Here at LA Make-Up we pride ourselves on bringing our students the best in the industry so we recently held a seminar with illamasqua a wonderful new store in BT2. Illamasqua is the newest make- up brand to come to Ireland, offering something new and different to the industry. The range has an edgy goth-rock feel and is a celebration of all your alter ego. There lipsticks, shadows and foundations go from the darkest black to the lightest white with every colour in between offering a huge variety and a rainbow of vibrant shades to choose from. The creative director is Alex Box one of the most creative make-up artist of our time. The brand is all about pushing the boundaries of what we can use make-up for and opens its self up to all who dare to be different.
Illamasqua is for the bolder person hiding inside all of us. Designed to be colour-intense, colour-true and long lasting, giving you a huge palette with which to express yourself. The staff kindly brought along a huge range of products and after a short film presentation explaining what there brand is based on they let us go crazy. We tried everything testing out the durability and the pigmentation needless to say we were all hugely impressed, and having so much fun playing with such a huge palette. There product itself has been designed with great detail and passion but can be used by artists and make-up lovers alike.
There was so many amazing aspects to the range but there stand out products had to be there Liquid Metal metallic cream shadow, its highly pigmented and illuminates anything it touches, just amazing. I have to say I also loved there huge range of lashes, in a variety of colours they are all handmade, ranging from dramatically captivating to romantically alluring they are something special and great for making an impact if you’re going on a night out.
They kindly offered everyone there a 25% discount so as you can imagine we all went home bankrupt.
Illamasqua also offers an online discount of 40% one of the best in the industry to professional make-up artists to help build that all important kit. So my suggestion is if you’re looking for something new and amazing to add to your make-up kit get yourself down to BT2 Grafton Street and check out this fantastic hidden treasure, you won’t regret it. They don’t test any of their products on animals which is of course an added bonus.