Illamasqua Load

Hello lovelies! Excited about the weekend? Now that Valentine's Day is over we will be resuming our usual schedule. Everyone is posting spring polishes already so I won't be sorry for showing you a pastel today. This is the second polish I got from the Illamasqua sale (the other one is Caress) and it was a long time lemming of mine. It's the main reason for me wanting to order something from this sale. 

Illamasqua Load indoors, artificial direct light

I didn't like the way this photographed in my light box because it looked too matte, so all the pictures I'm showing you are in direct light. I hope you'll excuse the glare. I will ignore the name of this and just tell you that it's a very pale yellow creme. I think this can look good on different skin tones because it doesn't have that much yellow in it. It's sort of neutral toned, if that makes sense. 

Illamasqua Load indoors, artificial direct light

I won't lie and just tell you that the formula on this is not that great. I guess that is normal though for such a color. It's sheer and applies streaky, so 3 coats are needed to reach opacity. The 3rd coat levels it out but not entirely. A top coat like Seche Vite will definitely take care of all the unevenness and will make it look gorgeous. 

Illamasqua Load indoors, artificial direct light

I tried to do a little gradient with this and Caress but I don't really like how it came out. I still haven't found the perfect sponge for doing gradients. They are either too dense or too sparse and I can't mix the colors properly. I will show you anyway because I still like how these two colors look together. 

Illamasqua Load and Caress indoors, artificial direct light

I'm so happy that I got these 2 polishes in the sale! They are both amazing and I can see myself using these a lot in the future. Next on the list are A-england and China Glaze swatches so stay tuned because the next weeks are gonna be full of beauties!