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Hello lovelies,

I'm sure you're curious about the new Illamasqua Shattered Stars polishes from the new Glamore Collection. If you've missed the photo report from the event introducing this collection to bloggers, read it here.

The Glamore Collection features three new textured nail varnishes which they call Shattered Stars polishes and wowza they are sparkly!

Trilliant - beige glitter texture with hints of vintage pink. This is the first shade I reached for when I was swatching. It looks very elegant yet it's so sparkly that it will get a lot of attention.

It went on very easily and was fully opaque in two coats. Although I had a bit of a hard time applying it because under my light it was so sparky I hardly saw where I was painting. But the formula itself was very good. It dried fast into a rough yet not sharp textured finish. I've compared Trilliant to the OPI Silent Stars Go By. They are very close but Trilliant has a bit more chunkier glitter and has a bit more sparkle.

Fire Rose - rose pink glitter texture. This is the girliest shade of all three, proper sweet and sparkly colour. And that's cool, we all need some of those in our lives, right? I still can't get over how sparkly these polishes are!

The formula was very good. It applied easily and two coats were fully opaque. The polish dried fast into a textured finish. Trilliant and Fire Rose have almost identical formula, just different colours. I don't own another textured polish that is a dupe or close match to Fire Rose, below are the closest shades I have.

Marquise - red orange sparkly texture. This polish has much finer texture than the previous two and therefore a bit less sparkly. The finish feels like a fine sand, very much like Zoya PixieDusts. It applied very well and the pigmentation was very good as well. In the first coat the polish is almost opaque and has more reddish shades. The second coat adds depth and the bold orange tone.

I swatched Marquise last because it looked the least appealing to me..boy was I wrong! it totally goes with my skin tone and I love the polish on me! In fact I'm still wearing it as I'm writing this review, that's how much I love it! It's a total surprise! I've been wearing it for three days now and it's like it's glued to my nails...no tipwear or chipping yet. The closest shades to Marquise I own are Zoya Destiny and OPI Jinx but they are not 100% dupes.

I'm so glad I got a chance to try out these three polishes because they are brilliant! All three have great formula to work with, are well-pigmented and they just look awesome on nails! All three require few minutes of soaking or foil method when you want to remove them. They behave the same as glitters. You could use the peel-off base coat but then of course the polish won't last that long.

I hope you've enjoyed the post at least as much as I enoyed creating it and that Illamasqua will create more textured polishes in the future. Glamore collection launches on 27th February 2014 at Illamasqua website and counters.

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Hello lovelies,

MY BLOG IS 4 YEARS OLD YOUNG! Yes, I've done it, I've successfully blogged through another year and I love it so much more than in the beginning! That's all thanks to you, my lovely readers and blogger friends!

I have put together a giveaway to thank you all for your time of the day you give me, for all the lovely comments across all the social media and for being supportive of me. 2013 was amazing for me, the most precious thing that happened was the nomination on Cosmopolitan Blog Awards which I wholeheartedly thank you for and I secretly hope you'll give me your vote this year too ;)

This giveaway features 15 16 prizes and majority has been donated by indie polish creators. Part of the prizes are available internationally and part UK only due to shipping restrictions.

The first awesome prize is your choice of two Sweet Heart Polishes. Choose from gorgeous glitterbombs to holo shades..

Madeleine from Cadillacquer kindly sponsored 5 of her polishes from the Breaking Bad collection - Blowfish, Yeah Science!, Pinkman, Better Call Saul and There's No Better Reason.

Next up are three polishes of your choice and mini cuticle oil from Renaissance Cosmetics. This brand is a baby of talented nail blogger Meghan from Will Paint Nails For Food so definitely check her out!

Kristin from Northern Star is kindly sponsoring $25 gift card to her store. You can choose anything from her store, perhaps you'll love her nail polishes or cuticle oils..

Next prize is super sparkly! Win two polishes from Shirley Ann Nail Lacquer - full sized Wedded Bliss and Shotgun Wedding.

Catriona from Belle Glamour is kindly donating two new polishes, Wink Wink and Cloud 9. Belle Glamour is an UK indie brand so if you're British, check her out ;)

Next prize is two gorgeous glitterbombs from Loaded Lacquer - Mintallica and Giddy Up. You'll find a lot of pretty glitter and jelly polishes over at Loaded Lacquer!

You could also win these two cute matching polishes from Krafty Gurl Designs..

This next prize is from Cara Bella Lacquer and you could win two polishes created especially for my giveaway and beautiful jewellery you can see in the picture. Cara Bella Lacquer is another new UK indie brand so be sure to check it out!

Next prize is this pretty Honey Bunny Lacquer in Hologram, a gold holographic and magenta glitter.

With this next prize you could stock up on different nail art items including studs, water decals, rhinestones and brushes or purchase some polishes too. You could win $30 gift card to Born Pretty Store!

Some time ago I've received few pairs of Pedi-Sox to review and give away. The review is HERE and you can win a pair for yourself now! I'll give away two pairs to two winners.

Next up is the "Girly Girl Duo" from Party Girl Lacquer including You Can't Have My Heart & High School Crush.

Next there is a bottle of Supernatural Lacquer in Pink Cloud Sunset. I love this polish and I want to win it myself! One of you will be very lucky!

Brand new bottle of Barielle Nail Rebuilding Protein - I've received this as a thank you gift but I don't use strengthening base coats so one of you lucky ladies can win this!

I will also be donating $50 Gift card to the nail polish store of your choice whether it be Lllarowe, Harlow & Co., Ninja polish, Rainbow Connection, Sally Magpies etc. that's up to you.

Unfortunately I can't ship polish out of UK so I've had to opt in for gift card rather than polishes.

EDIT:

I've got a late additional prize that I've somehow overlooked and it's a bottle of Quirk polish in Madame Thenardier and a pair of handmade earrings!

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