Too Faced Summer Eyes Palette - Photos and Swatches

I recently picked up a few new beauty items and I thought that I would share one of them with you today. I picked up the new Too Faced Summer Eyes palette. I never purchased the one they had out last year, but from what I recall it had a similar color scheme so if you purchased that one, you may not need to get this one.

After the long winter we have had I'm seriously looking forward to spring and warmer weather in general. This packaging really makes me think of the spring and summer with the floral and water patterns. The compact itself is the newer style palette that Too Faced has been putting out. It's similar in style to the Budoir Eyes palette in that the case is metal. I find it to be rather compact and would be easy to travel with.

Now on to the shadows

There are 9 shadows in the palette. True to form for the Too Faced palette layout, 3 of the shadows are in a larger size (2.0 grams), and six are smaller (0.9 grams). The colors are from top to bottom, left to right:

Day Look - Seashell, Plumeria, and Cocoa Beach

Classic Look - Peach Fuzz, Coral Crush, and Chocolate Sun

Fashion Look - Sunbeam, Mermaid, and Toasted Coconut

Next: swatches and finishes. These shades were swatched in the order they are in the palette. I applied some light facial moisturizer to my hand followed by a thin layer of Urban Decay's Primer Potion in Eden. Then I swatched the shadows.  Click for a closer view.

As you can see the majority of the shadows in the palette have some form of shimmer or sheen to them. I don't consider this surprising since summer looks tend to incorporate more shimmer overall. I also think the level of shimmer is pretty standard for Too Faced palettes.

Color thoughts:

Seashell - Pretty much the only shade that comes close to being a matte shade in the palette. This is a great shade and has wonderful pigmentation as you can see in the swatches. Out of the three larger colors in the palette, I believe this is the one I'll use most since I tend to like to combine different finishes of eyeshadows in my eye looks.

Peach Fuzz and Sunbeam - Both of these give more of a shimmer wash than actually providing color payoff. They really are very similar except Sunbeam is more of a yellow based shimmer highlight and Peach Fuzz gives more of a peachy skin toned highlight. These actually could probably double as highlighters on the face.  

Plumeria - Frosty medium pink shade. Great payoff.

Coral Crush - Shimmery golden coral. Great payoff again.

Mermaid - So pretty. Gorgeous deep teal green with shimmer. Makes me think of the ocean.

Cocoa Beach - A taupey cool brown shade with a bit of a purpleish sheen. Definitely was made to be paired with Plumeria.

Chocolate Sun - The darkest of the browns. Deep dark chocolate with gold shimmer.

Toasted Coconut - The warmest brown. A medium brown with a golden sheen.

Overall, I'm happy with the palette. I picked mine up at Ulta for $36 and received a 0.5 oz deluxe sample of Primed and Poreless due to the promotion they were running which was a nice perk. Looking forward to trying that out. This palette currently is not available at Sephora.

(ETA - I actually double checked and a lot of the colors are repeats of last years palette with a few substitutions. So if you have that palette, you definitely will not need this one.)

**All items were purchased by me. I'm not affiliated with any companies mentioned.**