Tarte The Jewelry Box - Holiday 2010
Tarte The Jewelry Box is a great 2010 holiday combination set from the eco-friendly beauty company Tarte Cosmetics.
It is an exclusive, limited-edition palette packed with 32 new eyeshadows, eight lip glosses, a mineral bronzer, a new shimmering powder, five deluxe long-wearing eyeliners, and a detachable necklace.
This kit retails for $52 at Sephora and with the 20% off for the Friends & Family Sale it can be a real steal!
The Sephora Friends & Family Sale is ongoing now and will run until November 3, 2010. The code is FF2010. From Sephora.com
This versatile palette is a veritable treasure trove packed with new and limited-edition products and shades along with such Tarte bestsellers as a full-size of Park Avenue Princess Mineral Powder Bronzer. As an added bonus, this festive jewelry box comes with its own "off the chain" gilded trinket, guaranteed to be your go-to accessory for holiday parties and year-round.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Synthetic Fragrances
- Petrochemicals
- Phthalates
This set CONTAINS:
- 16 x 0.06 oz full-sized shimmering eye shadow
- 16 x 0.06 oz full-sized matte eye shadow
- 8 x 0.03 oz lip gloss
- 0.21 oz Mineral Powder Bronzer
- 0.25 oz Highlighting Powder in soft pink
- 5 x 0.02 oz long-wearing eyeliners
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The Box
The box is a metallic gold padded chest with a ‘pleather’ feel. It opens up to 4 different levels, each housing the different products. The box is a tad bulky and tricky to work with. You have to be very careful or the drawers will surprise you by popping out.
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Level 1 – Shimmer Eyeshadows
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Level 2 – Matte Eyeshadows
The 2nd level houses the matte eyeshadows. They are smooth and creamy as well and blend perfectly – no chalky mattes here. These are both neutral and colorful shades here and they are fab.
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Level 3 – Bronzer, Highlighter and Lipglosses
The bronzer is a full-size of version of Tarte's bestselling bronzer - Park Avenue Princess Mineral Powder Bronzer. This bronzer is a winner for me and can be used as a great warm golden highlighter for darker skin. The highlighter is very light and shimmery and not the best for darker skin.They both go on beautifully in one sweep and add a pretty glow to the skin. Be careful with these because you can be fooled into adding too much.
Level 4 – Eyeliners
There are five eyeliners on the final level and they are all dark shimmery colors. They a soft and apply smoothly but I can't swear for the length of wear. They are touted as long wearing but I found that they are somewhat smudgy.
Overall
TWO THUMBS UP!
Comparison
Let me add this little comparison to last year's Tarte Treasure Chest (Holiday 2009) since I know it will be asked. The two sets are great stand alone kits but when compared I would say the 2009 will edge out the 2010 just a bit. The 2009 kit contained 4 beautiful blushes in addition to the bronzer and highlighter. There are also 16 lipglosses in the 2009 kit versus 8 in the 2010 kit. The 5 eyeliner pencils that are a part of the 2010 kit but not included in the 2009 are not enough to to outweigh the loss of 8 lipglosses and 4 blushes as far as I am concerned. The eyeshadows are different in both sets but are similar enough to skip one of the kits. But for 32 new eyeshadows I don't think $52 is a bad investment either. Up to you really...LOL!
READ MORE for Swatches...
Shimmer Eyeshadows
1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12
5, 6, 7, 8 13, 14, 15, 16
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Matte Eyeshadows
17, 18, 19, 20 25, 26, 27, 28
21, 22, 23, 24 29, 30, 31, 32
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Bronzer, Highlighter, Lipglosses
Highlighter, Bronzer
Lipglosses
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Eyeliners
This looks like a great deal...
ReplyDeleteDhalia
oh wow, that is one nice kit!!! I may have to get that after all, kept looking at it
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great swatches!! Which one you like better, the
ReplyDeletetreasure chest or the Jewelry box?
I have the treasure chest, but I don't know if I should get this one.. lmk
thank you
This is a great deal Dhalia. 32 eyeshadows alone are worth the $52.
ReplyDeleteI thnk u should get it Vonnie. I love both sets!
Hey Curious! I added a comparision for u. :)
this is a sick post! OMG awesome value. I'm trying not to buy new stuff girl. LOL thanks for swatching & sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting! I was on the fence about buying this because I couldn't find shadow swatches.
ReplyDeleteHi, this is a great post! Could you do a few looks using this kit? That would be very helpful!
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