Tarte recently discontinued their 12-pan palettes and has rereleased them in slimmer packaging. The Tarte Tartelette Toasted Eyeshadow Palette ($49) is a warm palette featuring 6 matte shades, 1 matte shade with lots of shimmer, 4 shimmer/metallic shades, and 1 satin shade. I’m not going to go into as much depth on the Tarte Tartelette Toasted Palette because I’ve had essentially the same overall experience as the Tarte #trippinwithtarte Palette that I reviewed in July 2025. However, the Tartelette Toasted Palette does perform a little better, and more of the shades work well for my NARS Tahoe/Estee Lauder 4W4 Skin tone. The shimmers perform much better in this palette, with no hard pan and a nice shine that doesn’t accentuate texture. The Tartelette Toasted Eyeshadows worked well with both natural hair and synthetic brushes, and the shimmers applied with more impact when I used my fingers (that’s typical). Well, except for the shade Flame, which looked great whether I used a brush or my fingers. The shade Simmer was better with fingers, but it wasn’t far off in performance with a brush. The sparkle in the shade, Crackle, is a turn-off for me. I’m not entirely sure how to use it. Candle is the dry, flaky shimmer with fallout in this palette (similar to Turks & Caicos from the #trippinwithtartepalette), but it does look smooth on my eyes. It is somewhat sheer but not patchy or necessarily weak in pigment. The mattes are all powdery, with the shade Fireside being less so (I’m guessing because it was designed for liner purposes). The mattes blend easily, and both my Urban Decay Primer Potion and MAC 24-Hour Eye Base eyeshadow primers worked well with the Tarte formula. As I’ve mentioned, Urban Decay makes it easier to blend matte eyeshadows, but MAC intensifies colors more. I tend to use MAC more as my default because I’m ok with blending a little longer if it gives me more color intensity. Both of those eye primers also keep the Tarte eyeshadows from creasing, and I haven’t experienced any fading.

I just want to quickly note some things about the scent of this palette and the packaging for those who haven’t read my Tarte #trippinwithtarte Palette review. After I open the palette, I can immediately smell the vanilla scent. The formula has both vanilla planifolia fruit extract and vanillin. Luckily for me and my sensitive nose, the smell does fade quickly after application. It features a fantastic mirror that spans almost the entire size of the palette. The only downside to using the mirror is that the scent of the eyeshadows is in your face.

I also had a little trouble getting this to show up true to color, due to the reflective packaging. The picture above is taken in warm artificial light, and the picture below is taken in natural daylight. Unfortunately, the color I see in person is somewhere between the two. The warm artificial lighting showcases how shimmery the shade Crackle is, but you’ll see in the swatches how some of those particles dust away.

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Tartelette Toasted Eyeshadow Palette ($49) Swatches

I often reference the powdery mattes, so the picture below shows how the shade Latte looks after I dip a brush into it.

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Shade-by-shade Breakdown

• S’more: Powdery and ashy on my skin tone.
• Sunrise: Smooth and pigmented, but it looks silver on me, which I didn’t like. Has more of a satin finish, unlike the other metallics in the palette. Has a smooth texture and picks up easily on a brush and with my fingers. No fallout.
• Sunset: Drier and harder pressed than the other shimmers, but it still worked fine. It picked up on a brush but worked better with my fingers. No fallout.
• Crackle: Used with a brush, I get less pigment, but the sparkle is still too evident for me. The sparkle is even more apparent when I use it with my fingers. I don’t like it either way. Fallout was surprisingly minimal, but I’d bet that would be different if used all over the eye instead of just the outer-v like I did.

• Cashmere: Powdery. It is a good shade for blending edges because it barely shows up on me, but isn’t ashy either.
• Warmth: Very powdery but easy to blend. Pigmented, but I had to build a little for my skin tone. 
• Flame: Smooth, very pigmented, easy to apply with both brush and fingers. Highest impact shimmer shade in palette (shine). No fallout.
• Cozy: Not as dark as I expected it to be, but it does build up quickly. 

• Candle: Dry and flaky. Fallout with both brush and finger application. The fallout is easy to wipe away when my face is dry. Nice pigment, but somewhat sheer even after building. Doesn’t pick up great on a brush (slightly better with natural hair). Shade is a little icy for my preference.
• Latte: Very powdery with both synthetic and natural brushes. It blends easily but needs a lot of building due to the need to tap off excess powder.
• Simmer: Picked up easily on a synthetic brush, but picks up better with fingers. Nice shine and more opacity than the shade Candle. No fallout.
• Fireside: Not much kick up. Built quickly and was easy to control. Edges blended kind of slowly, but nothing unmanageable.

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As with the #trippinwithtarte Palette, I appreciate how easily the mattes build and blend in both palettes. Personally, I still prefer the matte formula over the shimmers, but I can work with the shimmers. I enjoy how smooth these shadows look on me, and I much prefer the shimmers in the Tartelette Toasted Palette for the amount of shine they have and for how much easier they are to apply. I also still think that these eyeshadows would be great for those who need formulas that sit smoothly over texture. I was able to get the Tarte Tartelette Toasted Eyeshadow Palette for 40% off ($29.40) with a military discount. Tarte also offers 40% off to first responders, medical professionals, teachers, and pro makeup artists. Don’t worry if you don’t qualify for those discounts; Tarte sales are plentiful on their website, so if you are patient, you can get this palette for less than the $49 retail price. I’d wait for a sale, but the palette breaks down to just over $4 per shade, and the packaging is very nicely done. So, while I’m glad I only paid $30, I don’t think the price is necessarily bad if you are going to use most of the shades. However, if you are interested in checking these palettes out, I would recommend the Tartelette Toasted Palette over the #trippinwithtarte Palette. Especially if you are close to my skin tone. I’m sure lighter skin tones will have an easier time with the shades in the #trippinwithtarte Palette.

As I mentioned in my Smashbox Mood Board Eyeshadow Swatches post, I prefer the Smashbox formula, but you do get more shades with these Tarte Palettes. It does, however, cost you $10 more to get them. Some other palettes that are closer in price range to Tarte’s 12-pan format include ABH, Nabla, Urban Decay, Lorac, and Lawless, but I haven’t tested them to directly compare their quality or performance.

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