Tarte Showstopper Palette Review

$38 on Sephora.com

  Recently, one of my wonderful friends gifted this to me as a late birthday present. After using it for a couple of weeks, I've officially decided that I am in love with this palette. The palette comes with their signature Park Ave Princess Bronzer, a blush, a highlighter, and six eyeshadows. The face products are pigmented as the eyeshadows are, and they all work well together. There's plenty of looks that can come out of those six shadows, and I like the choice of colors given. The warm peach blush is amazing, it gives that summer warmth to the cheeks. Overall, there isn't one pan in this palette I don't like. Here are the products breakdowns and swatches! 

The Face Products 

Colors from left to right: Park Ave Princess Bronzer, Fame blush and Champagne Pink highlighter

  I had never tried the Park Ave bronzer before, and I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised. This bronzer has a really warm undertone without it being straight up orange. It gives a wonderful warmth to the face, either by just dusting for color or contouring. I personally use this just to add a little color to the face; I haven't tried it full on contouring. I love the look it gives to my skin. 

  I love this blush. I am a sucker for peach blushes, and this one is right up my alley. Like all tarte blushes, the formula is uber pigmented and lasts forever on the cheeks. No complaints about this blush! 

  Now the highlight. I will be 100% honest and say that this is one of two highlighters I own. I don't have much of a thing for highlighters, but this one does give a nice glow to the skin. Its not overly pigmented for a highlighter, so when applied it doesn't give that streak of highlight to the cheekbones. It's amazing as an eyeshadow as well. Even though this is probably the only non-warm color in the palette, it works. 

All face products from the palette on my cheeks

The Eyeshadows 

Colors from left to right: Dim the Light (black brown, semi matte), Rose to the Top (rose gold, shimmer), Steel the Scene (steel taupe, shimmer), You're a Natural (nude, matte), Go for the Gold (gold, shimmer), Showstopper Copper (copper, shimmer)

 I have very little experience with Tarte eyeshadows, but after these eyeshadows I would definitely buy more. Each shadow is creamy, non-powdery, and pigmented. I had no problems with creasing as well. My favorite shadow out of the bunch is probably Rose to the Top. In the caption I gave this a shimmer finish, but it's borderline metallic. There's a beautiful balance between rosy and gold undertones in the shade, and a beautiful all over the lid color. While each of these shadows are beautiful on their own, they are colors you could find anywhere. The consistency makes them unique, but they aren't outstanding jaw dropping colors. Don't get me wrong, they are beautiful eyeshadows and make beautiful eye looks. If you were to buying this only for the eyeshadows and have a lot of palettes with similar colors, I would skip. 

On me: You're a Natural in the crease/transition shade, Rose to the Top all over the lid, Showstopper Copper in the outer v, and Dim the Light as my liner

Overall

I don't have many, if any, complaints about this palette. Each product is beautiful and very high quality.  Out of the whole palette, I have to say the face products are my favorite. Each one brings a beautiful look to the cheekbones. If you've been eyeing it, I think it's worth checking out. However, if you have a lot of palettes in your collection then this might just be another neutral palette. The face products make this palette worth it to me, I would recommend. 

Rate: 7/10

Thank you for reading my review, I hope it helped!

x Anna