The Nail Nerd

First off, I thought I was back in the game, but I am not. My life is still very hectic so the blog had to drop to the bottom of my priorities and posting will most likely be very sporadic in the near future, just so you all know whats going on. Now on to some better news! :D

The nice people at Illamasqua sent me some polishes to review. I got Blow, which is a pretty pale yellow and Wink, a nice pale purple. These are my first Illamasqua polishes so I'm of course very excited about them. But due to lack of time they have been sitting on top of my Helmer for quite a while but I hope to have worn them both soon. Pictures and reviews should be coming shortly!

As many others I jumped on the 50% off offer from Models Own, and I picked up 6 bottles. Wanted many more but had to limit myself :P I recieved them yesterday, and here they are:

I loved all these 3 colours, not much else to say about them. Pretty pretty pretty! I only wish the glitter in Emerald City was a bit more dense, tried them on a swatch wheel and I lost count on the coats I had to use to make it opaque.

L to R: Beth's Blue, Lemon Sherbet and Fuzzy Peach

Beth's Blue isn't really blue at all in my eyes, more lilac or maybe a pastel lavender, I'm happy though cause it's exactly how I had hoped it would be. Lemon Sherbet is as bright as in the picture, it's fantastic! Come on spring and summer, I want to wear this baby! Fuzzy Peach was alot darker and brighter than I had hoped, not sure if I like it at all at the moment. Had hoped for a more soft pastel'y peach colour, still need to try it on and see how it looks against my skin tone. Worst come to worst I'll just mix in a bunch of white to lighten it up.

After seeing swatches of some of these over at Plane Beauty I'm bummed I didn't pick up Purple Grey instead of Fuzzy Peach. I was looking at it when I was placing my order, I should have googled for swatches before deciding against it! Maybe next time, cause I'm sure I'll be wanting to shop for more Models Own!