Green Beauty Review – Tarte Cheek Stain

A while back I reviewed Tarte’s spring greening limited-edition reusable straw palette – a pretty spring-minded, eco-friendly make-up kit. Now I’ve got a couple more Tarte items you might be interested in.

PRODUCT:  Natural cheek stain from Tarte Cosmetics in eco-cheek (see first stain above), a coral color with a touch of shimmer. This product is also available in 10 other shades and some limited edition colors and sets as well. See all cheek stains. 

USE: Long lasting cheek color that’s subtle, not streaky, and won’t clog pores. You simply smudge the stain on your cheeks as you see fit.

COST: $28 for 28.4 oz.

INGREDIENTS: See ingredients – they’re fully disclosed on the Tarte website and packaging.

ECO-PERKS:

• Cheek stain is talc free, butylene glycol free, petro-chemical free, paraben free, alcohol free, oil free, phthalate free, gluten free, GMO free, propylene glycol free, sulfate free, preservative free, and made with natural fragrances.
• Infused with Tarte’s super fruit complex.
• Not tested on animals.
• They have a cheek stain recycling program – if you send Tarte your empty cheek stain containers, you’ll receive 15% off your next cheek stain purchase.
• Tarte fully explains their skinvigorating ingredients and discloses all ingredients both on their packaging and at the site.
• Tarte has eco-ethics in the workplace and offers green tips at their site, plus are a member of The Natural Products Association.

WHAT I THINK:

In bad news first, Tarte cheek stain gets a 4 at Skin Deep, which is not the best, but not the worst either. About 33% Of blush products are healthier. Actually if they could make this with a bit more natural of a fragrance their score would be greatly improved – likely a two. That was the only bad news though.

I LOVED the smell of this stain. You want to lick it (seriously), it has a yummy berryish Fruity Pebbles cereal sort of  scent without being TOO much. The stain is in a little roll-on container (think deodorant-like) and rolls on your skin or fingers easily and does not drip or stain. Once you’ve got some stain smoothed on, you get about 20 seconds to blend before it dries.

The end result is a healthy looking blush with a tint of color – like you just went for a jog and subtle pretty sparkles. I don’t do blush normally, but I really liked this juicy stain. ALSO note, I threw this in my bag to see if it would leak (yeah, and older bag) and banged it around some, and nothing. Even though this is juicy stain, it didn’t leak at all.

OVERALL SCORE:

Four out of five little trees. Because of the moderate score at Skin Deep, I’m taking away one tree. Overall, I like this stain a lot though, would use it again, and recommend it to others.

Also you might like to read a review of Tarte Rise & Shine Natural Lip Stain (awesome lip stain) and learn about the waterproof wonders sale they’ve got going on.

Learn more at Tarte.