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Swatch Sunday: Too Faced Hot Buttered Rum

Too Faced Hot Buttered Rum

These mini palettes by Too Faced have a real tendency to speak to me. I just love the tiny compact packaging, and generally the themes are right up my alley too.

Too Faced Hot Buttered Rum
Too Faced Hot Buttered Rum

Although I’ve not been overly enamored by Too Faced‘s holiday offerings this year, the one item I was definitely into was this Hot Buttered Rum palette. It’s rare that I find a neutral palette interesting, but this one seemed a bit more fun than most. I like that there’s a deep rusty, warm shade as well as a deep mustard – those two really sold the palette for me.

Too Faced Hot Buttered Rum
Too Faced Hot Buttered Rum

The palette is scented… and I’m sure it’s supposed to smell like hot buttered rum, but I mostly just get a faint sweet and gingery scent off of it.

Too Faced Hot Buttered Rum Swatches

Too Faced - Whipped Cream
Too Faced – Whipped Cream
Too Faced - Bottoms Up
Too Faced – Bottoms Up
Too Faced - Born To Rum
Too Faced – Born To Rum
Too Faced - Spiked
Too Faced – Spiked
Too Faced - Vanilla Extract
Too Faced – Vanilla Extract
Too Faced - Warm & Fuzzy
Too Faced – Warm & Fuzzy
Too Faced - Sin-ammon
Too Faced – Sin-ammon
Too Faced - Buttered Rum
Too Faced – Buttered Rum

The Too Faced Hot Buttered Rum palette can be purchased on sephora.ca for $34 CAD or on sephora.com for $25 USD.

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New(er) Wet n Wild 10-Pan Palettes (Review, Swatches & Looks)

These may not be NEW new, but they’re certainly new to me! I love when Wet n Wild launches new eyeshadow palettes because their colour combinations are always so interesting. They don’t always opt for just neutral palettes, so I was happy to get my hands on these to play around with for a bit. Since they’ve switched to their 10 pan palette layout, I’ve been even more excited to play since there’s *always* transition colours in there, too!

 

Wet n Wild - My Glamour Squad
Wet n Wild – My Glamour Squad

The palette I was most excited to try (surprisingly) was the My Glamour Squad. Although it was heavily neutral based, I was curious to see how that red and orange were going to perform.

Wet n Wild - My Glamour Squad swatches
Wet n Wild – My Glamour Squad swatches

In the end, I was a liiiiittle bit deflated with what I thought were the red and orange shades. The red came across as a deep, warm burgundy that has a tendency to lean more brown than red, and the orange was basically just a mid-tone warm brown. Not quite what I had envisioned when I first looked at the palette!

Wet n Wild - My Glamour Squad eye look
Wet n Wild – My Glamour Squad eye look

All that being said, I *loved* how this eye look came together. The orange ended up looking far more orange on my eye than in a swatch (hooray!), especially when I paired it with the paler transition colour which brought out the warmer, orange tones in the shadow. The reddish-brown ended up being a beautiful outer corner colour. The gold also paired really, really nicely with the shades I had used too.

Wet n Wild - Stop Playing Safe
Wet n Wild – Stop Playing Safe

I was initially a bit surprised by the Stop Playing Safe palette. It seemed like a weird mix of warm and cool tones (which aren’t shades I tend to mix together really), but I was so, SO drawn to the turquoise and deep blue colours.

Wet n Wild - Stop Playing Safe swatches
Wet n Wild – Stop Playing Safe swatches

Swatched out I was blown away. The colours in this one are especially pigmented and beautiful, and I love that the more neutral toned left hand side has a definite range of colours in the mix. They are all in the light to medium range, but they don’t come across as similarly as I had expected given how they appear in the pan.

Wet n Wild - Stop Playing Safe eye look
Wet n Wild – Stop Playing Safe eye look

This is a set of colours I don’t think I’ve ever thought to pair together. The warm orange crease with the bright blue shimmery outer corner ended up being a wonderfully weird combo. I also love just how strong the green on the lid comes across.

Wet n Wild - V.I.Purple
Wet n Wild – V.I.Purple

And lastly, I tried out the V.I.Purple palette (which I feel replaces the Petal Pusher palette from yonks back).

Wet n Wild - V.I.Purple swatches
Wet n Wild – V.I.Purple swatches

Of the three palettes in this post, I feel like this is the most diverse, unique mix of shades. While you get your neutrals (transition colour, lid colour and some deepening shades), you’re also getting a whack of pinks and purples to assist you with adding some colour to your look. And I LOVE that they’ve included not only a warmed toned brown, but also a cooler toned one as well (both shades are on the ends of the swatch shot above).

Wet n Wild - V.I.Purple eye look
Wet n Wild – V.I.Purple eye look

I ended up doing a fairly basic purple/pink eye with a warmer crease and a golden inner corner. I was amazed at how much I liked the shimmery outer corner area on both this look and the previous one. I do tend to prefer mattes in that area, but for whatever reason it really worked out with these shades!

Final Thoughts

Wet n Wild continues to impress me with their eyeshadow offerings. I love all three palettes I tried and found that they were consistent across the board. Their inclusion of plenty of mattes amongst the shimmers is one of the best things that Wet n Wild has ever done with their palettes. There used to be a time when their palettes were ALL shimmers, and it could be difficult to work with them in that state (justĀ  due to the lack of dimension). So the extra mattes alongside beautiful transition colours and wonderful to work with shimmery colours make these palettes a no-brainer for me to recommend to anyone. I love them!

The Wet n Wild 10 pan palettes can be purchased on well.ca for $7.49 CAD each.

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Swatch Sunday: Sugarpill Fun Size

Sugarpill Fun Size

Oh my heavens… when I saw Sugarpill put out this Fun Size palette, I *had* to have it. between the tiny 8bit cat on the front cover…

Sugarpill Fun Size
Sugarpill Fun Size

…to the neon matte interior…

Sugarpill Fun Size
Sugarpill Fun Size

… to the game themed shadow names? I mean… this palette was frigging meant for me. There is nothing I don’t love about the overall aesthetic of this palette, and I can’t wait to dig in and start playing with it!

Sugarpill Fun Size Swatches

Sugarpill - Cheat Code
Sugarpill – Cheat Code
Sugarpill - 8-bit
Sugarpill – 8-bit
Sugarpill - Player One
Sugarpill – Player One
Sugarpill - Twitch
Sugarpill – Twitch
Sugarpill - Level Up
Sugarpill – Level Up
Sugarpill - Rage Quit
Sugarpill – Rage Quit
Sugarpill - Continue?
Sugarpill – Continue?
Sugarpill - High Score
Sugarpill – High Score
Sugarpill - Game Over
Sugarpill – Game Over

The Sugarpill Fun Size palette can be purchased on sugarpill.com for $28 USD.

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