Illamasqua Bedaub Cream Pigment – Toxic Nature Collection Review, Swatches

Pros:

• Strong pigmentation
• Long wearing, not prone to creasing
• Does not dry out lips
• Can be used on eyes, lips and cheeks

Cons:

• May need a lip balm if used on lips
• Difficult to use on cheeks

Price: $44AU

Rating:

Where: Myer.

Illamasqua‘s Toxic Nature collection recently hit the shelves in Australia late last week and they were kind enough to send me a couple of products to play with. The first was a cream pigment in Bedaub.

Bedaub is a pastel mint green crème, it is extremely pigmented. Just 1-2 swipes can give you a lot of colour, it is a lot drier than most cream products I’ve tried such as eye shadows and blushes. But surprisingly I didn’t feel much drag when I applied this to my lids or lips with my fingers. Using a flat brush will pick up the same amount of colour, but allows for a more precise application.

One of the benefits to having a drier formula is that it works as a great eye primer / base, I wouldn’t wear this colour on it’s own as it does crease after an hour of so.

For the lips, I recommend applying a lip balm first, or top it off with a gloss else you may notice that over time it will feel drying.

Now, based on the formula alone, I don’t think these would be the best for cheeks because it is quite a bit harder to blend out to achieve that “glow” to the cheeks, unless you’ve primed your cheeks to give it a smoother canvas like a primer. I felt like I needed to pull on my cheeks quite a bit to blend it out, perhaps a creamier formula would be more suitable for cheeks only (didn’t experience this issue for lids or lips).

But I don’t really know when you would use this pastel green colour for blush 😡

Love this pigment, keen to see what sort of looks I can pull out of it 😀

So tell me, have you ever tried cream pigments before? What are you thoughts?