I want to say I will be able to commit to my usual schedule soon but I have 2 midterms coming up so I might be sporadic for the next 2 weeks. I will do my best!
Today I'm going to show you an amazing purple polish that my mom got me in Las Vegas. But before I show you the swatch, I'm going to complain a little about the bottle/packaging.
This is Illamasqua - Poke.
Yes, I'm going to complain about Illamasqua. See how the polish in the bottle is noticeably reduced? This is because it leaked in my mom's suitcase on the way home. (Thankfully, it only leaked all over itself.)
Illamasqua polishes come in a box just big enough for the polish to fit inside.
Therefore, the cap and the bottle must be perfectly aligned for the bottle to fit inside the box.
My bottle, however, prefers to look like this:
So, for it to fit in the box, it was not closed all the way. And now I have this:
A big purple mess! It was SO much worse than this.
Polish mostly went up into the cap, and then some came out and down the sides of the bottle and coated the insides of the box.
I got it all cleaned up, put the cap back on, and then minutes later I had another mess because polish was still dripping down from way up inside the cap!
Big mess. A pain to clean up. But this color is worth it.
Purples are a bit hard to photograph - this photo is a bit out of focus but the most accurate representation of the color. Bright purple with a bluish white shimmer. Super vibrant!
I had this one on a list of things for my mom to look for, and she found it! My mom is a good polish shopper.
Is there a purple polish I don't like? I don't think so.
Illamasqua retails for $14 and you can get it at select Sephora stores!
Do you guys have any Illamasqua? What are your faves?
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