Long time, no see.
Today I have an extremely late review of the Tarte Grav3yard Girl Swamp Queen palette. I bought this palette when it initially launched on Ulta's website and I have been using it consistently for the past few months and I definitely have solid thoughts on the palette.
Tarte collaborated with YouTube sensation Bunny from Grav3yard Girl to create an all-in-one face palette. The palette retails for $45 and I am still finish that is available in my local Ulta and Sephora stores. Bunny also included two Tarte Lip Paints within the collection and I was unable to get my hands on either of them.
Let's get into the packaging. I absolutely love the rustic, old west vibe of the outer box and palette. The wood grain detail embossed into the box and palette is a fantastic touch. The palette is very sturdy and of good quality, especially for being cardboard. The inside of the palette is a gold plastic. There is a large mirror included with the quote, "Believe in yourself. Love yourself. Embrace your individuality" imprinted onto it. There is also an eyeshadow shader brush included in the palette. And can we please talk about the alligator with wings on the front? So cute! I really get a feel of Bunny's personality through the packaging and honestly I can't get enough.
Onto the makeup inside the palette. The palette includes 9 eyeshadows (3 sets of trios), 1 bronzer, 1 blush and 1 highlighter. There are only two shades that are completely matte, all of the others have varying amounts of sheen to glitters. The palette has a soft vanilla scent that completely disappears once the powders have been applied to the skin.
On to the swatches! I do not swatch over primers of any sort, I want to see how they perform without the extra assistance. Let's start with eyeshadows.
The shadows are absolutely stunning and have strong pigmentation that show up well on my cool toned, medium tan skin. Although, I do with there was a bit more punch to the shades #SFS and Haunting. Sippy Sippy is a great dark brown but the chunky gold glitters in it fall all over my face, which I am not a fan of. The texture of the shadows is soft and I notice some powder kick up from the shades Haunting and Uncommon. The shadows blend nicely, although Dogman was incredibly difficult for me to blend nicely.
Now for the face products.
The bronzer is very warm toned, I have to be extremely careful with it or I can look orange. However, since there is a lack of a mid-toned brown eyeshadow, this works perfectly in that capacity for me. The blush has a completely different texture than what you may be used to seeing from Tarte but it is a nice coral-pink tone that lasts quite a long time on my oily skin. Lastly, the highlighter. There is no arguing that Gatorwings is the most beautiful and intense highlighter pretty much ever. However, for me the chunks of actual glitter in the product emphasizes every pore, fine line and texture on my skin. I will continue to use it as a inner corner highlight on my eyes.
I think that this palette was very well thought out and nicely executed. Bunny has done an amazing job with the palette and everything from the packaging to the shades she picked for the products just scream her.
I think the price point for the product you get is completely fair. And the quality of the products is nice. If you are a makeup beginner and have fair to light medium skin I believe this palette would be great.
If you are looking for an everyday palette I would definitely recommend this.
XO,
Megan
