Too Faced The Return of Sexy Palette is new for fall and packs quite the shimmery punch!
Inside this sturdy and pretty palette you will find fifteen eyeshadows, a full size Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner in Perfect Black, a mini Shadow Insurance Primer and three cards with look ideas.
The shadows can be used “as is” for a softer look or wet for more intense color payoff. They are categorized into three sort of mini palettes within the whole palette.
The Ingenue
Naiive, New In Town, Casting Couch, Ingenue, Innocent (over primer)
Naiive is a shimmery vanilla white.
New In Town is a shimmery pale gold.
Casting Couch is an intense deep chocolate brown shimmer. Beautiful shade.
Ingenue is a medium taupe/gold glitter.
Innocent is a caramel colored shimmer.
The Icon
Pink Diamond, Hopeless Romantic, Primadonna, Icon, Divorcee (over primer)
Pink Diamond is a pale pink matte. A little bit chalky looking.
Hopeless Romantic is a bright purple/pink shimmer.
Primadonna is a deep, rich purple shimmer.
Icon is a mauve with gold glitter. This didn’t have the best payoff and the most fallout.
Divorcee is a medium grey/taupe shimmer.
The Bombshell
7 Year Itch, Maneater, Beautymark, Bombshell, Hollywood (over primer)
7 Year Itch is an icy white/pink shimmer. A bit patchy and not great payoff.
Maneater is a rose gold metallic looking shimmer. Love this shade!
Beautymark is a deep black with silver glitter.
Bombshell is a medium silver shimmer.
Hollywood is a deep steel grey shimmer.
Perfect Black
Perfect Black Waterproof Eyeliner is a great jet black shade. Super creamy, easy-to-apply and VERY dark.
I love that they included these helpful cards to show you different day and night looks for each of the “mini palettes” inside.
Overall: Most of the shades were really nicely pigmented, even dry. A few of the shades (noted above) were patchy and I didn’t get great payoff with those ones. The other obvious thing to note is that most of these are super shimmery/glittery, so there will be fallout! Here are three easy ways to help combat fallout:
- Use the shadows wet so the shimmer sticks better
- Do your eye makeup first, then face
- Pat, pat, pat on the shadows rather than swiping them on
Availability: Sephora.
Pricing: $48.00.
Alright then, what do you think about The Return of Sexy Palette? Too shimmery for you or just right?
-Kelly
Note: Too Faced is cruelty free.
21 comments
I never thought I’d say this (because I ADORE shimmery shadows) but this one is definitely a bit too glitzy for me! I love the concept, color combination and so on, but really wish there were more matte colors or at least shimmery ones that aren’t so full-on shimmery.
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What a gorgeous palette it is but I don’t like an overdose of shimmer or glitter. Love your swatches!
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Sadly, I think this one may be a bit too shimmery for me! I really don’t like dealing with fallout, so it’s going to be a pass for me. Thanks for the review!
Too shimmery:-( Something about the palette feels very retro to me, but not in a good way.
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New in Town, Primadonna, Divorcee, Innocent, Bombshell and Hollywood are my favorites 🙂 Pretty!
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This is a neat idea, seeing as how you can make so many different eye looks. It would have been nice to have at least one matte shade for blending. But it’s like a 3 in one. Very cute!
Amazing palette! great post! 🙂
I ADORE this!! <3 It's the perfect Christmaqs gift too and seems great for travel purposes! I gotta get me one of theseee!
I agree with what a lot of people already said. This is really shimmery. Now, I love shimmery eye shadow, but you really do need a matte or satin to balance out an eye look.
Great swatches as always, Kelly!
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I like this palette a lot!
remind me of Lancome o.o
I really like these colors, but I think I need to see them in person to know if they’re too shimmery for me. I do wear a lot of shimmery eyeshadows like PF which is just about all shimmery shadows, but these might be more going out on the town shimmery which I’m single and don’t date much I might need to wait on this till I starting going out again, and also I’d like to get this on a discount. I’m cheap too. 🙂
Love the packaging and value this represents. How did you not use the phrase ‘run the gamut’ in this post? 🙂 great pics and swatches ! Thanks.
Looks like an awesome palette!
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Looks gorgeous to me, and I like the price point. Unfortunately, I’m too oversaturated with eyeshadows to plunk down for this palette.
I find these shades rather lovely and I like the way the packaging flows.
I like the colors! It is like the combination of all of the colors I love to wear.
Emily
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I really, really adore the way the eyeshadows are arranged on the inside; what an awesome design! I gasped at how pretty it looked! So while I think the arrangement is cool, there’s only a handful of eyeshadows I’m interested in and therefore would have to skip this one :-/
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I really wish we had a Sephora in India, I would have loved to try out this palette! Suprisingly I like the combinations in each of the 3 blocks which rarely happens!
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Very pretty, love the size… Need a couple matte shades and it would be perfect! Why aren’t they listening? Hmm…
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I would have liked a bit more matte in it, I love the colours but there’s too much shimmer for my taste.