Another beautiful brand celebrating Earth Day. From now until May 2nd, Tarte Cosmetics is offering 20% off of all Tarte purchases on their website.

If you didn't know, all of Tarte's products are loaded with healthy, natural ingredients and free of mineral oil, sulfates, phthalates and synthetic fragrances. To get the discount, enter the Code: EARTH08 at checkout.

May I suggest something from their Spring Health Couture Collection?

I am still loving the Double Dose Glosses! I have the Acerola Rush in my handbag as the golden peach color is so pretty. The peppermint taste is so refreshing, almost breath freshening too. My hubby always asks if I have a mint when I have it on, so he must smell it, which is a good thing, right?

Shop now until May 2nd to get the discount, and remember the code. 

With the seasons changing to warmer weather - thank goodness - I change up my foundation. I like to use  a tinted moisturizer on warm days, and on lazy, no makeup look days.

I am thrilled to have found Smooth Operator by Tarte. This liquid foundation that is squeezed out of a tube glides on over my face, hiding little imperfections flawlessly. It feels almost like a moisturizing primer, thanks to it's new "water-in-silicone" formula. The pigments are light diffused to help blend  fine lines and wrinkles away, only allowing a fresh and natural look to the finish.

Besides the formula having your daily SPF 20 in it, it also contains great natural goodness from the infused ginko biloba and ginseng, plus a powerful antioxidant blend of Vitamins A, C, and E.

Smooth Operator comes in a nice variety of eight shades that blend well into various skin tones. It retails for $35, and is available at TarteCosmetics.com and Sephora.com and stores, as well as QVC.com. 

Just two short days away, and I cannot wait. March 20th marks the first day of Spring! Are you ready? If not, look to Tarte and their new Health Couture collection out, just in time for the warmer, even if only a bit, weather.

With the newest natural cheek stain, lip glosses, rejuvelash, and the star product of the collection, the infinite glow bestsellers palette, you will be ready to ring in Spring in no time.

Full Blossom Cheek Stain ($28) - Two flattering shades swirled together to give your cheeks a natural and flushed glow. enriched with Tarte's exclusive t5 Super Fruit Complex for a makeup that has it's  own special benefits.

Double Dose Berry Boost & Gloss ($21) - With full color pigment in the center of the tube, surrounded by clear gloss, this innovation squeezes out the perfect amount of each to give lips a beautiful glossy finish. Also enriched with their inner berry boost (the t5 complex) to moisturize, soothe, and condition lips. I love the peppermint flavor. This gloss comes in 4 shades: Acai Boost, a shimmery berry pink;  Acerola Rush, a shimmery peach with gold; Go Go Goji, a shimmery natural pure pink; and Pomegranate Punch, a shimmery, yet sheer, red.

Rejuvelash ($16) - A conditioning mascara primer that helps mascara to glide on easier, look better, and protect lashes from the harsher chemical in mascara that day out lashes.

Infinite Glow Bestsellers Palette ($30) - Three of Tarte's best selling product that can have you glowing for Spring, or any time of year. The trio includes the Mineral Powder Bronzer in Park Avenue Princess  Cheek Stain in Tipsy, which is a sheer coral pink, and one of Tarte's very moisturizing 24/7 Lip Sheers in May Flowers, a beautiful sheer rose.
 

Tarte, in collaboration with Borba, have created a lipstick that’s actually good for you! Similar to their Inside Out glosses, Tarte’s new long-lasting lipstick beautifies you on the outside, while BORBA’s age-defying nutraceutical blend beautifies you on the inside. 

Right now, there are only three shades available, with the dusty-rose shade named "Sweet Dreams" being chosen as their BCA product this year.

Throughout this month of October, 20% of the retail sales from Tarte's BCA Lipstick will go to the Young Survival Coalition.

This Sweet Dream lipstick is $22 and available at tartecosmetics.com.

Today I want to tell you about one of my favorite mascaras, and bring you updated information on something that makes this mascara even better.

I have been using Tarte's Lights, Camera, Lashes! Mascara with it's faux leather croc case since it was introduced a few years ago. I think I even tried it before it went on the market! This mascara is a staple in makeup bag and used more then a few times a week.  Lights, Camera, Lashes! lengthens, curls, and thickens lashes while it conditions them with natural olive esters. The brush is a mix of very short and long bristles, making application a breeze while lashes are coated and clump-free in easy swoop.

Like I said, I love Lights, Camera, Lashes!, but Tarte thought that customers wanted more from their mascara, so they have recently introduced Rejuvelash.

Rejuvelash is actually a 3 piece product which contains, Light's, Camera, Lashes! but has added in their handy ergonimically designed eyelash curler to the mix as well as a brand new product. This new product is called Take Two.

Take Two is a declumping lash exhilarator, designed to to three things.

• Treat: ProVitamin B5 and a cocktail of herbal hair restoratives such as aloe improve the texture of eyelash hair to increase suppleness and prevent breakage so your lashes can reach their full potential
• Protect: Proprietary antioxidant blend with Vitamin C acts as a film former to protect against cosmetic, environmental and free radical damage
• Revive: give late day lashes a lift and get rid of clumps; unique emulsifying agents and this patented flexible bristle brush gently to eliminate clumps

 To use this system, you would first curl the lashes, apply one coat of Take Two to both the upper and lower lashes, let that dry for 2 -3 minutes, and then apply the Light's, Camera, Lashes!.

It is definitely three steps worth taking the time to do and repeating on a daily basis.

Light's, Camera, Lashes! ($18) and the Rejuvelash Kit ($40) are available at tartecosmetics.com, sephora.com, beauty.com, Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, or select Sephora stores.

Tarte's palettes are always so awe-worthy. Their latest palette, Ready-to-Wear/ Pret-a-Porter Dual Look Palette, was  inspired by the runways and looks at Fashion Week. This palette is certainly is a must-have.

This beauty has so much to offer and the looks created are absolutely stunning. Included in the palette are
six shadows (pale gold, golden olive, smokey moss, pale pink, lilac, deep violet), two creamy blushes (honey peach, rose), four lip creams (light pink, pinky nude, natural blush, warm burgundy rose), a mini Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara,  and a mini Rest Assured eye liner. There are also two brushes included, one for using with the powder shadows as an eye liner, and one fluffy eye shadow application brush.

If you ever bought these products separately, you would spend a pretty penny, upwards of $200, but the entire palette is just $44, exclusively at Sephora. 

Check out this wonderful selection of both Tarte and Borba. It is a Today's Special Value on QVC today.

Fresh Face Forward ($59.16)

Your "Fresh Face Forward" 5-piece Collection Includes:
--BORBA Fiber-Knit Concentrate Age Defying Serum
--BORBA Fiber-Knit Orbital Eye Rejuvenator Cream
--tarte new cheek gel tint, created especially for QVC in blissful, a soft warm pink 
--tarte lights, camera, lashes! 4-in-1 mascara in black
--tarte new vitamin-infused lipgloss powered by Borba, created especially for QVC in R&R, a shimmery deep pink

Here is the schedule for the airing of this set for the rest of the day:
12:00 pm EST: Beauty Newsmaker
3:00 pm EST: Take Care of Yourself
4:00 pm EST: Statements on Style
7:00 pm EST: QVC Sampler
8:00 pm EST: Beauty Beat

If you are not too busy this Saturday, June 2nd, you might want to tune into QVC to watch Maureen Kelly, creator of Tarte Cosmetics. She will be on at 3:00 AM EST (maybe you should Tivo this one!) for two 8 minute segments, and again at 2:00 PM EST for another 8 minute segment.

I can't wait to see Maureen launch a new QVC-tarte exclusive product, Sweet Cheeks: Cheek Stain Set and their new all natural self-tanner, Sunburst Body! Sweet Cheeks will debut at $25 and Sunburst Body at $35.

If you are looking for a nice, build able self-tanner for you body, then you should definitely check out Sunburst Body. I have used this moisturizing self-tanner on my legs and I really like the results. To use, I squeeze out about a quarter sized amount, and rub the lotion together in my hands until the beads burst. I then apply Sunburst Body just like a lotion, but more carefully over my feet, ankles, and knees, of course. Using the color as I guide, I use this amount for each leg. After washing off, the long term self-tanner color results are gradual, but have turned my legs a beautiful golden brown in about a week.