Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette Review

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette

I've wanted the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette for months now. I finally bit the bullet and bought it a couple of weeks ago Link!. The first thing I noticed when I opened it was its amazing smell (its smells like chocolate- each shadow is infused with cocoa powder).
I have heard nothing but great things about this palette - the reason that it took me so long to buy it was because I already have the Too Faced Natural Eyes Palette and although I liked it, I was disappointed with the wear time of the shadows. (Check out the the full review here.) This meant I was slightly hesitant to spend €44.40 on another Too Faced eyeshadow palette.

There are 16 shades in this palette: 14 neutral shades, a pale strawberry pink as well a shimmery purple shade which has a blue hue to it.
Some of the shades are pigmented and have a smooth, buttery blendable texture while I have found others to be less pigmented with a more powdery, gritty texture (more about that later). Unfortunately I was really disappointed with the wear time of the shadows in that they lasted no longer than about 4 hours on me (without primer) before they started to show signs of wear (I don't have particularly oily eye lids). However once I apply them on top of Nars Pro Prime eyeshadow primer, they last about 7-8 hours.
with regard to the packaging, the palette itself is made of tin and closes magnetically- it feels quite sturdy. There is also a big mirror in the lid making it ideal to travel with.

Close up Glided Ganache & White Chocolate

Swatches from left: Glided Ganache, White Chocolate

Gilded Ganache- This is a dark olive green shade with a gold metallic sheen and has a lot of gold glitter particles through it. The texture of this shadow is very powdery and has a lot of fall out when applied. When I first used this shadow its texture also seemed to be quite gritty - however the more I use it the less gritty it seems to be. I have found that it is best applied with a flat shader brush. This shadow needs to build up in order to achieve even coverage. When applying it I have found it's important to tap the excess off the brush to minimize fall out.
White Chocolate- This is a matte cream beige shade - it's a pigmented, smooth blendable shadow and is ideal to be used as a base shade.

Close up (clockwise): Salted Caramel, Marzipan, Creme Brulee, Hazelnut

Swatches (from left) Salted Caramel, Marzipan, Hazelnut,Creme Brulee, 

Salted Caramel- This is a light to medium tan matte shade , it has decent buildable pigmentation and is ideal to use as a subtle crease colour or else it can be used as a transition shade.

Marzipan- This is a peachy beige metallic shade - it has a soft, smooth, buttery texture. It's ideal to be used as a brow-bone or inner corner highlight. I have also used it on this centre of the lid to brighten up a neutral look.
Hazelnut- This is a warm golden bronze metallic shade. It's very pigmented and soft, however the texture of this shade is a little powdery. But once you tap the excess of the brush before you apply it, there's no issue.
Creme Brulee- This is a warm gold metallic shade. Its very pigmented and has a buttery soft, smooth texture. I love to apply this to the centre of my lids over Hazelnut or Haute Chocolate, to brighten up the look.

Close ups (clockwise) Semi-Sweet, Strawberry Bon Bon, Cherry Cordial, Haute Chocolate

Swatches (from left) Semi-Sweet, Strawberry Bon Bon, Haute Chocolate, Cherry Cordial

Semi-Sweet- This shade is matte dark brown. It has decent buildable pigmentation and is ideal to darken up the outer corners when doing a neutral look.
Strawberry Bon Bon- This is a pale milky pink matte shade. It isn't the most pigmented shade, but it is buildable and has quite a smooth texture. I like to use this shade on the inner half of the lid with Amaretto on the outer half of the lid and in the crease.
Haute Chocolate- This is a dark brown metallic shade with a warm gold undertone. It again has a buttery smooth soft texture and excellent pigmentation.
Cherry Cordial- This is a burgundy wine shade, with multi-coloured glitter particles through it. The texture is slightly powdery, the pigmentation is buildable but beware of fall out.

Swatches (from left) Black Forest, Triple Fudge, Amaretto, Candid Violet

Black Forest Truffle- This is a dark purple shade with multi-coloured glitter particles through it. It has a slightly powder texture much like Gilded Ganache.
Triple Fudge -This is a very dark brown matte shade - it has a slight cool toned green hue to it. It has quite a smooth texture and the pigmentation is buildable. It is ideal to use in the outer corners to add more depth to a look.
Candid Violet- This is a purpley blue shadow with a lot of multi-coloured glitter through it. Again this shade isn't very pigment, but it is buildable. It has quite a smooth texture. I have to say I don't use this shade a lot, but I have used it along the lower lash line for a pop of colour.
Amaretto This is a very warm bronze metallic, pigmented shade with a burnt red undertone. Its texture is buttery soft & smooth. It is ideal to use all over the lid up into the crease for a darker neutral look.

Champagne Truffle

Champagne Truffle- This is a pink, golden toned metallic highlight shade. It has good colour payoff and has a soft smooth texture.

Milk Chocolate

Milk Chocolate- This is a medium matte brown shade - it has decent pigmentation but yet is still very buildable. It is also a very blendable shade ideal to use as a crease colour or transition colour for a smokey look.

Swatches (from left) Milk Chocolate, Champagne Truffle

Although I don't like the powdery texture and pigmentation of some shadows, and I'm a little disappointed that I have to wear primer. For €44.50, I think the wear time should be better. I love the range of neutral shades in the palette and I really like the majority of the shadows (especially the metallic shades as well as the majority of the mattes) - not to mention that I'm slightly addicted to the smell of the shadows.
Another small issue I have is I wish that Too Faced printed the name of each shadow on the palette as opposed to printing them on the plastic overlay that comes in it Link, which will inevitably get misplaced (if you're anything like me).
If you would like to see a look using this palette, just let me know in the comments below. Also if you have this palette I would love to hear your thoughts on it.

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