Meet the Pans: Tarte Cheek Stain in Dreamer

This one is basically done, I got some photos just in time to show you what this product looks like with one last use.  This was part of a limited edition set released by Tarte last holiday season.  I would not be surprised if they released a similar favorites collection this year including another miniature cheek stain, but if they do I will certainly not be partaking.  I did not enjoy this form of cheek color.  Toward the end I figured out that I should stop trying to just rub the stick directly on my cheeks like warpaint on a caveman and instead use a stippling brush for a more refined/less blotchy effect.  This piece of knowledge helped, but not so much that I would want to get through another one of these.

I do enjoy the adorable fancy pearls on the top, they make me feel like a high class broad.  Inside the product is a bronzey neutral with shine and faint shimmer.  It comes with a little plastic cap to help keep the freshness in, which I have held onto in order to help justify using this product for a year straight.  This photo is making it appear a little darker than in person color.  

Here you can see that I am indeed finished with this product, it lasted me about 2 months of more or less daily use.  I found that putting it on my cheeks before primer also helped to wear this type of product.  

This is a fairly sheer and low impact blush.  It keeps a glossy shine and can feel a little sticky when applied.  The swatch below is several swipes, even on my fair skin it is hard to get this to show up.  The photo below is also very color accurate, my apologies for the above photos being slightly off. 

Upon comparison to other blushes, it's easy to see just how faint the cheek stain is.  From top to bottom this is Tarte's Classic (LE), Tarte's Achiote, Tarte's Cheek Stain in Dreamer, Colourpop Between the Sheets, and Tarte's Prim (LE).  All three Tarte Amazonian clay blushes are much darker and opaque than the cheek stain, and even the more toned-down Colourpop is quite a bit more intense.  

You can see that Colourpop and Classic are both a pretty good match for Dreamer, Prim is a little pinker.  Achiote is much more deeper and leans much more toward straight red.  

Dreamer's sheerness translates onto the cheek as well as arm swatches.  I tried to build it up to be stronger but it still just registers as a faint flush.  You can see it toward the front of my cheek below as compared to the bare skin back toward my ear.  As you can see my freckles clearly show through the formula.  

Dreamer does translate to a nice, natural flush on the face.  I happen to have an undying love for blush for some reason so I don't mind a little clown cheek occasionally, but I understand that some people want something a little less pigmented.   Here it is on a full face.  Please excuse the slightly derpy expression, I wanted to use my real camera instead of a phone to try to pick the blush up better which makes for awkward selfies.  

Overall I didn't hate using this product, especially toward the end when I figured out better ways to apply it.  However, I definitely learned that Tarte's cheek stains are not products for me and I will not be picking any more up in the future.