Review | Too Faced Cocoa Contour Chisled to Perfection Face Contouring and Highlighting Kit
I hauled this contour kit in my last post, and promised a full review – so here it is!
I bought this palette at Sephora (here) for $50CDN
The reason I chose this particular contour palette over say, the Anastasia one, or the Kat Von D one was because it was cheaper, and contains the shades I would get the most use out of anyway. Also, the individual powders contain more actual product (per shade, not entire palette).
These powders are super blendable, which is exactly what I look for in a contour and bronzer powder. You don’t want to end up with a muddy looking streak under your cheekbone!
The mirror is a good size, and will be handy during travel, or even if you were doing your makeup away from your usual mirror.
The packaging is a sturdy cardboard, and it has a magnetic closure. I’m a big fan of the magnetic closure because it keeps it from sprinkle the powders throughout my makeup drawer, and it’s just fun.
Lastly, before I get into each shade, I need to rave about the smell! This is my first chocolate product I’ve tried from Too Faced, and they weren’t kidding! This makeup smells like the most delicious chocolate. Yum.
[Left to right: Light Cocoa, Medium Cocoa, Dark Cocoa, Pop of Light]
Light Cocoa – as you can see in the above swatches, it is a few shades lighter than my skin tone. I use this powder for setting my under eye concealer, when I want that brightening effect. I will even drag it up my cheekbone for an almost matte highlight. If you look closely at the powder in the pan, it does seem to have a slight shimmer to it, but it’s not that noticeable on the skin, except for providing the brightening effect.
Medium Cocoa – this is the cool toned sculpting powder in the kit. This is a great contour shade for my skin. The ‘shadow’ looks pretty natural or realistic.
Dark Cocoa – this is the warm toned sculpting powder in the kit. I use this is a bronzer to warm up my complexion. It is a bit dark, but using a light hand, I don’t have any problems with it.
Pop of Light – this is an intense highlight. I’m not the biggest fan of this powder to be honest. It is just too glittery for my taste. I will still use it occasionally on the cheekbones, and probably as an inner corner highlight. I just wish they but less actual glitter in it, and made it more glowy, if that makes sense.
Overall I’m extremely happy with this purchase, and will be getting a lot of use out of this palette!
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4 Comments
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The palette looks gorgeous! Great review 🙂
Yousra | Mystic Tales
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Beautiful colours!
Kelly x
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emilynmax
Thanks!
emilynmax
Definitely give it a swatch if you get the chance!