I’m so jealous of all the lucky New Yorkers who get to celebrate Illamasqua’s official in-store Sephora launch at the new Times Square flagship store today.
Wouldn’t it be cool if we could all go together? We could meet in front of the Blushers and lipsticks and throw elbows at anybody who got in our way, LOL!
Check out some of these other posts for more on the Illamasqua line…
- Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Frenzy: A Pink Pigmentation Bonanza!
- Easy 4-Step Eye Makeup with Illamasqua
- Illamasqua Cream Blusher Stays On Like Donkey Kong
- Illamasqua Lip Look: Thinking Outside the Box
- Illamasqua, I Think I’ve Met My Matte
- Illamasqua: Makeup for Your Alter Ego
- Arousingly Sheer Illamasqua Sheer Lipgloss in Rouse
- Illamasqua Swatch O’ Rama
- Illamasqua Pure Pigment In Conquer Needs to Conquer a Price Reduction
It’d be a full-on Illamasqua swatch-o-rama. 🙂
But I’d probably shy away from the company’s Volume Mascara in Harness ($23) (a matte black). Truth be told, it hasn’t made me want to shoop as much as the other things I’ve tried from the line.
For now it’s the only Illamasqua mascara available on Sephora.com, and Illamasqua describes it as a smudge-free, dramatic mascara to lengthen and thicken lashes.
Thicker, longer lashes
First, what I see as the good stuff: Volume Mascara does a pretty good job of thickening and lengthening my lashes. The color is a deep, true black with a matte finish, and even a single coat creates an immediate difference that’s both noticeable and above average.
Does it inspire OMG!-filled texts to my BFF at three in the morning? Maybe not, but it’s still a pretty color and markedly above average.
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