Illamasqua The Sacred Hour collectionIllamasqua The Sacred Hour kolekcija

It’s always a joy to open one of imaginative Illamasqua packages – straw, amethyst like stones and lavender (OK – I didn’t like the smell of lavender, but it did look nice :silly: ). And then you get to the good stuff – cosmetic items. :drool:

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This time I played with Hemlock, Shard and Peaked from Illamasqua The Sacred Hour collection.

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The Sacred Hour is inspired by ancient mysteries of nature. There is not whole lot of different products available, but some of them are pretty interesting:

• nail polish: Hemlock, Facet (~17 EUR)
• lipstick: Shard (~19 EUR)
• velvet blusher: Sleek, Peaked (~21 EUR)
• concealer: Skin Base Lift in seven shades, one being white (~19 EUR)
• false lashes: new Lush Lash (~17 EUR)
• Reflection palette: Precipice (Soft Lemon), Acute (Ash Taupe), Graphica (Graphite Grey), art (Toasted Bronze) (~40 EUR)

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Lipstick in Shard received the most thorough testing. :cute:
When I opened it, I immediately fell in love. Dark warm tone purple in matt finish – is as they made it with me in mind. :lips: I may not wear vampy lipsticks often as full blown color, but boy do I love to wear them as stains or light layer for more umph effect. Pale girls with pale lips out there will know what I mean when I tell you that even stain brings life to my face.
This is matte lipsticks so don’t expect it to be moisturizing but it does have great staying power. I swatched it as little bit sheered out layer, one normal layer and as deeper color.

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Illamasqua Velvet blusher in Peaked is perfect combination for Shard. It’s not in the same color but this more dusty rose kind of color goes great with reddish violet. Formulation is little bit unusual. I guess it’s kind of cream to powder formula, but with better “powder” bit than majority of these kind of products. I tend to over do it with cream blushers especially if they’re as pigmented as Illamasqua’s, so I usually apply it with stippling brush and then make seamless transition with my foundation brush/sponge.

Illamasqua Hemlock nail polish is pretty duochrome, but I didn’t went gaga over it as I did with first two products. I think I would love it more if it either were more sheer or less. On my nails 3 coats look like green shimmer in beige base color. Pretty but not wow effect. I still have to try it as layering nail polish where I think Hemlock will get more adoration from me. :angel:

I still have one major lemming from this collection – Skin Base Lift in Light 1. If this turns out to be as light as I think it will be and I like the texture – this puppy will be mine. :devil: Share you dark secrets with me – which of the Illamasqua The Sacred Hour collection is on the top of your WL? :biggrin:

*products were sent to us for review

Vsakič, ko v roke dobim Illamasqin paketek, me navdušijo z njihovo prezentacijo izdelkov. Vse je tako lično zapakirano, domišljiji pustijo prosto pot in se res maksimalno potrudijo pričarati efekt kolekcije/izdelka … Tokrat so izdelke položili na slamo, kamenčke podobne ametistom ter sivko (vonj te mi sicer ni všeč, je pa super povezala vse skupaj). Potem pa prideš do zaklada – kozmetičnih izdelkov namreč. :drool:

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Tokrat sem se imela čast poigrati z Hemlock, Shard in Peaked iz Illamasqua The Sacred Hour kolekcije.

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The Sacred Hour kolekcija je inspiracijo našla v starodavnih skrivnostih narave. Na voljo ni veliko različnih izdelkov, vendar pa so nekateri izmed njih prav mamljivi:

• lak za nohte: Hemlock, Facet (~19 EUR)
• šminka: Shard (~22 EUR)
• velvet blusher: Sleek, Peaked (~24 EUR)
• korektor: Skin Base Lift v sedmih odtenkih (~21 EUR)
• umetne trepalnice: Lush Lash (~19 EUR)
• Reflection palete: Precipice (nežna limona), Acute (zamolkla rjava), Graphica (grafitno siva), art (topla bronasta) (~45 EUR)

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Illamasqua Shard šminka je pri meni požela največ ljubezni in bila tudi najbolj temeljito testirana. :cute:
Najbolje, da takoj priznam – tole je bila ljubezen na prvi pogled. Temna, topla vijolična šminka v mat finišu … kot, da bi vedeli kaj sem nujno potrebovala. :lips: Čeprav redko nanesem normalno debel sloj vampy šmink na ustnice, so ravno temne šminke tiste, po katerih najraje posežem za poživitev obraza – vendar v tankem in zabrisanem sloju. Vse bledolične gospodične s svetlimi ustnicami, me zagotovo dobro razumete – malo barve in na 1x nismo več mrliško bele. Gre za mat šminko, tako da ne pričakujte vlažilnih lastnosti Boste pa zato dobile zelo dobro obstojnost. Swatch prikazuje tri različno debele nanose – zabrisanega, 1 plast, 2 plasti.

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Illamasqua Velvet rdečilo v odtenku Peaked je krasna kombinacija s Shard šminko. Ne gre za identičen, temveč barvno kompatibilen odtenek. Topla umazana roza barva rdečila se namreč krasno ujame z rdečo vijoličnim odtenkom šminke. Formula je rahlo nenavadna. Še najbližje bi rekla, da so formulacije, ki se iz kremne strukture spremenijo v pudrasto. Vendar pa je ta pudrast efekt boljši in ni mokast kot pri večini podobnih izdelkov. Zagotovo pa bolj primerna formulacija za mastno kožo kot njihova kremna rdečila. Za nanos se je pri meni najbolj obnesel stippling čopič – želim enakomerno, a ne preveč pigmentirano barvo.

Illamasqua Hemlock lak za nohte je lušten duochrome, a ne gre za nekaj spektakularnega. Sumim, da mi bil bolj všeč, če bi ali bolj ali manj prosojen. Tako je le lušten, a brez uau efekta. Na mojih nohtih izgledajo 3 plasti kot bež baza z zelenim šimrom. Sumim, da bom imela Hemlock lak veliko raje, ko mi ga končno uspe slojiti čez temnejšo osnovo. :angel:

Iz te kolekcije imam še eno veliko željo – Skin Base Lift korektor v odtenku Light 1. Če bo le zadosti svetel in primerne teksture, bo tale lepotec zagotovo moj. :devil: Pa da ne bom samo jaz razrivala svojih objektov poželenja – kateri izdelek iz Illamasqua The Sacred Hour kolekcije se skriva na vrhu vaše liste želja? :biggrin:

[box type=”shadow” ]Kolekcija je na voljo v spletni trgovini in od 20.9.2013 v izbranih drogerijah Müller (Ljubljana Čopova, Ljubljana BTC, Ljubljana Rudnik NS Supernova, Koper NS Supernova, Novo mesto EKZ Qlandia in Maribor Europark). [/box]

*izdelke smo prejele v oceno