Tarte Holiday '09

The ladies at Tarte have outdone themselves again with this year's holiday sets. Their blockbuster all-in-one palette is back with 32 new eyeshadows (16 matte and 16 shimmery shades), double the number in the past two years' palettes. The Treasure Chest (US$52) also includes 6 new lipglosses, the best-selling Park Ave Princess mineral powder bronzer, a new shimmering highlighter, and four new powder blushes. Another bonus is that the palette is made without any parabens, petro-chemicals, phthalates, sulfates, GMOs or triclosans. It is also free of preservatives, gluten, talc, glycols, MEA/DEA/TEA, and formaldehyde donors. However, the preservative-free claim makes me wonder how long this palette will last. I have been very happy with the holiday palettes from the past two years so I'm looking forward to getting this as well.


The Three Carats Mini Cheekstain Set (US$25) contains three brand new shades: Brilliant (shimmering champagne), Princess (shimmering rose), and Cushion (shimmering deep apricot). Sounds delectable but these have not worked that well for me (especially in Singapore's hot and humid weather) so I'll probably be passing on these. During my recent house moving, I decided to throw out most of my Tarte cheek stains as they were quite a few years old and leaking/sweating all over the place.


The Crown Jewels set (US$39) of 15 mini lipglosses looks tempting but it works out to be about S$60 not including tax, which is still somewhat pricey.


Time to arrange a CP for the Treasure Chest!