Too Faced Return Of Sexy Palette Review and Swatches

I've been meaning to show you this palette for a while, but never got around to it, which is a shame because this is possibly the nicest palette I've bought this year. When I first saw it and swatched it in Boots, I fell in love with it. You will see in a minute why.

The palette contains 15 eyeshadows divided into 3 sections to create looks suitable for day and night. You have neutrals, purples, greys and blacks for smoky eyes, so you can create work friendly looks as well as looks for a night out. It's like Urban Decay's Naked Palette, just better. Seriously. I like the Naked Palette, but this has so much more to offer. I could use this every day for two weeks and still be creating different looks with it and not get bored because it's not just neutrals.

The eyeshadows are buttery soft and smooth, and even those with glitter don't have fallout. Most of the eyeshadows are shimmery or metallic, but you can still create a subtle look with them, and of course you can go crazy. All of them are very nicely pigmented, don't fade or crease for hours on end (I wore them for 12+ hours). They can be used wet or dry.

You get 3 looks cards with the palette with look ideas for day and night that can be created using each section of the palette: The Ingénue (chic neutrals), The Icon (girly pinks and plums) and The Bombshell (classic smokey greys). Of course you don't have to follow them, but for someone who is a bit inexperienced in applying make up they can be very helpful.

You also get a trial size (5 g) Shadow Insurance Eyeshadow Primer and a full size Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner in Perfect Black, as well as 15 g of eyeshadows, so it's a great value palette. It costs £38.50. It's a little hard to work out its actual value because Too Faced doesn't do many single eye shadows, and these shades are not available separately, but based on the value of their Exotic Color Intense Eyeshadows that cost £15.00 per 1.7 g, that would make just the eyeshadows worth over £132. The eyeliner costs £14.50 and the primer is £7.50 for that size.

So as you can see, this is a great value palette, with great eyeshadows, a brilliant eyeliner and my favourite eyeshadow primer of all time. The eyeliner pencil is a great product, very pigmented and longlasting. My only complaint about the palette that it feels a little too bulky and heavy for my liking, but aestethically it's actually very nicely done.

See lots more pictures including swatches and a look I created with this palette after the jump!

The Ingenue, The Icon, The Bombshell

Clockwise from top: Naive, New In Town, Casting Couch, Ingenue, Innocent (middle)

Clockwise from top: Pink Diamond, Hopeless, Primadonna, Icon, Divorcee (middle)

Clockwise from top: 7 Year Itch, Maneater, Beautymark, Bombshell, Hollywood (middle)

Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner in Perfect Black

Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner in Perfect Black

Naive, New In Town, Casting Couch, Ingenue, Innocent
Taken with flash

Naive, New In Town, Casting Couch, Ingenue, Innocent
Taken without flash in natural daylight

Naive, New In Town, Casting Couch, Ingenue, Innocent
Taken without flash in direct sunlight

Pink Diamond, Hopeless, Primadonna, Icon, Divorcee
Takenn with flash

Pink Diamond, Hopeless, Primadonna, Icon, Divorcee
Taken without flash in natural daylight

Pink Diamond, Hopeless, Primadonna, Icon, Divorcee
Taken without flash in direct sunlight

7 Year Itch, Maneater, Beautymark, Bombshell, Hollywood
Taken with flash

7 Year Itch, Maneater, Beautymark, Bombshell, Hollywood
Taken without flash in natural daylight

7 Year Itch, Maneater, Beautymark, Bombshell, Hollywood
Taken without flash in direct sunlight

Wearing Bombshell, Hollywood and 7 Year Itch, plus the black eyeliner

Wearing Bombshell, Hollywood and 7 Year Itch, plus the black eyeliner

Wearing Bombshell, Hollywood and 7 Year Itch, plus the black eyeliner

Wearing Bombshell, Hollywood and 7 Year Itch, plus the black eyeliner

Wearing Bombshell, Hollywood and 7 Year Itch, plus the black eyeliner