Icing On The Face: Tarte Call of the Wild Palette Review and Swatches

More Tarte?! Of course. The Tarte Call of the Wild Palette became one of my favorite go-to's for fall as soon as I picked it up before autumn came around last year. Can I just start with the packaging? It's sleek and shiny on the outside with that little pop of leopard print that peeks out - what beauty product hoarder could resist that?! When you open it, it's just as exciting with the leopard print around the mirror as well as the shadows. Is it wrong I could just look at this palette and justify the purchase? Oh well.

Now that all of that is out of the way, inside you will find 8 shadows that are - in my mind - perfect for autumn time. You've got the coppery/bronze color, the perfect deep cranberry color, a warm brown, and great frosty white. The rest of the shadows are mostly matte - which is great! The dusty gray/blue and navy blue make for such a beautiful spin on an ordinary brown or black smokey eye. The peachy pale and light gray are matte and make for great blending colors. I think that the formula of the mattes are really amazing - not too dry and chalky, but have great staying power.

Whenever I need a statement eye look, but not sure what to do or do not have a lot of time to plan it out - I grab for this palette! Recently, I've been loving a look with the pearly white on the inner 1/2 of my lid, the medium gray on the rest, and the deep navy in the crease and outer corner. Navy shadow! Try it.

One thing that I have to mention is that the eye shadow formula I talked about in my review of the Tarte of Giving set is different than these - since this palette is a little older. I find that some of these take a little more working with, but still give a great end result. I think the matte colors work about the same, but it is the shimmers that they have improved - which is funny because it is usually the other way around (matte formula's usually need improvement). None the less, I've still been reaching for this palette for fall-time!