Heritage

Illamasqua is the product of a heady mix of influences. Its roots stem from the dark and illicit 1920s club scene, and combine a rich heritage in the manufacture of make-up for film and theatre. It also takes inspiration from members of the ‘alternative scenes’ for whom self-expression is paramount. Alternative cultures have always dared to be dramatic. They have an emotional attachment to making up. It’s an expression of their darker side, a release for their alter ego.

Illamasqua is for the bolder person hiding inside all of us. It is an act and an attitude. A symbol of tolerance. A celebration of idiosyncrasies. A confident statment of self ownership. 

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Illamasqua's Art Team

Illamasqua’s Art Team plays a pivotal role in spreading our message of tolerance, self-expression and make-up education to as many people as possible. Recruited from diverse backgrounds, each Key Artist brings their own individual creative approach to Illamasqua  and in return, They encourage them to express their alter egos as freely as possible. Whether they’re working on a photo shoot, film set or theatre production, collaborating with fashion shows or training our make-up artists, our Art Team are dedicated to sharing their love of Illamasqua and our unique, professional-quality products with the world.

ALEX BOX – Illamasqua Creative Director

DANIEL BUSUTTIL – Head of Training

SPOB – Illamasqua Head of Professional Development

DAVID HORNE – Director of New Product Development and Illamasqua’s School of Make-Up Art

MIKA JOHNSON – Key Artist and member of Illamasqua Art Team

CLARE LILLE – South Trainer

DANIEL SALLSTROM – School of Make-up Art Educator and member of the Illamasqua Art Team

LEENA ADESARA – North Trainer

CHARLOTTE SAVOURY – Key Artist and member of the Illamasqua Art Team

MIKELE SIMONE – Key Artist and member of the Illamasqua Art Team

Illamasqua

Makeup For Your Alter Ego
These are a few of Illamasqua campaigns, as you can see they are all very paranormal and very fantasy/fairy tale. Illamasqua are known best for there use of bright colours and bold patterns. There campaigns are never bland and boring and they are almost dreamlike.

Keira Knightly in Atonment

Keira Knightly in Atonement, wear a beautiful long green dress down to her feet, there is aspects of jealousy in the film and we can see the colour green has been used a lot throughout the film, from wardrobe to props and scenery. Her makeup is very subtle because the dress says it all. 

ENVY

For my second word i chose envy, i am glad i chose this word because there is so much that you can do with it and you can experiment. Now that i have started researching i think envy being associated green it will go very well with underwater as the main colour is Blue. The word envy is good because you can interpret it in many different ways.   

UNDERWATER

I picked underwater as my first word just because i think it will be very interesting to combine this word with another and create a look from the two. For this word i have been researching just the colours and objects that you would find underwater, i want to get a good idea of textures and shades that i can incorporate into my final look.

Green with envy: a wedding shoot

This is a brilliant fine art wedding series created by the effervescent Australian photographer Angie Peady. It’s a brilliant portrait of wedding themes and ideas to help inspire Brides and her latest is the stunning Green With Envy shoot.

I came across this shoot whilst researching envy inspired makeup and found it very interesting, the makeup is very plain and not many colors have been used. Also the styling compliments the makeup and all goes very well together. The dark lips and the eye liner are very effective and bold, they make a statement.