FOTD and Too Faced Joy To The Girls Palette Review

I featured the Too Faced Joy to the Girls palette for today's look. I have used this palette twice. I will list the products used first, and the review for the limited edition holiday palette will follow.

Here is what I used:

Eyes:

Brows: MAC Pro longwear concealer in NW40 and MAC penultimate brow pencil

Mac painterly paint pot to prime lids

Transition: MAC MSF Deep Dark, Mac texture, swiss chocolate, and folie eye shadows 

Lid: Too faced Joy to the Girls palette colors - mulberry and sugar plum
Inner Corner: Too Faced Cheers
Crease: MAC Shadowy Lady and Fig 1
Outer V area of eye: Urban Decay perversion liner blended out with Too Faced coal
Under Eye - Too Faced sugar plum and yule log

Urban Decay Perversion in waterline

Face:
Elf Mineral Primer

MAC Studio Tech Foundation NW43

Mac prep and prime highlighter in bright forecast

Mac Pro longwear concealer in NW40

Ben NYE banana powder to set concealer
MAC MSF Deep Dark to set foundation
ELF Turks and Caicos as contour
MAC MSF Scene to be Scene as highlight

Rimmel shimmering bronzer in Sun Kiss applied all over to add additional warmth to skin

Mac nightmoth lip liner

Mac Smoked Purple Lipstick

 

I had to use a lot of colors on my eyelid to create the look that I desired, I will tell you why below.

 

Too Faced Joy to the Girls Review:

I did not initially plan to purchase the Too Faced Joy to the Girls palette because the online reviews were negative. Most bloggers complained that the shadows were too sheer. I also noticed that the color payoff was not as great once applied to your lid, as it is when swatched. Nonetheless, the palette was an impulse purchase for me. I went to Ulta in search of other items and saw and swatched the Too Faced palette and I knew that I would not rest if I didn't buy it. 

Here is what I love about it:

Packaging - beautiful! So aesthetically pleasing. I love mint and gold!
 

Features shades unique to my collection - the stars in this palette are the gold/ bronze shades. I did not have any shadows that were those hues and that had the color payoff that I experienced from the bronze/gold shades in this palette, so that alone sold it for me. 

Cons:

There are always cons in life!
 

Lack of Versatility - The versatility in the palette lies in the shimmer shadows. The matte shades featured in this palette are all very similar in color, thus I had to reach for my custom Mac palettes for transition colors to complete my look. There are two white shadows and a powder blue shadow that I would possibly never use. However, the Too Faced palette does feature a matte black, and a matte black shade is practically a necessity for me!
 

Fall out from shadows - I experienced tons of fall-out when applying my eye makeup. However, there are few shimmer shadows that are unaccompanied by fall-out, thus it comes with the territory.

Poor Color Pay-off - The bronze/gold/black shades were the only shades that I felt had great color-payoff when actually applied to the lid. I had better luck using the other shades with a wet brush. I also had to layer other eye shadows over the Too Faced shadows to create the desired shade. I was most excited about the purple shimmer (sugar plum) but it was so sheer that I had to use matte shadows from my collection to add depth to my look.

Packaging - Although I love the aesthetic properties of the palette, the palette was difficult to open and close and the tab used to access the shadows fell off during the second time that I used the palette, so I exchanged it.

The Bottom line:
 

Aside from the mishap with the packaging and the poor color payoff, the deal breaker for me was that this palette features four very similar pink shades, in addition to three shades that I do not use at all (powder blue and white), and there are only 15 colors in the palette. The palette features a full-size mascara as a bonus, but I was not crazy about the plastic bristles of the mascara wand.  If you are deciding on a final last minute limited edition palette before they are gone forever, I would not recommend this one as the one! Too Faced makes great products and stellar palettes, however, this was not one of my favorites from this season.

 

 

 

What palettes have you purchased lately? Please leave responses/questions/feedback below. If you have questions about my natural hair, look out for a post on the hairstyle in this picture. If you would like additional information please email me at jarfullofglam@yahoo.com

 

 

November Favorites - Client Edition

Hello JFOG Readers! I have been so busy with studying that I have not been able to post my regular blog content. I am on a study break for now, so I plan to update all of the posts that I should have published last week. Thank you all for checking regularly for updates. I really appreciate all of my readers!

Here are a couple of my favorite makeup clients from the month of November.

She requested a "natural smokey eye" for a party. We used MAC's Studio Tech foundation for her gorgeous complexion.

She also requested a natural yet glam look to wear as a guest at a wedding. We used MAC Studio Sculpt for her foundation.


Please feel free to post questions or comments below. For inquiries regarding makeup services, please email me at jarfullofglam@yahoo.com.

FOTD: Fall Makeup

I decided to create a look using products that I either had never used before, or that I rarely use. It is time for me to use up some of my makeup. I am such a product hoarder! It takes me forever to use everything! I plan to provide a more in depth review of the products in a separate post.

Here is what I used:
1. I primed my face with Benefit Porefessional. This product helped to minimize pores especially since I was suffering from a monthly breakout.
2. I primed my eyes with Too Faced Shadow Insurance. I usually use MAC's paint pots, so I do not need this product, I am just trying to use it up.
3. I defined my brows using MAC's penultimate brow marker. I have naturally thick, shapely brows so I usually just extend the tail of my brow and conceal my extra hairs. I do not recommend this product for filling in sparse brows. You will be sorely disappointed!
4. I concealed my brow area with Cover Girl Queen Natural Hue Concealer - This was my first time using this product and it does not work for me in any shape, form, or fashion.
5. I contoured my eyes with MAC texture, MAC brownscript, and MAC cross cultural shadows
6. I used Maybelline Color tattoo in pomegranate punk as a base on my lid.
7. On my lid, I also applied Estee Lauder berry ice and MAC plum dressing shadows
8. In my crease I used MAC Beautymarked and Urban Decay blackout, and I highlighted my brow with MAC seedy pearl
9. In my inner corner, I used Sephora's Hollywoods Calling (a sample that I received during my last trip to Sephora)
10. I lined my waterline with MAC Black Ice pro longwear eyeliner (one of my faves)
11. Under my bottom lash line, I used Sephora's Hollywoods calling, MAC taupless, and MAC spell caster
12. I used Avon liquid eyeliner to create my wing. I am trying to use up this product as well. I do not have another liquid eyeliner that I love so if you guys have any recommendations feel free to leave them below.
13. I used ELF natural lashes.
14. I used MAC Zoomlash to blend my lashes with the extensions, and on my bottom lashes
15. Foundation = Lamik full coverage in M26 set with Lamik mineral powder in light caramel.
16. Concealer = Cover Girl Queen Natural Hue in Light set with Ben Nye banana powder
17. Highlighted and Contoured with MAC Shape The Future MSF (love this product and wish it was permanent)
18. Blush = MAC Passionately Tempted (from Taste Temptations collection)
19. To create my lip color, I filled in my entire lip with MAC Nightmoth liner, I topped it with MAC Boyfriend stealer (from Archie's Girls collection), and to add a little shine and iridescence I added Makeup Forever lipstick in No. 15 to the center of my lips. The true color is in the unedited pics shown below.


Seems like a lot when you number things! But it was quick!

 

 

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New Favorites

I have not posted in a while. Life has definitely happened to me! I am changing careers and I anticipate having more time to blog and enjoy life in the near future. I painted a few faces earlier this year and during prom season. I have posted a few of my recent faves below:

This lady had never worn makeup before. She was shocked at how relaxing it is to have someone apply your makeup, and even more stunned at her transformation. She said that she could not believe that the face belonged to her! That is the beauty of makeup artistry - to make others feel great and to show them that you see potential in them that they may not see in themselves. These days people get so caught up in treating makeup application as a competition to see "who beats the most faces, who is a beauty guru on social networks, who is doing makeup for the most celebrities". It is not about that at all! It is great to share your passion with the world, but art should never be treated as a sport.

 

I enjoyed doing her makeup because when she sat down in the chair, she told me "do whatever you want". When I asked her a few more questions, I found that she liked softer makeup so we decided on a subtle smokey eye and soft pink lips. She had never worn an undereye highlight and she appreciated the touch that it added to her look. We used MAC Pro concealer, which is my fave, and set with Ben Nye Banana powder.

 

 

This diva was headed to prom. She had already gone shopping for her own products and asked me to use the items that she provided. I wanted to make her look glam, yet age appropriate. I loved her final look.

 

This is another client who had never worn makeup. She was stunned at how flawless she looked after the application. She was headed to take family photographs and she was glowing! We used Graftobian HD as her foundation, another one of my fave products, because it has a range of colors, and it does not oxidize after long wear, plus it photographs well.

 

This was my final prom diva. I only had 15 minutes to do her makeup because her hair appointment ran over schedule. If you are ever in a rush or undecided about a look, a smokey eye is always no fail. It is glam, yet quick and easy. She was gorgeous. She had never had her eyebrows contoured and she fell in love with the results.

 

 

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