8 March 2013

NOTD Illamasqua I'mperfection Varnish in Speckle

Its been a while since I've posted a Nail of the Day post hasn't it. Oops! I've been through a patch of not really painting them much, but I was lured back into the nail varnish world recently by the I'mperfection range from Illamasqua and caved in and bought the pretty purple shade, Speckle.
Isn't this such a pretty nail varnish? I love the speckled effect that you get from the combination of both large and tiny specks of black matte glitter. This range of polishes was inspired by the gorgeous natural imperfections found on bird eggs.
The varnish itself gives good coverage and takes just two coats to gain full opacity and get a nice deep speckled look, it also sits very flat on the nail considering the glitter content and feels fairly smooth to touch. I do recommend a top coat though so that any little bits that do stick up aren't a problem.
I painted my nails with this a couple of days before a shift at Lush and found that for day to day wear it wore very well, but as soon as I was working and had my hands in and out of water all day, it did begin to chip pretty badly, even with the topcoat so if you have a job where your hands take quite a battering I'm afraid this won't be all that long lasting.
Price wise, it isn't cheap at £14.50 a bottle but for me I saw it as a bit of a special, one off buy for a polish that is fairly unique and also limited edition so I was able to justify it to myself :)

What do you think of my pretty new polish? Is it something you'll be picking up? The other colours in the range are blue, pink, green and brown. I'm soo tempted to pick up blue and pink if they're still in stock when I get paid!
Annie xx

6 comments:

  1. I have this! My boyfriend bought it for me last month :) I want the other colours too! They are pricey, but really lovely polishes. xx

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    1. I cant stop staring at my nails when I'm wearing it xx

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  2. I love the idea of chunky glitter, but I think I'd get a brighter colour. I love really bold bright nails! :P
    Erica xo

    www.sushiturtlesandlife.blogspot.com

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    1. I think they'd be gorgeous in bright summer colours but all 5 are pastels, probably because they're the spring collection and pastels seem to rule again this year xx

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  3. I've fallen in love with these Speckle nail varnishes, they are so gorgeous! The price is putting me off a lil but I guess one wouldn't hurt! Lol! x Discoveries Of Self

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    1. One wouldn't do any harm, and they last a nice long time so think of it as an investment :P Thats how I justified it! xx

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