Illamasqua Purity - Swatch

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Today I'm sporting a wonderful Illamasqua polish, Purity. I picked this up at Sephora with my sister in mind. Whenever she is over and in my room, she stares at my nail polish racks and comments on how I own so many oranges, but none that are lighter, & more, in her words"Cantaloupe" shades. I don't usually go for lighter colours though.. but when i saw this one, I had to buy it. Both she and I were impressed and very happy with it.

It is a creme from the Toxic Nature collection (I'm still lemming Radium). Its pretty close to a cantaloupe colour, more of a fleshy peach. It's light, but it's not pastel. It manages to be pretty vibrant. It actually looks good on my skin tone (!) but I think it would look even more amazing on people with darker skin. I can imagine it would pop really nicely.

This is two coats, great formula! I love the quality of Illamasqua polishes, they haven't disappointed me yet! 

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Sunshine

The colour is clean, and does feel pure to me. Although I don't wear a lot of lighter colours lately, I'm really happy to have this colour in my collection :)

Illamasqua Stance - Swatch & Review

Wandering in Sephora is really dangerous for me. I have a best friend who always comes with me & tries to keep me in line, but she couldn't help me when the Sephora in Halifax finally got a Nail Bar & Illamasqua was staring me in the face. I had to buy Stance!! I just had to.

Illamasqua describes it as "fuchsia violet gloss", and I think it is bang on.  It was hard to capture in pictures because my camera has a lot of trouble with purples, and also because it was so bright. It was really unique and gorgeous. It is almost a neon violet, but definitely leans fuchsia and is very bright but not quite neon. When I got this baby home to my shelves I was worried it might actually be a dupe for my American Apparel Neon Violet but I was happily proven wrong, its lighter and more fuchsia than the AA, as well as much more glossy.

The formula was excellent, this is three thin easy coats, and no top coat (so glossy!) It is a creme but felt thinner, almost like a crelly, which is one of my favourite formulas. Also it was flattering on my skintone! :D

Sunshine

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Indoors

The quality of Illamasqua and the inspiration behind their products has really impressed me. The bottles are awesome and classy, the formula is excellent, the brush is fantastic.. my only teeny tiny complaint is I have trouble painting with a square cap, but maybe it just takes practice. The polish is on the pricier end, at $14, but not way up there like NARS or Dior. I think the product is worth the price :)