Tarte Cosmetics Icy Betch Eye & Cheek Palette Swatches & First Impressions

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For April Fools Day in 2018 Tarte posted an image of the Icy Betch palette in their tartelette form factor featuring a variety of blue, teal and green shades. People got really excited and then really disappointed when they found out it wasn't real. For April Fools 2019 Tarte released a smaller eye and cheek palette featuring predominantly blue shades with some greens and greys in the mix.

Tarte Cosmetics Tartelette In Bloom Eyeshadow Palette Swatches & First Impressions

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Today I have the Tartelette In Bloom eyeshadow palette from Tarte Cosmetics to share with you. If I'm remembering correctly, this was the second palette in the Tartelette series. I loved the all matte original so buying this was a no brainer for me. Let's take a look at swatches.

EOTD Round Up

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Today I have a few EOTD looks that I've put together over the last few months to share with you. I liked them enough to take pictures but didn't really have a specific post that they were aimed, so I've rounded them all up here. If you're wondering what the shadows above are, they're an assortment of singles from Clionadh Cosmetics which I ended up using in several of the looks below.

Tarte Cosmetics Rainforest Of The Sea Swatches & First Impressions

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Today I have the Tarte Cosmetics Rainforest of the Sea eyeshadow palette to share with you. There have been a couple sequels of this palette in the Rainforest of the Sea collection, but this one is the original. Let's take a look at swatches.

Tarte Cosmetics Spellbound Glow Rainbow Highlighter Swatches & First Impressions

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Today I have the Spellbound Glow Rainbow Highlighter from Tarte Cosmetics to share with you. I picked this up a few months ago when it popped into Sephora's sale section and finally had the chance to swatch it.

Tarte Tartelette Eyeshadow Palette Challenge

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Today I have my first ever eyeshadow palette challenge to share with you. I found myself having way to many options and feeling a bit overwhelmed in the mornings, which meant I was often just skipping eyeshadow all together. The thought of a challenge where I limit myself to a single palette for shadow choices really appealed to me because it makes the decision of 'what should I use' much less daunting. For my first challenge I chose to put together seven looks from the tarte cosmetics tartelette palette.

Tartelette Tease Palette Swatches & Review

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Today I have a new-ish palette from tarte cosmetics to share with you.  I recently picked this up from Sephora in a value kit along with a liquid lipstick and tarteist mascara, but you can also purchase it separately.  This palette features six shades, four matte and two shimmer.  I though this would be a great little palette to toss in my makeup bag when I'm traveling or on the go.

Tarte Bon Voyage Collector's Set Swatches & Review

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Time for another holiday set review!  I was instantly drawn to Tarte's Bon Voyage set when I saw it on the Sephora website because the palette looked like it was filled with a good mix of cool toned shadows.  I find that a lot of 'neutral' palettes tend to lean a little warm which doesn't really work for my skin tone so I had to give this one a try.

The set includes an Amazonian clay eye shadow palette with 20 x 0.07 oz shades, a 0.13 oz Deluxe lights, camera, lashes 4-in-1 mascara, a 0.17 oz Limited-edition deluxe cheek stain in Muse, a 0.27 oz LipSurgence lip gloss in Visionary, a 0.06 oz LipSurgence lip tint in Romantic, a 0.23 oz Deluxe maracuja oil, a 0.07 oz Deluxe smooth operator Amazonian clay finishing powder and a limited-edition collector’s travel bag.  I absolutely love the design of the bag.  Especially that it's wide and flat so you don't have to dig to the bottom to find what you're looking for.

Now what you've been waiting for... swatches!

LipSurgence lip tint in Romantic

The Lip Surgence lip tint in Romantic is a neutral peachy pink.  It feels nice an moisturizing and wasn't sticky.  I did find that the colour wore off fairly quickly but because it's such a neutral colour it wasn't obvious.  Definitely counts as a my lips but better colour.

LipSurgence lip gloss in Visionary

The LipSurgence lip gloss in Visionary is a neutral shimmery pink.  It was very sheer and the shimmer is much more prominent in the tube than on the lip.  It does have a fairly sweet smell which I personally don't mind but some people may find the scent too strong.  Another my lips but better colour.

Cheek Stain in Muse - Direct Sunlight

Cheek Stain in Muse - Indirect Sunlight

The cheek stain in Muse is a very soft shimmery pink creme blush.  It would also make a great highlighter.  I really like the formula.  It felt very moisturizing without being greasy.  It is quite shimmery in direct sunlight but it blends out nicely to a soft dewy rose colour.

Bon Voyage Amazonian Clay Shadow Palette

Finally, the shadow palette.  The swatches above show the shadows on bare skin without any primer.  I was a little disappointed with them as they were a lot less pigmented than I was expecting.  The shimmery shadow's seem to be better pigmented than the mattes with the exception of On A Good Notre Dame which built up very nicely.  I hope that using some primer will help bring out the colours more as they do look lovely in the palette. From some other reviews that I've read it does look like primer makes a big difference.  My personal favorite shades are C'est La Vie, Chantilly Lace, Fall in Louver and Le Cordon Bleu.

Overall, I think this set is worth the price.  You get a lot of stuff to play with and the products are colours that can be used for a variety of looks and occasions.  I would love to see some bolder lip colours in the future though.  This is a holiday set after all and it's fun to play with bolder looks for those holiday parties.  You can find this set at Sephora for $59USD/$71CAD or on the tarte cosmetics website.

Happy polishing,

Michelle

Tarte Pigment Of Imagination Deluxe Cheek Set Swatches & Review

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Hello readers,
A little something different today.  I've gone on a bit of a makeup shopping spree with all the holiday sets that have been coming out and I wanted to show one of them to you today.  I've heard good things about Tarte's blushes and I love cream blushes so when I saw this little duo I had to have it.

The Pigment Of Imagination set comes with a 0.05 oz Amazonian clay 12-hour blush in Mirage and a 0.17 oz Cheek stain in Fantasy.  These mini sizes are a good way to try these product types without breaking the bank.

In the packaging the Mirage Blush appears as a soft peachy pink.  It has a nice subtle shimmer to it.  The Fantasy Cheek Stain is a very shimmery champagne beige.  My only concern was how soft the 'stick' appears.  Mine was kind of slumped to one side before even using it.

Now for swatches!  The blush was quite sheer.  The swatch above took multiple finger swipes to get any colour to show.  It is also very similar to my skin tone in terms of darkness so for me this will give a very subtle dewy finish rather than a highly pigmented blush look.  I think it would show up more prominently on fair skin tones.  The cheek stain feels very soft, creamy and moisturizing.  It is very shimmery though so I wouldn't apply a lot of it at once.  I think it would also make an awesome brow bone highlighter.  You can find this set at Sephora for $10USD/$12CAD or on the tarte cosmetics website.

Happy polishing,

Michelle