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How Do You Feel about the Tarte TEN Palette?

September 8th, 2010 by Karen 45 Comments

tarte ten palette swatches review

It’s true, your honor. I’m horribly, terribly guilty — of abusing denim.

Especially in the late ’80s.

I guess I was just copying my friends. First, it was that pair of cheesy Guess overalls… You see, I wore them with one strap up and one down. Yeah, I should have known it was wrong, but I was just a kid then.

And that wasn’t the worst of it, either. Soon, I graduated from overalls to cropped jeans jackets. They were bedazzled, with golden studs.

That was probably my worst crime…

To help you understand — not that I’m trying to defend my actions — this all happened around the time my parents forced me to get a boy’s haircut.

Simply put, I was a bedazzled, denim-wearing mess who looked like a tween Filipino Elvis.

Then, just when I’d thought I put those days behind me forever, I saw the Tarte TEN Limited-Edition Collector’s Palette ($44)…

And the purple packaging triggered a flashback, an acid-washed trip back to my fashion-challenged days (NOOO!).



Tarte released the refillable TEN palette (you can pop the pans out of the magnetic base) earlier this summer to commemorate their — SURPRISE! — 10-year anniversary. It comes with 10 limited edition powder shadows, a dual-tipped pencil eyeliner and a small tube of Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara.

For me, the stars of the show are the shadows. I like the variety of neutral, smokey and jewel-toned shades, all of which are fairly easy to blend, as well as the mix of matte and shimmery textures. They also last all day long with minimal creasing, which is nice.

I’d characterize the pigments as somewhere between light and medium (similar to Clinique shadows). If you’re a lighter lovely who’s had trubs with shadows appearing too stark/harsh against your skin, these pigments should be just enough for you.

If, however, you’re tan like me, or darker, you may have to really pile ’em on. I had to use a lot of product, particularly with some of the darker shades (like the teal in these pics), to achieve a look I liked.

NOTE: Having to apply so many layers, I experienced considerable fallout with these shadows. Not as severe as the fallout I’ve seen from Stila’s Backstage Palette, but still enough to nip at my heels nerves.

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Eyeshadow swatches from left on NC35 skin: Matte Soft Beige, Shimmering Violet, Shimmery Silver Gray, Matte Almost Black, Vivid Shimmering Gold

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Deep Shimmering Forest Green, Vibrant Shimmering Copper, Deep Shimmering Chocolate, Vivid Shimmering Amethyst, Vivid Shimmering Teal

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Eyeliner swatches

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Wearing Vivid Shimmering Teal on the lid, Vivid Shimmering Gold on the brow bone and black eyeliner along the lash and waterlines (I wish I’d blended out the lines a bit more… le sigh)

As for the other products in the palette, the mascara’s been great for glossy lash looks; the full-size shadow brush is surprisingly soft, and I like using it to add color in the crease, to blend on the lid, and to smudge along the lashline; and I think the eyeliner’s just okay. It’s rigid and tugs at my skin, but it wears well on the waterline.

It may boil down to your skin tone, and to how much you’re bothered by fallout, but I think TEN’s a balanced eyeshadow palette with a good mix of colors that POP particularly well on pale beauties and light-skinned lovelies. Available at Sephora stores and online at sephora.com. Makeup and Beauty Blog Rating: B

You might like the Tarte TEN Palette if…

  • You like shadows with light-to-medium pigmentation
  • You’re looking for a palette with a nice mix of colors for both party and work looks
  • You don’t mind a little fallout

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

How Do You Feel about the Tarte TEN Palette? / Originally published September 8th, 2010

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  1. dani@callitbeauty says

    September 8th, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    ahh, overalls. i wore them one strap up, one strap down too! and my 2 other girlfriends and i wore them on the same day. it wasn’t coincidence, we actually coordinated. oh, the horror! and we don’t even have the 80s as an excuse.

    anyway, not that inspired by the e/s colours but the plum eyeliner is gor-jois!
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:40 pm

      That’s dedication! Did you guys take pics together wearing the same outfits? My friends and I did stuff like that…

      Reply
  2. Lindsay says

    September 8th, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    Very pretty FOTD! Boo to fallout though…
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:36 pm

      I know! It’s a bummer.

      Reply
  3. Principessa Grassa says

    September 8th, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    Ah yes, one strap up, one strap down. I was never guilty of that particular fashion atrocity, although I’ll totally throw my sister under the bus and say that she did it. I did, however, wear dark, dark overalls for my SENIOR PICTURES. I thought they were the coolest thing ever. I believe I’d seen them in Sassy or some such.

    Anyway, I quite like this palette, but not to the tune of $44! Nice colors, though.
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:32 pm

      THAT IS SO AWESOME! Do you have any pictures of you wearing the overalls while standing next to the big plastic numbers of your graduating year? I have one of me standing next to an oversized “93.” LOLOLOL!

      Reply
      • Principessa Grassa says

        September 9th, 2010 at 7:46 am

        No, but now I wish I did! I wore them with a black and white striped shirt underneath and thought I was just the COOLEST. They were, like, engineer overalls from Sears. I like to think I’ve improved style-wise since then, but I’m probably deluding myself.
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  4. Trisha says

    September 8th, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    Oooh, those colors look awesome. And I love that the eyeshadow tins are removable. Pretty much no other brand does that. Yay Tarte!

    Also, cropped jean jacket with gold studs! Holy moly, Karen! That almost beats my black stirrup pants and oversized solidly colored bright t-shirt. With stirrups showing!
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:29 pm

      I’m pretty sure I also did the stirrup pants (with the stirrups showing, of course!) and the big shirt. Don’t forget the scrunchy!

      Reply
  5. Tracy says

    September 8th, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    Hahaha-like in the music video Come On Eileen-remember that? They had the one strap up, one down thing going on!
    I’m not too keen on Tarte’s eyeshadows-love almost everything else by them though!
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:29 pm

      I haven’t seen that video in years! I’ll have to re-watch it just for the overalls. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Danielle says

    September 8th, 2010 at 5:13 pm

    I definitely wore the overalls with one strap up one down. I almost bought this but I’m glad I waited. I read the reviews on Sephora and they said it didn’t work well with darker tones. Pity, the colors are pretty.
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:27 pm

      Oh man! I remember my mom saying that I looked completely ridiculous with my overalls like that and thinking she was lame.

      Reply
  7. kate says

    September 8th, 2010 at 5:16 pm

    You’ve mentioned it twice now and I’m just dying to know. Why in the world, would your parents force you to get a boy’s haircut!?!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:39 pm

      Who knows? My parents do a lot of wacky things that I will never understand. I think it had something to do with me getting boobs… they were probably trying to keep the boys away. AND HELLO, it totally worked. I looked a hot mess!

      Reply
      • kate says

        September 9th, 2010 at 12:24 pm

        Poor girl!

        Reply
  8. knownever says

    September 8th, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    Teal? Where are you teal?
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:23 pm

      Yeah… Vivid Shimmering Teal is not really vivid or teal on my lids.

      Reply
  9. Nina says

    September 8th, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    I like Tarte … but they show up better on my sister who is way fairer than me. Lucky her LOL — shes gotten several Tarte (and Lorac) stuff for birthdays and Christmases.

    I want this for me though … im thinking a vibrant base will help with the pigmentation. That packaging is cute! 🙂

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:22 pm

      Ooh, have you gotten her any Clinique? I bet she’d like that too!

      Good call on trying out a base with this. How about Benefit Strut?

      Reply
      • Nina says

        September 9th, 2010 at 12:26 pm

        Strut is probly my most fave-st Creaseless Cream — that will totally be pretty!!!!

        She likes Clinique but I know she hasnt bought any in a while. I might get her a palette or a lipstick for her birthday … its coming up in October!

        Reply
  10. Nina says

    September 8th, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    I like the look of not blended lines.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:12 pm

      Sometimes it can look really great! Especially if you’re purposefully trying for that contrasty look. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Mai-Huong says

    September 8th, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    I love the colors, but I absolutely hate fallout 🙁
    I used to wear bright green shorts overalls with pink flowers embroidered on the front. I was also seven years old, hahahaha.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:11 pm

      Those sound kinda cute. I can imagine J. Crew doing shorts like that for adults for some reason, LOL!

      Reply
  12. Madelynn says

    September 8th, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    I have to let you know, I read this blog not only for the beauty information, but to read your writing. You’re so very talented and clever. :]

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:10 pm

      Hi Madelynn,

      You’re very sweet. 🙂 I really love to write and am glad to hear that you enjoy the site!

      Reply
  13. Rae says

    September 8th, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    Sheesh, what is it with these HE companies releasing such fall-out-y palettes recently!? *scolds Tarte and Stila* That’s no way to win over consumers!

    P.S. I have to agree with Madelynn. No one does reviews like you, Karen! It always feels like you’re writing to a girlfriend while doing something divine — sitting on a beach with Tabs and El Hubs, perhaps? 😉
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:04 pm

      Aw, shucks Rae. You make me blush!

      I wish I was sitting on a beach… it was chilly here today.

      How was your day?

      Reply
  14. Mrs. Kinne says

    September 8th, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    The funniest thing I’ve read in a long time? The phrase “bedazzled, denim-wearing mess who looked like a tween Filipino Elvis.” 🙂
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    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:02 pm

      Dude, it’s 100% true. Unfortunately there are pictures to prove it… thank goodness they’re all hidden away at my parent’s house.

      Reply
  15. Ariel says

    September 8th, 2010 at 7:45 pm

    I love purple, but Tarte’s packaging is hit or miss. A lot of it is gaudy in my opinion. A few things like the lip glosses and tinted moisturizers are classy though.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:01 pm

      Some of it is questionable, LOL!

      You’re right though — the lip glosses are the bomb.com.

      Reply
  16. Heidi says

    September 8th, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    I’m about as pale as they come, so these shades are working out really well for me. The forest green and the copper are very nice fall colors.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 8th, 2010 at 9:00 pm

      These shades should pop nicely on you! I bet the gold would look pretty as a wash over the lids.

      Reply
  17. Advah says

    September 9th, 2010 at 3:04 am

    (dude, overalls were GREAT. Growing up with a sister ten years older, I thought they were the coolest thing on earth..)

    Karen, I must ask – why oh why did your parents force you to get your hair cut??

    Reply
  18. Ru says

    September 9th, 2010 at 5:20 am

    “I’d characterize the pigments as somewhere between light and medium… If, however, you’re tan like me, or darker, you may have to really pile ‘em on. I had to use a lot of product, particularly with some of the darker shades”

    You hit the nail on the head, Karen! I have one of their limited edition palletes (Flower Child) and I’m very close to your skin color and expereinced little color payoff- and I found them to be a bit dull. I noticed it help to put a sheen base underneath (I use Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Flatter me)- it really brings some vibrancy to the colors and a little more pigment.

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  19. Stavroula Plag says

    September 9th, 2010 at 9:30 am

    Nice colors!!! 🙂 I love the last pic, very sultry makeup on your beautiful eyes! 🙂
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  20. Kim says

    September 9th, 2010 at 10:20 am

    The case is certainly bedazzled! It’s a testament to your excellent photography that I took one look at the eyeliner and thought “hmmm, looks scratchy”. 🙂

    I won’t list my fashion faux pas from the 80s…. because your server would crash! I will say that overalls, stirrup pants and everything rolled tightly at the ankle (with scrunched up socks that matched my SHIRTS) were among the most memorable. Then there’s always the spiral perm and sky-high bangs…..! 🙂

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  21. Sydney says

    September 9th, 2010 at 10:28 am

    Ooh I love the colors! So much veriety 🙂 I’m pretty pale, so I think I could rock this! Hopefully without too much fall out though….

    I totally feel your pain with the boy hair cut! My mom did the exact same thing. Cut it into the ugliest, most boyish hair cut I’ve ever seen, while I was in middle school (worst timing EVER!!). It was TRULY tramatizing. If her goal was to keep the boys away, then she succeeded. LOL eventually it grew back, but I still have a slight fear of hair cuts LOL!

    Reply
  22. Cindy (Prime Beauty) says

    September 9th, 2010 at 12:07 pm

    Let’s not even go to my 80’s fashion days–*shakes*. As for the Tarte 10 palette, normally I would leap at the mixture of shades but I can’t deal fallout any more. Old age I guess, or mayve fallout-phobia?
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  23. Christy says

    September 10th, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I was looking at this in store, but I wasn’t loving it when I swatched it.

    I used to wear overalls…I had purple shorts overalls too. With the mini backpack and giant fluffed up bangs, I was one crazy mess! My mom didn’t put me through the boycut hair, but when we went to the Philippines, she made me get a perm with frizz everywhere. Gah, what a mess I was!!
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  24. Mamavalveeta03 says

    September 13th, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    I have found the same problem with both Tarte and Stila shadows: the fallout issue. Plus, I never find that Tarte gives me enough saturation of color. Boo!!!

    Reply
  25. Shaylene says

    December 25th, 2014 at 10:39 pm

    Hi , i know this is a really delayed post but i recently was able to get my hands on one of these palettes and while its being shipped I need to know does the eyeshadow contain bismuth oxychloride? Please respond back , thank you!

    Reply

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