CARGO PlantLove 100% Natural Origin Eyeshadow

What it is:
A high performance and incredibly soft micronized eye shadow that is infused with both natural and organic ingredients and is housed in the award winning PlantLove™ biodegradable packaging.
FREE OF PARABENS, PHALATES, PETRO-CHEMICALS & SYNTHETIC DYES & FRAGRANCES

CARGO cosmetics, famous for its Blu-Ray Powders and Concealers, have developed Plant Love, a cosmetic line of 100% natural origin. Plant Love, wildly famous for their celebrity designed, and loved lipsticks, are a customer favorite. And also well known for their packaging

I’m quite looking forward to my Plant Love reviews. I mean seriously, look at this packaging! How super cute is that? How could you not be drawn to it, want it, and want to show it off? Its very feminine, fun and chic. It appeals, to the inner hippy/girlie girl in you. After all, as much as the whole “its whats on the inside that counts” applies, we are all drawn to packaging. We’re all packaging snobs, whether we admit it or not.

Beyond the packaging obsession, the insides just as good as the outside. With such things like Grape seed, Sunflower, and Rosehip Oil, its not only good for your skin, its pretty too. The color I am going to show today is Lily. A really pretty pink, that has a shimmer/glitter to it. A slightly high shimmer, depending on application. I really liked this color a lot. I don’t think I’ve really owned a color like this since high school. When I’m almost positive, I had a shade similar to this, that I wore everyday. Only it was made a by a yucky company. But I didn’t know any better back then.

Back to the color. Now stating I wore this shade in high school does not by mean in anyway that it is for girls of a younger age. Ladies of all ages could wear it. I think it comes down to more of a shimmer/no shimmer preference, some of us like more matte shades, in which case this is not one.

My compact had an accident. I dropped something on my make-up bag. In its defence, it didn’t stand a chance, it was pretty heavy. So don’t feel like if you drop it, or drop something light on it that it will break. I got it good, it was sad and I yelled, “man, down”! Ok so I didn’t really yell that.

But I got it all tucked away safe and sound courtesy of a nice little empty Donna Karan jar I had. Here’s an upclose of its new home so you can see the color better.

On bare eyelids, it didn’t make it all day. I should specify, that my “make up” day is usually like 12-15 hours. So its a long one. On a primed eyelid it performed quite well. I like that it made my eyes pop. I like that its made without dyes, colors, or fragrances and paraben free. Housed in 100% plant-derived plastic, that is biodegradable and recyclable, its a big winner all around. I will definitely buy it again. Might grab the Heron next, its a really pretty pale blue. I’ve been dying to find a good blue eyeshadow.

You can grab this eyeshadow as well as the rest of the Plant Love Collection at Beauty 360.

Hugs & Lip Gloss,
Beauty Mama

***DISCLOSURE***
This item was sent to me for review purposes @ Beauty Like No Other, courtesy of Christie who is not only kind, generous, but also very patient! Thank you!

tarte femme naturale eyeshadow palette

I love love love this palette. Unfortunately now that I own 1 tarte palette I want more. They are simply spectacular. I love Maureen’s vision of make-up needing to look good when you pull it out of your purse to use it. I love all the purple boxes that the products and I love all fashionable compacts. They are so cute!

WAIT! Did you catch what it said in the top left corner on the front of the box?

Oh yes, free eyelid primer! sweet! Someone in make-up heaven must have been listening when I said the other day that I wanted the eyelid primer. 🙂

All kinds of good stuff!!

Seriously! How cute is this? With the flower with the zippered edge? Adorable!

This is no thin cheapy palette. This has a nice weight and thickness to it.

10 full size colors, a double ended brush, and a double ended eyeliner. This really is a spectacular deal. It costs $44. Now before you frugal-istas go wow thats alot for alot. First remember, you get what you pay for. You are getting good quality ingredients. And second. If you added up what it could cost for a double ended brush, a double ended eyeliner and 10 full size eyeshadows, I bet even with the cheap drugstore brands you’d have more into it then $44.

The colors are amazing. heavy pigmented and have great staying power.

Color Swatches from the first row:
From left to right: shimmering buff, golden peach, soft sand, shimmering sage, soft sienna

Color Swatches from the second row:
From left to right: golden tan, soft rose, golden plum, shimmering cocoa, golden navy

Also includes a step by step card with 2 complete looks to play with. I chose the first look, which used all the colors in row one, the goldish colored eyeliner. It was hard to get the camera to get a good shot, but it looked fantastic.

Double ended eyeliner and Brush

Eyeliner Swatches

I love everything about this kit. I was quite surprised with how smooth and creamy the eyeliners were. Not hard and rough on the eyes like most traditional wooden eyeliners are, and the colors are beautiful. All ten colors of eyeshadow are very nicely pigmented. I didn’t need alot when applying and it stayed all day. I was also extremely impressed with my deluxe size eyelid primer that came with my set, that was a really nice surprise I wasn’t expecting that at all. My oily eyelids loved it and made my color stay strong without any creasing all day. I will do a seperate review of the eye lid primer next week.

I have absolutely no complaints with this product. Its awesome. Owning one makes you want to own them all! 🙂

Available at Sephora, QVC, and Tarte.com

What do you think? Do you own it, Love it, or want it? Tell me!