Rocking a purple lippy

So, I finally got round to trying out my new purple lippy, Illamasqua's ESP from their Paranormal Collection. Funnily enough I had meant to buy Posture as I thought I'd get more use out of it but the lovely shop assistant mistakenly popped ESP in my bag instead by mistake. A happy accident if you will.

ESP is a gorgeous, vivid purple and having tried it out I adore it! I used MAC's Nightmoth lip pencil underneath which is a dark purple. Next time I use the lippy I'm might try a lighter lip pencil to see if it lightens the look at all, though I love it this way. I patted a touch of Barry M's pale purple (129) into the middle of my lips to create a little extra dimension.

I kept my base light, using YSL's Le Teint Touche Éclat foundation, a warm pink over my eyes and black eyeliner - a mixture of Illamasqua's Sophie Medium Pencil and Precision Gel Liner over the top and finally their Eyebrow Cake in Thunder on my brows which is my new fave.

Corrupted.

Testing out more of my yummy Illamasqua products, today I'm wearing their Corrupt lipstick, Precision Gel Eyeliner and Eyebrow Cake. In fact, I'm almost head to toe llamasqua today - hair to neckline at least anyway!

I started with my brows today, masking out the shape with concealer (MAC Studio Tech) then painted in the shape and filled in any gaps with Illamasqua's Eyebrow Cake in Thunder.

Then I made a custom blend base using a mixture of Rimmel Wake Me Up, Skin Base & Furore pigment. This is a really nice way to create a dewy foundation for my oily skin.

I kept my eyes simple, washing Furore (told you this was a very Illamasqua heavy look) over the lids, then MAC Charcoal Brown into the crease and under my bottom lashes. I lined my top lashes with Precision Gel Liner and added lashings and lashings of Max Factor False Lash Mascara.

I used Corrupt on my lips as I've been admiring it on other people and their website for ages and finally brought it last week. I love it. I'd been wanting a nice warm pink and this is great.

I finished up with a mixture Lover & Hussey blushes and added some Benefit Hoola bronzer over the top. I have a massive spot on my upper lip, and no amount of make up will disguise it. So I've made a feature of it by faking a little beauty spot on top of it. Might keep it!