Illamasqua Rampage - swatches and review

For this Green Wednesday I've got a stunning crelly for you made by the lovely Illamasqua. This is Rampage which means to rush forward. Something I definitely not did with this one ;) I've had it untried for at least a year which I deeply regret now.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Crelly.

Number of coats: Two.

Formula: After a streaky first coat all was forgiven after the second coat. Two coats give perfect coverage and this is the most self leveling polish I've ever tried so far!

Brush: Very thin and straight cut.

Top Coat: No, it's super glossy on its own! 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 5/5

I love blackened colors and this is no exception. It's glossiness is amazing! The only downside is the very thin brush because I like my brushes wiiiiide :)

How do you like Rampage?

Dandelion Stampicure Nails

My duochrome week is over and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Today it's Nail Art Sunday and because of the election to the European Parliament which also is today the theme for today is "The EU Election".

When I first saw the theme I thought I'd never come up with something fun and beautiful but pretty fast I came up with an idea. I had some stamping plates I've been meaning to try for quite a while and these would be perfect!

Now an explanation for you non-Swedish readers :) In Sweden we have a political party called "Miljopartiet" (a direct translation would be like "The Environment Party"). Their logo is a yellow Dandelion on a green background. I changed it to gold and with a twist of course ;)

The base is the wonderful Rampage from Illamasqua and I've used MoYou plate Pro Collection-06 and Essie Good As Gold to make the pattern.

I love the result! But it wasn't that straight forward this time… I had to redo the middle and pinkie (on the photo hand of course!) from scratch TWICE!!! Aaarrrgghhhh! The tiny pattern was tricky to pick up. Delicate patterns dry so fast you have to be really quick. Anyway, it was worth all the effort :)

How do you like my Dandelion manicure?

New arrivals!

Due to a swop, an arrived llarowe parcel and boyfriend-went-to-London I got some new arrivals this week :)

Picture Polish Chillax

Picture Polish Swagger

Zoya Yara

Illamasqua Facet

Jade Holografico Sunset

No7 (names or numbers unknown)

I've already tried one of these ;) but I can't wait to try the rest!
Guess which one I tried first…? :)

Illamasqua Rare - swatches and review

It's the first of May today and I'm starting off this month with the brightest polish I own! So put on your sunglasses and take a look at the amazing yellow neon Rare from Illamasqua :)

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Neon.

Number of coats: Two coats over a white cream.

Formula: Typical neon formula. Sheer and dries matte.

Brush: Straight cut medium brush.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 5+++++++/5

In spite of the neon qualities this is a polish I've owned and worn for years! The color is woooooooozers!!! Especially over a white cream.

How do you like Rare?
Are you in neon mood yet?

Neon Waterlilies on Nude

When I saw that the theme for today's Nail Art Sunday was "Neon" I knew exactly which colors I wanted to play with! Neon yellow and nude! I love that combination!

And this is what I came up with! A stampicure with one of my new MoYou plates which I showed you yesterday.

The base is the stunning, amazing, beautiful "Rare" from Illamasqua. The pattern is from MoYou plate Suki Collection-06 and the nude polish is "Jet Stream" from By K.

I haven't tried stamping with any of my By K polishes but this one was excellent for stamping! It's a one coater so I'm not surprised and I guess the other By K's are great for stamping too!

I think the pattern looks like Waterlilies so that's why I named this manicure "Neon Waterlilies on Nude" even though it's the neon that is the base and not the nude ;)

How do you like this stampicure?

Illamasqua Collide - swatches and review

Jippie!! It's payday today!! I celebrate this by showing you a really happy polish.

Collide is such a mind blowing pick me up color! It makes me smile :) I feel the urge for neons building up again ;)

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Jelly/neon.

Number of coats: Three. Still some VNL though but I didn't mind.

Formula: Excellent as often with Illamasqua polishes.

Brush: Really comfortable to work with.

Top Coat: Yes. It doesn't dry matte as a neon nor glossy as a jelly. It dries semi matte so I'd recommend a top coat.

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. Perhaps a tiny bit more coral leaning live.

Grade: 4+/5

I love this vivid coral pink neon but due to the a bit weaker pigmentation I cannot give it a full mark. It is a great polish though! Perfect for summer!

How do you like Collide?
Do you feel the urge for neons yet? ;)

Star Nail Art

I just have to show you what I did to the Lime Crime Pastelchio I wore last week!

Inspired by a tattoo I stamped on about a million of black stars on it! I have to admit I somewhere in the middle thought of giving up due to how many times of stamping this manicure required (the plate has a pattern of only 4 stars…) but I kept on going and I'm actually very pleased with the result! It feels funky and fresh!

The base is Lime Crime Pastelchio and I've used Illamasqua Scorn and Konad plate m3 to make the stars.

How do you like my star manicure?

80's Zebra Nails

Rumor has it that the IT pattern for 2014 is zebra so for this Nail Art Sunday I've done - surprise, surprise - zebra nails!

There are many stamping plates on the market with zebra patterns. The one I've used today is a bit different though. It's actually the head of a zebra! My nails aren't long enough yet but this zebra stamp is complete with a cute little zebra nose :) The plate is from MoYou by the way. Pro Collection-05.

The base is my favorite white polish - Matte White from Barry M. The black is Illamasqua Scorn. To get that special 80's feeling I filled in the eye with a dot of Orly Beach Cruiser. Honestly, what could be more 80's than zebra pattern and neon? ;)

How do you like this crazy 80's manicure?

Fireworks Nails

The theme for today's Nail Art Sunday is "Travel" and this manicure is inspired by a journey I did quite a few years ago to Loire in France. It was a company thing and the weekend was amazing!

One of the things we did was to have a medieval party with costumes, jugglers, magicians etc at an old castle. It was great fun and the evening was ended with a huge firework at midnight.

I will not lie and say this manicure was an easy ride ;) It took me a about two hours actually but it was so worth it and this was actually my new years eve manicure :D

The base is Illamasqua Scorn and then I've stamped a pattern from Bundle Monster BM-202 with a silver polish from Depend, #223. After that I've carefully filled in the middle of the silver patches with three different textured glitter polishes, Isadora Love Crush (red), Isadora Turquoise Crush and Barry M Majesty (gold). To finish the whole thing off I've added a thin coat of INM Northern Lights Holo Top Coat Silver for that extra sparkle.

Here's what it looks like without a holo top coat.

I was very pleased with the result :)

How do you like it?

Do you like it best with or without the holo top coat?

Illamasqua Nomad - swatches and review

For this Green Wednesday I've got a wonderful dusky pistachio green Illamasqua polish for you! Not much to say really - it's perfection in a bottle! :)

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream.

Number of coats: Two.

Formula: Excellent! Flawless! Very self leveling.

Brush: Very nice! I love that there is a smaller cap underneath the big one.

Top Coat: Yes, one coat of Seche Vite.

Color accuracy in pictures: Quite accurate. Perhaps a bit less bright live.

Grade: 4++/5

This polish has excellent qualities and the color is beautiful! And my nails were so long when I wore this polish!! :O

How do you like Nomad?

Interlocking Black and White Dots

The theme for today's Nail Art Sunday is "Black and White" and I've got a black and white dotticure for you :)

Ever since I tried the interlocking dots manicure I've been wanting to do it in black and white so this was the perfect opportunity to do it. I'm not happy with the result though. I could have done it better but you get an idea on how it could look. I did it rather fast after a loooong working day and after a loooong 60 hours working week so maybe I should be nicer to myself ;)

The white is Barry M Matte White and the black is Illamasqua Scorn. The white is the base and then I did a diagonal striping tape mani and then I just to dotted away ;)

How do you like this manicure?

London Nail Polish Haul!

My boyfriend went to London (yes, again! :)) and brought me back these beauties! (Yes, I had given him a wish list ;))

Nails Inc Galaxy Knightsbridge Road and Illamasqua Perseid 

Revlon Seductive and Revlon Rich

Rimmel Punk Rock and Rimmel Barmy Blue

Barry M Berry Cosmo and Berry M Crystal Glaze

I'm so looking forward to try the Nails Inc one! It looks amazing in the bottle!

The Barry M ones are from their autumn collection and they are developed to be used together and from what I've seen they look gorgeous together! Stay tuned to be able to judge for yourself :)

Which one/ones are you most curious of?

Pansy Nails - swatches

After a whole month filled with scary halloween nail arts I thought I'll do something super cute to compensate ;) So for this Nail Art Sunday I've done Pansy Nails! I guess they could also go for Violet Nails :)

The base is the beautiful Illamasqua Nomad and then I've used my beloved dotting tools and a tiny brush to create the pansies. Polishes used are Illamasqua Jo'mina (lilac), Barry M Matte White and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky (yellow).

Perhaps these are very spring-y but on this gloomy day I think it's ok to long for spring ;)

If anyone want a tutorial for these please let me know and I'll try to do one.

How do you like my pansy nails?

Do you long for spring too today?

Jason Voorhees Goes Glam Nails

The theme for today's Nail Art Sunday is "Halloween". I've been doing Halloween nails all October because I've joined a Halloween Challenge so frankly I was running out of ideas ;) See all my Halloween nails here.

Then I remembered that I've always wanted to do the mask that Jason Voorhees wears in the Friday 13th movies. But as always I must always do things my way ;) so I decided that Jason would go glam! Lol! So here he is in his most glittering mask ever! :)

The base is the beautiful textured glitter polish "Lady" from Barry M. Then I've just done dots in various sizes with dotting tools and Illamasqua Boosh.

My inspiration :)

How do you like my Jason nails?

Have you seen the movies?