Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette

Hi :)

If you all follow me on Instagram then you might have noticed some pictures I posted of the Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette!

I definitely did not need another eyeshadow palette, let alone another neutral one, but when I saw this I couldn't help myself. So thanks to the Sephora gift card that hubby got me from xmas, I could justify getting it a little more than if i was to buy it myself (excuse the excuses). 

I never picked up the original Chocolate Bar palette from too faced, because for some reason it just didn't appeal to me. I didn't care for the packaging or the colors, etc. but this new one has a lot warmer toned colors and I just thought it was gorgeous. Plus it smells like Chocoalte, what else is better than that??

This can be found at Sephora, Ulta, and TooFaced.com. It retails for $49. 

Here's the packaging and photos of the palette with the flash on/off. My silly self forgot to take a picture of the packaging while closed but I'm sure you have all seen this before so it's okay. Ha ha. 

You get a nice mixture of matte and shimmer shades. I love how many matte colors are in this palette, they make for such good blending and transition colors. You also get two highlight shades, and that gorgeous teal color that I've been dying to play with.  The packaging is a metal case that has a magnetic closure. 

Here's swatches for the top, middle, and bottom row. They don't look super pigmented when swatched but they go on the eyes much better!

Here's a look I did with the palette using 3 or 4 different shades. 

I've tried out different colors and shades but for some reason all my looks end up looking super similar. So my plan to post a few looks in this post has sort of failed haha! 

My overall thoughts 

-I am completely obsessed with this palette. It's all I've been using and every time I walk by it, I have to open it and smell the chocolatey heaven ness. 

-The colors are beautiful and great for everyday. 

-I love how the names of the colors are printed under the shadow, and they have chocolatey names.

-They are a little bit harder to blend out than some shadows I have (ex. Urban decay naked palettes), but if you have a good brush and patience then it will work. 

-It does have some fall out, which is kind of annoying but that's really the only bad thing I have to say about this. 

-I really recommend this one if you were thinking about getting it!

Here's one last picture of the look I did! And I will have some more looks with this posted very soon! 

Have you guys picked up this palette, or the original chocolate bar palette? Which one do you prefer? Leave your thoughts on them in the comments! 

Top 5 Favorite Neutral Palettes

Hello!! Anyone who reads my blog knows that I'm a sucker for neutral palettes. I can't get enough of them. I wear neutral eye looks everyday, and rarely branch out into more colorful things.

I'm going to share my top 5 favorite neutral palettes with you all! 

Here we have the (original) Naked Palette by Urban Decay, Lorac Pro Palette, the Smashbox Full Exposure Palette, the Sauce Box Creme de la Creme Palette, and the Urban Decay Naked Basics. 

This was my first ever big makeup purchase so this will probably always be my all time favorite. The original Naked Palette is my favorite out of the 3. I almost included the naked 3 in this post instead of the Smashbox one, but I though including 3 nakeds was a little excessive lol! 

The Lorac Pro is probably my second favorite palette. This one is so versatile because there is super light colors, and some darker shades as well. The darker shades are great because they pair so well with the light ones to created a smoked out neutral look. And plus this has half matte shades! 

The Urban Decay Naked Basics is defiently my most used palette. I use this baby every single day, literally lol. These shades are all matte, except for the first one has very faint shimmer. These colors are all gorgeous. The first three make for good lid or highlight colors, and the two browns are great crease and transition shades. The black can be used for eyeliner or to smoke out the look. This palette is just perfect. 

If anyone hasn't heard of or tried Sauce Box's eyeshadows, I really recommend and suggest you check them out!! The shadows are so buttery it's amazing. Even more so than Urban Decay's. These are all so pigmented and gorgeous! The black shade is the best black shadow I've ever used, it blends so nice and has very little fall out. 

I just recently got this Smashbox Full Exposure Palette but it quicky became a favorite. I mentioned that I almost picked the naked 3 instead of this one, because I would say that they are tied for one of my favorites! This one is great because they're are both cool and warm tones shadows. This doesn't have the best pigmentation on some of the shadows but I still like this palette! 

What are your favorite neutral palettes? Let me know in the comments!!