illamasqua kontrol lipstick review, swatches

I don't know what it is with me with tons of purple on the blog lately. It may just be my constant unconscious torture of myself because my camera hates purple, leadig to tweaking every photo in photoshop, or the fact that there's too many pretty purple things being released, or maybe purple is trying to take over pink as my new favourite colour. I won't give in!

Kontrol is one of those purple things thart I will happily hold and wear and love the hell out of.


A deep blue based violet, Illamasqua has definitely brought something fun to the table. None of my other purples are as deep or cool as this. It has a cream finish, full coverage and a very very creamy texture to go with- it just glides effortlessly, especially compared to Atomic and Flare. Whatever they've done with the formula, it's excellent- all of the wear time with none of the tugging (and sometimes breakage) issues. ♥

There are two swatches because the first one skipped over wrist bits, I straightened my bones out and reswatched lol!

The only downsides I can think of with this lippie is the fact that your application needs to be flawless because it's such a bold colour. I suck at applying straight from the tube so forgive any brush strokes! It also has a tendency to stain a bit, warmer tones are still clinging on after I wipe the swatch from my arm.

It also kind of matches Faux Pas, one of the nail polishes from the Theatre of the Nameless collection too.

Purple purple purple purple.