Too Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette Review + Swatches

I picked up the new Semi-Sweet palette by Too Faced yesterday from Ulta, and I couldn't wait to dig in and take some photos!  The packaging is the same as the original Chocolate Bar palette (plastic with a magnetic closure in the shape of a bar of chocolate) only the packaging is a little lighter in color, and it still smells like chocolate too.  The only difference is instead of having a plastic sheet with the names of the colors on it, the names are actually printed on the packaging which is so much better IMO.

The colors are nice.  There are a couple that I'm a little disappointed in (I'll let you know which with the swatch pictures), but I do like most of them.

Packaging:

 Swatches

Overview:

Licorice...this is one that I'm not overly impressed with.  It's more of a very dark grey than a black to me.  I have other blacks that are darker that I like a lot better.

Coconut Creme

Nougat

Truffled

Hot Fudge

Cocoa Chili

Pink Sugar...another color that I'm not impressed with.  It looks like a gorgeous sparkly pink in the pan, but it's not very pigmented at all.  :/

Puddin'

Blueberry Swirl

Peanut Butter

Frosting

Rum Raisin

Mousse

Caramel

Bon Bon

Butter Pecan

What are your thoughts on the Semi-Sweet palette?  Do you prefer the original over this one?

I haven't tried these on my eyes yet, so I can't say for sure which one I prefer.  They both have some beautiful colors and a couple of misses for me.

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Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow Palette Review + Swatches

I finally got the Chocolate Bar palette a few weeks ago, and decided to do some swatches and write out a review.  The colors are beautiful, but there are a couple that aren't as pigmented as I would like.  Some of the shades are also a little hard to blend out.  I feel like I really have to work at them to get them to blend out nicely.  There's a nice selection of shimmer and matte shades.  The packaging is super cute, but I hate that Too Faced printed the names of the shades on a clear piece of plastic instead of on the packaging itself.

Packaging:

Swatches:

Overview

 Gilded Ganache

 White Chocolate

 Milk Chocolate

 Black Forest Truffle

 Triple Fudge

 Salted Caramel

 Marzipan

 Semi-Sweet

 Strawberry Bon Bon

 Candied Violet

 Amaretto

 Hazelnut

 Creme Brulee

 Haute Chocolate

 Cherry Cordial

 Champagne Truffle

Some of my favorite shades are Champagne Truffle (as a brow bone highlight), Salted Caramel and Milk Chocolate (as transition shades), Marzipan, Amaretto, Hazelnut, Creme Brulee, and Haute Chocolate.  I wish Strawberry Bon Bon, Candied Violet, and Cherry Cordial were a bit more pigmented.  Candied Violet is actually pretty stunning over a black base like the Nyx Cosmetics Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean though.

What are your thoughts on this palette?  Did you get the new Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar palette?  My husband bought this palette for me the week Too Faced announced the release of their new Semi-Sweet palette.  I'm considering buying it, but I'm not 100% sure yet.  I hope they made the shadows easier to blend in the new one.  How do you think the two compare?  I've heard mixed reviews so far.

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