Category: Illamasqua
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The Balm Cosmetics: Balm Jovi palette
The Balm Cosmetics has been making waves over this side of the pond with its eye-catching and retro-inspired packaging. Having achieved somewhat of a cult status amongst beauty junkies and gurus, the Balm offers an illustrious range of multi-purpose products high in quality. Cruelty-free, paraben-free and made in the USA, I’ve sampled a couple of…
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My Top Picks from the Illamasqua Sale
An Illamasqua sale is legendary and once again the maestros in maquillage has an incredible sale on with up to 70% off. Here is my top 10 of the best products to snap up but hurry as once they’re gone, they’re gone for good. Aura & Semblance Palette (£45 £22.50) These multi-faceted palettes have a mini double-ended…
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Illamasqua Glamore lipstick in Vega
I’ve barely had a chance to crack into Illamasqua’s Earth collection for the autumn season (which dropped at the end of August) when another one has landed under the name of Equinox. Purely limited edition, this winter collection came out a couple of weeks ago signifies ‘a desert at night’ taking inspiration from starry skies and things sparkly…
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Illamasqua: Dusk
Illamasqua’s latest capsule collection celebrates the art of Middle Eastern make-up. Launching exclusively in Selfridges tomorrow in time for Eid-ul-Fitr (the feast which follows the end of Ramadan), Dusk* is a flattering ensemble to recreate the visual beauty of Arabic make-up. I am fascinated by Arabic make-up – it’s so simple yet expressive, dramatic and breath-taking. Dusk brings to life the art…
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UMAe 2015
Two years have passed since my last visit to UMAe or to break down its acronym, the United Makeup Artists Expo (UMAe). The weekend just gone, I found myself on the steps of the Business Design Centre in London’s Islington, eager to see what was going on inside. As the UK’s leading aspiring and professional hair and…
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Illamasqua Gel Sculpt & Gel Colour
By now you’ll know I am not one to echo the whole Emperor’s Clothes thing when something is unnecessarily hyped up just because the majority say so. Fortunately with Illamasqua, I go all Ron Burgundy and want to ‘shout it from the top of a mountain’. That is pretty much how I feel about their…
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Illamasqua: To Be Alive
Well this is exciting – a splash of bright and bold colours from Illamasqua heralding the new summer collection, To Be Alive. But you will have to wait till 1st May to have it within your clutches. Until then I am going to whip you up into a frenzy over it. One colour dominates this…
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Illamasqua School of Make Up Artistry: Skin Sculpting
Friday evening. A time when most people are rushing home for the weekend or on their way to a night out, except I was doing neither. Instead I made my way to a familiar haunt of mine – Illamasqua’s flagship store on Beak Street in Soho. Not for a spot of shopping, I hasten to…
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YouTube video: What’s In My Handbag?
Happy belated Christmas! I hope you’ve had a good one. Well here’s a surprise (or shock for you): a new YouTube video. I got together with my good friend, Helen (Casual Beauty UK) to film a ‘What’s in my handbag’ video. Apparently it’s a very popular kind of YouTube video amongst bloggers (or should that…