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

Saturday, 15 November 2014

Weekly Undies and Fails

Welcome to my weekly random post. Miscellaneous pics for the week.

Barry M Gelly in Olive. Two coats.

barry m olive

barry m olive

Another failed water decal attempt. KBShimmer Shore Thing and Sky Jinks. Illamasqua Grab. China Glaze Friends Forever, Right.

kbshimmer water decal

Ninja Polish Howling Blue Moon. 2 coats.

ninja polish howling  blue moon

SquareHue Oxford Street. 3 coats. No top coat.

squarehue oxford street

squarehue oxford street

squarehue oxford street

OPI You're So Vainilla. I found I've used this polish quite a few times. Great base colour.

OPI You're So Vainilla

OPI You're So Vainilla

Was that random enough for you? Talk about clashing colours. Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Rica Leopard Spot Glitter Polishes Swatches

Today I have three new glitter toppers from Rica Polish. All three feature the new leopard spot glitters that are popping up in polishes. Post is pic heavy! 

L - R: LF Neon Leopard, The Cat's Meow, Purrfectly Kissed
Rica leopard glitter polishes

Quick rundown for you. All of these required the leopard spots to be fished out. These have what I call a "slippery" base. Meaning the glitter slides off the brush as you take it out of the bottle. All are finished with a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and a top coat.

Purrfectly Kissed features a pastel pink leopard glitter with various pastel glitters and micro blue glitter. Layered over Barielly Money Talks. This is two coats of the smaller glitters and placing of the leopard spots. The fishing was fairly easy with this one.

Rica Purrfectly Kissed

Rica Purrfectly Kissed

Rica Purrfectly Kissed

Rica Purrfectly Kissed

LF Neon Leopard ( Lisa Frank inspired ) Features white leopard with various bright and black glitter in micro and small sizes. One coat layered over Illamasqua Grab. This had the best coverage of the bunch. One leopard came out of the bottle on its own. The rest were placed but the easiest to fish.
Rica LF Neon Leopard

Rica LF Neon Leopard

Rica LF Neon Leopard

Rica LF Neon Leopard

The Cat's Meow is a silver holographic leopard with silver, blue, and purple holo glitters. This was the sparsest coverage of the three.  At times I would only have one glitter on the brush. This also required a lot of effort to get the leopard spots out of the bottle. This is layered over Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Pagan. I really loved the combo of these two together.

Rica The Cat's Meow

Rica The Cat's Meow

Rica The Cat's Meow

Although these don't have the greatest application, I do like the way they look. Tons of layering options with these too. What do you think? Worth the effort? These polishes are available from Rica's Etsy Shop.
Thanks for sticking through the whole post.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Monday, 10 June 2013

Illamasqua Nomad swatch and review

Today I will be showing off the one and only Illamasqua polish that I own, Nomad. I purchased this from Sephora. I believe in Canada and the U.S. that that is the only supplier. Let me know if I am wrong on that!

NOMAD is a hard to describe shade of green. Is that helpful? I didn't think so. Maybe a bright seafoamish? Bright sorta jade? Anyway it is bright. Call it want you want I guess. Photos are 3 coats with top coat. Formula wise this wasn't the best. I don't like having to fight with an application. I also hated the lid. I have a hard time holding square lids. It didn't self level, even with top coat, although that did help with most of the leveling issues.
sunlight
Nomad

nomad

nomad
 shade
nomad

So to summarize, I wasn't impressed. Especially as this retails for $22.00 cdn. Unfortunately since this is the only Illamasqua polish I own, I can't compare it. I really don't feel the need to buy anymore of them after using Nomad. Sad, because the shade is quite lovely! Do you have any experience with this brand? Would love to hear your thoughts!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*