Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush Palette

Tarte is a brand I'm quite unfamiliar with. Amazonian Clay was something I assumed you'd use in a face mask, but according to this blush palette, the answer is no in this case. Y'know what? I don't care, because this palette is so incredibly amazing. I know I've spoilt the review, just by saying that, but you will love this palette. It's travelled all the way to a small Welsh town from the big, bright lights of Las Vegas, and with it's glitter, almost clutch like appeal, it hasn't lost any of it's glam. The casing is aptly called 'Bling it on' because... well, what other name could you give it? It catches the light and glimmers, telling you that what's inside is something to definitely be excited about. I'm excited just writing about this. 

Tarte's Amazonian Clay Blush Palette is everything you'd want a blush palette to be. Five divine, long wearing colours, that can be mixed and matched, layered up for a unique colour mixture (my current favourite is Beaming with a hint of Dollface) and they're super soft to wear on the skin. Sometimes some blushes or powders can feel heavy on the skin, but not these. Tarte claims that this comes from the Amazonian Clay, harvested from the banks of the Amazon River, which are then left to bake naturally in the sun. Sounds impressive, right? And for the price of $44, this palette is a wonderful bargain especially when you consider that one blush is $28, or £21. The pan sizes aren't even that different; the palette contains five shades, at 0.15oz whilst the blush, on it's own, is 0.20oz... so it's basically more blush for your money, what's not to love about that? Since my parents returned from Las Vegas in November last year, I've been hoarding this palette, using it only a few times until it had been photographed perfectly (the second time around, as I wasn't happy with the first) but since the second round of pictures, I've been using this Tarte Blush Palette everyday, and slightly ignoring my Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush... oops, sorry Hourglass. 

Starting at the far right; you've got Beaming, Smashing, Prim, Dollface (and underneath) you have Fetching. I'm trying really hard not to make a Mean Girls joke... because they're all like, so fetch, right? 

The first shade, Beaming, is a soft peach/apricot coral that looks so so good on the skin, like slightly pinker peaches and cream (actually, I think I'm even paler than that...) and is the only colour with a shimmer running through it, so that when the light catches it, it looks beautiful. Smashing is more of a coral pink shade, the brightest, pinkest in the palette and one of four mattes. A gorgeous shade, and one that seems perfect for Winter, as it warms my complexion up so well. Prim is an almost Plum nude shade, which isn't usually a colour I tend to wear, but I was really surprised that it looked so good on my skin. I'd always assumed that such colours would wash me out, but alas, with a bit of matte bronzer, I actually looked very healthy. Dollface, from what I've read online, seems to be the only shade that you can actually get in an individual blush, but is undoubtedly one of the most popular. A cool pink, it's one of those colours that automatically brighten up any skin tone, and look so incredibly sweet as well. It reminds me of those sweet as candy shades that dolls would have on their skin, making them seem so jolly and beautiful. Lastly, is Fetching, a Rose colour that looks so wonderful when teaming with a rosy lipstick and black eyeliner... as you can tell, it's a look that I wear quite often. 

I tried to see if you could purchase this anywhere, and sadly, it was a Sephora Holiday exclusive, which means that the entire palette can't be bought... unless you want to spend over $100 on Amazon.com (seriously, it's actually a thing). Sorry to tempt you all with something that you can't buy (sorry about that), but if you do happen to be anywhere where there's a Sephora, around the Holidays, at the end of this year, make sure you snap up one of these beauties. Or at least, one of the Tarte Individual Blushes, because omg, you will not regret it. And if you happen to fancy a shop on Sephora, here's the link to all the Tarte goodness. What's that? You want it all? Duh, join the club. How about we all make massive orders and then bask in all the Tarte goodness? Sound like a deal?