There are two palettes in the just launched Tarte Rainforest of the Sea collection, and this post features swatches of them with full reviews to come.

The Rainforest of the Sea Eyeshadow Palette ($34.00 for 0.40 oz.) is marked as limited edition and features a new eyeshadow formula, which is a denser, creamier formula that is similar to Make Up For Ever Artist Shadow, Kat Von D Metal Crush, and so forth. If you prefer to see the swatches visually together, you can view them as a palette here (and as a FYI, you can do this with any palette by viewing swatches by formula).

Rainforest of the Sea Skin Twinkle Lighting Palette ($42.00 for 0.20 oz.) features two shimmery highlighters and one matte highlighter, but I have to caution you… there may be a defect in manufacturing here, because the middle shade is off-the-charts dry, stiff, and chalky (it sounds like sandpaper trying to swatch it), whereas the other two are much softer/smoother. It’s so bad and unlike any Tarte powder product I’ve encountered that it just screams “something went awry.”

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Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Eyeshadow Palette

Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Eyeshadow Palette

Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Eyeshadow Palette

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Tarte Seashell Eyeshadow

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Tarte Wave Eyeshadow

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Tarte Abyss Eyeshadow

Tarte Reef Eyeshadow

Tarte Reef Eyeshadow

Tarte Starfish Eyeshadow

Tarte Starfish Eyeshadow

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Tarte Cove Eyeshadow

Tarte Sand Eyeshadow

Tarte Sand Eyeshadow

Tarte Mermaid Eyeshadow

Tarte Mermaid Eyeshadow

Tarte Skin Twinkle Lighting Palette

Tarte Sunlight Skin Twinkle Lighting Powder

Tarte Sunlight Skin Twinkle Lighting Powder

Tarte Filtered Light Skin Twinkle Lighting Powder

Tarte Filtered Light Skin Twinkle Lighting Powder

Tarte Moonlight Skin Twinkle Lighting Powder

Tarte Moonlight Skin Twinkle Lighting Powder