I have a polish that was only released in my city – how exciting. Nightfall was only available for 4 days in our nearby shopping centre. Its basically a more gold version of Creator.
Lets head straight to the pictures.
OK, first things first. The formula is quite thick, but spreads and levels well. I did two coats over a base of Glisten & Glow Stuck on Blu!. It is packed with gold particles. The gold is quite dark, its not a yellow gold at all. Drying time was quick too and two coats provided perfect coverage. To bring on the extra bling, I added a good coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl top coat, that really helps to bring on the shine.
As with all Illamasqua polishes, you can pop off the black cap revealing a smaller ridged lid. The brush is thin but adequate for painting nails. I was able to do three strokes on most nails and two on my smaller ones. A comment on wear, by the end of 24 hours I had significant chips on at least three nails. I’ve not used my G & G HK Girl on Illamasqua before so I am not sure if that might be why. In the past I have used Seche Vite to great effect. Next time I will try a different top coat to see if that makes a difference.
What do we think about limited editions such as these? A gimmick too far?
Illamasqua is readily available across the UK, both in certain stores and online. Nail Polishes retail around the £14.50 mark.
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OK I know I’m so sad for thinking so far ahead but this is so sophisticated/sexy varnish for Christmas parties – shame about the chipping, be interesting to see how it fares with a different top coat!
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Oh that is a great idea, its very Christmas like. I think its probably a combo of base and top coat that resulted in the chipping, it made it very bottle. I will try it with something else, either Seche or Dior Gel Top Coat.
Thanks for your comment
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Beautiful! And how exciting that it was only available in your city for 4 days! LE’s like that are so special and fun =)
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Thanks, imagine my excitement when I saw this? They was a fair amount of squealing!
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SO GORGEOUS!!!!
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Thanks 🙂
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Oh I love this! Great job on the slide show!
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Thanks Lisa 🙂
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So pretty! Want.
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I know its super cute isn’t it?
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So jealous you were able to snag this!! Lovely!
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Thanks, its lovely, looking forward to wearing it again soon
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Ooooh thanks for sharing!!!
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Thanks Doria
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Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for the comment 🙂
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Beautiful! I’ve not really seen LEs only available in 1 city before!
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I know, unusual. Wonder if it will pop up elsewhere?
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i love the idea of LE’s.. if one came to Newcastle I’d be camping overnight for it haha!
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