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tarte cosmetics has done it again with their holiday sets. This year, they released a limited edition Parisian-inspired Holiday 2014 Collection that featured beauty sets that aligned with what most people do during the holiday season – travel. The beauty sets featured in this holiday collection are not only travel-friendly, they also come ready for gifting due to their beautiful packaging. This means you’re spending less time wrapping and packaging gifts.
tarte provided me with one of the nine sets available in their holiday collection, the Away Oui Go Portable Palette & Collectors Set ($48). It was an Ulta exclusive set that included an array of beauty items perfect for creating multiple beauty looks on-the-go.
The tarte Away Oui Go Portable Palette & Collectors Set includes the following:
- 16 full size, French-inspired Amazonian Clay Eye Shadows (0.07 oz. each)
- 4 full size Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blushes: Irresistible (soft melon), Envisioned (sheer coral), Limitless (peach rose), Intrigue (rose petal) (0.158 oz. each)
- 3 deluxe Maracuja Lip Glosses: Paris (raspberry), Cannes (light pink), Nice (nude mauve) (0.06 fl. oz. each)
- Deluxe Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 Mascara
- Portable collector’s compact (0.14 oz.)
I like that the set includes one of my favorite mascaras, the Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 mascara. This one is portable, and small enough to fit in your purse without taking up too much room.
The three Maracuja Lipglosses are beautiful, too. The colors, Paris, Cannes, and Nice, are named after popular Parisian cities that I hope to one day visit. Int he meantime, I guess I’ll have to settle with these glosses. They’re beautiful neutral shades that compliment any skintone.
Although the set included four full-sized Amazonian Clay 12-hour blushes, only one was suitable for my complexion, which was ‘Intrigue’. The other shades included in the tarte Away Oui Go Portable Palette & Collectors Set , although pretty, were too light, and appeared chalky, at least against my complexion.
There were a few shadows in the set that also gave off a chalky appearance against my complexion, and had were patchy when applied, which you can see from the swatches. Most of the eyeshadows exhibiting this property were the lighter matte shades with a few of the darker matte shades following suit. My favorite shades, which I used to create the look you see in this post were: ‘Navigating the Metro’, ‘Midnight Stroll’, and ‘Liaison at the Louvre’. I love deep purple tones, and these looked great used together to create a smoky eye. I also liked ‘Marvel at the Mona Lisa’ for blending.
Let us not forget about the beautiful, quilted pattern, Tiffany Blue travel case with pearl-like accents. This is a cool feature since it allows you to pop in any one of the four palettes to tote along with you while you’re on the go. The compact also includes a mirror. Score! I don’t know about you, but, applying makeup on-the-go, unless it’s lip gloss is a ‘fail’ situation.
Even though there were some items in the tarte Away Oui Go Portable Palette & Collectors Set that didn’t quite work out well for me, I do think it was a pretty decent set for someone with a more fair complexion. Plus, for $48, it was a great value.
Although, this set is currently sold out at Ulta, you can stop by tartecosmetics.com to check out all of their other amazing products like their mascara, brow products, and other best-selling items.
Tell me, what do you think about the tarte Away Oui Go Portable Palette & Collectors Set? Is it something you would gift or would like to receive as a gift?
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I love the packaging on this one. The eyeshadow shades are not really turning me on though.
The packaging is beautiful. I'm with you. I have shadows in my stash that are similar in shade.
That packaging is gorgeous
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I was on the fence about this one, and then it sold out!
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I really really wanted this but they aren't selling it at Sephora Australia 🙁
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The look you created with this is stunning on you! I loveeeeeeeeeee this set!
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That travel case is so stunning!
You are so pretty! <3 Love this palette
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This is beautiful on you!
Tarte di such a great job with their holiday collection!
Such a nice palette!
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