I brought this as a website was having a sale on a Too Faced products. This looked interesting! It was summer coming up and some bronzer sounded perfect.
The round box is kinda cute. It's thick cardboard with a metal edge. It's hard to open the lid off which is good for travel.
Inside is a foam space filler sponge thing. Take that out and there is a layer of heart beads. They look super cute. 3 different colours of them. You can see there isn't much product right away and your heart sinks at the cost. Oh well...
So I get my brush and swish it around and apply. It's near in impossible to get a good amount picked in on the brush. I have a couple of different branded brushes and tried both. The hearts get inside the brush then when you lift it out to apply I always seem to loose a heart on floor!!! I have been trying for ages (everyday) to figure out the best option.
I figured out since they are kind of wet, it's hard to pick up a powder.... I better explain. You think of a dry bronzer being loose powder. These seem to be stuck together with a moisture of a creamy texture. I can pick a heart up and draw on my face or hand with it and a moisture feel is left behind with the dust.
So I decided to crush a few of the hearts. This hasn't really helped the situation either! I will keep using just to use it up. I won't buy again.
I have used the ivory looking heart, using my fingers and drawing under my eyes to try hide the blackness that shows up sometimes, it helped this fade away a bit.
Generally I'm a huge fan of Too Faced as a brand. They always seem to provide beautiful products with gorgeous packaging that I'm always happy to see sitting on my vanity.
This particular product comes in a thick, cardboard tin which doesn't bother me, it looks appealing and protects the contents but sat on top on the inside is a plain white piece of foam which isn't pretty at all. (for the cost I'd expect at least a print of the logo or something on it, even a simple little ribbon bow)
The product itself is very disappointing, I don't expect the container to be overflowing but one measly layer of beads/40 tiny hearts just doesn't cut it for $40+. I truly expected there to be more product, you can see the bottom of the container clearly through the layer and the foam slip in the top to protect them takes up more space!
The beads themselves are pigmented but it takes a bit of work to pick up the product without just leaving a big mess in the container and little on the brush. I'm not too keen on the size of the shimmer particles either, there is a fair bit that is just too big and leaves me feeling Edward Cullen-esque which isn't a good look.
Would I use it again? yes, I will use it as a highlight but only because I paid so much for it. I wouldn't purchase it again though!