PinkBasset
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Pemily, I LOVE Illamasqua!! You should come to the Illamasqua thread, there are some recommendations what to pick when starting with Illamasqua. 
It was your pictures that made me want to get it in the first place! I am planning on putting sh brushes and glosses in the small loops but do you find compacts or quads fit snuggly in the larger loops or do you use the larger loops to hold other things? Also, I found the zip stuck a fair bit on the bag on the shop floor....have you had any problems with yours?Any SH brush will fit nicely into the loops. Or l/g and l/s. See the pics and review I posted a while ago.
It's sold out on the US site though...
It was your pictures that made me want to get it in the first place! I am planning on putting sh brushes and glosses in the small loops but do you find compacts or quads fit snuggly in the larger loops or do you use the larger loops to hold other things? Also, I found the zip stuck a fair bit on the bag on the shop floor....have you had any problems with yours?
I don't own a single polish from Illamasqua and I keep forgetting to check out the selection when I'm at the counter!I have a couple of the nail polishes and they are great. I keep meaning to try more of their products!
I've also ordered the lashes (O___________O) because the collection has already launched everywhere O___o ahahahah I'm a Mac addicted![]()
That's good about the zips. In your photo the glosses you stored in the large loops have flat side....all my glosses are in typical circular tubes so I don't know if they would fit as snuggly....I might look at putting a compact or quad in it in the shop to see if they fitI didn't have any issues with the zip. As for the larger loops, I use those for glosses and lippies. Compacts go on the other side.
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Ardent Metal X Shadow is a stunningly vampy color on the lips. If you like the promo pic and want to achieve this look, get Ardent.
On the lips, Ardent is beautiful but an extremely vampy color that requires a neutral eye and face to pull it off, but it is oh-so-sexy. I recommend the Prolongwear l/p in "Absolutely It" to line your lips followed by an application with a stiffer brush like the 195 that allows you to work fast while spreading out the color. Again, a little goes a log way and you want to avoid caking it onto your lips. As Ardent will dry down - in a similar way as the Mattenes - you want to add a gloss to give it dimension. If you want to achieve the effect you see in the promo pic, use both Vacant and Outrage: Outrage on the overall lip with an added emphasis of Vacant in the center of the mouth. The micro-glitter in both glosses will transform Ardent in a truly multi-dimensional color, one you can't take your eyes off. If you love purples but want an extra oompf, this combination is simply divine. While it takes some work - and it is certainly a color that needs some maintenance - it is for those special occasions when you want to stand out but in a sophisticated rather than a loud and obnoxious way. Imagine yourself with your little black dress in a posh cocktail bar.
Thanks for the in-depth reviews and application recommendations, MAC-Guy! I am new the forum and joined because of the great info in this thread in particular. This collection has been my favorite from MAC in a long while. I just ordered Ardent and Obscura, and cant' wait to try them with the rest of the collection.