Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Tarte Spring 2011 Collection

Tarte is a newer brand for me, I have always heard great things about the brand and played with some of the products while at Sephora. The blushes in particular have always held interest for me and are the main reasons that I usually check the brand out. But it now time for me to look more into this collection, especially since I always drool over many of the palettes that come out throughout the year. Since spring is a favorite season of mine, now is the best time of the year for me to begin checking out the collections that they release every season.

This collection consists of six new items and does not appear to have any type of theme to it. This reminds me of many of the Stila collections in which it appears that random items are released each season without any rhyme or reason. This is the type of collection that I like the least so I wish that this was a bit different but I guess that I can't always get my way.

Here is my first look at a Tarte collection...

Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay Illuminating Serum - This natural skin brightener is infused with Amazonian clay, vitamins, and tea extract to moisturize and replenish your skin as it adds a hint of glimmer. No matter your skin concern Amazonian clay completely neutralizes it so you are left with a radiant complexion. Oily skin? Amazonian clay minimizes oil in and around pores to balance skin and keep product in place. Dry skin? This nourishing clay hydrates skin naturally to restore moisture. Combination skin? Amazonian clay will intuitively identify your skin concerns and deliver benefits to restore harmony. The result is makeup that wears better, longer, and truer!

Dark Circle Defense - Get your eight hours of sleep in a compact. Unlike concealers that just lay on top of the skin, this undereye corrector is clinically proven to help reduce the appearance of eye puffiness in just 4 weeks. Finely milled light refracting minerals actually brighten skin to help camoflage dark circles, puffiness, redness, fine lines, and wrinkles. Includes concealer brush. Available in four shades to match every skintone.

Lip Surgence Natural Lip Luster - As a follow up to Tarte's best-selling Lip Surgence Natural Lip Tints, these shimmering lip lusters give a high dose of color and shine in an easy twist-up stick. Just like the original, Tarte's Lip Surgence technology delivers a surge of moisture on a cellular level for a naturally plumped up appearance while natural peppermint adds a refreshing burst of flavor with each application.
- Frisky - bright pink
- Pouty - berry
- Adored - light pink
- Glisten - peach
- Fever - red
- Buff - nude

EmphasEYES Inner Rim Brightener - The ultimate in "wakeup makeup", the soft fine tip of Tarte's Inner Rim Brightener gently glides along the inner lower rim and inner corner of the eyes to instantly brighten for a wide-awake effect. This multi-tasking pencil can even be used to highlight the brow bone for an even more eye-opening experience.
- Nude - suitable for all skin tones

NeutralEYES Natural Eye Shadow Palette - All of your eye essentials in one chic, compact case! Tarte's versatile palette contains 10 neutral and universally flattering Amazonian clay shadows, a full size EmphasEYES Aqua-Gel Eye Liner in Brown, a double-ended eye shadow brush and a free sample of Lifted Natural Eye Primer with Firmitol. Lifted Eye Primer lays down a long-wear shadow base while the proprietary Firmitol complex the decreases the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles by 51% in just 10 minutes. The full size double-ended brush allows these softly milled Amazonian clay shadows to blend smoothly and with 10 shades the looks are truely limitless. Complete your look with Tarte's revolutionary EmphasEYES Aqua-Gel Eye Liner. The proprietary formula of this butter soft liner encapsulates rich pigments in a 50% water concentration. By a process of hydrous pigmentation, colling and refreshing pure water absorbs into skin to hydrate and replenish the delicate eye area, leaving behind an intense, long-wearing, and pigment-rich color.
- Eye Shadows - beige shimmer/pale pink gold shimmer/matte taupe/shimmery champagne/deep mushroom brown matte/deep chocolate brown/medium gold/deep plum/deep forest green/matte black

Provocateur Amazonian Clay Shimmering Powder - Add luminosity to your complexion with Tarte's shimmering pressed powders. These finely-milled powders are infused with Amazonian clay, nature's most perfect ingredient, and can be applied to cheeks, brow bones, and decolletage for a completely customizable glow - add a little for a soft, subtle sheen or add more for a lavishly enhanced radiance. Nutrient rich and intuitive Amazonian clay universally benefits all skin types. Oily skin? Amazonian clay minimzes oil in and around pores to balance skin and keep product in place. Dry skin? This nourishing clay hydrates skin to naturally restore moisture. Combination skin? Amazonian clay will intuitively identify your skin concerns and delivers benefits to restore harmony. The result is makeup that wears better, longer, and truer!
- Champagne - for light to medium skintones
- Rose - for medium to deep skintones

My favorite piece of the collection is the eye palette, it may be neutral shades but it looks as though it contains shades that are different enough from the palettes that I already own. This is worth buying and I can see myself using this one for seasons to come. My second favorite piece is the Lip Lusters, I must have the Pouty and Adored shades to add to my lip color collection. The Amazonian clay as a major ingredient in many of these peices has me very interested and I will be looking up more on this and looking for more reviews on these products. The new serum has really caught my eye.

I think I will be now doing some extreme shopping from this brand...

photo courtesy of Tarte

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