FOTD - Shadows and Contours

FOTD - Shadows and Contours

Sometime last week I popped over to Illamasqua's counter at Selfridges Exchange square in Manchester on the hunt for the perfect contour shade. I wanted a cream foundation, since to my eyes cream contouring products give the most natural finish. I figured that with aaaaaall the foundation shades and aaaaall the blush shades, I'd definitely find something...

[[ Soz webcam pics, but the lip colour comes out truer on them! ]]

Well, I was wrong. I left empty handed and feeling a bit awkward after picking apart all of the poor sales assistant's suggestions - she really did try her best to help, but none of the shades were quite right. 


Illamasqua seemingly have no cool shades that would work well as a contour for me :( Yes, I'm warm toned, but warm tones give a bronzed look whereas cool tones give the effect of shadows...I was quite surprised since their shade range is so expansive!


So, I dug about in my make-up and figured I'd try and mix something up. I ended up mixing a cool toned Ben Nye blush and a warm Sleek blush and trying that out. Too warm, of course, but I guess I'm one step closer to modelesque cheekbones?! Right? Riiiiight?! *sigh*

EYES - Too Faced shimmery peach, Fyrinnae 'Centre Stage' highlighter, Stargazer permanent eyeliner pen, mascara, Too Faced 'Suede' eyeshadow, Sleek 'Suede' blush, Ben Nye cool brown blush, Barry M eye pencil.

FACE - No.7 'Beautifully Matte' foundation, Collection 2000 'Lasting Perfection' concealer, Collection 2000 face powder, Ben Nye cool brown blush, Sleek 'Suede' blush, Fyrinnae 'Centre Stage' highlighter.

LIPS - Webcam pics use MAC 'Price Noir' and Collection 2000 'Damson' lipliner. Camera pic I added Darling Girl 'Vampire's Kiss' gloss.

Anyone have suggestions for contour shades for me? What do you use?