Apolgies for being quiet over the last couple of weeks....I was on holiday and had meant to write some posts that would go on the blog whilst I was away but work and life seemed to go mad the week before I went so I ended up neglecting my blog - bad me!! However I am back now and really eager to write about some of the products that I took on holiday with me!
The standout star item of the week was this one - I have absolutely fallen in love with it! Its the Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Static - its a iridescent pink/silver powder that you can use on your eyes, cheeks or anywhere you fancy!
I went to an Illamasqua Beauty School drop-in lesson about a month ago at the store in Beak Street in London. It was fascinating, I love watching how the experts use the products, its so inspiring. The make up artist used this pigment and it looked incredible so the following week I just had to buy it myself! I must admit I am drawn to sparkly powders but in the past have been disappointed by their performance - some are not long lasting or they end up falling from your eye onto your cheek and the whole look just goes a bit wrong. I am happy to report that I didn't have either of these problems with this pigment!
I used this most nights on holiday, I would apply my eyeshadow and liquid liner as normal and then would dip my ring finger in the pigment and then gently apply to my eyelid. I absolutely loved the effect created when this went over my black liquid eyeliner - it turned the eyeliner a sparkly purple colour - gorgeous!
My one tip would be not to apply any make up to the lower part of your face whilst apply the pigment as there is a slight fallout at first but once its on, it stays on and won't migrate.
My one issue and it is a small one is the packaging. I do normally like Illamasqua's packaging, it performs well and looks good. But with this you do have to yank the lid off and I have had quite a bit of the pigment fall onto my carpet (ooh sparkly carpet!) which is a bit annoying. However I will put up with it as I love the the product so so much and am tempted to buy other colours in the range.
Pure Pigment cost me £16.50 at Selfridges.
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