This Little Girl Ate Some Makeup Because It Smelled Like Chocolate

Who among has not been compelled to tuck into a late-night snack that we might regret afterward? One person feeling that regret? Two-year-old Kaitlyn of Los Angeles, who chose to munch on her auntie’s Too Faced Chocolate Bar eyeshadow palette over the weekend, according to Metro.

After all, the palette is packed to look just like a candy bar. And its 16 matte and shimmer shades are formulated with real, antioxidant-rich cocoa powder. The makeup looks and smells good enough to eat. And when you’re a toddler with a sweet tooth who doesn’t know any better, you go there.

But if you’re the little girl’s aunt, 18-year-old Lauren Rincon, you might be just a little bit freaked out to find your niece with the palette in her hands and makeup smeared all over her mouth. “I yelled at her, saying, ‘Why would you do that?’ and she started crying. Then I felt bad,” Rincon told Metro.

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Concerned, Rincon called representatives for Too Faced, who assured her there actually aren’t any harmful ingredients in the the mouthwatering makeup. The she contacted a local poison control center, where experts told her that the worst that could happen to the little girl would be a bout of diarrhea, “even if she ate a large amount.”

But Kaitlyn didn’t gobble up the entire $49 palette with abandon. This is a girl who knows what she likes — and apparently she has a taste for hazelnut, crème brûlée, and marzipan, judging by the damage. Once she knew the situation was under control, Rincon couldn’t help but tweet a picture of the little girl’s mischievous chow-down, alongside a photo of the annihilated eyeshadows.

The tweet went viral, collecting more than 50,000 likes and 43,000 retweets. Twitter users expressed a combination of amusement, concern, and empathy. “My sister did the same thing to mine recently! I lost three eyeshadows,” one woman commiserated. “Only difference was she ruined my Bon Bon pallet [sic].” Another tweeter added, “My sister destroyed my mac lippies when she was 2,” confirming that the struggle is real.

Too Faced Chocolate Bar has become a fan favorite, with 130,000 “loves” and four and a half stars from more than 2,000 users on Sephora’s website, and almost five full “hearts” on Too Faced’s own e-commerce site from more than 1,000 happy customers who have lavished on the praise in the comments section, calling the product “so creamy and buttery” and “the best product I have ever purchased.” (Yes, most comments actually touch on how well the makeup looks and feels — but also how enticing it smells.)

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According to the company’s site, Too Faced co-founder and creative director Jerrod Blandino was inspired to create the yummy palette “while having a chocolate facial and learning about the benefits of cocoa at a Hawaiian spa.” Other companies to create cosmetics that are (almost) good enough to eat include vegan brands Lime Crime and Lush; the latter sells its makeup and spa goodies at shops that seem like confectionaries.

The moral of the story, though, is that if your makeup seems good enough to eat, someone might very well do it — so it’s best to keep tempting toiletries out of the reach of hungry little hands. That said, in Rincon’s case, all’s well that ends well:

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