Yet another great guest post, branching out my beauty reach, this time from the lovely Katharine.

Illamasqua run regular master classes, so when I heard they were running one for their new collection Paranormal, I put my name down right away. Paranormal is full of other worldly shades and textures.

Somehow Illamasqua have formulated beautiful water-resistant eye shadow; these can be used to give a light wash of colour over the eye or built up to give something more intense. These eye colours are not sure if they are cream or powder and feel like silk when applying. Paranormal is a vivid cerise, aura is a warm copper, trance is a soft violet and possession is a cool green and as palettes go I can say it’s all killer and no filler. Finally Illamasqua have made a gel liner which is creamy and workable for sometime on the skin and dries to a water-resistant finish, I find it far easier to use then other gel liners I have tried. Maybe this is all you need for your festival make up bag? Continue reading →