Review:- Illamasqua Mina Sheer Lipgloss

I’m getting into the habit of digging deep into my makeup hoard and showing cosmetics that I own that have never really bad a blog appearance (so don’t slate me for posting nearly finished products. I love it so I share it!!)

Illamasqua is one of my favourite cosmetic brands and I will always name it as one of my favourites as their collection is SO pigmented! Everything is always so colour-rich and honestly my Illamasqua collection just seems to keep growing and growing as I have an obsession with their blushes (especially the crème ones)

Illamasqua houses two types of glosses within their brand; Intense and Sheer, now while I don’t that many of their sheer lip-glosses, I am going to share with you the one that I do have.  I already talked about their lip-gloss in Besotted last week but I thought I should give you a little more brand info before I went on to the next lip-gloss shade

 Illamasqua Sheer Lip-gloss in Mina is best described as a gorgeous plum - berry and despite being sheer, I still would put this in the intense lipgloss category (but not a liquid lipstick). The colour from this lipstick comes up very bright so and would compliment a berry lipstick if put on top of one, but it is still intense enough to wear on its own.

I still have the same problems with this that I have with all the intense lipglosses (weight and applicator) but apart from that I love it so I share it.

Sorry I’ve taken so long to review this but I’m slowly catching up. What do you think of this shade? Is it something you would easily wear?

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Review:- Illamasqua Besotted Intense Lipgloss

I’m getting into the habit of digging deep into my makeup hoard and showing cosmetics that I own that have never really bad a blog appearance (so don’t slate me for posting nearly finished products. I love it so I share it!!)

My new Muji storage 5 drawers systems has actually brought to my attention how much makeup I have that I have NEVER reviewed so best get comfy as I’m going to do just that (but obviously not in one post, so breathe a sigh of relief).

 Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Besotted is a scarlett, red lip-gloss that is, well, intense. To me, it’s so opaque and intense that it comes off  more like a liquid lipstick packaged in a squeezy tube than a conventional lip-gloss. Honestly I love the scarlett red shade of this lip-gloss as I have been looking for a lipstick alternative for MONTHS and still haven’t found a great shade so Besotted does get a lot of playtime.

 I bought this along with a few other lip products  during their January Online Sales (can’t believe I’ve had this that long) and honestly while I love the shade and the liquid lipstickness of it (look at me making up words), I’m not a fan of how it initially feels on my lips as it can feel a bit heavy. I also find that the applicator on this makes it very difficult to apply this but apart from that I love the scent, how hydrating it is and shade.

How do you like your lip-glosses? As Opaque, liquid lipsticks or more sheer?

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