Illamasqua Muse

Are you surprised that I have yet another Illamasqua beauty to wax poetic about? I think that Illamasqua is looking to dethrone Nails Inc. as my favorite brand for creme finish nail polish. I’m feeling a little rotten right now because I had too much to drink last night. I actually hate drinking because it brings back bad memories (I should write a post about that! lol). Honestly, I don’t know why I drank last night…probably to dull my senses if only for a little while. I am not feeling completely miserable this morning despite my little indulgence so I am very grateful to my body for now turning against me. Being hung over is such a horrible feeling so I don’t get how people can do it regularly. Anyway, I’ll stop with the random alcohol talk and come back to the topic at hand: Muse!  (Revenons à nos moutons!)

Muse is gorgeous, right? The name is so fitting because this color inspired me to do so many things: I wanted to stamp the crap out of it, glitter it up, dot it up…the list is endless. Illamasqua calls this a deep teal blue but I don’t see that much teal in it; it’s a lot more blue than green in my eyes. Does this remind you of other colors? Maybe OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui. I don’t care how many similar colors I may already have–the formula makes this an absolute stand out. I applied two thin coats here and it was perfectly opaque.

 

I know I said I wasn’t going to purchase any of the CG Prismatic glitters, but I changed my mind once I started seeing all the great things people were doing with them. I used Optical Illusion for the sponging on my tips, and I quite like how my nails turned out. I’m such a glitter hypocrite!

How has your weekend been so far? Thanks for visiting and I will be back later. I’m headed to my nail polish mecca in a bit and I know that’s just trouble. 🙂

38 thoughts on “Illamasqua Muse

  1. Ahh, more Illamasqua! I want! I was supposed to be in a part of town yesterday that had a sephora in the shopping center and I was going to spurge but we ended up somewhere else so I got a little sad.

    I have all the Prismatics and swatched them, I just never got around to editing and posting the photos. They were such a PITA. lol there was glitter everywhere!

    1. That sucks!!! I would have been totally bummed. I actually went to Sephora today and I had such an awesome time. Ohhh…you should post them!!!! I think they're so pretty. I didn't have issues with them but maybe it's because I've only used them for sponging so far.

  2. This color is so gorgeous <333
    First, when I saw Muse, I thought it was the band, because I love this band so much, but I'm not disapointed at all 😉
    Btw, I wanted to ask you something. I remembered you told me you like Bourjois products, but you can't find them near you. If you want, I can send some of them (if they're in my store), makeup or nail polish, or another brand ^^ I don't even know where you live, but anyway ^^ If I can help you, that would be a pleasure =)
    Have a nice week. Bisous !!!!!!

    1. Yes, it is! I love it. I like Muse too. 🙂

      I love Bourjois and I was so sad when Sephora stopped selling their products. I don't think I need anything right now but I will look online and see if there is something I really want. You are so sweet for offering. I am from California so if there is something you want from the US that you can't get in France, let me know and I'll see if I can get my hands on it. <3

  3. An Essie comes to mind for a similar color but I cannot remember the name for the life of me…… Something sailing? GAH! SMOOTH SAILING! That's it! But I think it has shimmer, so ignore this suggestion. So pretty!

    It's okay, sometimes, I get carried away with a bottle of wine myself. Especially when the wine is white, and the feelings are buzzy and good and the wine is that perfect cool temp. And the pain the next day….. You shall carry on 😉

    1. I had to look up smooth sailing…it is not similar. lol I think Smooth sailing is more periwinkle? It is pretty! Now I want it. LOL

      Omg…I hate wine. I mean like seriously hate. I get beyond wasted on wine and I get terrible headaches. The last time I drank wine, I threw up all over myself at a work function and I thought I was going to get fired for the scene I made. That is sooo not like me. I can't just blame the wine since it was just the straw that broke the camel's back after I had a few margaritas and some champagne. Yeah…I still cringe when I think of that. I even ended up chipping a tooth that weekend. It was horrid.

  4. Ahh, more Illamasqua! I want! I was supposed to be in a part of town yesterday that had a sephora in the shopping center and I was going to spurge but we ended up somewhere else so I got a little sad.

    I have all the Prismatics and swatched them, I just never got around to editing and posting the photos. They were such a PITA. lol there was glitter everywhere!

    1. That sucks!!! I would have been totally bummed. I actually went to Sephora today and I had such an awesome time. Ohhh…you should post them!!!! I think they’re so pretty. I didn’t have issues with them but maybe it’s because I’ve only used them for sponging so far.

  5. This color is so gorgeous <333
    First, when I saw Muse, I thought it was the band, because I love this band so much, but I'm not disapointed at all 😉
    Btw, I wanted to ask you something. I remembered you told me you like Bourjois products, but you can't find them near you. If you want, I can send some of them (if they're in my store), makeup or nail polish, or another brand ^^ I don't even know where you live, but anyway ^^ If I can help you, that would be a pleasure =)
    Have a nice week. Bisous !!!!!!

    1. Yes, it is! I love it. I like Muse too. 🙂

      I love Bourjois and I was so sad when Sephora stopped selling their products. I don’t think I need anything right now but I will look online and see if there is something I really want. You are so sweet for offering. I am from California so if there is something you want from the US that you can’t get in France, let me know and I’ll see if I can get my hands on it. <3

  6. An Essie comes to mind for a similar color but I cannot remember the name for the life of me…… Something sailing? GAH! SMOOTH SAILING! That’s it! But I think it has shimmer, so ignore this suggestion. So pretty!

    It’s okay, sometimes, I get carried away with a bottle of wine myself. Especially when the wine is white, and the feelings are buzzy and good and the wine is that perfect cool temp. And the pain the next day….. You shall carry on 😉

    1. I had to look up smooth sailing…it is not similar. lol I think Smooth sailing is more periwinkle? It is pretty! Now I want it. LOL

      Omg…I hate wine. I mean like seriously hate. I get beyond wasted on wine and I get terrible headaches. The last time I drank wine, I threw up all over myself at a work function and I thought I was going to get fired for the scene I made. That is sooo not like me. I can’t just blame the wine since it was just the straw that broke the camel’s back after I had a few margaritas and some champagne. Yeah…I still cringe when I think of that. I even ended up chipping a tooth that weekend. It was horrid.

  7. AH! This is GORGEOUS! I've seen it before and was never too into it because it does look like one of those ones I'm sure I have dupes or near-dupes of, but seeing it on you has completely changed my mind. I like this sort of mid-tone blue thing it has goin' on. And yes, I will justify it by saying it is a great base for so many options. Next time I hit Sephora (which is only when I am out of something only available there because I hate going to the mall, haha), it will be mine 🙂
    Random comment on Suzi Says Feng Shui…I liked this color on my toes, but not on my nails! I think I need to give it another shot because my nails were pretty long when I wore it and I just thought it looked tacky. Maybe I'll change my mind. I think it's a bit darker than this one.
    I really don't drink too often, but I'm not going to say I don't enjoy a good tear now and again. When you really get hit with a hangover, OOF! Then I regret it because I basically killed the following day and feel like crap to boot.
    There's this water that I found at CVS once that helped. I just wrote this whole tangent about it until the name came to me: Activate! Check it: http://activatedrinks.com/#/video I think you want the Rebound one (which I seem to remember being orange, but maybe not)…read the bottles if you see them, you'll figure it out!
    Do you find that alcohol affects you differently with your medication? I found that when I was on mine…I guess it wasn't quite as fun.
    Weekend was OK…nothing too exciting. Was a lazy bum on Saturday, but yesterday I was super-productive: did the bills, lots of cleaning, and took a much-deserved lengthy shower. Then the Breaking Bad season premiere, aw, yeah!

    1. I really do think this is a great base color for tons of things…and I'm not just giving you the nail polish addict answer. I don't think you can ever go wrong with Illamasqua. You should definitely give Suzi Says Feng Shui another chance because it's gorgeous too…but I get not liking a color on my nails but liking it on my toes..

      Ah…the drinking. I just don't drink anymore except like at random times. I have so many bad stories about drinking and I was completely off drinking for a couple of years after a work function that almost got me fired. Yeah, it was pretty bad and I was so embarrassed. When I was having my bad issues last year, I mixed tequila and xanax which was pretty freaking bad. (cops were involved and they made me go to the hospital…lol…I'm laughing because it seems so ridiculous now) I'm only taking prozac now and I I don't feel that it changes anything when I drink. However, I almost never drink so maybe I just haven't noticed it. I haven't had a really bad hangover in eons and sooo grateful for that.

      Ever since I cut my cable, I haven't been watching much TV but I loved Breaking Bad. (He will always be Hal from Malcolm In The Middle to me) I am going to get them on Netflix and catch up. He is fantastic on that show.

      1. I will put that polish back on the to-try list!
        Oh, man, I think we all have our stories. One time I went to a wedding (at a winery, enough said) right after getting back from Germany. Drinking after international travel = bad idea. It is funny because no one except my best friend and her husband know how bad off I was because other people were worse off. My friend's new gf (now wife) barfed in my car and that was the story of the evening. Imagine waking up to a car smelling like barf and requiring professional cleaning while feeling mostly dead and having to leave again for another trip the next day. It seriously took me like a week to recover…even people at the following week's conference said I looked green. So that was my "never drinking again" moment.
        I have watched all of Breaking Bad up to this season on DVD, so it is weird to watch it with commercials!

        1. Oh man…i threw up in my friend Daniel's car after a company party. I had tons of dirty martinis and someone gave me a bag to barf in when I left…that's how bad I looked. Too bad that person was also drunk and the bag was actually a paper bag. When I barfed in it, the bag got soaked and burst all over my lap and his car.

          Oh man, travel and drinking is a bad idea. I am kind of afraid of flying now and I have to get a little hammered in order to get on a place. Thank God for airport bars. Your hang over sounds BRUTAL!

  8. I love Illamasqua Muse. Weirdly, it leans more green on me than it does on you. I also love all the glitter you've been wearing recently!

    And I definitely think you should elaborate on your drinking misdemeanors after giving us that teaser! 😉

    1. Thank you! I really have been on a glitter streak lately. 🙂

      Oh, there wasn't much to tell about my alcoholic overindulgence. I was just feeling blah! It's never worth the headache the next day. hehe

  9. AH! This is GORGEOUS! I’ve seen it before and was never too into it because it does look like one of those ones I’m sure I have dupes or near-dupes of, but seeing it on you has completely changed my mind. I like this sort of mid-tone blue thing it has goin’ on. And yes, I will justify it by saying it is a great base for so many options. Next time I hit Sephora (which is only when I am out of something only available there because I hate going to the mall, haha), it will be mine 🙂
    Random comment on Suzi Says Feng Shui…I liked this color on my toes, but not on my nails! I think I need to give it another shot because my nails were pretty long when I wore it and I just thought it looked tacky. Maybe I’ll change my mind. I think it’s a bit darker than this one.
    I really don’t drink too often, but I’m not going to say I don’t enjoy a good tear now and again. When you really get hit with a hangover, OOF! Then I regret it because I basically killed the following day and feel like crap to boot.
    There’s this water that I found at CVS once that helped. I just wrote this whole tangent about it until the name came to me: Activate! Check it: http://activatedrinks.com/#/video I think you want the Rebound one (which I seem to remember being orange, but maybe not)…read the bottles if you see them, you’ll figure it out!
    Do you find that alcohol affects you differently with your medication? I found that when I was on mine…I guess it wasn’t quite as fun.
    Weekend was OK…nothing too exciting. Was a lazy bum on Saturday, but yesterday I was super-productive: did the bills, lots of cleaning, and took a much-deserved lengthy shower. Then the Breaking Bad season premiere, aw, yeah!

    1. I really do think this is a great base color for tons of things…and I’m not just giving you the nail polish addict answer. I don’t think you can ever go wrong with Illamasqua. You should definitely give Suzi Says Feng Shui another chance because it’s gorgeous too…but I get not liking a color on my nails but liking it on my toes..

      Ah…the drinking. I just don’t drink anymore except like at random times. I have so many bad stories about drinking and I was completely off drinking for a couple of years after a work function that almost got me fired. Yeah, it was pretty bad and I was so embarrassed. When I was having my bad issues last year, I mixed tequila and xanax which was pretty freaking bad. (cops were involved and they made me go to the hospital…lol…I’m laughing because it seems so ridiculous now) I’m only taking prozac now and I I don’t feel that it changes anything when I drink. However, I almost never drink so maybe I just haven’t noticed it. I haven’t had a really bad hangover in eons and sooo grateful for that.

      Ever since I cut my cable, I haven’t been watching much TV but I loved Breaking Bad. (He will always be Hal from Malcolm In The Middle to me) I am going to get them on Netflix and catch up. He is fantastic on that show.

      1. I will put that polish back on the to-try list!
        Oh, man, I think we all have our stories. One time I went to a wedding (at a winery, enough said) right after getting back from Germany. Drinking after international travel = bad idea. It is funny because no one except my best friend and her husband know how bad off I was because other people were worse off. My friend’s new gf (now wife) barfed in my car and that was the story of the evening. Imagine waking up to a car smelling like barf and requiring professional cleaning while feeling mostly dead and having to leave again for another trip the next day. It seriously took me like a week to recover…even people at the following week’s conference said I looked green. So that was my “never drinking again” moment.
        I have watched all of Breaking Bad up to this season on DVD, so it is weird to watch it with commercials!

        1. Oh man…i threw up in my friend Daniel’s car after a company party. I had tons of dirty martinis and someone gave me a bag to barf in when I left…that’s how bad I looked. Too bad that person was also drunk and the bag was actually a paper bag. When I barfed in it, the bag got soaked and burst all over my lap and his car.

          Oh man, travel and drinking is a bad idea. I am kind of afraid of flying now and I have to get a little hammered in order to get on a place. Thank God for airport bars. Your hang over sounds BRUTAL!

  10. I love Illamasqua Muse. Weirdly, it leans more green on me than it does on you. I also love all the glitter you’ve been wearing recently!

    And I definitely think you should elaborate on your drinking misdemeanors after giving us that teaser! 😉

    1. Thank you! I really have been on a glitter streak lately. 🙂

      Oh, there wasn’t much to tell about my alcoholic overindulgence. I was just feeling blah! It’s never worth the headache the next day. hehe

  11. My weekend kinda sucked. You already know tho thanks to twitter. How are you liking twitter btw?

    This is a beautiful color. Being a glitter lover I'm surprised to have this thought but I think I like these nails better w/o the glitter!! The polish is just so dang pretty I was sad to see it covered up! Look at us trading places today! Haha.

    1. I think I've gotten the hang of twitter and it's fun! Thanks for always talking about it which made me finally start using it. lol

      I am also surprised you wrote that, you glitter fairy!

  12. My weekend kinda sucked. You already know tho thanks to twitter. How are you liking twitter btw?

    This is a beautiful color. Being a glitter lover I’m surprised to have this thought but I think I like these nails better w/o the glitter!! The polish is just so dang pretty I was sad to see it covered up! Look at us trading places today! Haha.

    1. I think I’ve gotten the hang of twitter and it’s fun! Thanks for always talking about it which made me finally start using it. lol

      I am also surprised you wrote that, you glitter fairy!

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