Showing posts with label Illamasqua. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illamasqua. Show all posts

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Illamasqua Muse

 Hello, hello! I'm actually back with a post. Since I last posted, I have spent most nights in a hotel, been on five flights and spent a whole day in airport!  The first few nights I spent in a hotel were with my lovely girlies, we attend a ball and it was so nice to have everyone away together for a couple of days. Then, when I got back we had tons of snow, now for people who live in countries were it snows a lot you probably think so what, but in Ireland and England snow pretty much stops everything, and I had to get accross the country to the airport (which was closed most of the time), I ended up having to leave home a day early which meant I had to fit an extra days work in to the remaining days I had left, so in a nutshell it's been a bit hectic. I had planned to write up some posts and schedule while I was away but I never got around to it.  I also have the worst luck with internet access in hotels, the hotel I'm staying in at the moment has working internet sporadically it's taken me a day and a bit to get this post up, but things should quite down after tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be around more.  Ooops .....end ramble and on to the nail post ....
When I tried my first Illamasqua polish, I guess I was whelmed. I just wasn’t feeling it, but this one, it’s love! I present to you Illamasqua Muse.  It’s a perfect one-coater, somewhere between a teal and a turquoise.
The first picture is with a flash, which washed the colour out








Three days later I managed to get a picture in natural light ( I swear the sun never shines here any more, or more accurately when they sun does show itself for 10 mins or so in between showers, I’m usually at work!)




Like I said this was a one coater, absolutely no application issues at all. By the end of the fourth day I started to get a little bit of tipwear but nothing awful.

The only bad thing, I can say, is now I want more Illamasqua  polishes and they recently closed down their Irish counter.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Illamasqua Rampage

Today’s NOTD is Illamasqua Rampage, it’s a deep green jelly, which is almost black in some lights. Now, I think I might be ill, because this is the kind of colour I love, and I just can’t feel the love for this.  On to the pictures, 



 and one with the bottle, I love the Illamasqua bottle!  (Sorry this one has a bit of tipwear, the original bottle pictures had a hair on one of my fingers that I didn't notice until I looked at the pictures!)



First, I had some application issues with it, the formula was a little watery and I had pooling in my cuticles. I applied this after Color Club, Who are you wearing?, so it was two polishes in a row I had problems with, I think those problems may have more to do with me then the polishes. I was really busy and applied them in a hurry. I’ve never heard anyone complain about the formula of either. 

For Irish readers, Illamasqua are closing their counter in Dublin. I got this on ASOS but Illamasqua also ship to Ireland from their website.  


EDIT: The lovely girls at beaut.ie have a post on Illamasqua closing their Dublin counter, go here to get the details.  




Sunday, October 24, 2010

ASOS Sale

I picked up a few nail polish bits in the ASOS sale. I was at work on a Saturday feeling sorry for myself when I saw it posted on another blog. I knew I had a few extra €'s coming in so decided to treat myself.(There are a few bits left on sale, if you're interested!) . I'm actually surprised everything go to me in one piece, because there was absolutely no packing, basically all the bottles were thrown in a box. So, thank you to the nice post men and women (post people?!) who got my package to me with no breakages!

Here's what I got.

Three Eyekos, Indigo, Posh and Rain. These normally retail at €4.50, but were €1.65 in the sale. I've been dying to try Eyeko for ages!

Some of the ASOS Ciatés, from L-R  Megan, Blake, Lauren and Lily. These cost €1.32, full price is €7.92.


Two Illamasquas, Rampage and Muse. Rampage was €8.60 and Muse was €6.62.  Full price is €17.21.

Two Model's own, what should be Blue Gem but is Bubble Gum and Purple Grey, these cost €3.92, they are usually €6.92.


Any of these you'd like to see? I have purple grey coming up in the next post!