Thursday, February 17, 2011

Technique Thursday-- The eyes have it!!

So this is more of a personal post because I am going to my sorority house on Friday and helping with hair and makeup, and I played with different eye looks tonight so the gals can have some ideas.

I hope you enjoy them, regardless. =)

If you're curious about any of them, tell me in the comments and I'll do a tutorial post!

Golden Eye

Golden Eye


Golden Eye

Golden Eye

Monroe Eye

Monroe Eye

Monroe Eye and Pinkish Lip


Monroe Eye and Red Lip!

Bronze Eye with lined rim

Bronze Eye with lined rim

Bronze Eye with lined rim


Kardashian Eye

Kardashian Eye

Kardashian Eye

Kardashian Eye

Kardashian Eye + Purple

Kardashian Eye + Purple

Kardashian Eye + Purple

Kardashian Eye + Purple and Green

Kardashian Eye + Purple and Green

Kardashian Eye + Purple and Green



















































































































Until Next Time--
~Beauty Maven

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

I'm having a craving for TRAVEL-- Review of Cargo's Safari Kit!!

Hey all!!

Sporadic posts-- been kind of busy lately, but I'll try to be better. =)

I have lots of pictures today for you!! For Valentine's day my mom gave me Cargo's new Safari Kit!! =D
It's available at Ulta and also Cargo's Website.

I showed you this first a while back on What's New Wednesday, but now that I have it in my hands, let's take a closer look!

Packaging

Back of Packaging

Back of pouch-- So cute!! Love the colors~

Zipper toggle--- LOVE IT! And the giraffes on the stamps =D

Products included

- Blush in Coral Beach, Mini Triple Action Mascara, Eye Shadow Duo, Lip Gloss in Serengeti, and Eye pencil in Khaki

And the pouch actually holds quite a lot!

Swatches-- gold shadow, Green shadow, eye pencil, blush, and gloss. 

The look on-- (I do hair after make-up, don't judge ;)

Eye close-up-- the Green isn't as yellow, I have a pic without flash later~

Side view to show blush.

Close-up of everything~ 

Shot of shadow without flash-- the green isn't as yellow gold, it is more of a golden olive~






































































































































































































































































































I adore ALL of these colors~ They really excite me because my eyes are dark green with gold specs so it's an absolutely perfect combination, though I really think they would be flattering on most everyone.

My only complaint is that I wish the gloss was bigger, haha! I love the color, but I wish it would have been a full size. As for everything else, A+ Cargo!! The blush is shimmery without being overwhelming, it's a perfect blend of coral + bronzer, and it blends beautifully. Love love love!

The shadows are the same~ shimmery without being glittery (though the gold has larger particles than the green), and the liner has good staying power, even when I played with it on my lower inner rim. I'll do a separate post for the mascara, but just look at these pics. It's pretty great! One of the few molded bristle mascaras that I've tried which actually adds volume. Yay!

I think this kit is to die for. The makeup pouch alone is enough for me, haha, but every product in it really is something you will use multiple times. 

Random: I downloaded Google Chrome last night and it is awesome. Also, I really want to take a trip somewhere. Suggestions?

What do you think? Like it? Think you'll snatch one up?? And did my mom do great or what?!

Until next time--
~Beauty Maven