Showing posts with label illamasqua. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illamasqua. Show all posts

11.04.2013

Pale Skin Contour Products - Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow and Kevyn Aucoin The Sculpting Powder in Medium

If you are light skinned, finding a perfect contour can be a challenge... Too dark! Too warm! Too harsh! 

Through extensive "research" -- what I prefer to call my sitting in sweatpants watching YouTube videos for 3 years straight -- I have finally narrowed it down to the only two contour products I really need... Illmasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow and Kevyn Aucoin The Sculpting Powder in Medium. One cream. One powder. Great cheekbones. [ HINT: Apply these all over, instead of a blush, and prepare to be amazed. ]

These really are THE must-have contour products for every self respecting pale makeup lover/hoarder (Let's be real. We, the makeup crazies, all totally fall somewhere on the "hoarders" spectrum. I, for one, am still waiting for the episode where someone is buried in makeup. She's out there. Drowning in MAC lipstick. I can feel it.).

1.12.2013

Monthly Beauty Favorites: December 2012

Another month, another favorites videos...




And.... if you love "Empties" videos too, here ya go!

12.11.2012

Monthly Beauty Favorites: November 2012

Another month, another favorites video...


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6.19.2012

Monthly Beauty Favorites: May 2012

Time for another round of monthly favorites -- here are my "May Empties," if you like those too.


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3.29.2012

Read My Lips: Illamasqua Obey + Smashbox Lip Enhancing Gloss in Pop

After I saw Lisa Eldridge use Illamasqua "Obey" in her video documenting a "modern take on 60's peachy makeup" I. had. to. have. it. If you don't watch Lisa's videos, you're missing out on so many amazing, insightful tutorials from a very successful veteran makeup artist. I could sit and watch her videos for hours, and so what if I do!?! This is a judgement free zone, Mom! Seesh. I applied it very lightly and made it a little more wearable with a thin layer of Smashbox Lip Enhancing Gloss in "Pop." This gloss is one of my favorites -- despite the fact that I, personally, am not a true lip gloss fan. Gotta give credit where credit is due!



In the flesh I'd say that this lip appears a little more chalky and bright, but barely. It really depends on your application with this lipstick, as it can be used in a variety of ways for different effects.