Illamasqua Faithful

Hey everyone!  Today I have a quick and fun mani featuring Illamasqua's Faithful from their Naked Strangers collection.  It's one of three nail lacquers in this collection and the last of my first Illamasqua haul.  After trying them?  I. Want. More.  I absolutely loved them.  I am really lemming the other two colors from this collection, but I'm trying to be good!  Let's take a look at Faithful now so I don't go shop!

I decided to wear this with some glitter because I was super excited that my test bottle of brown glitters was doing well after a couple weeks.  I crammed some in a little suspension base and had this.

Here's Faithful on its own.  This polish is a beautiful dark copper shimmer that looks very warm and creamy. It only took two very even and easy coats to become opaque.  The formula was just excellent.  I love this color against my skin tone too.

Guh, okay, I may have to go shopping anyway!

I debated adding bar glitter to the bottle, but decided to try it without it first.  I've been having a love/hate relationship with bar glitter lately.  I like the way it looks, but getting it to lay perfectly flat?  Impossible!  A corner will poke up and no amount of top coat will hold it down!  So I didn't add bar glitter to this until after I tried it.

It's a nice rich color of brown glitter and I think it complements Faithful well.  It looks dark most of the time but then it will flash a golden orange.  It's super pretty!

I've been pretty busy packing up to move to California for the rest of the summer, but I've got a couple more posts before I go!

Thanks for reading!

Illamasqua Jo'mina and Rainbow Honey The Element of Magic

Hi there everyone!  It's been a busy couple of days here spent packing Lacquer Convention orders, but as of this evening everything has been filled.  The last packages are heading to the post office in the morning!  I managed to find about twenty minutes to paint my nails and snap some pictures, so I decided to toss this fun combo on!

Firstly, let's marvel at Jo'mina.  This is a vibrant light purple creme by Illamasqua that I didn't know if I would love because of my fear of lighter purples that head into lavender and lilac territory... But Jo'mina is just so bright and fabulous.

I'm really kicking myself for not trying Illamasqua's polishes before this.  After Baptiste, I was completely blown away, and Jo'mina is just amazing as well.  These photos show two coats with no top coat.  The formula is smooth and dreamy, though I did have to make sure I wiped off the stem of the brush or I had a little problem with running.  It isn't anything super terrible though.  Totally worth it!

Yeah, I'm obsessed with this polish now... Soooo baaaad!  I never thought I would be so happy there isn't a Sephora nearby to go shop at!

Here's a little The Element of Magic tossed on top.  You guys are probably thinking, "Gosh, not another glitter along the cuticle look!"  I know, I know, but it's pretty much my go-to look when I am in a hurry and need something fun.  It does the job!  And I promise it's the last one for a while!  I will be more inventive with the rest of the Equestria collection!

The Element of Magic, inspired by Twilight Sparkle herself, is a gorgeous glitter polish.  The shimmer is utterly fantastic this time.  That's my favorite thing about this collection, how the bases have such a beautiful shimmer in them.  This polish is just like the others, dense and easy to apply.  No fishing for glitter, no special placement, just swipe, swipe, aaaand you have knockout pony nails.  Seriously, I love ponies.  Especially like this!

And now I've gotta go to bed!  Too tired to chat more.  I've got time in the morning to do some nail art, so I'm going to put together a special post before I disappear for the rest of the weekend!

Thanks for reading!