Palette Love

Lately I have been abandoning my eye shadow singles and duos in favor of using the palettes I have. I tend to neglect them because of their size (so big for a normal makeup bag!), but lately have favored using them because of the fact they're so much easier to pull out rather than 4 or 5 eye shadow singles.



You may remember that months and months ago (February or March, I believe) I put in order in with Sears for the CARGO PlantLove Green Glamour 100% Natural Origin Eye Shadow Palette. Yesterday (yes...a mere 5 to 6 months later) it finally arrived!



Here is what it looks like:





This palette contains all 18 of the CARGO PlantLove eye shadows. I am really liking the colors - so gorgeous! I was lusting after the Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette until this Green Glamor palette came.



Here's a close up of all three rows of shadows (including the shade names):



Row One





Row Two





Row Three





And I also have a 'preliminary' swatch set for you. I promise, there will be a much better set of swatches when I review the palette in the future:





Today I used one of the shades in the palette - the lovely taupe color in the top row, called Finch. I LOVE it! It lasted all day without creasing (on top of MAC Painterly Paint Pot). I'm looking forward to getting to try out more of the shadows in this palette.



The other thing that is neat about this palette is if you pick one of the colors in the palette and go either down two spaces (so there are three shadows in a line), across two spaces, diagonal two spaces, you end up with three shades that coordinate very well.



Here's a shot of all three lines of shadows.





Let's pick a color. We'll go with Beech, in the bottom row. Now go up and diagonally to the right two spaces - so now your row of three is Beech, Ivy and Finch. Gorgeous combination! How about Blue Jay, and we'll go up diagonally to the left two spaces - so now the row of three is Blue Jay, Peacock and Pelican - again, an amazingly beautiful combo! My favorite? Go to Marigold, and left two spaces - so we've got Marigold, Bamboo and Peacock. So pretty!



I am so happy with this palette. I sincerely hope I continue to be happy with it the more I use it.



Have any of you tried this palette? Let me know!

Backorder Hell!

Not that long ago, I posted a blog entry about the Urban Decay Naked Palette, and how I’m waiting not-so patiently to buy it.

In that same vein, I thought I would let you know about some related frustration I’m having about some other products: Clinique Chubby Sticks, and CARGO PlantLove products.

CARGO is already a brand of makeup that I really like, so when I found out that Sears was selling their PlantLove line, I was happy. I love their eco-friendly packaging and commitment to delivering a natural makeup product. So, I put in order with Sears back in the middle of February and also blogged about it. I’m STILL WAITING to receive the products. They have been on backorder for quite some time, and the delivery keeps on getting pushed back. The last notice I received indicated that they would be in for pickup at my local Sears depot on Tuesday (April 19th) of this week. I’m not keeping my hopes up - but it would be wonderful if they were in!

Clinique is another brand that has a good record with me; my favorite foundation and concealer are made by Clinique and I also use their 3-Step Skin Care line of skin products. I bought one Chubby Stick as soon as I saw they were in for order at Sears - and apparently I ordered at just the right time! It came in quickly without any hassle. Impressed with the product, I decided I wanted a chance to try out all of the other shades available, so I ordered them and blogged that it would be an upcoming collection haul. I was able to put in my order for all of them but one - the red stick called Chunky Cherry. That was at the beginning of March. Again, I am still waiting to receive them! They were originally suppose to be in on the 9th; the new expected delivery date is also Tuesday (April 19th) of this week.

Since I was in a city with a Sears store and a Clinique counter on Friday, I decided to stop in to see if they had the Chunky Cherry Chubby Stick. Of course, it’s the only one of the line they were SOLD OUT of! I was annoyed but not all that surprised, ether. The girl at the counter told me they were expecting to get more in before the end of the month.

Lord, I hate waiting! I am one of the most impatient people I know. I’ll let you guys know if I finally get my products this week.

I have another insane week ahead of me - I’m teaching three times and dealing with a family crisis. I’m hoping to get more than one or two posts up, but it may be another slow post week for me.

Have a good week!

Steal of a Deal Alert!

Note: Photo from Sears.ca

Canadian ladies, I have a great deal to share with you!

If you are at all interested in anything put out by the brand CARGO, you can now find their products sold at Sears.ca! I had no clue that they were being sold there, so when I was putting in my order for a pair of Chuck Taylors yesterday and came across CARGO in the brand listing of the Beauty section, I was tickled pink!

In case you are not already aware, CARGO and the CARGO PlantLove line are no longer available at Sephora in Canada. I don't know if they still are in the USA and overseas, but it's a no-go in Canada. This usually happens when a cosmetics company signs a new distribution deal. For example, Hard Candy started to be sold at Wal-Mart, so Sephora discontinued it. I guess the same thing happened with CARGO - they signed a deal with Sears and so Sephora discontinued the brand.

Anyhoo, one of the things I came across while browsing the selection of CARGO products available was the CARGO PlantLove Green Glamour Kit. This kit is a palette containing all 18 of the PlantLove eye shadows. It currently retails at Sears.ca for $29.00. That in itself sounds amazing; but considering at Sears.ca they have priced each single PlantLove eye shadow at $20.00, it makes the palette an even better deal!

To see what the palette looks like, I recommend checking out the CARGO PlantLove website. Here's a direct link to the palette.

Flabbergasted by the amazing-ness of this buy? Check it out on the Sears website here!

I put in an order for this palette (along with some other PlantLove goodies, and one Clinique item) yesterday. Apparently all of the PlantLove stuff is on back order until March 9th. I am eager to try out the brand (I like the other CARGO products I have tried), so I will happily wait for that package to arrive. I'll post a haul as soon as I have it in my hot little hands.

Have a great Sunday everyone!