Illamasqua's Gimp and an Illamasqua satin primer tip...

Hi you guys! Last week I was sent an eye shadow from Illamasqua. Yay! I always get so damned excited when I get one of those little black parcels in my mailbox. I love their products...thank you Illamasqua! We're still waiting patiently for you here in Canada!



The colour they sent was called Gimp.


Here's a pic of what the colour looks like. I would describe it as an almost black.


I took one light swipe at the shadow with my finger and then swiped it onto my hand and this was how dense the colour was:



Okay, now for a run-down on this eye shadow:

-very highly pigmented
-no fallout
-you only need a little bit of product to get great colour payoff and with the size of this eye shadow, you'll have it for life
-blends easily
-easy to work (especially since it's a dark colour and, as we know, dark colours can be hard to work with)

Also, what I appreciate about this eye shadow even more than it just being a great, quality shadow is that it REALLY helps seal in my eyeliner. I have been skipping eyeliner on my lower lashline lately, and by lately I mean it feels like years since I've felt comfortable putting it on my lower lashline...it smudges everywhere! So I just put this right over my eyeliner and I noticed the first day I did this that it didn't budge. I did my makeup at 1oam and it stayed on until midnight. In that time I made my kids breakfast, went to work for a few hours, drove a half hour downtown, met up with my best friend, went for coffee, went shopping, had dinner, watched Black Swan, played pool and then drove home and there was not a single smudge. I was amazed (if you're wondering, I used Mark's no place to run eyeliner in jet set)

So I'm very pleased and although I usually stick to pretty light, neutral colours, I can see myself using it often.


So here is me using gimp (click on the pic to enlarge):

I was going to work so I didn't go full out smokey, but just enough for you guys to see a bit of it in use.

So as for my Illamasqua Satin Primer tip...

I've been rocking the MAC pro longwear foundation lately, but my skin's been a bit dry cuz of winter. If any of you guys have Illamasqua's satin primer and want a nice dewy finish, mix it in with your foundation and you have a foundation that's not going to go anywhere and it gives you a really healthy look. Much healthier than dead looking skin :( Seriously, I love the look. I've tried mixing in moisturizers and foundations, but I find the staying power is more than useless and I end up looking greasy not glowy, so this works well. Plus, I get to skip the step of applying primer all over my face before foundation. Yay...time saver!

Okay, hope this helps any of you guys who are interested in any of Illamasqua's eye shadows (or satin primer!)