Too Faced Boudior Eyes Review

Ugh just what I needed.....another eye makeup palette! I am running out of room to store these things! I had a 20% off coupon from Ulta, one of the two annual ones they send out that counts towards almost anything in the store! Most of their coupons do not count towards the high end makeup. Boudior Eyes is something I have had my eyes on for a while! Interestingly enough this palette contains some repeats from their other palettes. This is part of their spring 2013 line up. Boudoir Eyes comes in a tin box with a magnetic closure. I'm a pretty big fan of tin boxes because they hold up much better than the cardboard ones and are easier to clean. It comes with nine shades like most of their palettes and of course their ever so famous how to guides. I'm glad they started including photographs instead of just illustrations. I don't necessarily use these anyway but they are good for someone who is new to makeup and needs some guidance.

Anywho lets get into the deets here! Like I said this palette contains some repeats from other too faced palettes which I think is good but also a little disappointing to those of us who already own a lot of palettes. They are Lap Dance (Naked Eye kit) Birthday Suit (Naked Eye kit) Satin Sheets (Naked Eye kit which they have as a lid color and here its a highlight) and In the buff (Naked eye kit) It also contains 5 new shades Fuzzy Handcuffs, Voulez-Vous , Garter Belt, Sugar Walls and French Tickler which is very similar to Licorice Latte from the Bon Bons palette.
As always I like that Too Faced always gives a good variety of matte, shimmer (or as they call them Satin) and glittery shades. I'm personally not a huge fan of the glittery shades because of all of the fallout however you can work around that by tapping off your brush. As you can see from the swatches below the colors are all well pigmented. I find In the Buff to be a bit powdery and French Tickler a bit flakey but otherwise these shadows are easy to work with. I think Voulez-Vous is probably my favorite shade in the kit. It's a gorgeous muted purple plum color. I like to pair it up with Sugar walls which is a beautiful taupey pink color.

Here are some swatches:
Top row Day look


Second row Classic Look


Third row Fashion:


Over all I do like this palette but I am sort of disappointed that their are so many repeats from the Naked Eye palette. I would have liked to see some more new colors instead. If you already own the Naked Eye and/or Bon Bons palette then I don't really feel its a necessity to own this palette as well. I feel like you can get the same looks out of either one of these palettes. If I had to choose between the Naked Eye and this one I'd probably go with this one just because I think I personally will get a little more use out off all of these shades than the shades in the naked eye palette but its really a matter of preference .

On a side note as I was squirreling through my drawer looking for my Bon bon palette for comparison when I noticed that I found a pretty good dupe for the Fashion row in this palette and that is the Wet N Wild Color Icon Trio in Silent Treatment see pic below!



Not exact but pretty damn close!


Anyway here's a look I put together with this palette!
If you own it how do you feel about it?



Also wearing....
Too Faced Primed and Poreless
Revlon Color Stay liquid Foundation in Sand Beige
Wet N Wild bronzer in Reserve your Cabana (High light)
E.L.F Blush/Brozer duo (bronzer in Contour)
E.L.F studio Blush in Fushia Fusion
Milani baked Blush in Dolce Pink
Nars Lip Laquer in Chelsea Girls
Harmon Under eye roller with touch of concealer
E.l.f. Cream eyeliner in Black
Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil Dark Brown
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Urban Decay All nighter Setting Spray
E.L.F. HD powder

Maybelline Color tattoo

I've been hearing sooooo much hype about these maybelline Color Tattoo creme shadows lately that I had to give in and try one! I had been eyeing up this beautiful redish, burgundy color for quite some time so I gave in and finally purchased it. I'm normally not so big on cream shadows because I just don't know up to use them! Every time I see them in a tutorial they are always used as a base then layered over with powder. Plus any I had used in the past have always wore off and creased within a short amount if time so I just plain ol wasn't a fan......until now!
These are not your typical creme eyeshadows! They go on like a creme but finish like a powder (if that makes any sense) and are super blend able. I applied it with my finger and then blended it with a brush. Then for a little more precision I used the flat brush from my urban decay naked 2 palette and added a little more into the crease to build up some color. Personally I could have left it like that and would have been happy but I decided to have a little more fun. I used the gold shade from my Too Faced Natural eye kit and just dabbed it on the inner corner and inner lid and then on the very outer crease I used the deep purple shade from my Coastal Scents Go Beijing palette. I have to say the staying power on the parts where there is no powder layered over the color tattoo is amazing ! I didn't even use a primer. I'm pretty impressed!
These are great for someone who doesn't like to spend too much time on their makeup in the morning too because they can be work alone. They're easy to apply and are well pigmented so you don't have to do much to get color from them. They can be sheered out or built up for a more dramatic intense look! They are kind of pricey though but I noticed Walmart had them for Less than most other places. I believe it was $6.99 and I've see them upwards of $8 and change elsewhere. You can always wait for your ulta coupon and buy them or go to bed bath and beyond with a 20% off and get two!
All in all I give these color tattoos 2 thumbs up and I think I'm going to purchase some more and play around with different looks! See below for the look I did with them today!

The color I used is called Pomegranate Punk you can find it here:
http://m.drugstore.com/maybelline-eyestudio-color-tattoo-24hr-eyeshadow-pomegranate-punk/qxp394242

For the Coastal Scents Palette you can look here: (they always have great sales! Sign up for their email blasts and you will know when!) http://www.coastalscents.com/makeup/palettes/eye-palettes/beijing.html


For the Too Faced Natural palette check this out!
http://m.sephora.com/natural-eye-neutral-eye-shadow-collection-P241303