CARGO The blu_ray™ Collection ($130 Value) The blu_ray Collection
I first got a taste for this brand as a perk bonus. There was a sample of the blush and of one of the pink lip glosses. But the Blush itself had me sold. Unfortunately it wasn't being sold separately so it was all or nothing. The Pretty pink lip gloss made it a little more worth it.
The set came with, said Blush, a lip gloss quad palette, a setting powder, a mattifying primer or lotion thing a majig and a mascara.
The HD Blush: Talk about the prettiest pink you've ever set eyes on! It had tiny flecks of gold on it. When you apply it, its like an instant natural glow. Ive used it for two years and have yet to get bored of the color. It's perfect and no worries! There is no fear of looking like an old lady who went heavy on the blush. On the contrary you"ll be looking quite youthful!
The Lip gloss quad : came with the pink lip gloss, a light frothy champagne colored one, a more natural plum colored lip gloss and then an orangey lip gloss. All had a good shimmer to them, but it wasn't overwhelming. It just had a nice glisteny dewy look that I loved for summer. And it really wasn't sticky. It did however last about the same as your average lip gloss
The HD setting powder: Looking at it in the compact, it looked pretty light so I was afraid it would look chalky or ashy against my olive toned skin. It didn't. Instead it gave my foundation an air brushed look to it and even made it last just a little longer (ok maybe not waaay longer but it did help nonetheless).
The mattifying THING stuff: I almost forgot about this product all together. It had an interesting texture and came out of the tube looking like brown sugar ground very fine. It went on the face feeling oily which I found ironic considering it was supposed to make your face matte! I didnt seem to soak into the skin or dry up..and when I put foundation on top of it the foundation didn't stick. It more so just pushed it around or came off. I tried waiting before putting on the foundation and found no better results. I was pretty confused with this thing and didn't end up using it that much
The HD Mascara: This particular mascara was probably the one thing I looked forward to the most from this set but was most disappointed with. As promising as the rest of the products where I expected a miracle with the mascara..and boy do I looove mascara!
The color was pitch black!!! WIN!! The smell however..was strange. It had a pretty strong smell that reminded me of old fashioned cosmetics Id find at my grandmothers.. and then there was the applicator. It was a comb! I see where they were going with this. Comb product through your lashes for even coating. For my full fringes it did not nothing but clump clump clump! The teeth where not spaced out enough to grab all my lashes so it was like gooping on black gunk with a spatula on to my eye lashes. I had to work with it a lot and use a lash comb to get it right, and even then when I used the eye lash curler to get them nice and perky they looked very black and long yes but they were not curling. They just seemed weighed down and lacked volume. I gotta have it all.
Over all this line boasts High Definition capabilities and for that I give it two thumbs up. It did photograph beautifully and in person it did look very nice. I would however recommend it more for night time. At first it looks fresh and natural but as it sets it does look a little more on the heavy side so probably good for an evening but not for a crazy night out partying. It does not withstand humidity well at all!!! So stay cool or you will be melting like the wicked witch of the west!