So of course when Sephora introduced this new brand to their arsenal called "tokidoki".. I took one look at their little portion of the website and BOOM. Hook line SUNK. Apparently this brand has other crap aside from makeup but I've never heard of it. It reminds me of like a punk-ish glam-rock japanese brand. Very colorful, very fun, and very eye catching. It's not the norm, and god knows that I'm all about things that aren't the norm.
So I decided to get one of their quads just because I felt like it was a good way to try everything and you got a little keychain thing with it, so that was cute. They have a bunch of weird little characters that their products are named after - so that makes it fun. The keychain is about the size of a thumb-tack, though - which was very disappointing to see in person since I saw it on the website and convinced myself that it was fairly large. WRONG. This is why I stop myself from buying everything online. ANYWAYS, Went and picked up the "bastardino" (who is a small dog/cactus looking creature) quad today for $25 and here are some shots for you:
The palette itself is pretty bulky because the little bottom compartment is where they put the keychain thing. Since it's the size of a thumbtack - it could probably have a small party down there with the rest of it's miniature keychain friends. I guess you could put something down there (like.. umm.. some change?) but it just seems a little unnecessary to me. But whatever - I'll find some use for it. Hair ties. There we go. Oh and peep bastardino himself on the palette lid.
This is definitely a neutral kind of "earth tone" palette. They call it a "cromatico" palette, I'm assuming, because 3 out of 4 of the colors have sort of a "chrome" look to them. You get a little brush with it - but I'll never use it because it's teeny tiny. The shadows are a decent size, though - which is nice.
Now I was seriously expecting these to be way way wayy more pigmented - but they sort of let me down. I know I didn't apply them over a primer or anything, but judging by the way the brand promotes itself - I expected these to be BAM POP POW colors. They're more muted, which I guess isn't a bad thing since it makes them more wearable - but whatever. Just not what I expected. The carnivora color is good for highlights since it's a sheer, frosted beige color. Riposino is a lot like midnight cowboy from Urban Decay - just the glitter specks aren't as big .. it's more a subtle shimmer. Probably my favorite color in this palette. They gave you a nice matte brown color (mummetto) and topped you off with the pop of color that is bastardino. It's a sheer green color that has flecks of gold through it. It's a pretty color - I just expected it to be more pigmented.
If I had bought this and loved it - I was totally mentally prepared to buy the other 2 quads they have (one is a smokey black/white/silver and the other is a funky black/pink/purple). I'm not sure if I'll be scooping up other tokidoki palettes now just because they're.. good not great. They're fun packaging and they seem like a cute brand - but I'm not blown away by the quality. They have some cool eyeliner pens in funky colors and some pretty glitter pencil liners - but I'm sketch! Definitely wanted something from them to add to my sweet packaging collection but unfortunately - I don't think I'll be building up this arsenal :o\
