Tarte Blush Mania - Photos and Swatches (Pic Heavy !)

If you follow me on instagram, you will be knowing, I was lucky enough to receive a beautiful delivery of Tarte* Amazonian Clay 12-hour blushes. I haven't tried a lot of Tarte makeup as previously Tarte was not easily available in Australia, but now you can buy them from Sephora Sydney. 

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know my love for the Tarte 'Exposed' blush, I have reviewed it before and mentioned it HERE, HERE and HERE. 

Instead of doing a review again, in today's post I am sharing, photos, swatches, description of different shades and things that I love about the Tarte blushes. Hope you like it !

My Work Makeup Lately !

Long time back, Vita from 'Making up 4 my Age' did 'A typical week's worth of makeup?' post and I have been wanting to a similar post since then and finally I have come around to it.. Hope you enjoy it.

I have been mostly grabbing for the following eye shadows lately:

• Wet n Wild trio in 'Silent Treatment' - Love the taupe shade in this trio, perfect for everyday. Review n EOTD HERE.
• Rimmel Mono eyeshadow in 'Daisy Chain' - This was a GWP, its a gorgeous eye shadow, a pinkish lilac shade, lovely texture. Looks good on its own or with a brown or berry shade on the crease. Will do an EOTD soon.  
• Maybelline quad in 'Chai Latte' - Love all the shades in this quad, perfect neutral eyeshadow. Click HERE to check a EOTD using this. 
• MAC Paintpot in 'Indianwood' - I love wearing cream shadows as they are so quick n easy to apply. Click HERE to check EOTD using this paintpot.

When I don't want to fuss over eye shadows, I try to quickly don a put together look by applying eye liners. For a pop of color, I like to apply 'Flirty turquoise' from Colorbar, 'Ransom' from Urban Decay or 'Blue Spark' from Revlon. Have used these colored liners HERE before to create the Rainbow liner look. For a subtle definition, I love wearing this grey shade 'Slate' from Lakme and 'Brown Perfection' from NYX. I always apply liner on my lower lash line n waterline, n my recent love is this Maybelline Master Drama Eye Studio in 'Midnight Master'. Review coming soon. 

I have been enjoying wearing these neutral shades, 'MAC Blushbaby & Tarte Exposed', since I got them. 
Loving wearing Milani 'Luminoso' for a corally glow.

Though summer has long gone and we are having rainy and gloomy days in Sydney, but I have still been enjoying wearing Orange lipsticks. I have enjoyed wearing Revlon lip butter 'Tutti Fruti', Revlon lip balm stains in 'Rendezvous' &  MAC 'See Sheer'. 

For brushes, I have been enjoying Sigma F84 for applying blush and Real Techniques Multi task brush for buffing in the blush. For eye makeup I have been using, MAC 217 and Real Techniques eye brushes. 

What have you been wearing to work lately ? 

Review - Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in 'Exposed'

Today's post is the review of Tarte 12- hour Amazonian Clay Blush in 'Exposed' and a quick comparison with MAC Blushbaby.
 

What the company says

A long-wearing, supremely soft blush infused with Amazonian clay harvested from the banks of the Amazon River and naturally baked by the sun.

Product Performance: This 12-hour blush universally benefits all skin types for a fade-free, flawless finish in shades ranging from soft to vivid and matte to shimmer to suit a wide variety of skin tones.

Powered By: Amazonian clay minimizes oil in and around pores to balance skin and keep product in place while also hydrating the skin naturally to restore moisture, reducing the appearance of dry, flaky skin.

Tarte 12- hour Amazonian Clay Blush in 'Exposed'

I am into natural looking, barely there blushes these days, am really enjoying my newly acquired Tarte Exposed & MAC Blushbaby blushes. The below pic is how Tarte exposed looks on me.

On me in different lights

• When swatched, Tarte Exposed and MAC Blushbaby look similar, Tarte Exposed is definitely more plummy and pinker as compared to MAC Blushbaby.
• On my cheeks, MAC Blush baby looks more like a muted dusty rose pink shade and Tarte exposed looks quite natural and more softer in comparison.  
• Both of them are buildable. Both of them are beautiful colors and are perfect for everyday. 
• On my skin tone, Exposed looks more natural and barely there as compared to Blushbaby (looks a gorgeous dusty rose when built up).

Tarte Exposed as compared to MAC Blushbaby

The Good

• It does not contain any parabens, petroleum or mineral oils
• Soft texture, easy to blend
• Beautiful everyday color 
• Fuss free shade will go with everything
• Has a mirror inside, good for on the go
• Pretty and sleek packaging 
• Its nice that the packaging matches the product inside, makes it easy to spot
• No fragrance 

The Bad

• Not available in Australia (you can get it from Ebay, I got mine on my US trip)
• Pricey - USD 25
• No brush  (may not be a con for some)
• Does not last for 12 hours on me (last for around 8-10 hours), which is good enough for me
  
  Have you tried the Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes ? Which is your favorite shade of the range ?

CVS, Ulta, Target & Kiehl's Haul

Incase you don't already know, I am just back from my US vacation and am featuring haul posts this week. Normal blogging will follow soon :)

So following yesterday's HAUL post, today is a drugstore one .. This post features some US brands that are not easily available in Australia like Milani, Wet n Wild, EOS etc and some of my fav drugstore brands Revlon n Maybelline which I just had to buy cos they are so cheap in US. Hope you enjoy the loot :)

I bought four Revlon just bitten kissable balm stains and two Revlon lip butters

I haven't tried the super famous Tarte Amazonian Clay blushes yet, so I bought myself one in 'Exposed'. I wanted to go with a classic one, good for everyday use :)

Bought some Maybelline eye pencils and mascaras and a color tattoo ..

I have been wanting to try the Milani Liquifeye pencils since a while now. Got the Milani blush in Luminoso:)

I got myself a Wet n Wild Eye trio in Silent Treatment  and a blush in Heather Silk

Some random stuff and two Burt's Bees lip  balms n of course I had to get the EOS lip balm :) .. I bought my first essie nail polish in Really Red ..As you must have realized by now, am trying most of these brands for the first time..
 

I bought Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Eye cream and the Ultra Facial moisturizer (first time trying Kiehl's products)

Bought these adorable BBW pocket sanitizers :), that's all for now ..

Some Online hauling coming up next, so stay tuned :)