It just wouldn't be possible to come up with a job description for my role at Illamasqua.
I am currently looking like Jill Masterson in Goldfinger. Want to know why? Well, it goes something like this...
Alex and Katie alone in office working on various tasks.
Phone rings. It's our PR agency. Top fashion magazine wants to shoot Liquid Metal 'Solstice' for up coming feature. Deadline 6pm. Alex looks at clock. 5:20pm. This could be tight, thinks Alex.
Alex rummages around Press samples -No Solstice.
Panic.
Alex rummages around product development samples - No Solstice.
Panic.
Alex rummages around desk [you never know...] - No Solstice.
Panic. Quick, think.. Artist kit! Solstice... with large finger dents. Covered in Pure Pigment.
Panic.
Katie gets tweezers and picks out pigment particles. Great, but still lumpy.
Panic.
Katie suddenly remembers there is a hairdryer in the meeting room... Worth a shot. Hold hairdryer over Solstice until it begins to melt [which makes it looks incredible, by the way!] and suddenly it looks like new. New problem - it's now bloomin' liquid.
Panic.
Katie points out that we have a fridge. Solstice goes into fridge until three minutes to 6. Nicely solid, looking like new. 30 seconds later courier rings doorbell. Alex drops off Solstice to courier.
Disaster averted. Smug looks exchanged between Katie and Alex.
The End.
OK - so it wouldn't have been the end of the world, but it's just been one of those days where that little sense of achievement goes a long way :-)
I loved this post Alex, it is always so much fun to read about what others do!
ReplyDeleteP.S Is Illamasqua hiring? ;)
Hilarious (sorry) -- thanks for giving us a behind-the-scenes look!
ReplyDeleteI love you, girls! Wonderful text! It really made me laugh. Poor lovelies...
ReplyDeleteLol, isn't Soltice one of the best selling shades? How come you had a hard time finding a sample? Nice save though
ReplyDeletehaha gotta love the improvise!
ReplyDeletegod!!!! does this sound like a day in my life too?
ReplyDeleteHello all!
ReplyDeleteLove this blog, love Illamasqua make up, sad it is not sold in Italy. However, a friend of mine is coming to UK for holidays and I give him a list! ;-)
Just a question: I was in love with Phallic nail enamel colour, since on the official site it resembles a sort of petroleum blue. But seeing the swatches, it resembles more to an ultramarine blue (just for example, the colour in this image http://www.oleole.com/media/main/images/wallpapers/93926/blue-chirismam_164430.jpg ). So, please, could you add a swatch in the sunlight or maybe just confirm to me that the colour has the same nuance as shown on the official site, please?
Thank you for your help
Vale
Hi everyone - thanks for the comments!
ReplyDeleteTo Vale - I will post Phallic in the sunlight once I get the camera sorted [broke the last one...oops!] but I believe that scrangie.net or alllacqueredup.com has swatches of Phallic?!
Hope that helps!
Oh, thank you very much! I am immediately going to check those sites! :-*
ReplyDeleteBy the way, do you know if the Illamasqua official site is going to change the way colours are displayed? I mean, I've seen around some swatches and actually many colours are different from the ones on the site... I am looking around for eyeshadow swatches :-D
Illamasqua should open some shops at Italian Sephoras too! ;-)
Vale
OMG hysterical! Great way of thinking outside of the box guys!! LOL
ReplyDeletehaha! I love this! so well written... you had me on the edge of my seat, lol! So glad it all worked out!
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