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3/16/2012

Tarte Miracle of Maracuja collection

Posted by Halifax @ Sparkled Beauty

Today, tarte Miracle of Maracuja 8-pc set is officially up on QVC as TSV, $59.96 (reg. $72.50, valued $200) with $7.22 S/H (for the US, about $10 on top of that for Canada) - Auto Delivery A225243, or single order A220216. It has been on pre-order mode for a few weeks but a shade was sold out.

I have bought 2 collections in the past - tarte 8th Wold Wonder and tarte Glow Your Way to Gorgeous, with 2 auto-deliveries each, because they were too awesome. Trying to reason myself out of this one, don't know if I can.

This is the first set for March:

- Maracuja Creaseless concealer (choice of colour) (0.28oz, reg. $24)
- Pure Maracuja oil (1.7oz, $46)
- Amazonian Clay Beauty and the Box Eyeshadow Quad in Evoke the Smoke (Pink Cloud, Silver Mist, Purple Fog and Dark Ash) (0.2oz, $22) *New*
- Maracuja Airblush Blush in Amused (0.19oz, $25) *New*
- Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara in Black(0.24oz, $19)
- Cashmere Waterproof Gliding eyeliner in Black (0.01oz, $18) *New*
- Maracuja Divine Shine lip gloss in Peaceful (0.12oz, $12)
- Bamboo blush brush ($28).

The thing with this collection is that I already got the concealer and the mascara with previous orders, but there are many newly launched products (marked *New* above) and the gloss is exclusive shade for the set only. What to do?

Musings of a Muse had pics of the other 2 deliveries of this set.

The July set has Shimmering Peach blush, Ethereal gloss, Spring Green liner, Brewed Awakening Beauty and the Box.

I'm loving the blush and gloss in this set for July, very summery, but prefer the brush in the March set. Not feeling strongly for the quad colours either. See? I told you it was hard to decide.

And the November set has Shimmering Pink blush, Pouty gloss, Bronze liner, Through the Grapevine Beauty and the Box. The colours get a little darker, for Fall I guess.

Would you give in to this TSV? If I do, I would probably get the first one or two deliveries, and skip the third one. Then I'll have a life time supply of tarte concealer and mascara lol. It's the curious mind of a blogger that gets me into buying new products every time.

Shopping or not, it's Friday. Have a great day, ladies!

7/02/2011

tarte Glow Your Way to Gorgeous collection

Posted by Halifax @ Sparkled Beauty

Today is the day :) QVC's TSV is up for tarte Glow Your Way to Gorgeous collection. I had mentioned the pre-order details of this set in the post about tarte 8th World Wonder collection, so this is just a reminder. After today, the set goes back to normal price $60.

A quick summary:

The set includes:
- Maracuja Creaseless Concealer in Tan (reg. $24)
- 12-Hour Wear Clay Blush in Peaceful ($25) with blush brush
- Amazonian Clay Waterproof Cream Shadow in Shimmering Taupe with shadow brush ($23)
- Amazonian Clay SmolderEYES waterproof eyeliner in Fig ($25) with bonus sharpener
- Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara in Black ($19)
- Lipsurgence Lip Luster in Sweet ($24)
- Cosmetic Bag.

I ordered mine for $49.92, plus $5.97 US shipping and $3.77 taxes, on Auto Delivery for October and February. Good thing I could cancel future shipments anytime :) There is the Single Order option too, of course.

I would assume it would cost similar amount like with previous set to ship to Canada (around $13, plus taxes), for any of you Canadian ladies that are interested. No affiliate link or anything, so no hidden profit on my part, don't worry :)

6/22/2011

tarte 8th World Wonder collection

Posted by Halifax @ Sparkled Beauty

EDIT: Thanks to Miranda's comment, I came to know that tarte is having another TSV on July 2 for a wonderful 8-pc set called Glow Your Way To Gorgeous. It is available for pre-orders with 2 options - single purchase #A218483 and Auto Delivery #A219234 for $49.92 (reg. $60) but words are that it won't be shipped out pass mid July. Just be prepared to wait.

Here's a summary of what will be in this set.



For more swatches (and if you are in the US who makes youtube videos, enter the giveaway too), check out the video from JulieG713. I'm in trouble now, still have another Auto Delivery of the 8th World Wonder, and this set has 3 Auto Deliveries too, lol. If you miss out on the first set, check out this one :)
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Back in March, QVC had a TSV deal on tarte 8th World Wonder - Best of the Amazon 7-pc Clay collection for $48.36 (reg. $58, valued $143) with Auto Delivery option. I was preparing this post, hoping to provide you with some useful information to place an order, as the second delivery is supposed to be shipped out today. Little did I know that if you missed out in March, you won't be able to jump in this delivery alone. So just take this post as a fun read instead :)

First thing I worried about was shipping cost on QVC. With this set, they quoted $5.97 (plus $4.21 taxes) for US or $13.22 (plus $7.25 taxes) for Canada - that's $10 extra each shipment. I had all 3 deliveries sent to the bf's.

Besides all the raves about tarte products, this set was offered at great value and saving: What came in the March set:

- Amazonian Clay Balancing foundation SPF15 (1.7 fl oz, reg. $36)
- Amazonian Clay Automatic Waterproof eyeliner in Golden Plum (0.008 oz, $19)
- Pure Optic Moisturizing lip gloss in Golden Pink (0.14 fl oz, $21)
- Lights, Camera, Lashes! Volumizing mascara in Black (0.24 fl oz, $19)
- Amazonian Clay 12-hour Wear powder blush in Glisten (a peachy-pink shade, 0.20 oz, $25)
- Amazonian Clay Long-wear eyeshadow palette with Dark Brown, Shimmering Bronze, Light Sand and Shimmering Plum (4 x 0.06 oz, $23)
- Deluxe Airbrush Finish Foundation brush, and
- Cosmetic bag.

It was so worth the money, as the foundation and brush alone would have already cost me that much or more.

This was how the March set come in, packed inside the purple bag.

There was a clear plastic envelope that had slots to fit the products in. When it closed, all items were held in place, didnt get shuffled around inside the bag. I think it's simply genius. The brush (which was huge) and the free sample of Maracuja oil didn't need special padding.

One side of the envelope, you can see the lip gloss, blush and eyeshadow palette.

The other side housed the eyeliner, mascara and foundation.

QVC/ tarte might do this to all value kits, what do I know as this is the first time I ordered from them. But I'm just saying, it's a great way to pack products to minimize breakage. Me likey!

So far, I am enjoying the foundation to the max. I chose the shade in Tan, a bit darker than most foundation I am using right now, but would be good for the summer. Haven't got to the blush yet :)
The June and October sets would include the same products, with different colour selections. According to Musings of a Muse:
The set in June would have
- Liner in Rich Green
- Gloss in Pink Grapefruit
- Blush in Tickled
- Eyeshadow Quad with Shimmering Olive, Matte Espresso, Shimmering Gold, and Matte Softest Peach.

The set in October will include
- Liner in Deep Bronze
- Gloss in Shimmering Raspberry
- Blush in Passion
- Eyeshadow Quad with Shimmering Buff, Shimmering Sable, Shimmering Cocoa, and Matte Coffee Bean.

I'm so excited about the blush shades, especially when Tickled looks amazingly bright, and I think the blush shades are exclusive to these sets. For the foundation, I chose Medium this time for fall/ winter usage. Gotta say that QVC's TSV is an awesome way to save. Last weekend, it took a lot of me not to order the Laura Geller TSV :) And the fact that they do ship to Canada opens some doors for us, though it's quite costly compared to US shipping.

Hope everyone has a good day, now that we're officially in the summer :) And the Summer Beauty Tour had come to an end last night. Winners will be announced soon. Thanks to those who entered.