Guess what came in the mail last week!? I told you guys earlier on that I went bananas on the Sephora VIB sale and purchased a bunch of things. I also bought a couple of things straight off of Tarte’s website but my shipment has been lord-knows-where in Jersey for the last week, so who knows when that’s gonna get to me. I can’t wait to try out these products though, so a first impressions of Tarte things will be posted later on!
These first three products are the ones I was the most excited about. I can’t get over how beeeeeeyoutiful Too Faced products are! Every time I purchase something from this brand, I feel like I’m being introduced to it for the very first time. So here I got the Pink Leopard bronzer/blush, Too Faced Love Flush blush in Love Hangover and the Becca x Jaclyn Hill highlighter in Champagne Pop. I have been an avid fan of Jaclyn Hill for about 3-4 years now and I am so glad to finally be in possession of the coveted Champagne Pop.
From top to bottom: Pink Leopard, Love Flush, Champagne Pop. This picture doesn’t really do my swatches justice (sorry guys, I have to take all the pics with my iPhone!). Pink Leopard has a really nice pinkish hue to it, and the bronze isn’t over-empowering. This is definitely something I see myself using on a daily basis, instead of doing contour/blush/highlight. The Love Flush blush is SO pigmented you guys, and this shade of pink is amazing! A little product goes a LONG way. It will definitely be a winter staple for me – gives you the perfect rosy-cheek effect. I’m all about people thinking I like to be outdoors more than I actually do. Champagne Pop is just mesmerizing. I honestly don’t know what to say about this. I can’t believe makeup can be this nice and shiny.
I had already told you guys that I had repurchased my Estée Lauder foundation, as well as my opinions about it, so a ‘first impression’ isn’t really necessary here. I just wanted to include it because the packaging is so nice and elegant! Speaking of packaging, as mentioned in a previous post, I am a sucker for cute packaging, so here is an example of an impulse buy I made because of that very reason. The Too Faced Melted Matte liquid lipstick in Candy Cane (limited edition). Dude. This stuff actually smells like peppermint mocha. I just wanna lick it, is that bad!?
The very bottom swatch is the lipstick. The shade of pink is incredible, it’s a deep, vibrant fuschia, it looks SO much better on me than I expected.
I also heard that Too Faced’s Better Than Sex mascara is the bees knees. However I came across Urban Decay’s Perversion (good God who comes up with these names) full size mascara AND full size liquid liner. The UD combo was $28 and the Too Faced mascara alone was $30 so I just got the travel size and the combo. So far the only difference I notice in the 2 mascaras is that Too Faced curls my lashes more than UD. As for the liner, it seems to glide well and consistently – perhaps I’ll like it more than my Kat Von D one. Oh and it’s waterproof too! Bonus.
That’s it for now folks – I just looked at the tracking for my Tarte order and there has still not been an update since November 15. Tarte, why are you like this?
MRNLD 