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Illamasqua Viridian - Imagination In Colour

Illamasqua Viridian

First I must tell you that I got both Illamasqua Viridian and Scarab polishes at an absolute steal on Asos Beauty Sale, the link to which is right here! I mean £10.35 for two full sized bottles… RRP is £13.50 each! I also bought a Nails Inc. polish at full price in the same transaction, and because I had a Diet Coke voucher code, which you basically find on Diet Coke cans, bottles and multipacks. Mine was £5 off when you spend £20 so in total I only spend £16.35, and the delivery was free. Even the delivery was amazing, it arrived 5 days ahead of schedule! (The Style Saver shipping ensures you’ll receive it within 10 days for free!) Very impressed with Asos.
So here are the piccies 🙂

Sorry for my lobster hands… they weren’t actually that bad, the camera just seems to always pick it up! This is what the polish looked like most of the time, dark shimmery green.
But in direct light and sunlight all of the fabulous shimmer basically dazzled me!
More lovely shimmer 🙂
Viridian is a deep green, it reminds me of the colour of the sea in harbours when there’s no sun. Then when the light hits it you see it glistening, just like the surface of the sea when the sun hits it! Can you tell I’m in love? Most of the time it just looks a very dark, foresty green, but when in direct light you can just about see the turquoisey beautifulness of it.
The polish applied beautifully, two coats and I was good to go! It dries quite quickly, I mean I couldn’t actually tell when it was properly dry as it dries a sort of velvety look and matte texture so I really wasn’t sure. But nevertheless I fell asleep about 20 mins after application and had absolutely no sheet marks the next morning! This makes me very happy as  a long term sheet-mark-sufferer. Removal too was fab, it came off very smoothly and didn’t make a mess at all. Love it. Can’t comment on the wear because as usual I only kept it on for a day and a half because I couldn’t wait to try Scarab!
Now this is something I’ve never been aware of, and I confess I applied my first coat of Viridian with the square lid with some difficulty, feeling surprised that at a RRP of £13.50 they couldn’t come up with a better cap. Much to my surprise the cap then came off and I thought “err it broke, definitely not worth the money”. Then the brain cells decided to fuel together and I decided it was probably meant to happen and was actually a much better idea than the square lid. Result = better polishing! I was surprised that I’d never read this before though :s It reminds me of the L’Oreal Resist & Shine polishes which have a similar lid function.
Overall I am madly in love with Viridian and think everyone should have it. Especially at the fabulous price offer, you just can’t go wrong! 🙂
Sorry for not blogging for a while I am finally feeling a bit better but going for a blood test tomorrow, which I’m a bit wary of because last time the nurse couldn’t find my vein and had to do it on my writing arm a week before my GCSE’s and guess what, it resulted in inflammation and bruising for about 10 days! Lucky me. Anyways. Hope everyone is well, and go and get the Illamasqua Duo! It’s beautiful!
Emma xxx
Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.