P2 Nail Polishes

So P2 is a brand which is only available in Germany and Austria - which is a shame because they're awesome!

They do have a whole cosmetic range but i didn't found it as interesting as their nail polishes :)
I bought 3 polishes yesterday and tried one of these - opaque with 2 coats and lets see about the staying power...

Their range for nails is quite big, they have various nail care products aswell - from top coat over cuticle oil to handcream. I also bought the Anti-Split Coat because the nail on my left indexfinger tends to split.

It says "Clear nail polish protects the nail tip from splintering on the edge. A flexible and waterproof layer strengthens the nail and protects the nail tip from softening in water."
IF this polishes is working i'll buy more of their care range but for now i'm testing this one for a few weeks :)

Here are the polishes and the care laquer:

Left to Right: 208 Rich & Royal, 120 It's Hot, 191 Gigantic, Anti Split Coat

The blue one is stunning, the red is just a classic red and the grey one ha a tint of purple - great colours!

The colours range from classic to dark reds, bright pinks and purples, teals and blues to neutral beiges and black or dark chocolate and i also saw a pastel yellow and a green. The textures are cream or shimmer - no glitter :(
AND the have a matte top coat! I think i will love this brand! :D

That's my first Review for this brand, i'm sure many will follow!

Bye!

The Body Shop Spring Trend - Look

Here are the Spring Trend Shimmer Cubes by The Body Shop (TBS)

First of all - I know TBS isn't famous for their make up but this quad is quite nice, since last year there was a significant improvement in the products they launched.

The colours are sheerer than they look but if you have a stiky base and pack them on and on you can get a vibrant colour pay off.



from left to right and from top to bottom:

Sea Shell - looks peachy but it's so sheer even i can use it as a highlighter
Sparkling Sky - a medium blue
Emerald Sea - a medium teal
Hushed Orchid - is a very, very subtle lavender

I really like Emerald Sea - it is very pretty with TBS Eye Shimmer in Emerald layerd on top!
I did a look with this Quad but sadly the Camera didn't pick up the colours very well - looks WAY more teal irl!

Emerald Sea - Lid and lower Lashline
Eye Shimmer in Emerald - on top of Emerlad Sea and Tearduct
Sparkling Sky - Crease and lower Lashine
Emerald Sea - above Crease
Sea Shell - Browbone

TBS Autumn Trend Rose Blush Trio on my Cheeks

I applied TBS l/s in 58 later on my lips - a vibrant neon pink

Glittery Purple Look + Static Pigment Swatches and Review

So that's my look for today :)
The last time i did this look i applied MAC fuchsia Glitter on top but it all ended up on my cheeks during the day so i skiped this step - if you have transparent Mascara use it as a base for glitter and it will last forever, but i don't have any so no Fuchsia glitter for me today :)

What I used:
Illamasqua UEC in 130
MAC Select Cover-Up in NW15
Illamasqua PF in 135
Illamasqua Powder Blusher in Disobey to contour
MAC Powder Blush in Dollymix

MAC Foxy Lady Eye Kohl on the entire lid blended upwards and on the lower lashline
MAC Beauty Marked e/s on Top of the Kohl
MAC Fig. 1 e/s in the crease and the lower Lashline
MAC Purple Shower e/s (LE) over Fig. 1
MAC Passionate e/s and Post Haste e/s mixed over the crease and on the lower lashline
MAC Next to Nothing e/s (LE) to highlight
MAC Young Punk MES (LE) in the lid
Illamasqua Static Pigment all over (used with Fix+)
MAC lll in Point Black top lashline and waterline
Illamasqua False Lashes 07

MAC Dervish Lipliner
Illamasqua Liar Lipstick

Static Pigment is actually pretty cool, i know Christine didn't like the packaging ("Oh, and packaging? I think I already lost 10% of the product on my floor and countertop after only opening it twice.") I had no problems with it...sure it's different but if you are careful it's fine, just pull the lid up on one side and it will open easily.
She also used it on top of a paint pot but underneath the eyeshadows and i think that's why she didn't love it, it IS glittery it has to be on top in my opinion.
And the last point where i disagree with her is that it looks similar to MACs Pink Opal pigment - I wouldn't call Static a pigment it's more on the glitter side and still easy to work with and Pink Opal is like an eyeshadow - Static is compared to Pink Opal purple in colour.

I tried to capture Statics awesomeness and kinda failed - but you can still see the difference in colour and in the second photo (i know it's blurry) you can see the different finish even better!

BUT Illamasqua pigments are very expensive and i personally don't think the pigments they offer are special but Static is and it was worth the money.

Anyways, hope you liked the look! :)

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!

Illamasqua Nail Varnish Swatches and Review

And here the naillaquers! :)

Shades from left to right:

Harsh (Silver Glitter)- 3 coats
Spartan (Gold and Silver Glitter) - 3 coats
Untold (Red Glitter) - 3 coats
Jan (light dusky Pink)
Obsess (Bright Fuchsia Pink)
Strike (Turquoise Blue - Shimmer Finish)
Muse (Deep Teal Blue)
Hectic (Warm Olive Green) - 3 coats
Verbal (Capuccino Nude)
Wayward (Bright Taxicab Yellow)

(If nothing is stated i applied 2 coats and the finish is Cream)


Harsh, Spartan and Untold are the only 3 Glitter Nailpolish Illamasqua has so far and i love them! :)
You could wear them alone but i prefer to layer them on top of other nailpolishes. Untold looks great over red or black naillaquer - i think i will post NOTD too in future so you will see that for sure! Harsh looks great over every cool toned color and Spartan over every warm toned base, i would pair Harsh with blues and Spartan with oranges or reds e.g
I would say you need 3 coats to make them really visible!

The other shades except Strike have a Cream finish - but there are 2 different ones.
Hectic and Obsess are not as opaque as the other shades, especially Verbal is extremly pigmented and thicker in consistency. If you have a steady hand and can make it look even with one coat, i'd say one coat is enough for most Illamasqua polishes.

The shades are pretty awesome!

Jan is a really nice dusky pink...sort of a colour with an vintage feel to it, it is in fact very similar to Love&Friendship which came out with MAC's Rose Romance LE this year but Love&Friendship is more on the purple side and Jan on the pink side.

Obsess is beyond words, this is a stunnig shade of Pink. I like the colour pink but most pink nailpolishes look the same, when i came across GOSH's Flamingo i thought "that's it" it was bright and unique i got asked a billion times what i'm wearing and besides Obsess it looks SO boring :) i still love Flamingo bt Obsess is my new HG when it comes to Pink nailpolish! :)

Strike is a shimmery Turquoise not boring but nothing special either...hard to discribe, i have a lot of tealish polishes so it is hard to get something that is completely different. My first and only love for Blue/Teal nailpolish is Plasma Blu by MAC which was LE - sadly, when this is empty i'll cry a river...or an ocean, i'm not sure yet...

Muse is actually pretty cool, i love dark polishes and this is a very nice shade of Teal - i'm sure there are similar colour out there but since it's a longlasting laquer and SO opaque i'd say try it if you're looking for a nice Teal polish!

Hectic is a darker olive green, like i said before, this is a quite liquid polish so you need 3 coats - at least i do :) but since i'm used to that from other Brands it's not that bad. I like the colour very much and i was looking for an Olive shade for quite a while now.

Verbal Capuccino is not the most commonly used colour for your nails but i saw it on the runways every now and then for the past 2 years or so and i liked the look :) - if you have dark/very dark skin this will look so stunning!

Wayward is an attention grabbing shade of yellow - nothing else to say :) if you like your nails bold and bright Wayward is worth a look as well as Obsess!

Illamasqua are good quality polishes in unique and stunning shades!

ILLAMASQUA - Review

so, I guess everybody knows about illamasqua already - and I like to share my thoughts because my first order arrived! :)

what I ordered:
Powder Foundation in 135

in order of the photo above, left to right:
Intense Lipglosses in
Liaison
Repulse
Indulge
Gender
Move
Fierce

Sheer Lipglosses in
Mina
Lily-Rose

Medium Pencils in
Odd
Contrary

the foundation is silky and gives a good and even coverage (I apply it with my 136, I tried it with a kabuki first but it is more comfortable for me this way) and has a great staying power!

the lipglosses are the best glosses I ever tried! they are SO pigmented (the intense ones!) and feel gorgeous on the lips, i sort of have the feeling they are moisturizing too. it is interesting to have a gloss that isn't sticky but stays on and on and on... - the colour gets lighter during the day but there is still colour on the lips.
you can wear those glosses intense or blott them down a little.

the sheer lipglosses are as silky as the intense ones (they do seem more liquid to me) but you have to imagine the colours on the illamasqua site as a stain, because they're really sheer. it turned out that mina is such a wearable colour :)

both, intense and sheer, smell a little bit like red berries - which i love! :)

the only product I was disappointed with were the medium pencils. they smell like wax and that smell is so intense that you smell it when you wear it as a lipliner, and for me it is not possible to achieve a smooth application due to their waxy consistency - but they last long...
and I can't use them on my waterline because I get NO colour there. and as a base on the lid the application isn't smooth enough...if anybody knows what I'am doing wrong TELL ME!

I will definetly order again, and most of the products made me more than happy! :D
next time I will be ordering a liquid foundation/concealer, nail laquer and brushes...and probably some other products too :)