Showing posts with label Foundation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foundation. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Illamasqua Rich Liquid Foundation swatches and custom foundation mixing.


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Summer is coming and I don't know about you, but I find buying a ton of different foundations and concealers to match my skin tone as it changes with the seasons massively annoying.
My skin goes from nc15 ish in winter to around nc30/35 in summer.

Enter these babies!
I bought most of these from the Illamasqua sale on ASOS earlier this year and they were around £13ish as opposed to to £21.50 it usually is.
These are definitely full coverage and can attach to dry spots on your face something awful (even on my oily skin this happens) although I think that could be sorted out by using a good primer or exfoliating well. You only need the tiniest amount as they are highly pigmented and very creamy, I would say they are the foundation version of Sleek Pout Paints. Odd, but you will understand if you have tried both products.

Swatches.
Left to right.
140"For light to medium skin with golden undertones."210"For medium skin with neutral undertones." 320"For medium to dark skin with golden undertones."



100 "Pure white." 325"For dark skin with neutral undertones."

You may be wondering why I have 5, and that those dark shades seem a wee bit ambitious for an English summer, but these foundations are AMAZING at mixing.
I add a little (A LITTLE) of the appropriate colour to darken or lighten whatever my current foundation/concealer is and it works beautifully.
Their consistency is really perfect for it. You can change your foundation colour without changing your favourite foundation formula! (Mine would be Revlon Colorstay Combo/Oily)
Genius! And they will last forever!

Here's a very quick little mix a made by mixing 325, 100 and 140, so you can see what I mean.

As you can see these foundations are absolutely fantastic on their own.
Will definitely be buying some more.
Sydney Xxx

Sunday, 8 February 2009

MAC Haul Baby!

Shopping occurred, This is the aftermath.

I got studio Fix fluid NC15 and the little pump
Select sheer pressed powder
Fuidline in Blacktack
109 brush
Lip pencil in Magenta
Lipsticks in Blankety, Honey love,
Creme Team lipsticks in Creme cup and Lavender Whip
BBR Redhead lipstick in Marquise D'
Eyeliner in Teddy
Brow Set in Show off
BBR MSF in Blonde and Redhead
Eyeshadows in Shroom, Honey Lust, Tempting, Woodwinked and Romp (not pictured)
Phew!

Eyeshadows

L2R Shroom, Tempting, Honey Lust, Woodwinked
Romp at the bottom..I'm not keeping Romp, It's lovely
but it's far too similar to Tempting so I'm giving
it to my mum :)

Line up same as above. <3 style="font-weight: bold;">Lipsticks

L2R Lavender Whip, Creme Cup <3, onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6x1LETafSY2VHL1irZb4RPf6M0yoOGuNApNXU3LLaTCfUZ1jR-Vm9AhlyxnE8jPIZKi1ukkPzPng1N6ylRV3PyVV-svTUuHWeeXvhrwoGMZvsxFlYTBtIhgnnzNkhlFo9j9h0iiwY1QQ/s1600-h/Blog+024.JPG">Marquise D', Lavender Whip, Creme cup I LOVE creme cup.
Sorry I forgot to swatch the other two :S

Magenta lip pencil and Teddy eye kohl


MSFD <3

Blonde


Sorry about the writing on the hand!
The MSF going from light to dark, The swatch at the bottom is it mixed.


Redhead
I think Brunette looked a little too dark for me.


Brow set in Show off


209 Brush + Fluidline = Amazing!
As I wear black eyeliner everyday and have so far been very loyal to my
Rimmel Exaggerate liquid liner and not found anything that I like using as much
I decided that I must move with the times and get funky with gel.
I did and I love it!


I was very tempted by Henna, Femme fi, Knight, Top knot and 100 Strokes
but they all looked like some Urban Decay ones I already have so I didn't bother.