China Glaze Channelesque

I love this polish! I’ve had it a week and worn it a week! This doesn't happen for me. Its a taupe colour with a purple hint to it, but unique compared to all the other purpley taupes i own.

    

Looking at these pictures is making me want to reapply it, its a beautiful colour.

China Glaze has brought out a supposed dupe with their latest collection Anchors Away. I own this and have had Below Deck on one finger all week, they’re very similar but very slightly different, Below Deck is darker. If you don’t have Channelesque but like the colour i would definitely check out Below Deck. For a proper comparison check out Swatchaholic’s post.

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Nail Polish Haul

My nail polish buying has slowed down a lot recently! I’m realising the excessiveness of my collection so haven't been quite as compulsive with my shopping.

I caved and bought some polishes I’d wanted for a long time. We have China Glaze DV8, China Glaze Channelesque and Mavala Elle. The China Glaze were from eBay and the Mavala was from lookfantastic.com.

During the week I was on the hunt for a red nail polish and found one at the Maybelline stand. I also saw that they have some new polishes and as I’ve said before I love nude shades. Here we have Maybelline Ivory Rose, Maybelline Deep Red, and Maybelline Taupe Couture.

And of course I picked up some of the Diet Coke Nails Inc polishes, I didn’t pick up the 4th but I may go back to get it just so I have a complete collection. These shades are Caramel, Heather Grey and Denim. I’m a bit disappointed with Caramel, its just a plain nude shade that is very similar to both Nails Inc Basil Street and Rimmel Beige Style.

I also preferred the bottles last year, I'm not keen on the Diet Coke sticker on the top.

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Topshop – Big Smoke

This is one of my favourite polishes at the moment! I’m in love with nudes, nude polishes that is!

It’s a lovely taupe polish and applies so easily! It dries quickly, is opaque in one coat and i love the brush.

 

This brush makes it really easy to apply the polish so that it looks neat with no clean up necessary.

This is definitely my go to taupe when I need something that applies quickly.

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Illamasqua Throb

Illamasqua are releasing a mini collection in time for Valentines Day. It’s released in stores and counters Monday 17th January.

I’m in love with the promotion photos!

To create this look you need:

• Cream Foundation 100
• Rich Liquid Foundation 115
• Powder Foundation 105
• Powder Blusher in ‘Disobey’
• Powder Blusher in ‘Intrigue’
• Pure Pigment in ‘Furore’
• Powder Eye Shadow in ‘Heroine’ [on cheeks and eyes
• Powder Eye Shadow in ‘Sex’
• Cream Pigment in ‘Emerge’   ** NEW for SS11 collection! **
• Eye Liner Cake in ‘Mislead’
• Sealing Gel [for eyebrows]
• PI in ‘Abyss’
• False Eye Lashes '021'

About the collection

Cult British beauty brand Illamasqua invites you to step into a world where your heart will race and your pulse quicken. Inspired by your Alter Ego’s inner depths of desire, and in celebration of Saint Valentine, the new Throb Collection consists of three new Nail Varnish shades, an Intense Lipgloss and a blood red Lipstick.

Nail Varnish - £13.50

Leave your mark with Illamasqua’s bold, rich, vibrant colours. ‘Throb’ is a powerful red Nail Varnish, the colour of blood spilled by desperate, rejected lovers. ‘Load’ is a rich, cream coating for the nails and the midnight matt finish of ‘Scorn’ is a deep statement of obsession.

Intense Lipgloss - £13.00

Come out of the shadows with Illamasqua’s high-shine, colour-rich Intense Lipgloss. Sure to be a cult classic, awaken your mouth’s erotic sensuality with the seductive red of the new ‘Succubus’.

Lipstick - £15.50

Let your lips speak volumes. Indulge in Illamasqua’s colour-intense Lipstick with a highly pigmented formula. Assume the role of a femme fatale with ‘Sangers’, Illamasqua’s new blood red Lipstick.

I cant wait to see swatches of this collection! I’m loving red on the nails right now, and don’t actually own any red lip products!

If you head over to Holly’s blog she has some great swatches of Throb and Succubus.

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