When 2 become 1 ...

Despite the title, this is not a soppy post... it is in fact about concealer.

One of my all time favourite concealers is MAC's Select Cover Up. It gives amazing coverage, creating a flawless finish to your skin, it is so good I live in hope that one day MAC will bring out a foundation version of it. That's how good it is.

So back to the original point of this post. I am NW20 in this concealer so a few months back I went down to my local MAC for this one specific item. The SA toddled off to collect my product, I paid, I left ... I got home and discovered the SA had in fact sold me NW15. Oh the frustration!

I ended up just using it despite how light it was but of course this meant I couldn't return it. A few weeks later I went back again to purchase the correct shade. Again, I asked for the product in NW20, I paid, I left ... I got home and discoved the SA had solde me NW25!!! What the actual heck?!

Don't these girls listen? I swear MAC girls are the absolute worst in the customer service stakes, I never ever have a good MAC experience.

So what is a girl to do? Well ... I now custom blend my own concealer, of course. And it looks like the MAC girls may have done me a favour as not only can I mix these 2 concealers to create NW20, I can now lighten or darken it by adding a little less or a little more of each shade. Perfect for when I am wearing fake tan or looking a bit pasty.

In fact, this is working out so well for me I may continue to buy 2 different shades in future so that I can always blend ot the exact shade I require for my skintone. I even find that I'm using less product this way.

Funny thing is, I do this with foundation all the time, not sure why I had never thought about trying it with concealer.

So thanks to the MAC sales assistant for messing up my purchase twice, it has turned into quite a clever mistake!

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More Illamasqua ... haul time!

Sorry to bore you all but I am just really excited by Illamasqua right now. It is fast becoming my favourite cosmetics brand. The day after it launched in Glasgow, I went back to purchase a few more things.

While I was there, I was assisted by the lovely Sian who is a fellow blogger! Check out her blog, she is one talented girl! It turns out that I had met Sian just over a year ago - she had tried out some products on me just before my wedding when she worked at Bobbi Brown. She is the reason i love bobbi brown creamy concealer and bobbi brown apricot blush!

So moving on to the haul ...Here we have under eye concealer, Rich Liquid Foundation and Powder Foundation. I think these are all in shade 205. This is only from memory as the shade details have rubbed off the back (only flaw so far with the packaging). I will be doing a seperate review on the Rich Foundation which is immense .... as are the powder and concealer. The powder is so smooth and as Sian described, mousse like. It glides on the skin and covers blemishes up instantly and naturally without looking caked. The Pressed Powder... wow! This is so finely milled and I literally dust it over my face as if it were fairy dust ... well bit of an exaggeration but that is how fine and soft it is. My usual powder of choice is Mac's pressed powder. Never again. Illamasqua wins this hands down. Mac is cakey in comparison.

So next up we have powder blusher in 'unrequited'. This is quite a warm pink, somewhere inbetween barbie and baby pink. Its so soft on the cheeks. A little similar to Benefit Dandelion but way nicer and much better pigmentation.

I also picked up a sheer lipgloss in 'Devine' .. i think.. again the name rubbed off (please fix this Illamasqua, i hate not knowing the names of what i'm wearing). I already have an intense gloss which I love so thought I would try a sheer this time. In its tube it is electric, almost neon pink but on the lips it is much less so, very wearable.

I loved Baptiste nailpolish so much, I just had to have another one so i picked up this bright coral/orange in 'Whack'. Again, this colour is almost neon and it just looks fabulous on your nails, perfect for Summer! I have this on my hands and tootsies just now (just one coat) and i love it!

So there we have my Illamasqua haul. I am still waiting on the Sirens collection coming to the Glasgow store so as soon as it arrives I will be there ... with bells on!!

So what do you think of my purchases? What is on your Illamasqua wishlist?

xx