Illamasqua Discussion

[tats]

Did you get it yet??? I have considered ordering, but I truly live in a one horse town with little culture, and no where to wear it, so I am choosing to just live vicariously...that is a gorgeous color

I did and I loooove it it is a bold colour for sure but I don't care. I will proudly wear it. I think this will be my go to going out lippie lol
i do like it when I'm a little tanned though, I think on fair skin it may look a little dramatic, but I love it with their skin base foundation in AU as a blush.

Couldn't resist not to show it off

Sorry for messy look, this is after work

 

[aradhana]

Not sure if anyone knows about this, but on the new Sephora site, I no longer see the message about Illamasqua not being available in Canada. Does that mean they ship here now?

I did notice that my Sephora had received some of the Illamasqua nail polishes recently, so hopefully, that means we'll get the rest of the brand too...

as a test i tried to purchase a quad, and when i went to checkout, it gives me a message saying that the product cannot be shipped to canadian addresses...
snif.
anyway, i think i'm going to make another purchase straight from illamasqua, since the price is going to be similar....

 

[martiangurll]

I did and I loooove it it is a bold colour for sure but I don't care. I will proudly wear it. I think this will be my go to going out lippie lol
i do like it when I'm a little tanned though, I think on fair skin it may look a little dramatic, but I love it with their skin base foundation in AU as a blush.

Couldn't resist not to show it off

Sorry for messy look, this is after work

Love it!

 

[snerfsnerf]

Hi! I have MUFE HD in 115 and it seems too dark and too pinky/orangey. Sephora sells Illamasqua, which I'd like to try, but they don't sell the solid shades. Would 5.5 be a good match + white? I had been thinking that #4, 4.5 or 5 would be good + white. I *think* I used to wear NW 15-20 in MAC but I can't recall. Otherwise I may go back to Laura Mercier (I think I wore porcelain ivory, which was probably just a tad too light). I believe that I have yellow/pink undertones. I'm the kind of pale that glows in pictures.

Here's a stripe of 115 on my jaw in natural (evening) light. You'll be able to see on the left that I have Kat von D Lock It foundation on, which I know for certain now is not a good match. Pic is a bit darker than when I took it. Sorry.

Help!

 

[tats]

Hi! I have MUFE HD in 115 and it seems too dark and too pinky/orangey. Sephora sells Illamasqua, which I'd like to try, but they don't sell the solid shades. Would 5.5 be a good match + white? I had been thinking that #4, 4.5 or 5 would be good + white. I *think* I used to wear NW 15-20 in MAC but I can't recall. Otherwise I may go back to Laura Mercier (I think I wore porcelain ivory, which was probably just a tad too light). I believe that I have yellow/pink undertones. I'm the kind of pale that glows in pictures.

Here's a stripe of 115 on my jaw in natural (evening) light. You'll be able to see on the left that I have Kat von D Lock It foundation on, which I know for certain now is not a good match. Pic is a bit darker than when I took it. Sorry.

Help!

Which Illamasqua foundation are you interested in? They have several options and the one that hase the biggest shade range is their skin base foundation.. I'm sure you will be able to find a match there.. On their official(UK) website the have descriptions of shades (pink, yellow or neutral undertones) + swatches and pics. They also have a shade comparison charts with other brands here: http://www.illamasqua.com/assets/files/illamasqua-skinbase-comparison-charts.pdf

 

[snerfsnerf]

Thank you so much for your help! I will take a look at the site. PS—I have since bought Daniel Sandler's Porcelain, which is quite nice and works for me in natural light... but not when photographed with a flash. Gah. I am so in between colours.

 

[tats]

You're welcome I hope you will find the right shade for yourself. I know it's a pain. I took me a while to find the right foundation shade for myself. Evertyhting was just too pink or dark for me. Finally, I stumbled across Estee Lauder double wear and found a perfect shade there so happy now..)

 

[ultraviolet]

any NC20's find a good foundation shade in skinbase?

 

[tats]

any NC20's find a good foundation shade in skinbase?

I would say 3/4.5 if needed yellow and if needed yellow and pink undertone then 4

 

[MadTheologian]

Sephora is selling a mystery set for 60 bucks. You get Jo'mina the nail polish, Fable the lipstick, and eight different products of unknown color. I do know that Debenhams in the UK is selling a similar set for about the same price, pound-wise. I ordered it today, so I am hoping for decent stuff!

 

[kimibos]

I did and I loooove it it is a bold colour for sure but I don't care. I will proudly wear it. I think this will be my go to going out lippie lol
i do like it when I'm a little tanned though, I think on fair skin it may look a little dramatic, but I love it with their skin base foundation in AU as a blush.

Couldn't resist not to show it off

Sorry for messy look, this is after work

yes i just order it, i love how it looks on you!! i also ordered the violate lipgloss. i cant wait to get them. i couldnt resist the free shipping and only paying like $40 for both.

 

[BuickMackane]

Magnetism is my first Illamasqua lippie and I'm wearing it today. It's such a nice colour! I can't think of a dupe in my stash, but that's probably because I don't have any berry-ish colours. There are probably some similar colours out there.

It applied very well and it feels great on the lips. I can't say anything about staying power yet as I've only had it on for about 3 hours and I haven't eaten anything since I applied it. It has survived several cups of coffee though

Overall, great first impressions! The only thing I don't like about it is the packaging. Nothing wrong with the way it looks but it feels a bit cheap somehow. Not that I'm going to lose any sleep over it though. lol.

 

[Tanjola]

Sephora is selling a mystery set for 60 bucks. You get Jo'mina the nail polish, Fable the lipstick, and eight different products of unknown color. I do know that Debenhams in the UK is selling a similar set for about the same price, pound-wise. I ordered it today, so I am hoping for decent stuff!

Have you received your kit yet? I just ordered this kit today. It's gotten mixed reviews online. Please let me know what you think. TIA

 

[MadTheologian]

Have you received your kit yet? I just ordered this kit today. It's gotten mixed reviews online. Please let me know what you think. TIA

Yes, I received the kit, and I actually enjoyed it. I think those who are aware of Illamasqua's ethos and unorthodox range of colors would enjoy it the most.

From a Sephora.com review I did:


I hesitated ordering it due to mixed reviews (mold? odd colors no one uses?) but figured that I might have some use of the colors. I was happy to say that I got a good bag.
Besides Jo'Mina and Fable, I got:
Brazen cream blusher (very red!)
Superior Liquid Metal (royal blue)
Intrude eyeshadow (dark taupe)
Tantrum sheer lipgloss (purple/magenta!!! )
Succubus Intense lipgloss (rich red)
Drench lipstick (pink berry red)
Cane medium pencil (yellow)
Severe medium pencil (warm brown)
Here is the deal: If you currently enjoy Illamasqua cosmetics, if you love bold unconventional colors, I recommend the mystery selection. I do not recommend this for those with more conventional tastes.
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Since then, I tried most of the products. I found Fable to be dry and unforgiving, so I recommend conditioning your lips overnight before using Fable. Drench worked better. The Liquid Metal creased on my eyes, but I had good luck with Intrude. I got good compliments for my Succubus gloss from one of the Chanel ladies at my local Von Maur. Tantrum is beautiful with its shimmer. I ordered a Crown Brush set and I planned to use the Brazen blush with it. (This would be the first time I would wear blush.) Cane brighten my eyes, Severe worked well.
Visited the Sephora shop in my area to show off and one of its staff told me that they had one customer returned it due to dissatisfaction. Hopefully, you got a great kit and if it does not work out, you can try returning it to the store. I thought I had pics of my kit. Let me see if I find them.

 

[Tanjola]

Thank you so much for the review. I did order the kit. I should receive it tommorrow. I will report back with my thoughts and pics.

Severe medium pencil (warm brown) Here is the deal: If you currently enjoy Illamasqua cosmetics, if you love bold unconventional colors, I recommend the mystery selection. I do not recommend this for those with more conventional tastes.
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Since then, I tried most of the products. I found Fable to be dry and unforgiving, so I recommend conditioning your lips overnight before using Fable. Drench worked better. The Liquid Metal creased on my eyes, but I had good luck with Intrude. I got good compliments for my Succubus gloss from one of the Chanel ladies at my local Von Maur. Tantrum is beautiful with its shimmer. I ordered a Crown Brush set and I planned to use the Brazen blush with it. (This would be the first time I would wear blush.) Cane brighten my eyes, Severe worked well.
Visited the Sephora shop in my area to show off and one of its staff told me that they had one customer returned it due to dissatisfaction. Hopefully, you got a great kit and if it does not work out, you can try returning it to the store. I thought I had pics of my kit. Let me see if I find them.

 

[kimibos]

im gonna get it around christmas. people were problably mad cause they wanted red, pink and peachy things. illamasqua is definitely for people that want to be different and want different bold lips in purple, black or green . i think that is cool that you can get something that you werent thinking about getting and just be surprise by it, and of course thinking that illamasqua dares you to wear it.

 

[lindylou2001]

Massive discounts at illamasqua till Christmas. I'm a recent convertee to the brand and I'm registered on their pro list, which gives me 20% discount, but they have just upped that to a massive 40% for Christmas!!! I'm now literally spent up ha ha......but have a big bag of goodies to keep me happy! Unlike mac, Illamasqua is free to register, just sign up on their website and upload your documents. It's available to students aswell as professionals. Just upload your acceptance letter and your college ID x

 

[katred]

Looks like Illamasqua are taking their most popular shades of blush and putting them in duos for the Spring. Plus, they'll be offering a sculpting brush that looks a lot like the one Mac had earlier this year.

http://www.britishbeautyblogger.com/2012/12/illamasqua-blush.html

 

[aradhana]

Looks like Illamasqua are taking their most popular shades of blush and putting them in duos for the Spring. Plus, they'll be offering a sculpting brush that looks a lot like the one Mac had earlier this year.

http://www.britishbeautyblogger.com/2012/12/illamasqua-blush.html

i just received the hussy/lover duo which i purchased as a xmas gift for my sister in law. they had that particular one in the 'christmas gift' collection. i didn't realize that they're going to be doing more of them, but the other two look nice as well.

 

[MACina]

Thank you katred!
It is very nice to see more blush duos

And the brush does really look like the MAC # 163.I love this brush

Looks like Illamasqua are taking their most popular shades of blush and putting them in duos for the Spring. Plus, they'll be offering a sculpting brush that looks a lot like the one Mac had earlier this year.

http://www.britishbeautyblogger.com/2012/12/illamasqua-blush.html