foundation

The brand: Tarte cosmetics is one of my favorite brands because of the ingredients used to create these products. The brand is labeled as “high-performance naturals”. They do not test on animals so they are vegan friendly. Yay for no animal harm. All Tarte products are formulated without parabens, mineral oil, phthalates, triclosan, sodium label sulfate, and gluten.

The product: This is an oil free liquid foundation that claims to last 12 hours. It is formulated with Amazonian clay and non-chemical sunscreen filters. The sunscreen is great because not only do you want you face to look good but you also want your skin to be protected from the suns harmful rays. Ladies, the winter months are not an excuse to go outside without any face protection, unless you live somewhere where it is night all time and the sun is never out. In addition to Amazonian clay, this foundation also contains vitamin A, vitamin E, and mineral pigments that help to soothe and soften the skin. Now, you may be wondering what the hell amazonian clay is. Well have no fear, I have the answer! According to Maureen Kelly (Tarte’s creator), “As the Amazon River flows for 4,000 miles, it collects highly nutritious plant and fruit extracts. The clay gathers in the river’s basin, where it’s at a high nutrient concentration. The sun naturally bakes the clay, locking in plant and fruit nutrients. Then the clay is shaved down into a finely milled powder and infused into tarte’s innovative formulas.”

Coverage: Medium to full but very natural looking

Packaging: I have only ever seen this product come in one size, which is 1.7 fl oz. It is in a wide squeeze tube.

Where to buy?: You can find this foundation at any store that carries Tarte cosmetics. The best deal is from QVC.com because you get the full sized foundation as well as the airbrush finish foundation brush for $39. Tartecosmetics.com, ULTA, and Sephora all sell it for $38…. without the brush.

Shades available: I use the medium tan-honey shade and it blends perfectly with my skin. It is relatively easy to find a best match for you skintone. First you have to find out what your undertone is. If you have yellow or olive undertones you should go for a sand shade. If you have pink or rosy undertones you should go for a beige shade. If you have peachy, subtle apricot undertones you should go for a honey shade. If you have a balance of pink and yellow undertones, you should go for a neutral shade. After you have all that figured out, simply go to your skin tone ( fair/light, light to medium, medium to tan, tan & tan-deep) and pick the right shade in that skin tone category.

Now, what does it look like on ?

This is my face without any foundation on. As you can see, I have very dark circles(that i mentioned in my previous post) as well as some pesky dark spots from breakouts that are taking forever to go away.

To apply the foundation, I simply dot it all over my face and then blend it in. I put about 3 dots on my cheeks and forehead, and one closer to my chin. On the side where my dark spots are, I put one more dot for a fuller coverage. After I have all the dots on my face I just take my beauty blender and proceed to blend. I rarely go in to add more foundation, and I only use one layer. The end product looks like this

BUT of course, my dark circles are not going down without a fight so I have to add concealer. For concealer I used the tarte brand once again. Specifically, their tarte maracuja creaseless concealer and VOILA

AND now for my full face reveal…. *drumroll please*

products used: tarte amazonian clay 12- hour full coverage foundation, tarte maraca creaseless concealer, tarte lights, camera, flashes mascara, bare minerals brightening pearl perfect light mineral veil(highlight) , bare minerals READY luminizer in “the magic moment”(blush), tarte lights, camera, lashes inner rim liner, Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow pomade in Medium Brown (Eyebrows)