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Tarte Shape Tape Cloud CC Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 15 Sunscreen is a new sheer, lightweight CC Cream that launched a few months ago and I am absolutely obsessed with looking at myself in the mirror and in pictures because of it.
So, full disclosure I HATE looking at myself in a mirror and I really hate looking at myself in pictures. All I see are flaws, flaws, and more flaws. I hate my eyebrows, I hate my smirky smile, I hate that uncomfortable feeling of taking a selfie for a review, I hate how awkward I feel when I’m taking pictures by myself or even with friends and family members, and I really just hate posting these pictures on the Internet.
But I do it….! Because this is a makeup blog and I love makeup and I love to wear it and that means I’ll need to take a picture here and there and slap it up on this blog and across social media and I have to make peace with that.
Tarte Shape Tape Cloud CC Cream came into my life and suddenly I’m all, “Damn! I look good in this picture!” I’m dry and dryness means I’m also, a bit dull looking without makeup on. I’m always looking for coverage to even out my skin tone without looking like I’m WEARING foundation because I really don’t need a ton of coverage. My skin is clear (except lately I’ve gotten some weird mask or hormonal acne on my chin! Not cool!) and I’m not prone to blemishes. My eyes are where I need and want the most coverage but my complexion is just fine which means lightweight, sheer coverage is cool for me.
Tarte Shape Tape Cloud CC Cream was released a few months ago and I meant to try it but never did. Fast forward and it went on sale during Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty Sale and I was like now is a good a time as any to give it a try. You see, I did want to try this but also, I think I waffled on the purchase a bit because Tarte releases SO MANY foundations it feels like it’s the same formula in new packaging. They sort of remind me of NYX with the constant long-wear lipstick releases. It just feels like the same product with different packaging. I think that’s why I was intrigued by Shape Tape Cloud CC Cream but not really running to the store to grab it.
Dior, Chanel, and other high-end luxury brands don’t want you to know they likely paid $3 bucks to produce that lipstick you just paid $42 for. Ouch! It’s a common fact you’re paying for the brand’s name and the packaging but not so much the actual product inside which is fairly cheap to produce.
I watched a very interesting Tiktok yesterday on how “brands are ripping you off”. I’d link it here but I don’t want the person who made it to think I’m trashing them nor do I want you to think I’m doing so either. The reason I say this is because I actually disagree a bit with what she was saying in her Tiktok! That’s my opinion obviously but I didn’t want it to come across as hey, I know stuff and I disagree because of that. Keep in mind, I know nothing 🙂 I’m just expressing how I feel based on products I’ve tried and just fitting that into what she was saying.
If you’re a makeup minimalist which none of us are but just in case, ahem, if you’re a minimalist might I introduce you to the one eyeshadow you need for sultry Fall eye looks? Come on, I know you’re sitting there on a pile of brown eyeshadow as big as a hill. Some of us have scaled back considerably and I’m not talking about inflation! I think the pandemic taught us that we don’t need 5,000 brown eyeshadows and just one or two will do just as well as 5,000.
I know I’ve taken a look at my own makeup stash and I realize I’ll never be that girl that settles for just one eyeshadow but also, I find myself wanting to make use of what I have and also, not to think more carefully about my purchases and ask myself, “Do I have this shade at home already? Do I need this?”
That’s why I treasure shades like Bobbi Brown Golden Bronze Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick.