Too Faced‘s Tutti Frutti collection has launched, and with it a whole slew of new products – including the Twinkle Twinkle Liquid Glitter Eyeshadows!

I snagged Ice Queen at ULTA as soon as the collection launched because I’ve been fairly obsessed with my Stila Glitter & Glows, and I wanted to see how this one compared.

The Tutti Frutti collection is a little bit harder to get your hands on as a Canadian unfortunately – ULTA is the only physical retailer to carry the product, so you basically have to buy it sight unseenvia either ULTA online (like I did) or via Too Faced’s own web site. For the Canadians out there who are unaware – ULTA does ship to Canada for the last year or so, and you can get free shipping with a $100 minimum spend. Keep in mind you will pay customs in advance via Borderfree, but it means there’s no worrying about some crazy charge when the package arrives on your door. The customs charge was as if I was paying sales tax AND I avoided that horrid Canada Post opening fee of like $12 per package (before charges).

Back to the actual product review! The Too Faced Tutti Frutti  Twinkle Twinkle Liquid Glitter Eyeshadow “are a high-shine liquid glitter eyeshadow inspired by candied fruits”. Of course, one can only immediately begin to draw similarities between the Too Faced liquid glitters in comparison to the Stila Glitter & Glows. However, at $22 USD, the Too Faced ones are two dollars cheaper than the Stila Glitter & Glows ($24 USD) and they contain 25% more product in terms of weight.

I picked up the shade Ice Queen because it seemed the most unique of the lot – the rest are predominantly neutral champagne colours, although there is a BEAUTIFUL orange called Citrus Mistress in there as well.

The first thing I noticed when I swatched Ice Queen was that the base colour is not that strong. There is a lot of translucency in the base that holds all the glitter in, which is significantly different from the original Stila Glitter & Glows that have a very pigmented base (although it has to be said that more recent Stila glitters have become more translucent – Perlina is the one that comes to mind immediately). The glitter flecks in the Too Faced one are slightly larger, and Ice Queen has a lot of different glitter colours in it – silver, pale blue, dark blue and the occasional golden orange.

Since the base was more translucent than I normally go for, I opted to lay down a similar coloured shadow on my lid before going in with the glitter. This helped to really amp up the colour of the blue and bring out more of the sparkle.

I found the wand tip fairly easy to work with – although not as easy as my Stila glitters, but I think that may be due to the length of the wand – the Too Faced one is REALLY long, whereas the Stila one is shorter. I personally prefer a shorter wand across all products (specifically thinking about liquid lipsticks here too) because it gives me slightly more control. The edge blend is do-able with the wand, but you might have slightly better luck if you used a brush.

Final Thoughts

Fundamentally, the application was good, but not quite as nice as the Stila glitters – I found those more fluid and I like that they have a stronger colour base. That being said, I only bought one shade from Too Faced, so it’s possible that the other colours have a stronger tint. The wear time was excellent and I only experienced very minor creasing after 9 hours of wear.

I am always happy to see brands put out similar products to the Stila Glitter & Glows, especially if it provides us more variety in colours. While I like the colour of Ice Queen, I do wish the lineup had provided slightly more variations of colours. I would LOVE to have seen a hot raspberry shade, or a candied lime colour. The selection of colours that is there will appeal to a wide variety of people I’m sure, but for me, I wanted something a little bit more unique.  I have hopes that Too Faced will continue to launch more Twinkle Twinkle Glitters though!

The Too Faced Tutti Frutti Twinkle Twinkle Liquid Eyeshadows can be purchased at ulta.com or toofaced.com for $22 USD each.

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