Illamasqua Facet

Today’s mani has good news and bad news attached to it.

Good news: It is still available to buy.

Bad news: You have to pay big bucks on Ebay or pay big bucks to order direct from Illamasqua (if you are in North America like me).

Illamasqua is a favorite brand of mine. Every single one I have tried, I have loved and this beauty is no exception! I wonder why Illamasqua pulled out of North America? I was lucky enough to find this when The Bay in Canada was clearancing off Illamasqua polish last year.

So this is not a typical summertime polish color (for me). It’s a murky grayed taupe base with tons of bronzy flakies in there! Look at that macro shot!! It’s been so rainy and overcast the last couple days that I was feeling this murky color. Formula is exquisite! I used 3 coats for the pictures and topcoat. All of the pictures were taken outside in natural light. Most of them are with overcast skies, but in a couple the sun was trying to poke through.

This is another bottle style where the square black outer cap comes off for ease of painting. I also like that feature because I hate it when you close a square capped polish and it doesn’t line up squarely.

Here, take a look at this beauty…