tokidoki Lion Pappa Palette: Best $3 I've Spent in a While!

If you didn't know already, Sephora will no longer be carrying tokidoki.  Consequently, tokidoki products have been on sale at Sephora for a while now, and I picked up two palettes recently on sale for $3 - Lion Pappa and Vegas.  Three dollars, people.  Even if they sucked, it was a small risk.

Fortunately for me, they far from suck!  Today I've got Lion Pappa to show you.  It's a small flip top cardboard palette that contains 4 unnamed eyeshadows and a blush on one side and a small mirror on the other.  You get an oyster shell white, a taupe, a shimmery olive gold, and a blackened brown.  The blush is a dark peach with a heavy gold shimmer.  All of the shadows are soft and powdery, to the point that I found tapping my brush on them was the best way to pick up shadow, as otherwise they kicked up quite a bit of dust.  Pigmentation was pretty impressive!

You can get an idea of how soft they are by the indentations below, as I'd only used the palette maybe 4 times when I took this picture.  

The oyster white shade barely shows up on my skin below, but it does make a nice highlight shade.  The taupe is not matte but not shimmery either, and makes for a good neutral lid color.  The olive gold is probably my favorite and has good color payoff.  The blackened brown swatch below was just one swoosh with my brush and applied smoothly with no patchiness.  Below are two different looks I did this week.

The blush has a bit more gold shimmer than I'm typically comfortable with, and the first time I wore it applied some mineral foundation over it to tone the shimmer down.  The second time, I left it alone as it really does work well with the eyeshadows, so the golden shimmer is more evident in the second full face  photo.

Pappa Lion is still available at Sephora for $3, but no telling for how much longer.  I'm glad I got one!

Disclosure:  I purchased this.

Tokidoki Gelato Lip Balm Stain in Mozzarella

Mozzarella lip balm stain

For those that may not know, Sephora will no longer be carrying Tokidoki, the Japanese inspired brand created in 2005 by the Italian artist Simone Legno.  In 2010, Tokidoki had teamed with Sephora to produce makeup, but now that Sephora will no longer be carrying Tokidoki, I'm not sure if that means the makeup is gone forever or what.  Anybody out there know?  The Tokidoki Sephora video on Tokidoki's site is no longer available to view, although there is still a link from the home page. 

I picked up one of the Gelato Lip Balms in Mozzarella, currently on sale for $5.  Tokidoki products seem to have varied quite a bit in quality (um hello, it's made by Sephora), but these lip balms have mainly positive reviews, so I thought I better get one before they are gone forever.  A little background on Mozzarella from Tokidoki:

Mozzarella leads the Moofia. The Moofia was assembled to extort milk from the lunchboxes of schoolyard bullies. Mozzarella is loving and kind to good kids but ruthless and feared by those who harass the innocent. By taking the milk from the bad and giving it to the good, the Moofia know the good will grow up strong and healthy to protect themselves. Milk is power. Milk is protection.

The tube color is a vibrant orange/coral, but it applies more pink on my lips. It's bright without being too much, has some gloss to it, has a nice peach scent, and lasts for about 1.5 hours before needing reapplication.  It does also leave behind a stain once the gloss wears off, although the stain only lasts for a couple of hours.  Also on the plus side, it does not make my lips feel dry and I could easily see carrying this around as a lip balm. 

Goodbye Tokidoki makeup, glad I got to experience a small part of you!

Disclosure:  I bought this.