Illamasqua Rampage

I humbly introduce to you Illamasqua Rampage, which I have worn for ages but haven't shown you guys because of my inability to take a decent picture of it. This is still not decent--the gloss keeps getting in the way of all of the color's translucence and purity of pigment, but for now I think this will do. 

I think the reasons as to why I like it should be both obvious and maybe a little embarrassing in consistency. I like dark green. Rampage is dark green. I like jellies. Rampage is a jelly. I also like sleek, square bottles that ooze pretentious class, and, well, Illamasqua's bottles are laser-cut on the inside to make it even squarer and more compact and there's a pop-off square lid with its brand symbol on it and it comes in a glossy black box and--well, the brand's British. (I have the impression that the The-British-Are-So-Much-Cooler-Than-We-Are thing only applies to Americans. More on that another time.)

Heh.

On a more purely polish-related level, though, jelly greens allow for the viewer to experience looking through green glass bottles as a child and marveling at color and translucency, but on your nails. Like this:

So... yes, that's that. :)

Do you see how Rampage just changes in the light? It's gorgeous.

By the way, this is two coats, perfect application.  I have no other words.

Illamasqua, Muse

I'm a huge, huge fan of jelly, jelly glitter, cremes, greys, shrooms, dark greens, and dark reds. I tried to get into blues, purples, and teals, but ... they're okay. I like them, mostly. Yeah. (I am beginning to get into a red creme craze though, hmm...) Still, this is one of my new favorite polishes: Illamasqua Muse.



All pictures are outdoors on a cloudy day--about two hours after I took these, it rained.

Augh, incredible. Easy application, nearly one coat (it would be, but I have a terrible case of the peelies) and so, so glossy. Do you see the gloss? In the enlarged pictures, you could see me in the reflection on each nail.

Also also, this polish caught the attention of nearly everybody I spoke to. Nobody cares about my nails or their nail color, but this one is definitely something special.

Here's the thing about Illamasqua that is making me antsy right now: it wears down like nothing I've worn before. No tipwear, no scratches. It looks just like I put it on yesterday, and it has been two days--I at least have tipwear by this point. Chips, at the worst. For some reason, this freaks me out. But--yes, it's awesome. I heart it.