Illamasqua Toxic Nature

So I'm sure you’ve all heard that Illamasqua have released a new collection, I have the promo photos but will post them later for now I thought I'd post nail polish swatches instead.

The collection contains 5 new polishes! I received one from Illamasqua and went on to purchase 3 of them myself, I am missing the orange polish in Gamma though.

Stagnate – a lovely purpley taupe colour.

Bacterium – another taupe colour with a metallic blue flash running through it.

Purity – a lovely peach shade.

Radium – a lime green with a slight shimmer.

They’re all lovely colours and all applied well with 2 coats, Purity was a bit streaky on the first coat but evened out. I’m still not sure if Purity and Bacterium suit my skin tone, but I love them anyway!

The Toxic Nature collection is available from illamasqua.com and they are currently offering free delivery until Tuesday 29th March with the code UKFREE02.

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China Glaze – Cracked Concrete

So I recently picked up 4 of the new China Glaze Crackle collection, I’ve seen lots of swatches on blogs and one combination stuck with me.
Cracked Concrete looks amazing over pastel colours. So I dug out Models Own Beth’s Blue and China Glaze Cracked Concrete.

This cracked really well and i love the look. I put a shiny top coat over it but it hasn’t given it much shine, but enough to cancel out the matte. I have 3 other colours of Crackle polish to try but I'm struggling to think of what colour combos I want.
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Nails Inc–Cromwell Road

This is from the Cashmere Collection which I picked up from Asos.

This is a light beige with a very fine shimmer. On me it is very similar to my skin tone and gives me the mannequin hands effect. I’ve been wearing dark colours lately so it’s nice to have something more natural.

This was 2 coats with Nails Inc Kensington Caviar base coat and top coat.

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My weekend will be spent

• With these 2 angels

• Wearing my hair wavy, this is my new favourite hairstyle!

• Trying to take care of my nails. I picked up some Nails Inc products. The Cashmere Collection from Asos with my Groupon voucher and the Kensington Caviar duo from Boots for £8. Now just to decide which colour to pick first!

• Getting a chinese
• Going for cocktails with a friend
• Buying a new TV!

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Misa–Office Polish-tics

This is my first Misa polish and so far I'm impressed. This is from their latest collection, 9 to 5, I don’t work 9 to 5 nor do I have to worry about what colour nail polish I wear but I love neutral colours so this collection is perfect for me! I ordered 3 as the others didn’t appeal to me or I have dupes of them. I got mine from transdesign.com for those that are interested.

It’s a lovely dark bluey grey shade.

Application was good, this is 2 coats but they both applied smoothly and it was nearly opaque after one so if you were careful you could get away with one.

I’m also trying out a new top coat. I picked up Seche Ultra-V from eBay, you apply it the same as the usual Seche Vite but then pop your hands under a UV lamp for 3 minutes and it’s dry. I’m currently playing around with gel polishes such as Shellac and Gelish so have got myself a UV lamp.

First impressions are that it is incredibly shiny! It has a mirror shine! But we’ll see how well it wears.

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