QVC's Tarte TSV - February 2013

Journey to Natural Beauty

Six-piece collection

Tarte TSV Item A233804

  

This is an advanced order of the Tarte TSV (Today's Special Value) that will be aired  February 5th on QVC, which is on channel 317 on Directv.  You can order this now with the item #A233804 for three payments of $19.98 plus shipping and handling of $6.97 & tax or one payment of $59.94 plus shipping & tax.  This is for the auto-delivery which will include a second shipment in June & a third shipment in November.  You also have the option of ordering a one time shipment with the item #A233578.  The retail value of the kit is over $160! Bargain!

Included in this Tarte TSV are the following products:

1. The Brow Architect Brow Shaper, liner & definer - $19.50 value
2. Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Full Coverage Foundation in Fair, Light, Medium, Tan or Deep  -$38.00 value
3. Airbrush Finish Bamboo Foundation Brush - $32.00 value
4. Amazonian Clay Blush in the color Fearless - $25.00 value
5. Brazilliance Skin Rejuvenating Maracuja Self Tanner Sample .5 fl oz - $2.72 value
6. Amazonian Butter Lipstick - $24.00 value
7. Lights, Camera, Flashes! Statement Mascara - $19.00 value
8. Chic, travel-friendly bag - $? value

It indicates that there are only 6 pieces in the collection, in fact there are eight plus a pamphlet.   I ordered this on January 10th and it arrived on January 14th.  When I ordered it said it wouldn't ship until February, but as it should with advanced orders, it was shipped immediately.  So don't stress if you order and it says it wont ship to February!

The Brow Architect Brow Shaper, liner & definer - The brow shaper is a three in one brow perfector, you can shape and define brows with ease.  Mine came in fair and it works pretty well for my dark blonde brows.  I look forward to seeing instructions on this product when they feature it on air.   Be careful with the center compartment that houses the concealer, it must have a spring on it cause it came bouncing back out at me when I tried to put it back in after the first use!

Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Full Coverage Foundation -  the only product I have tried before was the foundation in Ivory and the foundation brush.  I really love them both.  The Ivory is for very fair skin with a pink tone.  I was disappointed that the TSV didn't offer any of the pink toned foundations.  But this is such a good value, it's still worth purchasing and you could give away or sell the foundation if it's not right for your skin tone. I am thinking of mixing the two foundations Fair & Ivory or using Bare Escentuals' Advanced Clear Radience to give some pink back to my skin after using the Fair foundation.  That product was included in another BE TSV, so you may already have that product in your stash as I do.  I tried the Fair version alone today and it does conceal redness perhaps better than the Ivory.  I could get away with either color, though I still prefer Ivory.  I have found that I need to exfoliate on a regular basis or I have some dry patches that aren't noticeable until after the foundation is applied and that's on combination skin.  I was using Bare Escentuals powder foundation for over seven years, but now that I'm older it makes my wrinkles more obvious.  After much research and some sampling, I decided to go with the Tarte foundation.  In the pamphlet it says they are coming out with a powder foundation in March, which sounds exciting!  It has a really pretty container and airbuki brush.  The item # is A232155 for $43.50 on QVC.com.  If you give it a try, please come back and leave a comment, I would love to know what that one is like!

Airbrush Finish Bamboo Foundation Brush - the foundation brush is the best I've ever tried and if you are nervous about using a liquid foundation, this will assist you in your application.  I wouldn't even dare to apply it with anything else.  It's so soft and applies the foundation without caking.

Amazonian Clay Blush - the blush has some gold in it.  The compact is a little difficult to open and requires your fingernail to open.  It also includes a mirror.  Wow, this goes on heavy!  Be sure to barely dab the blush with your brush!  This is a very bright color.  I think a more earthy color would go better with the lipstick.

Brazilliance Skin Rejuvenating Maracuja Self Tanner -  this is only .5 fl oz, so I can't imagine getting much coverage with it, perhaps you could just do your legs giving a look of wearing stockings.  I am not a fan of self tanners.  I will have to look up the reviews on this before even trying it.  If you have tried this product before, please comment below how you like or dislike it.

Amazonian Butter Lipstick -  this is very moisturizing and is in a very earthly natural looking color.  The color is called plummy rose.  I'm not really seeing any plum, more a dark earthy brick color.  The container is cardboard with a metal piece holding the lipstick.  I'm not crazy about the use of the cardboard, I think by the time I get to the bottom of the lipstick the container wont look so great.

Lights, Camera, Flashes! Statement Mascara -  I really like their other mascara which didn't irritate my sensitive eyes and it didn't feel like I had mascara on.  This one seems very similar, if not the same.  It gives a more natural look, giving the lashes a dark color and making them appear longer.  It was a little challenging with the lower lashes.  I had to remove some with a q-tip.  It didn't go on clumpy on the top lashes, but it did on the lower ones.

Purple Bag - is very pretty and could be used as a clutch.  Seems too pretty to use just as a makeup bag, but it certainly would be good for traveling.

So there you have it, the next Tarte TSV that will be on QVC in February.  What do you think and are you going to purchase this one?  What's your favorite brand of cosmetics?  I'm an ex-Bare Escentuals customer of over seven years who is now leaning towards mostly purchasing the Tarte & MAC lines.

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Update - the brow shaper and the mascara broke, the plastic parts on them.  I contacted QVC and Tarte. QVC gave me a store credit for the brow shaper and Tarte said I would have to ship it at my cost back to them to get an exchange.  Since so many other people were complaining about theirs breaking also, getting an exchange at my cost for shipping would be a waste of my time and money, so I went with the QVC credit.  Then the mascara broke a couple weeks later and mind you I had only used it a couple of times. The plastic part at the top that pulls the mascara off the wand broke, so it was just a blob of mascara on the wand and unusable. I have never had this issue with any brand of mascara, not to mention such an expensive one such as Tarte! At this point I'm tired of dealing with the lack of quality from QVC and Tarte, so I'm done with both companies. I'm tired of complaining and as a result I cancelled my auto-delivery with Tarte and QVC.  Money talks and neither are getting my money.  1st strike this year, QVC sent out smaller sizes of the French croissants, then after being on auto-delivery since 2009 with WEN, they sent me 1/2 the previous sizes on 2 of the 3 items and denied it, then these Tarte issues. All of this causes me to decide that I am done with QVC.  QVC has lost a customer of 24 years.  Goodbye QVC! They have fired way too many quality hosts and they are treating their customers to the opposite claims of what they started their business as:  Quality, Value & Convenience, where is it now, QVC?  

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