January 31, 2019

Tarte, When All Else Fails Look to Korea for Inspiration!

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Tarte is busy channeling Korean brand, Labiotte, today with a new Wine Not Lipgloss & Brush Set and Rose is Bae Lipgloss & Brush Set (please stop with these horrible makeup brushes) for Spring 2019.

Tarte, Tarte, Tarte y u do this to yourself? I mean, Labiotte is sort of cute but you guys are trying a little too hard. You see, you might have just had me on the cute wine bottle shaped lipgloss but you KILLED things with the glass shaped brush! Don’t you understand no one likes these brushes!? They are awkward to use and cumbersome to store. Not everyone wants to have a set of brushes that we can take photos of and post on Instagram. We actually want to buy a brush we can like use on our face to apply makeup and stuff. Weren’t the flamingo brushes enough!?

Ok, I’ll stop ranting!

These two new sets do have a Labiotte vibe. If you’re familiar with Labiotte you know they have some rather cute wine bottle and goblet packaging. Seems like Tarte took a little inspiration from them! I think Labiotte does a little bit of a better job though packaging wise. Their version is cute where as Tarte’s feels a little too try hard.

Anyway, these two new Tarte “Wine” themed sets are available now.

Do you think you’d buy them?

Jump ahead for the deets on the sets!

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January 30, 2019

Break Me Off a Piece of that Etude House KitKat Play Color Eyes Mini Eyeshadow Palette

Happy Valentine’s Day (almost)! Time for chocolate and Etude House Kitkat Play Color Eyeshadow Palettes! Etude House teams up with everyone’s favorite chocolate this Valentine’s Day, KitKat, to bring you not one but two chocolate-y inspired eyeshadow palettes.

If you know ANYTHING at all about Asian food culture you know that the best KitKat flavors come from Japan and Korea. Strawberry, Matcha (my favorite!), Cheesecake, Apple Vinegar, Caramel Pudding, Peach, you name it and Japan likely flavored a KitKat with it.

If you happen to have an Hmart in your area you can haul ass over there and grab some great Oreos and KitKat flavors (and other Korean snacks and goodies like Pizza Pretz which I can’t live without).

But I digress! Because if I start talking about Asian snacks I’ll be here all damn day!

Today Etude House launched one of their KitKat Play Color Eyes Mini Eyeshadow Palette that, you guessed it, is shaped like a KitKat and contains six shades that look good enough to break off and eat. This is a warmer, chocolate palette but there’s also another shade selection on the way called White Strawberry Chocolate which is a lighter selection of cooler pinks!

Needless to say I need them both.

See more pictures below! Believe me it’s worth the jump!

Where to buy

Ebay

Enjoy!

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January 30, 2019

Wet n Wild Photo Focus Hydrating Stick Review & Swatches

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5 stars out of 5

Wet n Wild Photo Focus Hydrating Stick ($4.99) is one of several new skincare sticks that Wet n Wild recently introduced for Spring 2019. At the moment there’s no shortage of stick skincare everything in both the drugstore, mid-range, and Korean Beauty world. Cleanser sticks, blur sticks, hydrating sticks, everything seems to come housed in a portable swivel up stick that makes it easy to do anything from clean your face to hydrate it!

I’ve reviewed quite a few in the past like the recent Physicians Formula Refreshmint Cooling Stick as well as older ones like Hard Candy Sheer Envy Coconut Primer Stick, Etude House Dumbo Moistfull Collagen Facial Stick, Tony Moly Panda�s Dream So Cool Eye Stick, etc….!

I think sticks like this can be cute but most importantly they are great for travel! Not to mention Wet n Wild Photo Focus Hydrating Stick is an obvious nod at Milk Makeup’s Cooling Water which is much more expensive.

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