Too Faced Natural Eye Palette

I am a huge fan of neutral eyeshadows and even more so if they are packaged in a convenient palette such as the Too Faced Natural Eye palette ($36).

The palette comes with nine beautiful and very wearable neutral shades.  There are three matte shadows (Heaven, Velvet Revolver and Sexspresso) along the top row.  Heaven is a good brow bone highlight color.  Velvet Revolver is a very good blending color and Sexspresso is a nice matte, brown shade that would be good for the outer corner.

The second row has Silk Teddy, Push-Up and Erotica.  The first two shades are metallic, satins with very fine shimmers.  The third shade is a dark brown shade with minimal shimmers.

The third row has Nude Beach, Honey Pot and Cocoa Puff.  Nude Beach is a very pretty pink, champagne color but its major downfall is it contains very large glitter particles.  By large I mean chunky, monkey, gritty glitter bits.  This particular shade is very prone to major fall-out.  I suggest dabbing this shade on with your finger or brush instead of swiping it on across the lid to help minimize the glitter particles from falling on the cheek and migrating to other parts of the face.

Swatched outside in direct sunlight.

Honey Pot is a pretty medium, warm gold, metallic shade and Cocoa Puff is a rich, chocolate brown with fine, multi-colored shimmers.

The matte shades are a wee bit firm and slightly chalky.  The rest of the metallic shades except Nude Beach are soft and buttery in texture and have great pigmentation.  Even Nude Beach despite is large glitters is still a beautiful shade that just requires a little bit more maintenance and up keep to use.

The only downside I see is actually the rather bulky packaging and the magnetic closure that could make traveling with this palette worrisome.  If traveling with this palette, I suggest putting it in a ziploc bag to prevent it from opening and getting the eyeshadows everywhere.

Is this palette worth the money?  I would say yes if you are fan of lovely, coordinating neutral eyeshadows.  The shades themselves are not overly unique and actually some of the colors in this palette are similar to the colors in my Urban Decay Naked palette.  Does one need both?  Probably not but as lover of neutral shades the two palettes are different enough from each other for me to warrant owning both.

Overall Grade:  B+