It’s time for my Too Faced Stardust Palette first impressions! If you aren’t familiar with the palette, it’s a newly released palette by Too Faced and Vegas Nay. Ever head of Vegas Nay?!? Naomi, aka Vegas_Nay, has an amazing Instagram account that has over 6.1 MILLION followers! Her Instagram account is full of amazing makeup looks and if you haven’t checked out her account, I highly suggest you do asap! She has a background in the makeup and fashion industry and has some seriously impressive experience to back her up!
I’ve only had the palette for a couple of days, but I have played around with it, so I thought I’d do a first impressions post on the palette. First of all, I absolutely adore the packaging. It basically screams everything Vegas! The packaging is great! It comes in the main box and then another box that houses the actual eyeshadow palette and another side that features the “extras” that are included in this palette. First, let’s take a look at the palette!
The actual eyeshadow palette is so beautiful. It has all the glitz and glamour that I’d expect from Naomi. It’s very light-weight, but seems pretty sturdy. There is no mirror in this palette, but it does offer a nice variety of eyeshadows, that are a mixture of finishes. There are twelve eyeshadows total included in this palette.
Left to Right: Chandelier, Millennial and Girl’s Night.
Left to Right: #selfie, Showgirl and Jackpot
Left to Right: Pink Pearl, The Strip and Follow Me (applied about six layers to get this much color to show up)
Left to Right: Double Tap, Golden Nugget and Sin City (applied quite a few layers to get this to show up)
The extra Glitter Pigment that was included (with NO PRIMER)
Here are some of the “extras” that I was talking about that are included when you purchase this palette. A deluxe sized Better Than Sex Mascara, a small Shadow Insurance Eye Primer (my absolute favorite and a little bit of this goes such a long way), a Glitter Pigment and actual looks that Naomi has put together with step by step instructions on how to achieve each look.
I love these “cards.” How fun!! Plus, the looks are incredible! They include 6 looks I can’t wait to try myself!
This Glitter Pigment is gorgeous and I love that this was included!
Overall Thoughts
PROS and CONS:
PROS:
- This palette is seriously reasonable at only $45.00. You get 12 eyeshadows, a deluxe mascara, eyeshadow primer, glitter pigment and detailed instructions for the looks that she put together.
- The actual eyeshadows are very pigmented. Obviously some more than others.
- The colors in this palette are a good mixture of mattes and shimmers and work great when worn together or separate
- Packaging is gorgeous
CONS:
- Only two shadows didn’t really impress me a lot. Follow Me (the gorgeous purple) just wasn’t as pigmented as I was hoping at all and Sin City (the black) applied not as black as I’d hope, but that happens a lot with matte black eyeshadows.
Price and Availability:
The Too Faced Star Dust Palette retails for $45.00 and is being sold online ONLY right now at Ulta.com (STILL AVAILABLE) and Too Faced Website (SOLD OUT). It will be in stores (I believe) September 6th.
Star Rating:
I’d give this palette a 9.5 out of 10 stars! I loved the colors that were included because they are perfect for creating so many looks, but a few of the colors weren’t as pigmented as I would have hoped, especially Follow Me, which I was so excited about. The packaging is gorgeous and you get a lot of products included, that will help you get the perfect look! I have a lot of makeup palettes, but I adore the mixture of colors in this one and would easily travel with just this one palette. I also think that this will be PERFECT for Fall eye looks! If you’ve been curious and wanted to know if you should buy or pass, I totally think you should buy! If you’re someone, like me, who has a lot of makeup palettes, I’d check to make sure that you don’t have a lot of these types of colors already. Too Faced always comes out with gorgeous palettes, but sometimes the palettes can be pretty similar, especially after you’ve been buying them for years!
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I was debating on this palette, but I would only want it for that purple. Since it isn’t that pigmented I kinda wanna pass hehe. I will save my money for our shopping spree in October! hehe
Yeah. If you are wanting it for that purple, I’d just not get it, ha! It’s build-able and with a primer it’s pretty decent, but I’ve seen other purples that I’ve liked a lot more! Save your money girl!!
It looks like a very pretty palette, but I feel that way about just about all the TF palettes and I can’t buy them all, lol. Since I have most of the shades except for the bright purple that, though a great shade (even if it’s not as pigmented as you hoped), I wouldn’t be able to pull it off…so I’ll pass on this one. I am trying to make myself use all the palettes I already have – losing battle, lol
It is a gorgeous palette. There have been a couple palettes that I thought I’d really enjoy, but found that the pigment wasn’t as good. This one is great though! I was so disappointed in the purple shade, I wanted it to be bright and pigmented, but it’s still beautiful like you said. I was just hoping for more! Probably main reason I bought the palette, ha!
This is a very pretty palette! Too Faced knows how to create some gorgeous packaging, but something about this palette just doesn’t seem special enough if you already have a million palettes.
No. i completely agree with you! If you own a lot already, this will just be another one of those palettes that comes out. It’s pretty, but nothing we probably don’t have already!
This palette looks so pretty. Unfortunately I’m an an eyeshadow no buy until I use up more of what I have, but it is tempting!
It really is a great palette, especially with the extras that you get! I know how hard no-buy’s can be!! KEEP STRONG!