Makeup Reviews: Glamour To-Go II Palette

Hello all! It is with a Starbucks cappuccino in hand, and Florida sunshine above that I return from Christmas madness to you. I hope you've all had a relaxing, and peaceful holiday. For those of you who've had flights cancelled and whatnot, my heart goes out to you. I myself missed out on a Christmas with extended family due to an overly cautious airport that cancelled all flights in anticipation of an apocolyptic blizzard. Unfortunately, we were left with a meager two inches of snow (not even good enough for a snowman) and a Christmas dinner table devoid of several irreplacable guests.

Luckily, I've had a chance over this break to review a couple of beauty products that were given to me as gifts this holiday season. This post is inspired by the world of YouTube beauty gurus and video bloggers, who are highly devoted to reviewing (and buying) the latest products. I thought I would give it a try myself, with YAIS readers in mind. Today I will talk about one of my new holiday sets:

Too Faced Glamour To-Go II Palette

Grade: 2.5/5 stars

This palette is by Too Faced cosmetics, a brand sold in Sephora. If you want a breakdown of the dimensions of the palette or specific ingredients I suggest you visit this link to avoid my being redundant. I was given this as a Christmas present, although it was lingering on my wishlist for awhile. I was originally attracted to it as an affordable, comprehensive palette I could throw into my school bag for ease and convenience. As you can tell from the picture, it provides four lip-gloss colors, a blush, and 8 eye shadows in varying shades.

While this palette seemed great in principle, I was quite disappointed with it when I opened it and began using it. The shadows have poor color pay-off ( the colors don't show up well) and the glosses are sticky and difficult to apply. Worst of all, the blush (perhaps the biggest draw of the palette) crumbled into pieces my first day using it! This suggests very poor quality control on the part of the brand, or just improper shipping. Without the blush, this palette is rendered useless, as neither the eye shadows nor the glosses are worth carrying around. It was the total package that once made this palette appealing.

Allow me to break it down into Pros vs. Cons:

Pros:

• For $19.50 you get all the products you need for a basic face of makeup.
• It is lightweight and easy to throw in your purse
• Large Mirror Included
• Attractive looking

Cons:

• Chalky colors
• Lip-glosses are difficult to apply
• Blush broke!
• You get what you pay for

While this review may have been more positive had the blush not crumbled, I do not hesitate to say that Too Faced's Glamour To-Go II palette is probably not worth the buy. However, if you are hellbent on having a small, all-inclusive palette to carry with you, and are not a stickler about quality, then perhaps you would want to give this a try. Otherwise, skip it.

Hope that was helpful! I definitely tried to keep it honest. Let me know if you like these makeup reviews and want to see more.

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Emma