Ride a Moon Beam into Deep Space with the Too Faced Galaxy Glam Smokey Eyeshadows

I just received these shadows in my latest StrawberryNet purchase and I just had to share almost immediately because they are still on sale now, and are in my view a very nice purchase 🙂 This is the first time I’m trying anything from Too Faced cosmetics (which is now available at Sephora Malaysia!)

I chose these because they are on sale and they looked interesting. You would too wouldn’t you? 🙂 They look far more interesting in real life than they do in the online photos which is of course a plus. I’ve got a couple of close ups and swatches below.

There are a few colours available but I went for 2 that I know I’d wear – Deep Space (navy blue) and Moon Beam (emerald green).

Too Faced Galaxy Glam Smokey Eyeshadow – Deep Space

Don’t you think Deep Space looks like the Earth seen from space? It is a swirled together mix of navy blue, white and black pigments. Due to the texture and how it looks, I think each shadow would look quite different depending on the mix.

Too Faced Galaxy Glam Smokey Eyeshadow – Moon Beam

My Moon Beam shadow has more black than green or cream/white in it so it does swatch darker and more black. Still, if I just concentrate my brush on the green bits, the colour does pick up quite well.

Here are the swatches of both Moon Beam and Deep Space

Left: Moon Beam (black and mixed emerald green) Right: Deep Space (black and mixed navy blue)

If you use your fingers, I found that like many baked shadows, the colour on your finger is a beautiful smokey emerald green or navy blue, but when swatched, it doesn’t show up well. So I did about 3 layers to get the colour to show up nicely. For the eyes, I’d recommend that you use a dense brush. It picks up colour better and deposits it better too. I did not experience any fall out with these shadows, and they aren’t super shimmery. I found they blended quite easily on my lids too.

Here’s just a quick look done with Deep Space (eye only)

I used the dark/black parts of the shadow to line with my NARS Smudge brush, and I used my MAC #239 Shader brush to pick up colour from the swirled part of the shadow. I blended with a fluffy brush with a touch of white shadow from another palette.

The colour applies much better with a brush than with fingers, and I do like how versatile this eyeshadow is. It is almost like having a whole palette in one shadow. The only colour really lacking is a light shade, but if you just lightly dab a fluff brush on the lightest part of the shadow, and blend like crazy, you’d be able to pass muster.

The cover is domed and the eyeshadow is quite large so its not easy to store. But I could see me taking just this and a light shade for travelling, and being able to pull quite a few looks out of my hat 🙂

Might you have seen this or tried this before? I think the Too Faced Galaxy Glam Smokey Eyeshadows have been around for a while. I’m not sure if they are sold at Sephora Malaysia (the brand is, but I don’t know about this exact product) so if you have seen then and know the availability or price, please holler!

Yep yep! I like these very much indeedy! 😀

Paris B

Too Faced Galaxy Glam Smokey Eyeshadow come in a variety of colours and retail at US$19.50 and are available on StrawberryNET.com

where I got mine. Local availability and price unknown.