FOTD - Featuring Clarins and Illamasqua...

As you know after the recent Clarins event I recieved a huge amount of products, and today I finally got to put some of them to the test - The pieces we recieved were from a the "Nude Inspirations" collection, and I was a little unsure how to make these work for me - regular followeres will be aware of my love of colour, but the great thing about nudes is that they obviously allow you to play up other areas of the face - here I clearly went for it on the lips front!

I used the nudes quad palette from the collection to create the neutral style smoky eye here, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how easy the shadows are to use - the quad is beatifully packaged (the only thing I didn't like was the inclusion of one of those sponge applicators... but I guess it mught be useful for touch ups?), and the lid has a decent mirror which is great.

I used MAC painterly paint pot as a base, blended the matte nude shade (3rd from the left) across the lid and up towards the brow bone, added the shimmery gold shade (far left) across the centre of the lid, blended the pale brown (second from the left) into the inner corner and below the inner part of the lower lid, and then used the darker brown shade (far right) to define the crease and smoke out the eye - I also used this shade below the eye on the outer corners. I also used the new wonder perfect mascara from the range in the shade 01 wonder black on the lashes (I was really impressed with this actually - gives great length and volume without clumps - very good mascara!)

I also recieved a parcel from Illamasqua today which I've been stalking the postie for - I ordered a few bits, and my little haul included the lipstick in the shade "Resist" from the sirens collection, which I basically could not wait to use, and I thought you might like to see...

Products Used;

FACE

RMK Creamy foundation

Illamasqua pressed powder in PP115

Illamasqua Illuminator in the shade Halcyon used on cheekbones

Illamasqua powder blusher in the shade "Lover"

Clarins concealer stick in the shade 01 used under eyes (again this is a great product, in a perfect colour for me - very impressed!)

EYES

Clarins Nude Inspiration palette (palette number 110) - see above

Urban Decay brow box

Illamasqua eye pancil in Erratic on the waterline

Rouge Bunny Rouge (stay tuned for a big review of this brand tomorrow!) devotion ink quartz eyeliner in shade 036 - tiger eye escence - to create a flick and line the upper lid.

Illamasqua liquid Illuminator in the shade halcyon to highlight the browbone.

LIPS

Illamasqua lipstick in "Resist" (from the sirens collection)

So, what do we think? I like this neutral smoky eye look to showcase the more vibrant shades in my lip collection... (as much as I try to conform, I can't allow myself to do a totally nude look - I like my colours too much lol)

How do you add a bit of interest to nudes?

MizzWorthy xxx