Cargo Lumières du Monde Holiday Palette

I've mentioned more than once this holiday season that I have gone palette crazy. I can't get enough of them. Normally, I pass them right by, but for some reason, they are speaking to me and begging to come home and join their friends. My latest palette purchase?




Cargo's Lumières du Monde Holiday Palette. This palette has gorgeously shaped shadows and cheek colors. It's totally different from all of the smokey eye palettes filling shelves everywhere. Instead of focusing on evening glamour, this kit gives you your best day time look, using fun, cheery colors. (Shadows start on the right. The blush and bronzer are at the end, on the left.)

Of course, add some liner, and you've got a beautiful evening look as well. But between you and I, I love it for its day time looks.



It includes 8 shadows and a bronzer/blush combo. The shadows are large and quite honestly, almost too beautiful to use.


This palette is gorgeous and priced perfectly at $29. I picked this up from Apothica.com and literally got it in 3 days.

So if you are struggling for a pretty makeup gift that isn't in the store window of every makeup retailer in the mall, this may be the perfect solution.

Photos by moi. Paid for with a gift certificate from my sponsor, Apothica.com. Cargo does not test on animals.

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Runway to Realway: Fun or Flop?

I just watched one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time (I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell). That Logan kid from Gilmore Girls no longer has a high Q rating with me after those 105 miserable minutes. However, all is not lost. While I was pretending to watch that dreck, I was actually surfing the Sephora blog and came across this Runway to Realway makeover.

Pretty, right? At work (I work at an ad agency as a TV producer), I can get away with more daring looks than say, a banker, but still these electric blues and bright reds are a little bright, even for me. According to the site, to make the look toned down enough for us normal people, ditch the red lip for a dusty pink shade and tone down the blues. There aren't great pics of the Realway makeover on their blog, so I decided to wing it.

Before I share my pics with you, be kind. I am no makeup artist, photographer or model, so keep the flaming to polite. Thanks.

I used the following products:

Bobbi Brown Corrector in light bisque
Three Custom Creme Concealer/ Foundation
Go To Work (silvery taupe shadow) by the now semi-defunct She Space
Tahiti Palette from Cargo
Penny Lane Cream Blush from NARS
Fresh Mascara in Firebird and Supernova
Sephora lipliner in Cool Coral
Vis-a-Vis lipstick in Kissed By An Angel




(My lashes are so short they don't even curl. Errgh.)


Thoughts? Would you wear this look on an average Realway day? I am always really self-conscious about wearing a dark shade on the side of my lid near my nose. It makes me feel as if my eyes are too close together and I am trying too hard.


(My bangs are getting really long!)


But I might kind of like this. Thoughts? Is this look fun or a flop?


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Cargo Runway Palette

A few weeks ago, I mentioned I was excited to check out a new palette from Cargo, called Runway. But with so many new goods to delve into, this fell off of my radar fairly quickly.

One recent evening, I ended up in my home away from home (Sephora) in search of a non-pink blush to go with my new darker hair. I landed on Cargo's Rome, a pretty peachy pink that is slightly different from my other favorite peach blush, Makeup Forever Sculpted Blush in 18. The blush by itself was $25. Sitting pleasantly above Rome was the Cargo Runway Palette.

Priced at $49, this kit worth $175 comes with 3 blushes, a bronzer and 10, count 'em, 10 eye shadows. And the kit included Rome, the blush of my choice. This kit comes with everything. Blues, Brown, Greens, Purples and Grays. It's beautiful. The colors, the pressed powder textures. Sigh.



The colors are smooth, wear really nicely and have loads of pigment. They look so pretty I almost don't want to touch them and mess up their form and shape. The variety of looks this kit can create are virtually endless!


The downside? I do wish this didn't come in a book-like package. I prefer to have my products separate and protected individually. This, while flat, is slightly awkward to store conveniently, if you have a large makeup collection.


However, on second thought, this would be amazing for travel, provided you packed it really well, so it wouldn't get bent or smushed.



This palette will get you runway-ready in minutes. It is well worth picking up - it's a limited edition at Sephora, so get it while you can!

I love it! Check it out!



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Things I Want (but can't get, just yet)

As a cosmetics obsessed blogger, I see things all of the time that if money were no object, I would snatch up in a second. However, since money does matter, I am told I need to limit myself and am currently on a self-imposed makeup spending probation. Ugh. That doesn't mean you should be. I really want to check out these products. Tell me if you have tried them. Love them? Hate them? Want your money back?


Kate Somerville Exfolikate: I love Kate's products in general. Quench changed my skin for the way better. A few coworker pals dove in and bought Exfolikate and their skin looks radiant. I know you only use it for a few SECONDS or minutes, for those who can take the burn. Can something you use for that short of a period of time make a difference? I so want to find out. Have you used it? What do you think?


Cargo Palette: How cute is this? Cargo isn't really on my radar, but this new palette looks adorable. I love the sweater textures for fall. Too kitschy? Must have? It's available at Sephora any second. I really need to investigate this...

BE Eye Lining Kit: I am so curious about these brushes! Why do you need three removable brush heads for eye lining? My question is, WHY DON'T YOU? It comes with an adorable pouch and two colors, one of which is a dark gray/black with sparkles. I really want to see how sturdy these brushes are and if they work. I keep eyeing them up online. Have you tried them?



Tarte ReCreate Foundation: This foundation has some really big claims. I got a sample from Sephora, but the color was all wrong. Darn you pale, pale skin! I love the idea of multi-tasking products to make your skin healthier with less wrinkles. I just wonder if you really see these results with their Wrinkle Rewind Technology. This one is pretty high on my list of things I think I might need to obtain. Thoughts?

BE Crash Course Kit: I really like Bare Escentuals, if you haven't noticed. While I don't collect all of the kits, some of them really intrigue me. This Crash Course kit is the best value in a kit they have had in some time - it's $22! You get the amazing Flawless Definition (1 of my 2 favorite mascaras, period) and the Wild Honey lip gloss in a mini size, which is a must have. But what I really want is the eye shadow that comes in the kit. It looks like a combo of colors like Soft Gray and Drama. It's similar to the lighter gray that came in my favorite kit of all time, Rocker Eye, but it has a little more purple action, while still being gray. I hope this color becomes permanent, mainly because I already own everything in the kit. Have you tried this color? Is it as great as I think?

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