Sunday, March 28, 2010

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Alex Box Illamasqua Body Electrics



end of January and could Koko I take Alex Box in London. With its special, artistic style, it has for many years the most influential make-up artists of the beauty and fashion industry and is one of the creative minds behind the British label Illamasqua .

In this section of the total 30-minute interview I had with Alex, she tells a little of the highly anticipated Summer / Winter collection, which will be called Body Electrics and what we Cosmetics enthusiasts forward in the near future Illamasqua can.

My thanks to Alex Box and the team of Illamasqua and Selfridges , London.



At the end of January, Koko and I had the pleasure to meet Alex Box in London. Being a well respected make-up artist, Alex has been working in the beauty and fashion industry for years as well as being one of the artistic directors of the British make-up brand Illamasqua .

This excerpt from the full 30 mins interview with Alex contains what she could reveal when asked about the highly anticipated spring/summer collection called Body Electrics and what make-up enthusiasts may look forward to from Illamasqua in the near future.

Many thanks to Alex Box and the team from Illamasqua and Selfridges , London.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

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Get the Shade: MAC e / s Hypnotizing

It probably happens to all make-up enthusiasts once at least. You've fallen in love with a limited shade from your favourite cosmetics brand and before you've had the chance to get your hands on it, it is sold out and gone. One of the most sought-after shades on the market from the last beauty season must have been Hypnotizing eye shadow, a frosted grey mauve by M.A.C. from their December 2009 Love Lace collection.

Sadeer, one of the make-up artists at my local M.A.C. Store in Duesseldorf, Germany, shared his recipe with me how to create a quite similar shade using three different eye shadows from the permanent range.

Here we go:



I would have loved to try this on my own but unfortunately I am missing Shale e/s at the moment, so maybe you could help me out. Have you tried to layer these three colours and compared the result to the original Hypnotizing , by any chance?