Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Harem

** I apologize for this late post. Although I composed this entry yesterday, I was preoccupied and had forgotten to schedule the publishing. So instead of doing a double published, I will publish this as yesterday's post as it was meant to be. I apologize for the confusion. **

Hello everyone... I hope you are all doing well. As for myself, I am typing up this post with an extreme heavy heart. If you are a regular, you may have remembered that back on the first of September, my non-related Grandmother had just passed. This morning, I was just informed that my paternal grandmother had just passed away in Vietnam. But more on that in a bit, I don't want to bring this entire post down.

Anyways, I had placed an order on Hautelook when I saw that Illamasqua was part of the event. I've heard many, many great things about this brand of nail lacquer and figured that I will be paying more than half the original price, I should pick up one or two to try out. Unfortunately, I was late for the event as it was nearing the end so all the desirable shades were all sold out. I was however, able to pick up one shade that I am really, really in love with.

Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Harem

The shade I picked up is called Harem, a beautiful lavender-lilac shade, perfect for Spring. I absolutely adore pastel shades; it is especially flattering on my fair skin. So even though I have yet to try it out, I am quite happy with my purchase.

This nail varnish is usually priced for $23.53 on its site but I snatched mine for $7.50 during the Hautelook event. I do not think I will be able to wait until Spring for this so I might just try it out within the next couple of weeks.

Regarding my Grandmother, I know I shouldn't be too upset. She is in a better place now and is no longer suffering from pain. But knowing that I will never be able to see her anymore, I just can't... I have only met her once in my life but that was enough. That connection is naturally there between Grandmother-Granddaughter. I don't really want to talk much about it because I don't want to be a Debbie Downer. But dealing with two deaths within 4 months, I just can't.. New Years isn't going to be the same at all. Way to start out 2015.. Sigh.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. Please come back soon. :)