Tarte Bon Voyage Collector's Set - Holiday 2014 - Pictures, Swatches, and Initial Review

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The second set that I picked up in my Holiday 2014 makeup haul is the Tarte Bon Voyage Collector's set. This set is only available at Sephora.

It comes with:

1. A great limited edition travel makeup bag. 
2. A palette of 20 Amazonian clay eyeshadows. There are 12 mattes and 8 shimmers. More details on colors below. 
3. A LipSurgence lipgloss in Visionary - an apricot peach shade.
4. A LipSurgence lip tint in Romantic - a peachy nude.
5. A mini cheek stain in Muse - a soft nude. 
6. A mini Lights Camera Lashes mascara
7. A mini bottle of maracuja oil
8. A mini smooth operator Amazonian clay finishing powder.

The set retails for $59 and has a value of over $400. I've been playing with this set for a week and I really like it. The travel makeup bag has gorgeous gold, lavender, and mint colors. There is a slot at the top side for storage of palettes and a wide open bottom portion where you could put your foundation, blush, lippies,etc. I think this a great bag for travel and pretty generously sized.

The cheek stain is a great neutral soft nude color. I think it's in the same vein as Exposed blush - maybe slightly warmer. I applied it using a small ELF studio stippling brush and buffed it in to get a nice subtle flush on the cheeks.

I'm really happy with the gloss/tint combo. These two shades are nearly identical but in different formats. They layer nicely. The lip tint has that usual mint scent that is customary for them. The gloss has somewhat of a vanilla scent. Paired together you get a vanilla mint scent. Not overpowering at all.

Left to Right - Lip Tint in Romantic, Lip Gloss in Visionary

Now let's get on to the most important part, the eye shadow palette. 

This is a really nice palette. There is a nice array of matte and shimmers. All the shades have cute Parisian names. The consistency of the shadows is the usual for the Amazonian clay eye shadow formula. While it's not as buttery and plushy as brands like Too Faced and Urban Decay, I feel the payoff is still really good with these. This really is a great palette if you like neutral or smoky eye looks. You are not getting any daring or bright colors here. I feel like I can get a ton of wear out of all of them and that made the set well worth the price for me. 

Below are swatches from top to bottom. 

Top row of plummy matte shades

Second row of bronze brown shades

Third row from top - Champagne shades with an interesting mint shimmer all the way on the right

Bottom row - Silvers and great smokey matte shades

All in all - I think this is a great kit. You get a lot for your money. If you are a neutral lover, this kit has your name all over it. I would have liked if there were maybe 1 or 2 different options for lid shades in this palette. You are totally covered for brow bone, crease, transitional and smokey colors though with this palette. I was happy that the lippies and blush were in the peachy nude family which I think lends nicely to the smokier eye looks that you can do with this palette. I don't really have any cons. Maybe it would have been nice to have something else in lieu of the maracuja oil and translucent powder? I just know that I won't really use those a lot. Would have been nice to have a second blush shade or maybe even a bronzer in place of those.

Have you purchased any of Tarte's holiday kits? Let me know what you've picked up and what your thoughts are in the comments below.