Tarte "Carried Away" - Swatches and Reviews
Swatches:
The first set of swatches contain the shadows from the first row of the eye shadow palette. The colors are called snowfall in Paris, Golden Gate Bridge, volcanic ash, pyramid gold, Pebble Beach, Boston brick, Spanish sangria, Napa grapes, Iceland air, Mystic Seaport, concrete jungle, Hampton waves. Napa grapes is a near matte shade. It has chunks of silver glitter in it. The rest are a mixture of shimmers and glitters.
The second set of swatches (from the second row in the palette) has 3 matte shades and again mixtures of shimmers and glitters. The colors are Pearl River, Seychelles sand, touchdown in London, Martha's Vineyard, Georgia peach, Tuscan sun, acai jungle, coral reef, sunshine state, Hawaiian palm, olive grove and sin city.
Unfortunately, I only have four of the glosses with me right now. I'm traveling for the Holidays and wanted to make room in the case. I'll post swatches of all 8 when I get back home!
Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Adventurous (shimmering rose)
Review:
Amazonian Eye Shadows - Not every shadow in the palette was a hit, but there were enough in there that I loved to make it worth the money! The shadows didn't have a lot of fall out, which I loved! Unfortunately, the shadows with thick glitter pieces (ex: volcanic ash, olive grove) didn't go on as smooth and the glitter did get all over the place. Especially with volcanic ash (the black shadow in the first set of swatches). But the other shadows blended beautifully and were incredibly smooth. Without primer, the shadows lasted about 5 hours before they started noticeably fading and with primer, their intensity stayed well over 11 hours before I had to clean then off.
Lip Glosses - I personally am not a huge lip gloss fan. I hate the stick feeling. I feel like they smear all over the place. And the color is gone in a matter of minutes. With that being said... I love these glosses! They are a little sticky, but it was bearable. No yucky strings when I pull my lips apart! But what sold me.. they last so much longer than most other glosses I've tried! I went out to get pizza with a friend. Put on the 3rd color in the swatch and when I got home 4 hours later (after eating pizza!) the color was still there! And I didn't have anything on underneath. That's pretty impressive. Definitely considering purchasing a full size version of these... if I could settle on a color. ;-)
Blush - I love the color of this blush.. it's perfect for the winter! I'd say it's more of a wine than a rose when it's on the cheek though. But still so beautiful and really does last 12 hours. The shimmer wasn't over whelming at all. It gave me a slight glow. I was pretty impressed with the blendability as well.
Finishing powder - Goes on and feels A LOT like the MUFE HD finishing powder! I can't say for sure if it looks the same in pictures yet but the staying power seems to be about the same. I'm definitely going to finish this and let you know my final thoughts!
Mascara - I haven't tried the mascara yet since I already have about 5 opened and I really picky about only using a mascara for 3 months before tossing it. I'll post about it as soon as I try it!
Summary:
I've been playing with this kit everyday for about a week and so far, I love it! Definitely worth the $54. The lip gloss and face brush surprised me with their quality. The eye shadows (minus a few) are beautiful and wear great! I would recommend this to friends and can't wait to pick up a few more Tarte products.
Let me know what you think!
XO,
Casandra
Up Coming:
-Ordered the Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush Fantastic Foursome Set!
-Working on a Top Coat Showdown! Stay tuned to see who wins
- TheBalm Haul from Hautelook - Super excited for it to arrive!
