The Perfect Party Palette

The most wonderful time of the year is here and most of us will be going to a lot of family, friend and work events. In the midst of the all the shopping and general busy-ness of the holiday season, there might not be a lot of time for getting made up. Cargo's Holiday Nights Collection has everything you need to create a party-ready face. The four eyeshadows (indigo blue, shimmery grey, silver and a white highlighter) and sparkly silver eye pencil create the most basic yet perfect smoky eye. The pink blush is the perfect shade to balance out the dark eyes. If you want to go really out there, use the face and body sparkle--you'll be shining for days!

At $25 a box, it makes a great gift too. I'm damn tempted!

Bonus-Size Bronzer

Cargo makes the best bronzer, hands down. In fact, my first tryst with bronzer started with Cargo and I haven't been able to stay away from it ever since. I've been using Cargo Bronzer in Medium for as long as I can remember. I love the sheer, natural glow I get from swiping it lightly all over my face. The thing I wasn't crazy about was the tin packaging. It's cute in it's own way, but this bronzer is such a cult-status product that it needed to be packaged in something more memorable. Well, the Cargo people apparently feel the same way as I do, because they've re-introduced the bronzer in a gorgeous and I mean, gorgeous large compact! The Big Bronzer costs $7 more than the regular-sized one which is fine with me because this is one product that I definitely re-buy. I'm willing to pay $7 for more product and a hot compact. This beauty made me shriek in delight when I first laid my eyes on it at a Macy's counter. I just cannot praise Cargo's bronzing power enough and now with this breathtaking compact? Forget about it.

Have I mentioned how gorgeous this compact is? This photo just does not do it justice. Go check it out in person!

Sigh.