Eco-Fabulous Tarte Treats for Summer

One of my favorite eco-beauty brands is tarte cosmetics. tarte makes lots of beautiful, trend-conscious makeup that works really well and looks gorgeous. And all the while, they load up their products with great, skin-nourishing ingredients and keep things green by leaving out stuff like parabens, fragrance, phthalates, and genetically modified ingredients. Everything is also cruelty-free. Today I’ve got a video with new summer colors from tarte; and I’ve  got the scoop on several tarte summer launches.

For summer they’ve come out with the lovely eco-cheek collection (pictured above) – pretty colors to create an easy, fresh, long-lasting summer look. I shot a video to show you them in action.

Fresh for Summer

The new eco-cheek collection includes these shades (shown in the swatches below and in the pic up top):

• eco-cheek natural cheek stain ($28): a shimmery peach/coral shade that reminds me of a fresh-picked peach. This gives a healthy, natural-looking glow all-day.
• berrylicious rise & shine natural lip stain & lip-enhancing gloss ($21): a rosy stain with a sheer, pinky nude gloss. The stain stays on really well and the gloss makes the color pop nicely.
• sandstone lock & roll creaseless cream & powder shadow ($17): a creamy formula on one end in a matte cream color that acts as a base for the shimmery cream powder shadow at the other end. Both are made with mineral pigments. Together they provide excellent long wear for the eyes but without the usual mess that comes with mineral shadows since the powder shadow has a roller-ball applicator.
• charcoal emphasEYES high definition eye pencil ($18): an extra-fine pencil in a shimmery grey that gives a softer, more casual look than black.

I also used:
• the eye couture palette ($44, shown at left), a versatile collection of ten shadows, a dual-ended eyeliner pencil, and a wonderful, high-quality double-ended “brush with greatness” eyeshadow brush. This set is a such a good deal. The brush alone sells for $24.
• lash hugger mascara ($18), which is one of my favorite mascaras.
• bottoms up lower lash mascara ($16), another great formula with a unique, small brush to easily coat lower lashes.

The Bold and the Beautiful

If you want to get more bold and colorful with your summer makeup, be sure to check out tarte’s new eyeQuatic waterproof summer essentials set ($35), which includes three new mermaid-inspired shades of lock & roll creaseless cream & powder shadow, a vivid, mod headscarf, and a deluxe lights, camera, splashes! waterproof mascara.

In Other News

tarte has also recently introduced two unique products that are worth checking out: a natural self-tanner that fights cellulite and a natural lash enhancer to promote longer, thicker lashes.

celluFIGHT ($40) gradually gives a natural, healthy glow while firming and toning skin. The formula is also supposed to prevent the long-term build-up of fat tissue under the skin. In clinical studies, subjects lost up to four centimeters in hip circumference after eight weeks of use.

Their other cool new product is multiplEYE ($65), which naturally enhances and fortifies lashes. One hundred percent of subjects reported an increase in lash softness and lash length. While 90 percent reported an increase in lash thickness.

tarte cosmetics are available at tartecosmetics.com, beauty.com, and Sephora, and through amazon.com.

Do Tell

So what do you think of the look? What do you think of the new makeup, the natural cellulite-fighting self-tanner and lash enhancer? Do tell.

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