Too Faced Everything Nice Holiday Set - First Impression Review & Giveaway

Are you ready for Mai Holiday Giveaway #2? If so you might want to see exactly what you'll be winning if you're the lucky subscriber selected. And even if you are fortunate this time around you can still pick up this great holiday set at your nearest Sephora or online at Sephora.com.

So let's take a closer look at what comes in the Too Faced Everything Nice Holiday Gift Set.

First let's talk about this deluxe sample size Better Than Sex Mascara. I am very dedicated to the mascara's I like since my lashes tend to grow stick straight and pointing to the ground. I was very skeptical that I would enjoy this mascara because it is not waterproof which I typically need to hold any curl I can put into my lashes and the brush seemed far too dense to brush through my lashes.

I was soooooo wrong! This mascara is amazing and it lives up to all of the hyped surrounding it. This brush really grabs each lash and leaves behind a nice coating of mascara. I can feel the grab each time I pass the brush through my lashes. Also, the formulation is a nice thick consistency which really builds up the look of my lashes at their base. When I'm wearing just this mascara my lashes look double their normal thickness. Lengthening is not the strong suit of this mascara but normally if I'm looking for length I'm throwing on a pair of false lashes. I do wish this mascara came in a waterproof formula since I do have eyes that tear quite a bit and I also wear contacts so it would help.

If you have a chance to try this mascara I HIGHLY recommend it.

Next up in the set you will find a good size glitter clutch.

This clutch is a nice edition to my bag collection and will probably be used as a makeup or travel bag. I say this because even though I like the look, the material it's made of , and the color...I don't usually go out on the town with something that is stamped with the cosmetic company's name. I did a review of the Too Faced Sugar and Spice palette released exclusively for Ulta and was really impressed that the gold clutch they gave with that set did not have any branding stamped on it.

The clutch is thin and could hold a phone, wallet, lip gloss and a few more small items without looking big and bulky. The inside is lined with a matching fuchsia nylon material so if you did use it for makeup and spilled something you could easily clean it up. All and all it's a cute little addition to this holiday set and will come in handy when travelling.

Finally let's look at this palette!

This set comes with 20 eye shadows with a great variety of colors and finishes. Also include are two blushes, a bronzer, a highlighter, three travel sized brushes and an instructional insert that gives you ideas on what looks can be achieved with this palette.

The brushes are your typical included with gift brush set. They are small, flat and dense. There is a flat shader brush, an angled shader brush and a flat face brush. I believe I could use the two small eye brushes if I were in a pinch, but the face brush looks like something that comes with a drug store powder or blush. Don't get me wrong...the brushes feel really soft and are made well but I don't see myself reaching for these on a regular basis to put on my makeup.

From left to right , top to bottom: Sweet Pink, Papa Don't Peach, Chocolate Soleil, Inner Light

The blushes are really quite nice. I love that they are super bright and highly pigmented colors. When swatching these colors with my fingers I found that it didn't take much pressure to pick up quite a bit of product. The first color Sweet Pink is a bright bubble gum pink and will add a healthy glow to any skin tone. The second blush color Papa Don't Peach is a great neutral warm coral. This is a color I tend to lean towards. It's just a warm natural flush.

The bronzer included with the set unfortunately is not deep enough to be used as a bronzer by me. I found that the matte finish and cool brown tone would have been a very flattering bronzer had it been a few shades darker. But when I swatched this color it almost disappeared into my skin. I won't be wasting this shade though...it's going to make a great transition color and the amount given will make sure that I won't be running out for awhile.

Finally the highlighter that comes with this set is Inner Light. This highlighter is so amazing! When swatched it leaves behind the slightest of gold sheen's but it is not frosty or glittery at all. The texture is like butter and it smoothes into the skin and not onto the skin. It really becomes part of your skin and gives you a natural sun kissed glow.

Now onto the shadows...

There are 20 shadows with a row for everyone out there. Let's start with the top row...

Left to Right: Turtle Dove, Dream On, After Hours, Fawned of You, Knockout

This is the neutral row. There are matte shadows, a glittery shadow and a satin shadow. This row was a bit chalky to me and had more fall out than the rest of the palette. I really have to play with these in order to see if the texture and fall out were due to using my fingers with these shadows or if the matte colors in this row are really that dry. I did find that After Hours and Knockout were my favorite of this row...not only because they showed up the best on my skin tone but they also had the best texture and feel out of the options in this row.

From Top to Bottom: Turtle Dove, Dream On, After Hours, Fawned of You, Knockout

Onto the second row:

From Left to Right: Paper Roses. Kindness is Free Mauvelous, Be You, Secret Lovers

This row has a beautiful selection of pinks and mauve colors. Again you have a good mixture of two matte shadows, two satin shadows and one glittery shadow. The colors in this row are very soft and yet bright. The textures of the shadows on this row are soft and silky. There are so many options for looks on this row given that you are provided with such different hues. So if you want natural you can have it and if you want dark and smoky you can have that as well.

From Top to Bottom: Paper Roses. Kindness is Free Mauvelous, Be You, Secret Lover

The third row has all of these great metallic shadows:

From Left to Right: Heaven Shiny Happy, Honey Pot, Don't Settle,Girly

Again you have a great selection from light to dark and if you had just these shadows alone you'd be blown away. With each row the shadows get more creamy in texture and swatch so much easier. This set of metallic shadows gives you a full range of golds. From an antique gold shade to a duo chrome teal and brick red this row has shadows that can be used on their own to give you a quick and multi-dimensional look. 

From Top to Bottom: Heaven Shiny Happy, Honey Pot, Don't Settle,Girly

The final row has all of those pops of color you'd expect from a holiday palette...

From Left to Right: Totally Fetch, Live it Up, Too Glam, Head Over Heels, Chocolate Moon

You will find the brightest and boldest shades in this palette in this bottom row. This row contains your jewel tone colors.

From Left to Right: Totally Fetch, Live it Up, Too Glam, Head Over Heels, Chocolate Moon

I was really pleased with the selection in this row and I think it's going to be my go to row for my holiday looks. I think my favorite is Too Glam. It's a super saturated teal shadow that is going to look great smoked out for my upcoming work Christmas party. Although the shadows look glittery in the palette, they actually come off with a satin finish and I experienced no fall out with these shades.

These twenty shadows really give you a full range of color options and finishes to play with. If you're someone who has no palettes at all and can spare the $56 dollars for this limited edition palette I would highly recommend it. The same goes for if you are looking to buy a great gift for the makeup lover in your life. This palette gives you everything you need aside from foundation and lipstick.

If you would like a chance to win this great holiday gift set, please go to my YouTube channel MakeupMaiWorld and watch the video below. There you will need to read the rules for this giveaway that I listed in the description box for this video.

So if you want a bit of Everything Nice click on the video below...