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SWATCH: Illamasqua nail polish in Fern
Conventional wisdom: as the weather gets cooler, your make-up and nails should get more subdued. Berry tones. Plums. Nudes. Bullshit, I say. One of the best things about living in a country where snow is a merciful rarity confined to some out of the way corner of the mountains is that even our winters are spent ...
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Illamasqua Smash nail polish
Eight green things I approve of: Granny Smith apples Kermit Sugar snap peas Absinthe Fresh seaweed at the local sushi bar Damp grass Ferns that have a delicate curl of still-closed fronds at the tip of each leaf Illamasqua nail polish in Smash. Two coats gives you apple green creme goodness, no muss and no ...
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The Hunt for Red October – Illamasqua Daemon eyeshadow
Controversial statement: everyone needs a matte red eyeshadow in their collection. Wait, wait, hear me out. This isn’t me just saying stuff to make you go whaaaaaat, this is Lara The Make-Up Artist speaking and laying down some colour science on you. A decent red matte eyeshadow is a surprisingly useful thing to have banging ...
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Illamasqua – Rampage nail polish
Rampage nail polish by Illamasqua is a deep blackened green highly pigmented jelly without any shimmer, glitter or sparkles. Application always seems to be a bit of a crapshoot with this one: sometimes two coats are all I need to get a flawless finish, yet other times it does the nail lacquer equiv of stamping ...
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Illamasqua – Fable lipstick
Fable lipstick from Illamasqua is an old-school chalky pale pink with no shimmer, no muss, no fuss. Just straight up, no foolin’ 60′s cupcake pink in a super matte finish, jam packed with full-finish colour. If your lips are dry, flaky or in any way less than perfect, the dry texture of Fable will zero ...
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Illamasqua Phallic nail lacquer
I’ve had this polish for six months now and wear it at least once a month, but I’m only just getting around to snapping a picture of it. Blame it on a dearth of sunny days this past summer! Illamasqua’s Phallic nail lacquer is a midnight blue loaded up with deep shimmer. The pigmentation is ...
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Illamasqua – Flare lipstick
I promised you some Illamasqua Toxic Nature hot orange goodness, and baby, you know I always deliver. Flare lipstick is a hellaciously spicy traffic cone orange lipstick in a slightly satiny finish. The texture is a little dry and if applied straight from the tube can be a tad unforgiving if you don’t have perfectly ...
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NOTD – Purity and Gamma for Illamasqua Toxic Nature
Just a super quick picture before I inevitably ruin my hands putting together IKEA furniture this afternoon (yep, I’m joining Team Helmer!). I popped into the Illamasqua Toxic Nature blogger preview night on Friday evening and – apart from the collection being amaze and the folks from Illamasqua being absolute dolls as always – I ...
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Illamasqua – Rouse sheer gloss
Hey. Hey. Hey you. I missed you. Let’s talk more. Actually, let’s talk about my new favourite gloss. Rouse sheer gloss from Illamasqua is a creamy gloss that isn’t all that it appears to be – eye-searingly bright pink on the outside, dainty sheer pink on the inside. Ignore all descriptions that mention hot pink, ...
