Illamasqua Cream Eyeshadow and Lipstick Swatches and Review

From left to right:
Stimulus (Candy Purple)
Outcast (Bright Sunshine Yellow)
Amour (Pale Turquoise)
Suck (Intense Bright Medium Blue)

As you can see Illamasquas Cream Eyeshadows are extremly pigmented and they are very soft and easy to blend. I think they have great potential for layering with eyeshadows or glitter - but there has to be a hitch, right?

So, these babies crease. I used the too faced shadow insurance underneath but it didn't help. Honestly i'm not surprised because of the soft consistency, it simply HAS to crease - they are not as dry as MAC Paint Pots.
I'm not that disappointed since i will use them for my lips or cheeks and for shootings but you will probably think twice before ordering one...

The lipsticks:

From Top to bottom:
Pristine (Pure Black) - Matte
Strip (Pure white) - Matte
Satanic (Purple Blue) - Matte
Trash (Gold) - Shimmer Finish

Faust (It' actually hard to describe...sort of a dark Berry Red) - Matte
Encounter (Classic Brick Red) - Matte Finish
Liar (Petal Pink) - Matte with tiny Glitter
Nubile (Pale milky Pink) - Shimmer Finish

I like the consistency of Illamasquas Lipstick - very creamy, not drying and pretty opaque. Satanic is an exception but i think with a neutral lipliner as a base it will be fine.

Having a Black and a White Lipstick gives you the opportunity to make other lipsticks lighter or darker - and of course you could mix a grey one if you're sad that Illamasqua doesn't offer a shade for their Intense Lipgloss in Liason :)

I tried to make the difference between Liar and Nubile visible (matte with glitter and shimmer) - hope it shows in the photo!

Hope it's helpful!