Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Tarte Palettes

Tarte Cosmetics are known for not only being natural and safe but also for being innovative. Whether it's using Amazonian clay in their products or their wildly popular Lights, Camera, Lashes all natural mascara, Tarte makes  you beautiful, naturally. I'm a big fan of their palettes, because they give you the chance to try a range of looks for a fraction of the cost. The example I'll be showing here is my Tarte Treasure Chest which is a limited edition set they come out with every holiday season.

This particular palette has a flip up mirrored lid

 32 full sized pans of shadow that are half mattes
 half shimmers
 16 shades of their fabulous moisturizing lip gloss
 4 blushes
 a bronzer and a to die for illuminator
Their powder products are SUPER highly pigmented, so you have to use a light hand. The tiniest bit of the mattes is all you need- mine have lasted for an eon. I recommend always tapping your brush before application unless you want to look like a clown! I love that there are so many options that take this kit from day to night, sedate to wild. Their shimmer shadows are particularly gorgeous and apply quite creamily, whereas the mattes are a coarser texture which I imagine has something to do with the all natural ingredients. Their bronzer looks good on even pale old me, but the illuminator steals the show. I feel like a fairy princess when I use it! The glosses are all fairly sheer, sometimes I wear them alone for a nuanced flush of tint, but for more oomph I like to layer the gloss over a corresponding lipstick or lip liner.

The current Tarte palette to hit the streets is the stunning True Blood palette. 


Tarte for True Blood™ Limited-Edition Palette ($331 Value)


Get glamoured with this limited-edition palette packed with 17 killer new eyeshadows and more. Each richly pigmented shadow is softly milled and infused with Amazonian clay for pure color payoff, silky application and long wear. From ethereal goddess to vampy vixen, you can create countless looks using these shimmering, matte and smoky shades. Open after dark: buried in a pullout drawer is a full-size emphasEYES™ aqua-gel eyeliner in black, a deluxe lights, camera, lashes! clinically-proven natural mascara and a deluxe lifted™ natural eye primer with Firmitol™ to help you complete your look. Turn into a real tarte truebie using the four 'get the looks' included with each palette, exclusively created by True Blood™'s award-winning lead makeup artist Brigitte Ellis.

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