Illyrian: Wanderlust Trio

Gifted to me

Jet fuel
a medium purple crelly base packed with a colorful mix of flakies and vibrant green shimmer.
Opaque in two coats as shown.






Ghost Train
a forest green jelly base full of colorful flakies and a pink to gold magnetic effect.
I've shown it below in two coats, both magnetized and not. It is crazy how different this polish looks, I did a double take and wondered if I had labeled my images wrong! But nope, this is just one polish.

Not magnetized is first, look at that green shift!







Magnetized with a Masura bar magnet. The trick to getting a tight line is to magnetize as soon as the polish is applied to each nail. It takes a little more time to do them one by one like that, but so worth it! I can't get over how duochromey it looks!







Day Tripper
a periwinkle holographic with bright blue to green shifting shimmer, a mix of holographic glitters and shimmers, and iridescent flakies.
My favorite of the trio. It shifts so much that it keeps you guessing what color it actually is! Shown in two coats below.






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Shimmer Me Box: July Summer Nights

Press Sample

The next Shimmer Me Box theme is Summer Nights and its release is on 6/29, at Native War Paints. The guests this month are Illyrian and Bee's Knees. Are you ready to see them?




Illyrian Vesper
indigo blue base with copper/pink shimmer, holo sparkles and purple/pink/gold flakes.
Love the shimmer in this! Two coats. Good formula, no issues to report.




Bee's Knees Heated
black polish with red Aurora shimmer and a gold magnetic microflake shimmer
Magnetic effect is fantastic! Two coats. Good formula, no issues to report.






Colors By Llarowe Deserted Beaches
Steel grey blue holo with copper and green shimmer
Such a shifter! Two coats. Good formula, no issues to report.






Native War Paints Dusk
a pale blue leaning grey with red/orange/gold shifting shimmer and bronze, gold and purple micro flakes.
I love a grey with complexity! Two coats. Good formula, no issues to report.






Will you be getting this upcoming shimmer box?

Illyrian: Gold Lion stamped!

Remember that pretty charcoal grey with sparks of copper shimmer that I reviewed a few days ago?

I stamped it!



I used the cascading dot design from the Lina Lovely Leaves plate.



The stamping polish is Kaleidoscope copper flame, 32. It is my very favorite copper stamping polish!



Then I topped this nail art mani with Cold As Ice from Different Dimension. It looks pretty fantastic!




I love the results of these, what do you think?

Illyrian: Gold Lion

I was delighted when I saw Illyrian's Gold Lion and ordered immediately.
It totally reminded me of a franken polish I made in 2012 that I didn't get to wear because the formula went gummy.



Though I purchased this when it was released, I haven't worn it until now.



I enjoyed the smooth creamy formula and how opaque the charcoal grey was while still allowing the copper shimmer to shine through. I could have gotten away with one coat, but I used two just to ensure even coverage.



What is your favorite Illyrian polish?