July 10, 2011

Illamasqua - Loella

I received this amazing polish as a gift from my oldest sister for my 25th birthday. It is Illamasqua's Loella, a "shimmering candy pink". The fuchsia-purple shimmer flash was an unexpected and welcome surprise! I quite love how this polish turned out. It's very Barbie-esque and spunky. I was expecting to need a lot of coats to make this opaque but it only took three thinly applied coverings. The formula was quite good too, easily manipulated and non-streaky.


Illamasqua's polish bottles are one of my favorite designs, I don't know why but I love square polish bottles the most. I am excited to see what new colors the brand comes out with next, their newest collection is advertising colors that seem to be re-promotes (meaning they have been put out previously). Guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens come Fall :) You can purchase Illamasqua nail lacquer for $14 each on from their website Illamasqua.com or from Sephora.com.

23 comments:

  1. I love it! I am gonna need this I think :P

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  2. Nice gift! Nice sister! I normally am not into these ranges of pinks. I got saturated with them I think in high school (I am lots older than most of you all)...when there was a ton of pink frosts out there and we wore white (almost)lipsticks! For those lemming this shade, you can make a close second to it by using any close shade pink and then overlaying it with Essie's Kisses & Bisses that gives the flash of pink/blue/lavender but not in a frost look - just a 'it's in the polish look' vs. an overlay look. Really a good general overlay to add to any collection. Woks on a wide range of shades. I keep a back up bottle of it!

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  3. Magnificent color, we would say almost the pink morning from chanel. Goodbye

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  4. For some reason, I really like this! I'm totally not a pink barbie girl but this looks really pretty on you Kellie and the finish is awesome.
    - Liz

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  5. So pretty and sweet. It also looks really great on you! :)

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  6. Great pink, I love it :)

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  7. kel this is such a pretty pink! thanks for sharing - uh oh now i might have to buy it arghhhhh :) xoxoxoxo

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  8. this color is gorgeous! :)

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  9. Oh wow, I love this! Illamasqua can do no wrong! My poor pocket book...

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  10. Oooo! I like! Love that blue flash. :D

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  11. Very pretty pink. I love the shimmer that's so subtle in this. My girlfriend just found me a new shower curtain. It's so darn girly. It's this shade of pink & white stripes. It has French phrases such as Tres Femme, Tres Luxe, etc. Bottle of perfume, powder and pink bows and pink little fluffy feathers. I just had to tell you since this polish would look nice in my bathroom on a silver tray.

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  12. Ooh, the fuschia shimmer adds something.

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  13. I love that kiss of shimmer! My sister bought me a bottle of Etude House Jelly Topcoat, and it's not even my bday. haha. But i guess that's bec I do her nails too.

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  14. Such a pretty pink! Loella looks so gorgeous on you Kellie! :)

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  15. ooh i love this pink. hope you had a fun bday!

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  16. Gorgeous pink!

    &I love your blog layout!

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  17. I love the hidden shimmer!

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  18. ohhhhhhh! This color is sooo pretty!

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