The goodies that I purchased in the Illamasqua sale finally arrived, adding to my ever growing makeup collection!
I thought I would share with you my current Illamasqua products and show swatches which hopefully help you in any future purchases of this brand.
Foundation products are my downfall! I love trying new products and mixing different shades to match my own, hence the range of shades in my collection! Also, I've only ever brought Illamasqua products online so sometimes find myself with a product too dark/ light do end up purchasing further products so I can mix and match and get use from all my products! It's a vicious circle of spending!!
Foundations: Rich Liquid Foundation 320 (R.F 320)- This my favourite Illamasqua foundation in my current collection. It provides a heavy coverage and hides all those imperfections. It's very thick in consistency, and may seem too thick to people who aren't use to this type of coverage. I currently apply it with a wet Real Techniques sponge which makes moving the product around the skin easier.
Light Liquid Foundation (L.L 240)- This foundation is perfect for those days when you want a light coverage. However this shade is too orange for my skin tone, so I am not currently using it. (I may need to make another purchase!)
Light Liquid Foundation (L.L 320)- I feel that 320 is the perfect shade for my skin and wanted to purchase this product for a lighter coverage day (or those days when I'm not feeling too great, which isn't uncommon when you work with kids!)
The powder compacts I have are the P.F 230 and P.F 320. I find I need to blend the two to get the perfect shade. The powder is long lasting and provides a full coverage.
I now own 4 of the Cream Foundations; 320, 240, 233 and 210. The 320 tends to leave me loookibg grey so, I mix it with 240 to give it a more orange tone. I also like to use 233 with 240 to create a close match my skin tone. My most recent purchase was 210. I didn't realise how light it would be!! I may use this as an under eye concealer or try and mix it with the darker shades. (If all fails, my sister had fairer skin than me and I'll pass it along to her!) 
This Is the the only lipstick I own from Illamasqua. I purchased in a sale where it was reduced to £5.00. I love the colour and the texture of it. It's smooth, silky but matte and is a beautiful orange based red. I love the sleek packaging and I hope to purchase more lipsticks in the future :) 
This is an eyebrow cake in the colour Stark. I originally ordered it to use as an eyebrow colour, but as you can tell it's got a red undertone which doesn't match my black eyebrows! It can be used both dry (left) or wet (right) however I currently just use it as an eyebrow colour.
The final product I have to share with you is the Matt Primer. This is a white, watery liquid primer (not what I was expecting) I tend to prefer gel formula primers as I feel they are producing an absorbing layer on my skin to keep foundation lasting the whole day. I don't feel it does anything necessarily special to mattify my skin and I won't be purchasing it again.
So that's all girlies, I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I have enjoyed writing it for you. What's your favourite Illamasqua product?
Bye lovelies, until next time. Stay happy, healthy and appreciative of life :) xxx
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