Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation Review

I've been waiting for this parcel for like over a month but it finally got here yesterday and I'm soooooo excited about it. Illamasqua had a 50% off everything sale in the middle of May to celebrate them reaching 50,000 Twitter followers, so of course I just HAD to buy a few things. I'm only going to review their Skin Base Foundation in this post but I thought I'd let you have a little nosey at everything else I bought :)

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Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation

 

 

 

The foundation comes in typical Illamasqa packaging with a black square lid with white writing and has a thin nozzle type applicator which I think makes it harder to squeeze out too much product, always a plus!

The product itself feels very light on your skin however it think it has quite good medium coverage and definitely hides redness. It has a very light vanilla/marshmallow smell which I think is just lovely, It makes me want to eat it! I'm normally quite wary of using perfumed products on my face as my skin is very very sensitive but I've had absolutely no problems with this.

 

I have compared the Skin Base Foundation with my usual Barbara Daly Moisture Foundation (review here) just to give you an idea of the colour and the coverage.

 

Swatched:

left: Illamasqua  Skin Base Foundation   Right: Barbara Daly Moisture Foundation

 

 Blended:

left: Illamasqua  Skin Base Foundation   Right: Barbara Daly Moisture Foundation

My camera hasn't shown them up very well but both foundations blend into my skin very well however I think the Skin Base Foundation is closer to my skin tone than the Mosture Foundation, also I think it gives my skin a bit more of a glow and makes it look a bit less dull.

I've worn the Skin Base Foundation a few times now and I love it's staying power, once its on your face it will not budge (unless you want it to). I went out in the rain and my face got completely soaked but my foundation still looked immaculate! This is definitely going to become my night out/party foundation.

The only thing that bugs me about it is that it's quite drying, I found that to make it go on my face evenly without clumping at dry bits I had to put on quite a heavy moisturiser underneath, which isn't ideal for hot days! The back of the bottle says it is 'Suitable for all skin types' but I can't say I agree, It's definitely more for normal/oily skin.

Repurchase? Only with 50 % off, I'm not convinced it's worth £27. I'm happy to pay £8 for the Barbara Daly moisture foundation and have to reapply every time it rains.

 P.s Enter my giveaway to win a Parcelgenie gift of your choice!! :)

What I bought yesterday & mini reviews..

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Had a little nose around Liverpool town centre yesterday as I'm going back to Manchester today for the summer (woo!). I was on the look out for a natural eye palette because the only eye shadows I own at the minute are either black or grey (from my Emo days). So this is what I ended up buying:

1// Nivea Beaute Colour Passion Lipstick in Fuschia 35 £1 - Poundland

2// Rimmel Lipstick Lock £4.99 - Superdrug (not online)

3// Barry M Texture Nail Polish in Kingsland Road £3.99 - Superdrug.

4// Sleek iDivine Oh So Special Palette £7.99 - Superdrug

Nivea Lipstick in Fuschia

I was so surprised when I saw this in Poundland. After a bit of quick googling I found out these should normally cost around £3 so I reckon I got a bit of a bargain here, and the colour is just so bright and lovely and looks so sophisticated (below)

Swatched:

 The best thing of all is it doesn't dry out your lips. This is a big problem I have with lipsticks and is why I tend to go for tinted glosses/balm. As its by Nivea it must have some of their lip balm in it because it stays glossy and smooth on your lips for ages. so chuffed with this purchase and will definitely be looking out for more in the future.

Rimmel Lipstick Lock

I've read quite a few reviews about Lipcote recently, and by what I've read its a bit of a waste of time. A lot of people have said it dries out your lips and stings like mad, so I've always disregarded it. Then I came across Rimmel's version so I thought I'd give it a go. I'm really unsure about it, it definitely does it's job and keeps the lipstick on your lips for aaages. However, it really does dry out your lips to the point that mine actually started to hurt. It would probably be alright if I were to put a lip balm on top of it but whether that would affect the staying power I don't know. Got a feeling this is gonna be another one of those products that sits in the bottom of my makeup draw for months without being used, ahh well.

Barry M Textured Effect Nail Polish

I saw the blue version of this on someone's twitter the other day - I haven't got a clue who - but I thought it was really different and cute, and being me I of course HAD to buy it, sigh! I don't really know how to explain the texture, it's a pastel pink nail varnish with sand-like grains inside it so when it dries it kind of feels like stone, I suppose? Barry M describes it as a 'grainy, matte formula'. Anyway, I think it's pretty cool and this is probably gonna be my new 'every day' nail polish.

Sleek Oh So Special Eyeshadow Palette

As I said at the beginning I was looking for a natural eyeshadow palette to replace my 'Emo' black eyeshadow collection. I've never owned anything by Sleek before but have heard a lot of bloggers raving about the brand, and in particular the eyeshadow palettes. This is the one I decided on basically because It was the only palette which I knew I would use every colour. 

Swatches in order left to right and clockwise:

Some of the colours don't show up very well, sorry about that. Overall I'm really happy I bought this, I've got every colour I need for daytime (light colours) and night time (darker colours) also there's matte and glittery shades. It's probably the only palette I'll ever have to buy, and I'm deffo going to get a lot of use out of it.

Let me know what you think.

P.S My giveaway is still running if you'd like to have a look and enter here.

Sashimi Dolly Giveaway

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know that Sashimi Dolly is running a giveaway (pictured left) of some super cute beauty products on her blog, including Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24hr Eyeshadow and 10 Pairs of false lashes. If you'd like to enter then please click here. 

Jade x

Also just a reminder that my giveaway is still up and running for a few more days so please have a look and enter if you'd like to :)