Tarte The Starlet Limited-Edition Makeup Vanity

OHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYY GGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!
So i've been waiting all week for this to come! I'm so insanely happy it's here, yall don't even know. I opened this about an hour ago and i've already re-done my makeup, taken photos of the palette, and swatched it! I'm so insanely excited for this, it's so beautiful and such a great value!
There are only a few disappointing shades in this in my opinion. Some reviewers don't like some of the lighter matte shades but I think they're wonderful from what i've seen and swatched. I LOVE the beige matte shade in the trueblood palette so im very excited to have more mattes in my collection! lighter shades also work well for brow bone and inner corners so i'm totally on board with them. The one shade I really don't like is "popular", it reminds me so much of dawn from the trueblood palette in terms of consistency and it's sheerness. The other shade i'm not crazy about is "siren", a shimmering lilac. It was so sheer! The most outstanding shades in my opinion are: The entire smokey eye section, virtuoso, major, fame, VIP, timeless, trophy, prestige, prima donna and leading lady. The other shadows are great, but those are my favorites!

I forgot to swatch the blushes but I will add those soon! they are great colors, though! I'm wearing Glory.
now, a bunch of pictures.

The Starlet meets the vanity. I love how tarte really got the old hollywood aspect of this, it feels like it matches my apt. which was built in 26. Good job tarte! :)

Swatches: TOP ROW
Traditional Smoky Eye: Celebrity (deep shimmering gray), Superstar (deep shimmering silver), Luminary (silver frost), Opening night (sparkling black)

Earthy: Talent (shimmering peach), Idol (matte taupe), Cameo (matte beige), Virtuoso (sparkling forest green)

Swatches: BOTTOM ROW

Plum Smokey Eye: Stardom (blackened plum), Icon (warm lilac), Major (shimmering plum), Siren (shimmering deep mauve)

Blues: Fame (shimmering cobalt), Big Break (shimmering ice blue), V.I.P. (shimmering blue-silver), Toast (shimmering toasted beige)

Swatches: SECOND DRAWER

Browns: Popular (shimmering golden beige), Timeless (shimmering cocoa), Prestige (matte ochre), Trophy (shimmering golden brown)
Pinks: Ingénue (matte baby pink), Prima Donna (shimmering cinnamon), Leading Lady (shimmering nude pink), Diva (shimmering dusty rose)

Shimmering Blue eye look!
I love the V.I.P shade! It reminds me so much of The True Death in the Trueblood palette! The dark blue is gorgeous as well!

I did not take pictures of the bronzer, Starlet blush, highlighter, or mascara and lash primer! Sorry! I have a review on the mascara already so go check it out!

Here's a size comparison between this palette and the trueblood palette!

This is a great value considering the shadows are very large. They are 1 0z shy of a full sized UD shadow.
All in all this was worth the money for so many versatile shades! I love having neutrals to wear to work, this provides many great shadows for work and a few for play! Love this so much.

Have you tried tarte before, thoughts on the Starlet??? Let me know!

I do not work for any makeup company, I am not getting paid for my review, and I bought this palette with my own money!

Tarte for Trueblood Look a day August 4th!

Only three more looks for my look a day posts after this one! I'd better get busy and figure out what to do for the rest of the days!
todays look is a matte smokey eye in celebration of A) eating dinner with my honey tonight, and B) the last day of summer school. In these 3 weeks and 3 days (not counting today because it was a wrap up) I've written an entire unit, did a 10 page bizarre annotated bibliography,and a curriculum report comparing the US, Texas, California, and yes Canada. I'm so relieved to be out! :D yall probably want to hear about these shadows however so i shall proceed:
the shadows used: Stake as a lid color, Legend in the crease, and Fairy as a highlight

heres the lowdown:
Stake: refer to august 3rd
Fairy: refer to August 2nd
Legend: okay, so this is a matte black that is build-able. i own NYX black which is the blackest black of all blacks but this is really good for looks that you don't want quite as intense. I don't always want the blackest black as a crease shade even though I look fine with that intensity. That being said I love this because theres pretty much no fallout and it blends really easily.
This look reminds me of Lorena a little bit because it has a vintage 20s feel with the grey shadows, if i wanted to go full on Clara bow I would have to sweep some of the shadow under my eyes...hich is not what I do because my eyes are not an even size and this really emphsizes that. So this is as close to a Lorena eye as you're going to get from me. Anyways enjoy the look!

This is such a lovely look that I will probably wear very often! I love Stake so much and I also love that I now own a non-chalky black that is build-able! how you enjoyed this look! watch out because tomorrow I'm going to use The True Death!

thanks for reading

I do not work for any makeup company, HBO or tarte are not paying me to review their products, and I bought this with my own money