I posted this haul yesterday on youtube, however I was asked by Kelly (Happy1234) to post some pics on here too due to her having problems with the sound on her computer...
I visited my Illamasqua counter on Friday and picked up another haul from the "Sirens" collection...
I picked up a set (exclusive to Selfridges) containing false lashes, two nail varnishes, lip gloss and "Solstice" liquid metal.
"Solstice" is an amazing product, which can be used on eyes/lips/face to add a beautiful golden glaze, and can be made as sheer or strong as you want... The lipgloss is a beautiful shade, a pale cool peachy pink shade shot throught with a subtle gold sheen.
The Illamasqua nail varnishes are really well pigmented and you get "bottle colour" in one coat with most shades. They seem to last well under everyday wear as well!
Sorry the lashes didn't photograph well her they are as the appear on the website!
I also picked up shimmer creme and two "fat pencils" which are metallic soft blendable pencils which can be used anywhere on the face or body... Here they are with swatches.
Next on the hitlist was a bronzong duo which I bought in the lighter shades ("Glint" - the lighter of the two, and "Writhe" the darker shade.) Both sides have a very subtle shimmer to them, which seems to add a lovely sheen to the face. I am SOOOO pleased I bought this!
Finally, I picked up a powder shadow in the shade "Intense", a beautiful deep teal blue/green shade, which I think will add a perfect twist to a smoky eye...
I had a little play with my collection this afternnon and came up with a couple of quick looks (Please note - I am not wearing any foundation in the pics so forgive the skin... I'm having a slight breakout issue at the moment!)
Firstly I did a daytime look -
This was really easily achieved using the bronzing duo to sculp and highlight the face a little. I added a little shimmer creme over the brow and cheekbone, a slick of the lipgloss and used the fat pencil in "perverse" to make my eyes a little shimmery.
I then had a play with the other products to make the look slightly more night-time -
Here I smoked up my eyes a little using bronze and teal shades from my large SirensPalette (
http://mizzworthy.blogspot.com/2009/04/illamasqua-haul-sirens-collection.html), and added the light gold shade as a brow highlighter. I then very lightly used solstice gold liquid metal on the cheekbone, added a little of the peach blush and a pop of solstice to the inner corner or the eyes. On the lips I used my fat pencil in Wilful (Copper) and topped this off with copper liquid metal ("enrapture"), dabbed a little of the gold shade in the middle of the lips and blotted...
Unfortunately the light was rather rubbish by he time I took these and hence the pictures look a little less bright than they did in real life... but hopefully you get the idea!
Let me know what you think!
MizzWorthy xxx
