There are 16 shades in this palette, with the highlight shades White Chocolate and Champagne Truffle in larger pan sizes - this is not an uncommon practice from Too Faced. The smaller eyeshadow pans (14 in total) have 0.95g of product, and the 2 highlight pans have 2.8g of product.
Gilded Ganache is a darker chocolate brown. This shadow has gold flecks in it. The pigmentation is good with this shadow, but there is quite a bit of fallout when this is applied.
White Chocolate is a matte, beige shade. It is the yellower of the two highlight shades in the palette. The pigmentation on this matte is great, and I find good use with this shadow to set my base (usually MAC Painterly Paint Pot) lightly with a blending brush before applying any shadows.
Milk Chocolate is a medium warm-tone matte brown. So far, this shadow has received the most use in this palette as it is a great crease and transition shade. The colour payoff is great with this shadow.
Black Forest Truffle is a darker burgundy/wine shade with gold flecks and shimmer. The application of this shadow can be a bit inconsistent, but on top of a base this shadow works fine.
Triple Fudge is a dark matte brown. The pigmentation of this matte shadow is not on par with some of the other mattes in this palette, but it is not a chalky shadow and performs great at darkening the crease and outer V of the eye look.
Salted Caramel is a light warm-tone matte brown. This shadow does lean towards an orange-brown. This matte has great pigmentation.
Marzipan is a beautifully pigmented pink champagne colour. This is a great everyday colour and has a shimmer finish. One of my favourite go-tos in this palette.
Semi-Sweet is a darker warm-tone matte brown. I like to use this when darkening up the crease or outer V. This darker matte works great during the day time, and to up the look for the night time, I would recommend going with Triple Fudge in the outer V.
Strawberry Bon Bon is a matte, light pink shadow. Unfortunately pink shadows are not my preference so this shadow has not receive much use (and most likely won't). In saying that, however, the pigmentation is good and the shadow is fairly blendable. For those that do like pink shadows, this would be a good one.
Candied Violet is a purple shimmer. Unfortunately, as you can see in the swatches below, this shadow is not overly pigmented. It does perform okay over a base (preferably a purple base), but on its own it is fairly disappointing. I do tend to use this shadow on top of a purple liner underneath my eyes for a pop of colour.
Amaretto is a shimmery wine shade. The pigmentation is okay.
Hazelnut is a bronze shimmer. This shade is warm-toned and has good pigmentation.
Creme Brulée is a nicely pigmented gold shimmer. Out of the whole palette, this and Marzipan have the best colour pay-off and are my go-to allover lid shade.
Haute Chocolate is a bronze shimmer. Compared to Hazelnut, it is more cool-toned. I like the inclusion in this palette of a warm tone and cool tone bronze.
Cherry Cordial is a purple wine with shimmer. This shadow is great for the Autumn and Winter months. It has good colour pay off.
Champagne Truffle is a pink-toned shimmer highlight. This is gorgeous shadow and can be used as an all-over highlight (yes, on the cheekbones and allover the face as well!)
(L to R: Gilded Ganache, White Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Black Forest Truffle, Triple Fudge)
(L to R: Salted Caramel, Marzipan, Semi-Sweet, Strawberry Bon-Bon, Candied Violet, Amaretto)
(L to R: Hazelnut, Creme Brulée, Haute Chocolate, Cherry Cordial, Champagne Truffle)
The palette also comes with a mirror, which is a great addition. It is in a tin casing (similar to that of the Urban Decay Naked 2 or Naked 3). One of the only disappointing things I find with this palette is that the names are not printed on the packaging but on a slip. I have taped this slip over the mirror side of the palette as to not lose the names. Too Faced have since updated this in the release of their Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette, which will also be up for review soon. Another thing that is disappointing with the palette is the consistency of the shimmer shades. As you can see in the swatches, Marzipan and Creme Brulée are extremely pigmented and consistent, however when you get to some of the other shades, such as Black Forest Truffle or Candied Violet, they are not nearly as pigmented. However, in saying that, as I use an eyeshadow primer and a base whenever applying eyeshadows, this assists in the application and pigmentation on some of the lesser pigmented shadows and I can make them work.
This palette does lean towards more of a warm-toned palette, but does include some nice cool-toned shadows as well. I think this is a great thing by Too Faced, as the palette can be more versatile for the everyday makeup enthusiast.
Overall, I love this palette. Since I have purchased it, I have probably used it more than my Naked and Naked 2 combined this year (both are two of my favourite palettes of all time). If you are tossing up whether or not you need this palette, go in store, swatch it, and decide from there. This palette is definitely in my Top 5 Favourite eyeshadow palettes. For $65 (in Australia), you get 16 shadows which is a great deal! And the palette also smells like chocolate, so you really can not go wrong.
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