Too Faced Chocolate Soleil

I have an undying love for bronzer. I used to think that I was too tan for bronzers, but they really do add depth and warmth to even tanner skins. (I don't get as tan as I used to, but in high school, I could get brown as a berry). As such, I'm always curious about whatever bronzers are on the market. You've got to have been living under a rock to not have heard about the Chocolate Soleil bronzer by Too Faced. It comes in two shades, the regular one (don't know the shade name) and the deeper one I own, medium/deep matte bronzer. 

Nice, cute-looking, bronzey-gold packaging with the brand name embossed on the front. It's made of plastic, however, so it takes the classiness down a peg (gold plastic? A bit ostentatious, no?). The clasp is pretty average, but it holds nicely, and the mirror inside is of comparable size. There is no puff or brush included, which makes me wonder why the packaging is so bulky considering the product itself is only 10.0g, the pan filling maybe half or a third of the packaging base. Of course, I can't go further without commenting on the gorgeous chocolate powder scent. I say chocolate powder as it reminds me more of the powder you use to make hot chocolate, rather than creamy bars of chocolate itself. 

left to right, without flash: heavy swatch, single swatch, blended

With Flash

This bronzer is completely matte, there are no shimmers or hidden glitters, just a straight up matte product. I suppose you could build it up a bit, but it really doesn't go too dramatic at all: a nice, easy, everyday bronzer. But my main qualm with this is, although it looks lovely and somehow glowy when I first apply it, somehow it wears off unevenly. That is, it looks a tad patchy or blotchy. It doesn't ball up and I've tried a number of ways of applying it (although, how many ways are there really to apply a powder bronzer), the wear time isn't too fab.

This product could be so good, in fact, a lot of beauty enthusiasts love this bronzer too (but more go for the milk chocolate one, I think), and I wish I could love it too. It smells wonderful, looks great on first application. But for the time being, I just can't seem to get it to work for me and stay looking good.