Cargo

One of the good things about the post-holiday period: the sales! They’re a good reason to wait to make some purchases until after the holiday shopping madness mellows, because sometimes you can find things like holiday makeup palettes marked down.

Like this one from Cargo, the Venice Enchantment Palette. It was originally $34. It comes with 12 powder shadows, a black liner and a dual-ended brush.

The $34 wasn’t too bad to start with, but it’s marked down now to $27 on Cargo’s website.

Even better.

Cargo likes to take a travel angle with their whole philosophy on makeup, and it makes sense.

I mean…they’re called Cargo, after all. 🙂

This palette here was inspired by the rich, romantic opulence of Venice, and I WANT TO GO TO THERE.

The wines, brassy golds, olives and the burgundy shade go a step beyond the usual beiges and browns. They’re like “new neutrals,” and I can see myself wearing a lot of them, especially the olives and the burgundy, with the neutrals in my collection. I also like the amount of shimmer here. It’s juuust right for what I like to wear on my lids.

I’ve always wanted to spend at least one Christmas abroad in a beautiful place like Paris…

It only took one visit there some years ago for me to fall deeply in love (most beautiful municipal parks I’ve ever seen), even though I spent the whole time wishing I’d paid closer attention in high school French class. (Try buying an umbrella from a street vendor during a downpour in Paris. Yeah! Not the easiest task.)

If I do ever spend a Christmas in Paris, I’m making room in my luggage for Cargo’s Let’s Meet in Paris holiday kit.

The chic set’s rich red and black shades for lips and eyes also sparkle.

I can see it now… Exploring the City of Lights wearing these lush lashes, shimmery black liner and bold red lips.

So sophisticated, are oui! 🙂

The $36 kit (an $85 value) comes with a combination of five new and repromoted full-size and travel-sized products…

• 1 Red Essential Lip Color (new)
• 1 Travel-size HD Lip Primer (new)
• 1 Swimmables Eye Pencil in Black Sea (new)
• 1 Travel-size Reverse Lip Liner (repromote)
• 1 TexasLash Mascara (repromote)

You can meet the Let’s Meet in Paris holiday kit now at Ulta stores and ulta.com.

Cargo’s got your kicks right here. 🙂

Route 66 is a fun flamingo pink with silver shimmer.

Anyone else thinking what I’m thinking…?

Road trip!

My friend Jen and I used to perform in a lot of musicals together back in the day (West Side Story, Damn Yankees and Chorus Line), and sometimes we also went to shows.

One of the shows we went to was a little something called Sunset Boulevard — just like this gloss.

(About the play, I don’t remember much from it other than being really hungry the entire time and almost falling asleep, LOL!)

Cargo’s Sunset Blvd. is a sheer peach similar to the other Cargo glosses I’ve tried. It’s non-sticky, feels like a Glossimer to me, is somewhat drying and lasts from 3-4 hours.

I do like it with smokey eyes…

It’s $14, and you can find it now at Ulta stores and online.

Do you have much experience with Cargo’s glosses? Which ones have you tried?

Sheer, shimmery pink Nassau has a lot in common with another beauty from Cargo, Bourbon St. Non-sticky, smells like blackberries, and it lasts from 3-4 hours.

I think it looks super pretty with smokey eyes.

Cargo’s Lip Glosses are supposed to last six hours, but I usually get from 3-4.

Other tidbits about Bourbon Street…

• It’s a bright reddish coral with a cream finish
• Non-sticky texture with a medium-weight formula (reminds me of a Chanel Glossimer)
• Comes with a doe-foot applicator
• Smells and tastes a little like blackberries (yum!)
• Applies evenly on my lips and looks and feels smoooove…
• It could use a little more moisture though (my lips are hella dry)

What do you think of Cargo’s Lip Glosses?