Alex from Illamasqua recently sent me a nail polish to check out, Scarab from the new Art of Darkness collection.
I am OBSESSED! Ever since I got it (about a month ago) I have been wearing it on my nails and toes. It is perfect for the colder months. I would describe it has a deep cranberry with a metallic finish. I am very picky about nail polishes, I like a shimmer but I want the shimmer to read metallic and not just shimmer and Illamasqua has achieved this. This is actually really hard to find in a nail polish. This is THE perfect holiday color.
The formula is great, creamy and perfectly thick without being goopy. I hate very thin nail polish. You only need 1 coat but I like to use 2 coats for full opacity.
$14 is a bit pricey for nail polish, but not as expensive as Chanel, Mac I believe is $11 but this blows MAC's quality out of the water. If you want to splurge on an amazing deep red, this is your best best!
You can find a beautiful nail swatch here at Temptalia.com.
Have you tried it? Will you?
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I have tried it and it looks amazing. Like you said it's got the perfect balance of shimmer and it's a really nice metalic colour quite different to the other metalic colours such as silver, graphite and gold and so on.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love it and am glad you have and love it too :)
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i've tried it and love the color, but it reads rather orange with my skintone... i'm not giving up though as i love the color so much! xoxo
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This is a must-have for me! I'm in love with deep shades of red like this one. $30 for a Chanel polish is pushing it for me, but $14 for a polish that's high quality and lives up to its reputation seems pretty fair.
ReplyDeleteI actually bought a bottle with the Sephora friends and family sale on November 3rd, it came in the mail yesterday (I live in Houston) and I put it on last night. I absolutely love it! I love the fact that it is not a typical red, or bright. It really is fall in a bottle!
ReplyDeleteLovely colour - I bought Veridian from the same collection and I love it. In the UK they cost £13, so I think $14 is a fair price, given that Chanel polishes cost £16.50 over here! xx
ReplyDeletesince the v.i.b. 20% of at sephora is happening now (the code is "vib20" it was on temptalia so you can check for yourself and it lasts from 11/11-11/15) i think you have convinced me to pick it up! looks gorgeous
ReplyDeleteBELLE! :) i finally tried Illamasqua and im IN LOVE!
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LUV that color. You know what? Lippmann Collection is $16 for .5oz and Butter London is $14 for .04oz, not to mention Chanel (yucky formula),Dior and Lauder prices. I think Illamasqua beats all of the above. So...I'm in on the Scarab!
ReplyDeletethis is slightly unrelated, but i was in Sephora yesterday and saw a nude lipstick that i think you would love. its Fable by Hourglass.
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Love the colour
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