FOTD featuring Illamasqua Pigment in Fervent

It's been a while since I've done a face of the day. I love playing with make up but lately I've been being lazy as being busier later in the evenings mean I just want my bed in the mornings.

When searching through my stash I found my illamasqua pigment that I haven't used much so decided to play around.

I applied my Avon eyelid primer all over my lid and started with a matte base using Foxy from Naked 2.

I then blended Tease (again from Naked 2) into my crease. This is my favourite crease colour. I love it for easy make up and use it most days. It's the perfect neutral matte brown.

I decided to use the pigment as a liner. This can be done in a few ways. You can either wet your brush to dampen the pigment. What I did was use something I got in the front cover sets (the ones in boots at christmas time) which is like a clear liquid that makes any colour eyeshadow a liquid liner.

I decided to pack the pigment on so you could really see all the colours. I love how it's reddy toned with some green tones depending on the light.

This is the first pigment I have got from illamasqua and I love it and want more. I love how they can be used in different ways and look different depending on how you apply them.

Here you can see the difference in colour depending on where you pack the pigment or blend it out. I really love the colour when it's packed on.

As it's a pigment it does get messy so I also do my eyes before foundation if I'm losing a loose pigment as it's much easier.

I used a coat of They're Real as I didn't want to use false lashes as I think they would be hard to blend with a coloured liner.

I used my studio fix fluid foundation. I don't really love this but I think it's more due to a the fact mine seems very yellow even though it's NW15 :(. I've been trying to use up an old mouse blusher. It's ok just not a colour I'd use any more and as always I used my Liz Earle bronzer.

I decided on Mac Plumful on the lips as it's a soft pink. I love this colour, especially now it's getting colder. I think it's a winter pink.

I really like how you can just see the glitter through the lashes and think it makes a change to the normal black liner.

Lately I've been getting back into using my Benefit Erase Paste. It is my favourite under eye concealer. It's so thick and just disguises those dark circles and lasts all day.

I think I need to get back into using different eye shadows for liners and using my make up more. It's so easy to get stuck in a make up rut!

Do you switch up your make up? I love finding that product I forgot about.

Love M

xxx

Review: Benefit World Famous Neutrals Eyenessa's Sexiest Nudes Ever

On a recent shopping trip I ended up picking up this Benefit palette. I hadn't gone out with any intention of buying it and if I had to pick between the palettes I'd have probably gone for either of the other two over this as I'd have assumed the colours were more easily worn. I'm so pleased the Benefit MUA tried this kit out on me as I really love the colours in it and I'm glad I picked this one as I already have lots of browny nudes.

As with lots of Benefit products it has a vintage feel to the packaging. I love this about Benefit branding. The palette comes in a cardboard packaging which is almost in a book style. It does seem to be holding up well in my make up bag and not looking tatty.

The world famous neutrals kits contain 2 creaseless cream shadows and 4 longwear powder shadows. All the colours in the kit are designed to all work together. I love the variety of shadows you get in this kit.

The palette opens up like a book almost and contains a mirror which is also handy for a palette to have. The creaseless creams come in pots which can be removed from the packaging. The eyeshadows can't be.

The world famous neutrals set contain tips on how to use the shadows and where to place them for different looks. I do think this helps as I sometimes think getting a new palette can leave you overwhelmed on where to place different eyeshadows.

The Sexiest nudes ever set contains Bikini-tini and Holy Smokes! creaseless creams, and milk it!, raincheck?, pause for applasuse and blingo! longwear shadows. All of the shadows in the kits can be bought separately. I was initially only going to pick up raincheck? but decided it was much better value to get the whole kit.  

 milk it!, pause for applause, raincheck?, blingo!, bikini-tini and holy smokes!

with flash

milk it!, pause for applause, raincheck?, blingo!, bikini-tini and holy smokes!

without flash

The small circle at the top of each swatch is the shadow over bikini-tini to show it over a base. The main swatches are without primer.

Milk it! is a creamy white longwear shadow with great pigmentation. It's not at all chalky and very smooth to apply. It has a soft shimmer to it and blends out well.

Pause for applause makes a great base colour. It's a soft pink shade that can be blended out well. It has a very soft formula and is a matte shade. This colour works best over one of the creaseless creams to get a more intense colour.

Raincheck? This colour is the reason I bought the kit. It's a plum shade with a hint of brown to it. It's got amazing pigmentation and look great blended out through the crease. This is a matte shade and with the rest of the shadows in this kit it's really soft. None of the shadows caused fall out for me.

Blingo! This is a colour I didn't expect to like but it really works well with the colours in the kit to add a touch of shimmer over the lid. I think this colour would look great over holy smokes for an easy night out look. Blingo is a really impressive silver glitter shadow. This has amazing pigmentation as you can see from the swatches which is with one swipe.

Bikini-tini This is a champagne colour creaseless cream. A brilliant everyday shade I can see me getting lots of wear from. The creaseless creams are a soft formula that blends onto the eyes and makes a great colour on it's own or can be used as a base to other shadows. These have really impressed me and really last all day without creasing.

Holy smokes! This is the other creaseless cream. It's a dark brown/grey shade and will be great base for smokey eyes or even blended out on the lids for an easy eye look.

I plan on using this kit for my make up when I'm a bridesmaid on saturday as my dress is purple. (ignore my brows they are now waxed )

I started by applying Bikini-tini all over the lid. I then put milk it! all over the lid to have a nude base. I then add raincheck? to my crease and blended it out. I kept repeating this until the intensity was what I wanted. lastly I added blingo! over my lid to add some sparkly and finished off with lashes and a flick of black liner.

I've been so impressed with the quality of this kit. I want the other two now. I love how they last all day without creasing. The kits retail for £23.50.

Do you have any of the world famous neutrals?

Love M

xxx