From Illamasqua’s website:
Illuminate, radiate, make your face come alive with the colour and drama of Illamasqua Powder Blusher. Colour-intense and highly pigmented, use it to shade, brighten, enhance and define the shape of your face. Be bold, be daring, be the centre of attention.
I am so incredibly impressed with Illamasqua blushes and incredibly disappointed with the fact that this brand is completely unavailable in Canada. I had to get these blushes through a US CP. Illamasqua is carried at Sephora in the US but they are not available at the Canadian locations and they are a “Canada Restricted” item on Sephora’s website meaning they cannot even be ordered online. This is one of many situations where I find shopping as a Canadian extremely frustrating. Well onto the beautiful product:
The three shades I have; Hussy, Lover and Tremble are all matte finishes as the majority of their blushes are. They are in no way flat though. They offer INCREDIBLE pigmentation and they apply and blend flawlessly. I really, really adore these blushes. At a time when I thought I wanted to only wear matte products on my face I found these to be a real godsend. So for any of you out there that want a beautiful finish and pop of colour but sometimes want to avoid glitter and sparkle these blushes are for you. Oh heck! These are for anyone. They are really fabulous products and very reasonably priced. I wish I had the opportunity to explore this brand more. I know they also offer a really fantastic range of foundation shades so it’s nice to know they are one of too few companies offering something that can work for me and other gals at the far ranges of both ends of the shade spectrum.
Hussy is described as a bright candy pink, Tremble as a soft lilac pink, and Lover as a soft apricot. I find these descriptions quite accurate. To me Hussy has a touch of a coral tone to it. Tremble is more a cool-neutral pink and I don’t really detect any Lilac tones. Lover is indeed a soft apricot and not as orange as it comes off in these swatches. It is my favourite of them all by far. It is such a unique, soft and pretty shade.
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| Illamasqua Hussy, Tremble, Lover Blushes |
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| Illamasqua Hussy, Tremble, Lover Blushes |
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| Illamasqua Hussy, Tremble, Lover Blushes |
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Very pretty!
These look great. I have a few Illamasqua eye shadows & nail polishes, and look forward to trying out their blushes some day
Hussy looks especially pretty! Thanks for the review 
This is a brand I’ve never tried! But am DYING to. You’re creating too many new brand lemmings, sister! lol
Hussy looks gorgeous!
I have Hussy and love it one of my favourite blushers
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Hussy is fabulous!
Brooke you haven’t tried Illamasqua???!!!!!
I want to try Lover and Tremble but keep getting cold feet. I should just go for it next time Sephora has F&F.
Thanks for sharing. I want a few Illamasqua Powder Blushers; my first choice would be Lover. I’m going to purchase them at asos.com!
You should definitely go for it Martha!
StealMyHeartLove have you ordered from asos before? I’d never heard of them. Thanks so much for the link!
I love hussy. It’s one of my all time faves. xx
Thanks for a great post. I don’t own any Illamasqua, and Hussy and Tremble are stunning.
Total non sequitur, but whenever I see Illamasqua I first see “masked llama.” Go figure. My brain works in mysterious ways.
Yup can’t say I’ve ever thought llama? LOL
I’ve been dying to try this brand, but I’m unwilling to pay the usurious prices that are involved in shipping from the UK. What makes me really sad is that even ordering direct, a lot of the colours I’d love to try can’t be shipped outside the EU
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I bet you could find someone willing to do a CP for you. Just put it out there and I’m sure someone would love to help you out. I won’t pay crazy shipping either!
Illamasqua do ship to Canada. I just ordered Hussy and Tremble during their Easter 50% off promotion. Yes, the shipping costs are a pain but less than U.S. shipping costs often are. And the delivery is quicker! Sign up for their newsletters to be advised of specials. This is my first visit to your blog and I’ll be back
Thank you!!! I was not aware they started shipping to Canada! I can’t believe I missed a 505 off sale! BOO!