Yess I know it's late to be posting about my December haul now but it's only because I wanted to try all of them out first before talking about them so I can provide some of my own opinions !!
The first two products that I want to talk about are make up products from Tarte and they're both birthday presents that I got from my friends and my mom !
Tarteist Pro Glow
I've been wanting to get myself a highlighting palette for a while and when they launched this new highlight and contour kit - Tarteist Pro Glow, I knew I wanted this. I told my mom about this pretty palette and she got it for me for my 18th birthday. We got it for RM165 during Black Friday Sales on the Tarte website before it was launched in Sephora's stores in Malaysia and now they're available for RM240 if I'm not wrong.
The packaging is really pretty with the minimalistic design but I'm not a fan of it's matte material, similar to the kind that Nars Cosmetics uses which gets dirty and messy very easily.
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It comes with four highlighters and two contour shades, one cream and one powder
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| Lit |
This is a medium peach with warm undertone. It is smooth and pigmented, very shimmery but did not emphasise my skin texture. It gives my face a nice glow and I have to admit that this is one of my favourite shades in this palette.
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| Strobe |
Strobe is a pretty beige that felt soft and smooth when applied. It blends out beautifully without emphasising my skin's natural texture. It's buttery and pigmented so it allowed me to highlight my cheekbones with just a little product.
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| Fire |
This golden brown highlighter has a warm undertone. It blends well and it's soft and smooth. It's too dark for my skin so I guess it would work better as a highlighting bronzer for me.
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| Stunner |
Stunner is my favourite highlighting shade in this palette. It's a pink-ish silver shade that is intensively pigmented and it goes really smoothly on my face. Of all the highlighting shade this one felt the most buttery and soft. It also looks the best on me probably because it is cool-toned.
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| Shade |
Not really a fan of cream contours because of how difficult they are to blend but this one blends out beautifully and more naturally than I expected. I thought it would be too dark for my medium skin tone but surprisingly it matches with my skin pretty well.
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| Sculpt |
Sculpt is a powder contour which is warmer and more of a bronzing shade than the cream contour. Even though Shade gives a more shadowy look which appears more naturally, I still use Sculpt more often because it's easier to apply and it felt more blendable.
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| Left to Right : Lit, Strobe, Fire, Stunner, Shade, Sculp |
Overall I'm really happy with the palette. The powder shades are very pigmented and they feel really buttery. Not to mention each highlighter gives an intense glow and doesn't get too glittery as they are promised. However there are some powdery fallouts so I'll have to tap my brush before applying.
Tarte Pretty Paintbox Collector’s Makeup Case
This is another Tarte product that I received as a present from my friends ! The Tarte Pretty Paintbox Collector's Makeup Case is only available for a limited time from the Tarte Holiday 2016 Collection and it is a Sephora exclusive. This palette contains 24 eyeshadows, blush, highlighter, bronzers, eyeliner, lip gloss and mascara.
The eyeshadows looks really pretty from the palette but many of them don't look as great on the eyes. Some of them are patchy, crumbly and not that pigmented which kind of disappointed me because I had pretty high expectations from Tarte. Some of the shades I like and use more often than the others are van Gough with it and frameworthy which are matte shades, metal work and self portrait which have metallic glimmers. These shades felt smoother than the others and were easier to work with.
The blush (moment) in this palette had a powdery texture which was soft and I really liked it. The highlighter (authentic) and bronzers (unique & provocative) were very buttery and pigmented which I was very happy about. These four shades applied smoothly and can be built easily.
There is a small compartment which holds a mini Tartiest Lash Paint Mascara, Rainforest of the Sea So Fine Micro-liner, and Tartiest Glossy Lip Paint in Obvi. I am very disappointed in the mascara as it is very clumpy and difficult to apply. I'm not a fan of lip glosses as I don't like how they make my lips feel sticky but this pinkish nude lip gloss doesn't make my lips feel that way. The waterproof eyeliner is very fine and it's so easy to apply, you can easily draw a fine line or build it up for a thicker line.
I think this makeup case is really convenient when travelling because you have almost everything in one box. I brought this whole palette with me when I went travelling in Korea and on a cruise and didn't have to bring too many other makeup products. Other than the mascara and some of the eyeshadow shades, I'm pretty satisfied with this holiday palette.
