Today's theme for the 31DC2013 is Violet. Always a tricky color, because nobody seems to exactly know what the difference is between violet and purple... But I think Illamasqua Faux Pas is violet, at least it is in my book!
I was going to go for another attempt at striping tape, but I realised I couldn't use a top coat to seal my art with this polish and decided to try the tape next time. It would be a shame to cover the beautifull finish of this polish with a shiny layer of SV.
Faux Pas is a creamy violet polish, that dries with a rubberish finish. It's part of the Theatre of the Nameless collection for fall/winter 2011. I absolutely love this, its such a deep toned violet and the finish is gorgeous!
The Illamasqua brush is really nice'. Thin like I like my brushes, but fans out enough to cover the nail. The handle is a bit too short for my liking though. The bottle comes with a big square cap that you remove for the actual handle. The handle that you're left with is small and I can't get a nice grip on it.
The formula is spot on and it's almost a one coater, but I did need the second coat to get it 100% opaque. It dries really fast, when I finished all 10 nails, my first nail was dry and ready for the second coat. I'm normally a little skeptic and afraid of polishes that don't need top coat, as I've had many a bednail after not adding a topcoat. Because I always paint my nails at night, I usually go to bed about an hour or so after finishing my mani and have woken up with the covers imprinted on my nails... But not with this polish!
On the bottle it does say it works best with the Illamasqua base and top coat, but I think that's really strange, as you would lose the rubber finish by adding a top coat...
Faux Pas did leave a couple of bubbles on my nails. Normally I would even those out (if I have any) with my trusty SV, but of course I couldn't do that with this polish. But that's just a minor thing that nobody will notice, except for me.
Because I didn't add a top coat, the durability of this polish is slightly less than my normal mani's. Next time I will try adding a coat of SV, just to see what it looks like.
This polish does remind me of the Orly Plastix polish in Purple Pleather, but I like this polish better. It's just a bit deeper in color and looks better with my skin tone.
Do you own a polish with a rubber finish?
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I was going to go for another attempt at striping tape, but I realised I couldn't use a top coat to seal my art with this polish and decided to try the tape next time. It would be a shame to cover the beautifull finish of this polish with a shiny layer of SV.
Faux Pas is a creamy violet polish, that dries with a rubberish finish. It's part of the Theatre of the Nameless collection for fall/winter 2011. I absolutely love this, its such a deep toned violet and the finish is gorgeous!
The Illamasqua brush is really nice'. Thin like I like my brushes, but fans out enough to cover the nail. The handle is a bit too short for my liking though. The bottle comes with a big square cap that you remove for the actual handle. The handle that you're left with is small and I can't get a nice grip on it.
The formula is spot on and it's almost a one coater, but I did need the second coat to get it 100% opaque. It dries really fast, when I finished all 10 nails, my first nail was dry and ready for the second coat. I'm normally a little skeptic and afraid of polishes that don't need top coat, as I've had many a bednail after not adding a topcoat. Because I always paint my nails at night, I usually go to bed about an hour or so after finishing my mani and have woken up with the covers imprinted on my nails... But not with this polish!
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| 2 coats Faux Pas |
Faux Pas did leave a couple of bubbles on my nails. Normally I would even those out (if I have any) with my trusty SV, but of course I couldn't do that with this polish. But that's just a minor thing that nobody will notice, except for me.
Because I didn't add a top coat, the durability of this polish is slightly less than my normal mani's. Next time I will try adding a coat of SV, just to see what it looks like.
This polish does remind me of the Orly Plastix polish in Purple Pleather, but I like this polish better. It's just a bit deeper in color and looks better with my skin tone.
Do you own a polish with a rubber finish?
X
