Too Faced Love Flush Blush Review

Too Faced is my favorite cosmetics brand for a lot of reasons: they're cruelty-free, the products are great quality, and they always have really cute new items! Their Love Flush Blush line debuted over the summer, but I just recently picked up the How Deep Is Your Love? shade.

*Disclaimer: This product was purchased by See, Shop, Love!

Full disclosure: the main reason I purchased this was because it has bunnies on it! I love bunnies. I also love Too Faced's blushes. I was previously using their Sweethearts Perfect Flush Blush (read my review of my favorite Too Faced products here), but I wanted to get a matte blush for winter. All of the shades in the Love Flush line are really pretty, but I picked How Deep Is Your Love? because it matched my skin tones the best. All of the blushes in this line cost $26 for 6 grams of product.

These blushes are highly pigmented and long wearing. It really does last all day, even on my oily skin! And a little goes a long way. I barely have to tap my blush brush against it to get enough color.

The compact is much thinner than the Sweethearts Perfect Flush Blush, so that took a little bit of getting used to. It's so thin that I was afraid if I dropped it the blush inside would shatter. Luckily, no drops yet!

And here's my favorite part! The design inside is so cute! All of the blushes in the Love Flush line have this design. How Deep Is Your Love? is a nice pink/coral that I think would be flattering on anyone. If you like a subtler splash of color then you'll want to start off very small with this, because it is super pigmented. The color is definitely buildable, though.

Bottom Line: I think this is my new favorite blush! The cute bunny design is definitely a plus, but the color payoff and long lasting are what really make this a standout product.

My Everyday Makeup Routine with Too Faced

One of my favorite things to treat myself to is new makeup, especially eyeshadow palettes.  I like doing my makeup in the morning.  It usually takes me no more than 10 minutes and it's something I really just enjoy doing.  I recently realized that my routine is made up of mostly Too Faced products.  They're one of my favorite makeup brands because they're also one of the few who are still entirely cruelty-free, and Leaping Bunny certified as such!

Disclaimer: These products were purchased by See, Shop, Love!

Like I said, my everyday look is pretty simple and doesn't take me long to do.  Here's a rundown of what I use and how:

• Sweethearts Perfect Flush Blush - I use the shade "Something About Berry" because I like the pink/coral sheen it gives.  It's very nicely pigmented, so I only need a few swirls of my brush to get a good amount of color.  I wear this year-round because I like having a warm flush of color on my cheeks.
• Shadow Insurance Primer - I didn't know what eyeshadow primer was until I was in college and it was life-changing!  I didn't wear a ton of makeup in high school so I never knew I needed it, but now I definitely love and need it!  Primer improves the longevity of your eyeshadow, especially if you have oily lids.  It also helps everything apply smoothly and brings out the most pigmentation from the eyeshadow (if it's a powder).  Shadow Insurance is silky smooth and just a few dabs are enough to help my shadow last all day,
• Chocolate Bar or Natural Eye Palettes - Neutral shades are my favorites when it comes to eyeshadow and I can never have enough palettes!  The Chocolate Bar was a gift (read my full review of that here), and, actually, so was the Natural Eye palette.  The Chocolate Bar shades are made with actual cocoa powder so they smell delicious, and the Natural Eye palette is a great on-the-go set with all the colors I need.  I use a medium golden shade on my lid, a darker brown on the outside side of my lid, and a light highlighter shade on my inner lid.
• LashGASM Mascara - I love this mascara!  My lashes are short and stick straight out, and this gives me lots of length and definition.  I know this sounds weird, but I think the bristles on the applicator are spaced apart perfectly--I don't like when they're too close together because that usually leads to clumping for me.  I only need one coat of this mascara for my lashes to look the way I want them to.
• Perfect Eyes Eyeliner - I actually don't wear eyeliner daily, but when I do want it I have this sample that I use.  I would definitely purchase a full-sized eyeliner when this runs out because it applies very smoothly.

As you can see, everything is well-loved (especially the Chocolate Bar palette)!  All of these products perform exceptionally well and I highly recommend them.  I have other Too Faced products that are great that I don't use everyday, including their Melted lipstick, La Creme lipstick, and Chocolate Soleil bronzer.

I don't own any Too Faced brushes yet, but they have a great line that's made of teddy bear hair that I will certainly be purchasing in the future.  I always want to try their Better Than Sex mascara and Amazing Face liquid foundation.

Have you used any Too Faced products?  Which are your favorites?

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette Review and Swatches

My friend Linze spoiled me for my birthday this year and bought me the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette, and I couldn't thank her enough!  She knows I'm obsessed with neutral eyeshadows and that I shop cruelty-free, so the thoughtfulness behind this gift made it all the more special to me.

When I first learned of this palette's existence, I thought it was called "Chocolate Bar" because it contained a lot of browns and other neutrals, but then I learned that it's also so-called because the shadows are mixed with actual cocoa powder!  I think that is so fun and unique, and you can definitely tell that they have cocoa powder in them because I can actually smell it in the shadows.

The outer packaging of the palette is a sturdy tin that's shaped to look like a candy bar.  As you can see from the first photo in this post, the inside has a mirror on the upper flap and 16 shades inside.  There is a plastic sheet covering the shadows with their respective names; I wish they had instead included the names underneath the shadows on the actual palette, but this works too.

The eight shades on the left side of the palette are perfect for classic neutral looks.  The shimmers have great pigmentation and are really soft, but one (small) complaint I have about this palette is that the mattes are just the slightest bit chalky and don't have as good of a color payoff as the shimmers.  I mostly use the mattes as blending shades, though, so it's not too big of a problem for me.

The right side of the palette has colors that are a bit more adventurous.  My favorite eyeshadow in the palette is "Amaretto," the one in the third column, second row.  It's a deep, rich, brown shimmer with hints of red and I just think it's absolutely gorgeous.  My least favorite is "Strawberry Bon Bon," first column, second row.  It's a bright pink matte that's very chalky and not flattering on my skin tone.  It's the only one in the palette I probably won't use often, but the others will all get a lot of use.

Bottom Line: I give this palette a 9 out of 10!  I love (almost) all of the colors, especially the shimmers, and I also think it's really fun that they're made with cocoa powder.

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See my swatches after the "read more."