haute Chocolate,  Cherry Cordial, Champagne Truffle. 
This palette is also beginner-friendly as Too Faced include a how-to guide to help make-up novices build upon their skills and give inspiration to beauty addicts. 
Too Faced's Glamour Guide on how to sickeningly sweet.  
With this palette, you can create many wearable, everyday and neutral eyes as well as sultry and smokey date-night looks. 
Shimmering orange chocolate eyes with peach lips.
Matte brown eyes paired paired with red ombre lips.
This palette just makes me want to be Disney's very own alternative candyland princess of Sugarush, Vanellope Von Schweetz. 
"Are you hobo?" - Vanellope Von Schweetz, Wreck It Ralph. 
The variety this palette offers will appeal to many make-up lovers and the niche chocolate bar packaging will satisfy your non-literal sweet tooth, making it so good that even your dog will want a taste. 
Bailey can't help himself. 
Too Faced Chocolate Bar makes the perfect gift for any girl who can't resist chocolate. 

The net weight of this palette is 13.3g making the 12 smaller shadows under 1g and the two highlight shades 1.6g each. 
Available in the UK to Debenhams web store for £45and Sephora for £30.99 (excluding shipping and handling).
Available in the US and other countries from Too Faced, Sephora, and Ulta for $49. 

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