I took a little trip to Illamasqua yesterday as I was in London.
They really went for the hard sell (or maybe they could tell I was a makeup addict!) and I ended up with:
Sheer lipgloss in lily rose: A really really beautiful opaque pinky red colour. Looks amazing on its own or over red lipstick, this was everything I wanted the see through lip colours to be (although obviously as a lipgloss it needs reapplying more frequently).
Intense lipgloss in Move - a gorgeous pinky mauve colour that is basically gives a 'my lips, but better' look (I have quite pigmented lips!)
The lipglosses are brilliant and have a number of advantages IMO compared to MAC - first off they are squeezy tubes with plastic tips, meaning that if you're like me and constantly searching for a lip brush to apply your lipgloss over lipstick, then you don't have this problem any more, and there's not much chance of colour contamination as you can just wipe the tip once you're done. Second - you get 7ml, 2.2ml more than the standard MAC lipglass. Third - they have a gorgeous, light, fruity smell. I didn't realise how sick I was of vanilla scenting until I put this on!
Eyeshadow in moan - a flat green colour. The colour payoff on this is not amazing, but it's buildable. I swatched some of the other colours while I was there, and they all seemed to have a much better payoff. However, I wanted an eyeshadow and this was the only one when I swatched I didn't liken to a MAC colour I already had.
Powder foundation in 215 (I think). The MA colour matched me to this, but personally, I think its the wrong colour match (although it will be alright for summer). I'm an NW15, but this foundation if applied with a heavy hand makes me look slightly orange. It's the same effect I get if I mistakenly reach for the NW20 when my colour's fading towards winter. So, I think that this colour might be better for an NW20.
Primer in Matt. This is the first time I'm wearing it today, and it's holding up ok. I'll be interested to see how it is at the end of the day.
Also, I paid £14 for the eyeshadow and £12.50 for the lipgloss, so I think the prices may have gone up (or maybe they were just the London prices!)
If anyone wants swatches of anything, I'll see what I can do.
