Review: Cargo Blush in Tonga

It's taken a while for me to get around to reviewing this Cargo blush, which I picked up as part of my Sainsbury's mini-haul, and in the weeks I've been using it, it's become a core part of my day-to-day routine.

I picked up the Tonga shade, which is a matte dusty rose. Applied lightly, it creates a perfectly natural looking flush; it can also be layered to give a stronger effect.


I absolutely love the formula - it's soft and silky, not at all chalky, and VERY pigmented. The photo on the right shows my blush brush (with black bristles) tapped gently on the surface of the blush 2 or 3 times - a good fine distribution of powder is picked up, and as you can see, it's very opaque. This is definitely a blusher that needs to be applied softly, building up in intensity, as I think it would be terribly easy to slap on too much and look a bit clownish. That said, the powder blends beautifully into the skin, so if you do accidentally over-apply, a bit of a buff with a kabuki brush would sort it out.

Overall I'm highly impressed with this blusher; moreso than the shimmery shade I already own from a trip to the US last year. Given the level of pigmentation, which is the same with the shimmer shade, a matte finish is much easier to control and blend than a shimmer one. I will continue to use this as a perfectly natural, rosy daytime colour.