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Ready, Set, Bow! Tarte’s $49 Bow and Go 3-in-1 Gift Set Makes Gift Giving Easier

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Tarte Bow and Go 3-in-1 Gift Set
One of the three boxed kits you get in the $49 Tarte Bow and Go gift set

Tarte Bow and Go boxes
Just add bow and go!

MBB FUN FACT: Despite my love for Biggie and Tupac, I can’t rap worth a damn, but when it comes to wrapping — as in gift wrap — I do alright, if I do say so myself. 🙂

I owe it all to the extensive training I received as an Emporium Capwell gift wrapper in the winter of ’92.

GURL, don’t make me take out my scissors, ’cause I will wrap those boxes like WHOA! (Complete with swirly curly ribbons.)

The $49 Tarte Bow and Go 3-in-1 gift set, which actually has a pretty cool schtick, comes with a gold ribbon (not shown in any of these pics), and I was all set to tie it around the three included gift boxes, but wouldn’t you know it? Tabs took off with the ribbon, and now it’s MIA.

Story of my life…

You’re supposed to tie the ribbon around the boxes (all of them, or just one if you plan to break up the set), add your to/from tag and BAM! — you’re done. A gift on the go.

If I were a grumpier gal, I’d probably go on and on about the lost art of gift wrapping, and how I’ve got nothing but love for this set because 1) I think the colors are gorgeous, and 2) it’s a pretty good price, considering that you could get three gifts out of it for about $16 each ($49 for the whole set).

Tarte Bow and Go Lip Surgence
Kit 1: the Lipsurgence Kit includes (from left to right) Lipsurgence Lip Cremes in Precious, Promise, Thoughtful and Wonder
Tarte Bow and Go Smolder Eyes
Kit 2: the second kit comes with two tubes of Lights, Camera Lashes, and SmolderEYES Amazonian Clay Waterproof Liners in Matte Brown and Fig

Tarte Bow and Go Smolder Eyes
From the left: Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara (the kit comes with two tubes), SmolderEYES Amazonian Clay Waterproof Liners in Matte Brown and Fig
Tarte Bow and Go Eyeshadows
Kit 3: the eyeshadow palette has Tarte’s signature purple packaging…
Tarte Bow and Go eyeshadows
Another shot of the eyeshadow palette
Tarte Bow and Go eyeshadow closeup
A closeup of the eyeshadows themselves…
Tarte Bow and Go Swatches from the left: Lip Surgence Lip Cremes in Precious, Promise, Thoughtful and Wonder; SmolderEYES in Brown and Fig
Swatches from the left: Lipsurgence Lip Cremes in Precious, Promise, Thoughtful and Wonder; SmolderEYES in Brown and Fig
Tarte Bow and Go Swatches of the first row of eyeshadows
Palette swatches of the first row of eyeshadows
Tarte Bow and Go Swatches
Second row of eyeshadows
Tarte Bow and Go Swatches
Third Row of eyeshadows
Tarte Bow and Go Swatches
Fourth row of eyeshadows

If you like Tarte products and want to start your holiday shopping, the Tarte Bow and Go 3-in-1 set is a qvc.com exclusive, and it goes on sale Monday, November 18. Mark those calendars if you’re into it.

Big ups to the powers that be over at team Tarte for making holiday shopping a bit easier.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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  8. I always have a soft spot for Tarte and their wacky claims. 🙂 This packaging is terrific and the “just add a bow” marketing is very clever.

    I’m a fan of wrapping, too. But only when things are boxed. All the oddly shaped and plastic clamshelled products are a nightmare!

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  13. Karen-

    I so miss the Emporium! I could always find something there. I worked at the one in stonestown while I was in college. I worked in support–as in bras and girdles. I was a certified bra fitter.

    Wish the Emporium, I. Magnin, J. Magnin, Livingston’s, Roos-Atkins, City of Paris, and who-am-I-missing would all come back. Especially I. Magnin. I had hoped to be buried under the first floor Cosmetic Dept. I bought my first Erno Lazlo (I was a 9:30 o’clock) at age 19 there.

    I’m a very good gift wrapper myself and I actually enjoy it. My Dad used to let me wrap my own pre-boxed presents–under supervision, of course, so no peeking. What the parents didn’t know was that my sister and I would open then and try things on when they went out and we could rewrap without leaving any evidence. My mother never believed we did that when we told her in later years. We go away with a lot!

    Jennifer (grew up in Novato)

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  15. I love this!! I do wish the LipSurgence were of the Matte variety but the kit in general is a great mix of different shades.

    Gift wrapping is one of my favourite activities during the holiday season, call me a dork but it’s fun!
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