Carefree, Boheme, and Freedom are three new Spring 2018 shades of Stila Shimmer & Glow Liquid Eyeshadow which I absolutely need. Well, I need Carefree at the very least. I recently tried these out Stila Eye For Elegance Liquid Eye Shadow Set and fell in love with them. I was already a fan of the original Metals Glitter & Glow Liquid Eyeshadow and that’s what I thought I was purchasing when I grabbed the Holiday set but they actually included three of those and three of the new Shimmer & Glow formula. I was a little odd that they included a brand new product launch in a Holiday gift set but I suspect at some point they’d do a larger launch of these and I was right as they are now available in 11 shades.

The original formula was loaded with glitter but this new formula has a more refined shimmery finish with a more traditional cream eyeshadow formula that’s very easy to apply and blend out. Not to mention they are super pigmented. The addition of new Spring 2018 shades is very welcome indeed.

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Too Faced Spring 2018 is being previewed today with a new Diamond Highlighter that’s sure to cause some mad frenzy in the makeup community. As of now the only item available for purchase is the Too Faced Chocolate Gold Eyeshadow Palette but the other items are set to arrive shortly.

Too Faced have always been early to preview their Spring Collections but this year they are even more earlier than usual. It’s an excellent sales tactic to say the least as we’re all more inclined to spend money at the moment versus after the Holidays when our pockets are feeling a little lighter.

The highlight of the collection is the Chocolate Gold Eyeshadow Palette which appears to be a considerably better offering from Too Faced compared to some of their more recent palette flops. Let’s not sugarcoat it, Too Faced has been off their game for a while now. One of the other stars in the release is a new Diamond Highlighter which brings me way back to Holiday 2007 when Givenchy�s Diamantisimme Collection launched and with it the cutest highlighter ever. Housed in a diamond ring-like box this was a pretty shimming white highlighter that released for a limited time and yes, I do still have it (don’t worry I haven’t used it in years). At that time it was quite a prized possession for me but looking back I realized I never got as much use out of it.

Too Faced brings back some of that magic though as their Diamond Highlighter looks just as cute and even though I’m not a fond fan of highlighters I still find myself wanting it. Another notable
item in this release is the slightly ridiculous Too Faced Glow Job Radiance-Boosting Glitter Face Mask. Yes, a glitter facial mask. This is a peel-off mask that looks like it contains cosmetic glitter and acts to brighten up dull skin. It sounds awesome as I have dull skin and I’d love a brighter complexion and the glitter is an a great marketing technique but not such a great skincare choice.

Now as for Spring Collections, Too Faced doesn’t specifically market this as a Spring launch. It seems like brands do seasonal collections less and less and just focus on release after release without really cornering them into any specific season. But I’ll just throw it out there and say I consider it a Spring 2018 launch but we all know by the time Spring rolls around Too Faced will have something else up their sleeve!

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Too Faced Chocolate Gold Eye Shadow Palette is available today! This new metallic eyeshadow palette contains 16 shades high-shine finish combined with sultry mattes to create the perfectly foiled eye look for the Holidays.

This is infused with a chocolate fragrance and apparently contains a highly pigmented formula. From what I’ve seen of it so far it looks like it is shaping up a hell of a lot better than the Clover Eyeshadow Palette and the recent White Chocolate Eyeshadow Palette (which I boycotted as I just had a gut feeling it would be crummy!).

This I think I’ll indulge in but I do fear the heavier metallic finish might look frosty. I’m weird like that with metallics. They really have to be a refined texture to look right on my eyes. Otherwise, the color looks cakey and frosty.

None the less I’m keeping hope alive that Too Faced will surprise us with a good quality eyeshadow palette for once as lately the releases have been rather bad.

Too Faced Chocolate Gold Eye Shadow Palette is available now at ulta.com and sephora.com.

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Looking for a Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille alternative? A dupe of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille Dupe for less than the typical $230 price tag that it’s sold for? No problem I got you covered.

As you know I’m a fond fan of MAC Shadescents Velvet Teddy and it a perfect dupe for Tobacco Vanille but I can do you one even better.

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