Illamasqua Haul!

Hello my beauty boffins!

So this time round I wanted to share with you my haul that I got from Illamasqua which is my all time favorite brand :) I got one of their Mystery Collection boxes which looks a little like this:

The box costs £35 (and they have a 10% sale going on in Debenhams just now, though I'm not sure how long for) and you get 6 full sized products. I'm not sure if or when they rotate their boxes, but you know two of the products that you're getting. For me it was the gold pigment and the eyeliner. I will update when I find out :) I also bought a lipstick.....because they have pretty lipstick....

So here's some reviewings of the individual things I got :D

1. Liquid Metal - Electrum

This is like a cream eyeshadow, absolutely stunning gold colour! It's very highly pigmented and doesn't feel heavy at all when wearing :) I really love this and I can see myself getting this in all it's beautiful variants in the future! 

2. Precision Ink - Glister

 This is a gold-y pink colour liqud eyeliner. Really cute colour and the applicator is quite short which means much easier use! I do like this colour but it isn't something I can see myself using every day. Still love it though!





3. Nail Varnish - Velocity

As any of you know know me well know, I am a girl who likes her purple! I love this colour, it's a very muted purple though it does turn out a little darker than it looks in the bottle. I love the varnish bottles, they're cute! This is a really nice colour and I'm stoked it was in there :D Woo!


4. Nail Varnish - Strike

WOW!! This colour did STRIKE me right in the lovelyness! This blue just isn't done any justice on the camera. It's from a different range than velocity and it's all metallic and shimmery. I would literally paint my room this colour if the bottle was bigger....
Stunning colour and I would definitely buy this one on it's own!



Did I mention I really like this one?



5. Powder Eyeshadow - Fame

Green isn't usually a colour I tend to buy in eyeshadows but this one is really nice! I wouldn't wear it on it's own, maybe in a blend with another colour but it's a really nice mint green colour. Ironically it's Easter and this is rather fitting :D
Very nice powder though, will be using it lots in the future ^_^





6. Powder Eyeshadow - Imagine

When I first saw this colour I was a smidge disappointed. I wasn't too keen on it but thought 'meh I can give it a shot' and I'm SO GLAD that I did! It's more of a sky blue when it's on the skin and its beautiful! Really suprised but I love it.









7. Lipstick - Liv

 This was something I picked up with my box and it is STUNNING!! It's a lovely pale pink colour and it feels great on. It is also a bitch to get off which to be honest I see as a plus to any lipstick, specially pale ones as they tend to come off really easily. However it does take a few swipes of the stick to get some decent coverage, BUT the stunning colour of it makes up for that tenfold :)

So my little Beauties I would say that if you haven't tried illamasqua the beauty box is perfect to give it a shot and see what you think since you get about £90 of products for £35 and its exciting to see! Even if you are a long time illamasqua user it's nice to have the suprise of not knowing what you're getting and you might find some new faves that you wouldn't go for normally :)

STATUS: RATE
Cannot rate this brand enough! It's amazing quality and incredible value for the box. It is a little more expensive but for a make up bag staple it is worth it :)

Goldie Locks Hair Extensions

Hello you Possible Rapunzels!

So here's my story of how I came to know about hair extensions of nearly every kind:
I dye my hair too much. It's a different colour every couple of months, so my hair never really has a chance to grow since most of the colours have an aspect of bleach in them. So I tend to spend a small fortune on additional hair to give it some decent length. Due to it being every colour in the rainbow I also had to try different brands to get the right colour. So here goes with my latest find :)

So whilst searching for decent extensions I was looking for a weft piece, so that I didn't have to spend forever putting in my extensions in the morning but I could still get a decent amount in. A weft piece means that there are 3-5 layers on the one piece. So ideally since I have thick hair, put in two, you get 10 layers which covers all short hair :) Simples you would think.....

But I came across Goldielocks, who offer just such a weft! You can choose between curly or straight, the length (18"-22"-24") and so many different colours (INCLUDING RAINBOW :D :D). They generally tend to start at £9.99 so its cheaper than the usual. The material used is called Kanekalon, which looks identical to human hair and can also be styled with heat appliances (up to 160, so not crazy hot GHDs!)

So I was particularly impressed with this site because they actually had my exact shade of reddy/purple/brown (it's an odd shade that happens when red and brown react together!). But nowhere else stocks it, but these guys cater to just about every hair colour out there! Including neon colours.

So here's what the ones I got look like:
Before:

                         After:





So the colour matches extremely well and they are very comfy to wear. I think it's also a very good price for what you get as the pieces are very thick and in this picture I'm sporting two of them (my hair although very short is very thick, horrible burden when it comes to buying extensions!).


STATUS: RATE!
I love these and rarely go out without them in now. Great value for money and they look very natural. The shipping was also pretty quick which is also a major plus :)
Send pics if you get some!

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation

Hello my fellow Beautyists!

I welcome thee to another review from the musings of Mandypops!

So I've done lots of hair stuff, some eye stuff and some boxy stuff, so lets do the stuff that you plaster over your moosh!

That tricky one! Foundation! I spent YEARS trying to find a decent foundation, due to my VERY VERY VERY (did I mention VERY?) awkward skin tone. I am what I like to call 'Zombie pale' which is extremely pale with blue undertones. I went mad spending a fortune over time on foundations that made me look like I'd been smacked with a Tango truck. Nothing worked for me as those pesky blue undertones made everything go orange. But before you bring out the man size tissues, I found a solution!

So whilst wandering a wee department store type thing in Glasgow, I was searching through the make-up bit and perplexing the make-up girls with how I could still be alive with a skin tone like this when I seen thee most different shades of pale foundation I had ever seen!

So here comes my knight in shining armor!....Well.....the right foundation on a shelf anyway! It's Illamasquas Skin Base Foundation. Such perfection in a wee tube!
The artists impression is so:

Cute foundation eh! So this stuff feels very light on the skin and doesn't feel like you have to pour it on the desk and rub your face on it to get an effect. A little drop of this heavenly stuff goes a long way, so it lasts for ages too. My skin tone troubles don't just stop there though! I have an array of freckles that aren't the cute dainty kind. It's the kind people say 'Oh it's a beauty spot!' when what they really mean is 'Wow spot the dalmatian over here looks like she's been in at the fountain pens again!' But it covers them too. It's like superman but disguised as a kick ass foundation!

It costs £27 from the Illamasqua website and to be honest you won't find it cheaper anywhere else, but you pay for what you get and I think it's amazing quality.

STATUS: RATE!
I adore this! I will be rebuying once it has ran out