RIDICULOUS PACKAGING! Grrrr !

This is RIDICULOUS!!!! I love Illamasqua for their make up - they acn do no wrong especially as they are very Cruelty Free and Made in England ( which we are all trying to promote this year especially ) and Pro quality and Extremely creative and all these good things.. BUT... Every package i order from them comes in this size of a box, no matter how small the item is - ie these tiny false lashes, and a previous package with ONE tiny brush and ONE eye pencil in. They seriously need to get some smaller boxes maaaan. I guess i could wait to order more stuff at once from them, but unfortunately my budget is also tiny, like the boxes they SHOULD get. Im sure ill find a use for all this black shredded paper though - make some sorta mad afro paper wig and go to my next fancy dress party as Shaft?.. Make a nest for a Tim Burtonesque crow ? .. answers on a postcard...

Illamasqua skin base

So this new wonder foundation has just been released on sale in the UK - I had to try it out because of its self proffesssed fantasticness, and also its HD quality and cruelty free-ness..and Im glad to say its fab! Well this is me testing my shade out on me in a normal daytime situation - I have yet to test it out 'on camera' but this week ill get a chance to do just that - I worked with one of the ordinary Illamasqua liquid foundations on a shoot at the weekend and found them to dry on the skin way too quickly under warm conditions, on certain dry / combination skin types, making blending difficult, but this one seems much more ' elastic ' and gives fantastic coverage, which is sheer and dewey, and can be made less heavy by blending out with a damp sponge after application. Quite pricey unless you can get industry discount, so go and get your perfect shade match at the counter, or find someone with ' contacts sweedie' to get you 40% off! If it stands up to HD camera action I will be getting a few more shades to blend. But Ive also got some VERY exciting OCC airbrush shades on their way to test out ( without an airbrush) ... so Ill report back on them soon - Agent Tukatski over and out.

Wayne Goss Make Up Artist - Youtube Channel

I love this guy's youtube channel!!! He is a make up guru! Just honest reviews and NO BULLS**T!!! if your gonna get suckered in by some make up companies marketing tactics,first of all see if Monsieur Goss has reviewed the products on youtube before you part with your hard earned cash.

For example - this review of Illamasqua's Toxic Nature Creme pigments. At £17 a pop for each pigment, if you wanted to create a variety of looks you'd need 3 or 4 different shades.... thats a lot of wonga if they are not gonna perform like they claim to!!

So its great to ge an honest review from an industry pro who is not biased towards any brand and is even honest enough to admit that he uses time honoured money saving tips like using affordable high street lipsticks as cream blusher!!

WAYNE GOSS ROCKS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUpmZdhCzgc&feature=autofb