Sirens Haul #2 and Quick Looks! (A Bit Picture Heavy!)

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

A Little Bit of Inspiration!!!

Hi everyone,

Apologies if you have seen these images before, they were emailed to me by Illamasqua today, and are from the new Sirens collections which I blogged about in this post ->

http://mizzworthy.blogspot.com/2009/04/illamasqua-haul-sirens-collection.html

I'm loving the way Illamasqua have passed over the traditional approach to spring-summer makeup with typical brights and used the less traditional but ultra luxe metallic and rich shades of bronze, copper and deep blues and greens.

The shades are all beautifully rich and tempting, but still manage to hold their own against beautifully bronzed and delicately embellished summer skin.

I also thought you might be interested to know that the team at Illamasqua are considering posting the winning look on their website when their blog launches...

I hope this provides you all with a little more inspiration!

Please keep all your lovely looks coming in! Krystal and myself are so pleased with the entries we have had so far - lots of you are clearly enjoying exploring your alter egos!

Love
MizzWorthy xxx

Illamasqua Haul - Sirens Collection...

Hi everyone,

So I had a missed call on my phone from Illamasqua in the Trafford centre telling me that they had some items from the new Sirens collection in... Well it was like the bat sign going up over Gotham city, so naturally I had to take a look!

The collection is based around beautiful rich colours as you'd expect from the brand, with a few new products available for a limited period. These include the liquid metals, two creamy metallic products which can be used for various purposes on the face and body such as as an eye makeup base, over lipsticks/glosses or on the collar bones etc. There are also two bronzing palettes available each with two colours in (one more copper based and one more gold-brown based), and a shimmer cream which has a silvery sheen to it when applied - this would appeal more to the pale peeps amongst us (myself included!)

The star product of the collection (in my opinion) is an "exclusive to Selfridges" palette, which contains most of the colours from the collection... I managed to bag one of these at a discount due to there being a very slight defect in the packaging, which doesn't bother me one bit (it just doesn't quite click shut properly!). These are normally sold at the "I deserve a big treat" price of £75, but I got 10% off due to the slightly damaged packaging... (I know - thats still a major treat, but I'm worth it lol!)

The eye colours in the palette are called Fate, Spellbound, Luminescence, Morn, Demonic and Gasp; the powder blushers are called Lover and Unrequited, there are three lipsticks - Fable, Resist and Brink, and a gloss called Melt, and also the two "liquid metals" in Enrapture and Solstice... All the products in the palette are available seperately...

While at the counter I always try to take the opportunity to get my makeup applied by an expert, and today I was transformed by Krystle (who also has a blog and happens to be my co-judge in the contest!!!) who created this look...

She blended the copper coloured liquid metal over my lid as a base and then applied the pale blue shade on the inner third of the lid, the shimmery copper colour across the centre and the gorgeous deep blue shade (called Morn) across the outer lid. The three were all blended well to create a smoky ethereal look, which is unique but wearable...

Krystle then finished the look off with some fierce liquid liner, a pop of gold liquid metal in the inner corner and defined the brows with an Illamasqua brow cake... Then the lip gloss was added with the copper liquid metal dabbed accross it to enrich the look...

What do you think? Hey, I know the palette was expensive by the way, but I heart this brand big time, and I really love the products in it... We all work to buy nice things and this is my reward lol!

Hope you all like!

Love MizzWorthy xxx