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So as promised, I went back to Sephora to check out the full line of Tarte Cosmetics. I was pleasantly surprised to see that almost their entire line is now petro-chemical, paraben, gmo and sulfate free. The boxes that are within that genre are marked "health couture".... but I must admit that almost everything had that label. I have to believe that they are phasing out the old stuff and soon the line will be entirely natural. I have tried almost everything in the line and I have to say generally I am extremely happy with almost everything I've used on myself and on clients.
As you can see from the pictures in my previous post, Tarte photographs well and give you a flawless look that is relatively easy to achieve.
Eyeshadows: The color selection is well rounded. They have a variety of palettes with different color schemes....such as warmer soft colors and more neutral colors. A lot of the shadows have shimmer in them, some are more shimmery and sparkly than others. There are matte shadows in the line just not quite as many, which in reality is the case in a lot of makeup lines, green or mainstream. But the secret to eyeshadow with shimmer is that it's absolutely age appropriate for anyone, the adjustment for age/sophistication is just how you apply the rest of your makeup to compensate. So for example, someone with more advanced skin or someone who is a bit more conservative with their style could use a shimmery eyeshadow and then make sure that nothing else in the makeup application on the face has shimmer. In other words, make sure your blush/bronzer is matte and your lipstick has no frost or sparkle in it. Then you will have a well balanced and beautiful makeup and still feel like yourself.
Blush/Bronzer: The one problem with the powder blushes and bronzers is the consistency. The powder blushes are extremely powdery and do not blend very well. The colors are relatively generic and the selection is not that great. But it's workable, so the palettes that they make that have eyeshadows, blushes, bronzer and lipstick all in one are definitely usable but the blushes are just not my favorite.
The powder bronzer has a lot of gold undertone in it. On some skin it looks gorgeous but what I noticed on myself is that it looked dirty and a bit orange, very similar to the spray tanned women I've seen or worked on when they've had too much sprayed on.
The cheek stain on the other hand is amazing! I love the colors....they look so natural and they are easy to blend in to the skin looking as if the color is coming up from underneath.
Lipstick/lipgloss: The colors are really pretty even though they don't have an extensive variety the way MAC or Chanel or any other mainstream makeup line does. But having said that I found 6 or 7 colors that I really liked so I'm confident that anyone could find at least one gloss and one lipstick that they would feel fits their style and looks beautiful.
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