Taint is a satin finish (semi matte) that was released with Illamasqua's Theatre of the Nameless collection with 3 other polishes of the same finish. The finish is exactly the same as the ORLY Plastix collection (looks kind of rubbery?) and is similar to OCC's satin finish polishes. I remain undecided on how I feel about this finish. While I appreciate it and like it in theory, I ALWAYS end up putting a topcoat on it, everything's just so much prettier with a high gloss!
2 coats, no topcoat:
2 coats, with topcoat:
I like this. I know it may not be a "pretty" color, but I like it! I think its because it reminds me of a brown version of olive/army green, which is a FAVORITE color of mine. I definitely have nothing even close to this in my collection, but bear in mind I don't have a lot of browns. For ME, this was a worthwhile addition. Semi tame polishes, just like brown polishes, are hard to come by in my collection haha
2 coats for opacity, application was fine, and dry time is faster than normal due to its finish. My only complaint about this polish is the price. One of my favorite lazy-quick-tips when I'm painting my nails as I'm going out the door is to use a matte/semi matte polish so it dries in 1-2 minutes and then throw a quick-dry top coat (Poshe or Seche Vite) on top of THAT if I'm not necessarily feeling the matte effect. Glossy manicure that dries quicker than if you had just used 1 non-matte polish :)
This is available for $14 at Sephora, (Which has 8% cashback on Ebates today!) or it may be better to buy directly from Illamasqua's site if you're in the UK and want UK pricing.
If you are ordering from Sephora this weekend to take advantage of the Ebates deal, there's also a code for a free mini Makeup Forever Smokey Lash mascara with orders of $25 or more, code is "rebellious". Woot woot!
Thanks for sharing. Do you think the price is worth the product? I don't have ANY browns in my collection and I have been looking for a good one, but I want it to be worth it. Otherwise, do you have any good recomendations?
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Well it does work perfectly well, and would be unique to your collection. But I don't know if you're like me, it just KILLS me to pay more than $8-$10 for a nail polish and I feel like there HAS to be something cheaper somewhere. Since I don't know much about browns either I can't tell you an exact dupe does or does not exist, but I just realized that it DOES look like a cross between China Glaze's Hunger Games polishes in Foie Gras and Mahogany Magic: http://www.scrangie.com/search?q=hunger+games if you like either of those, $6 at Sallys :)
DeleteI'm with you on topcoat! I rarely do any matte finishes. Glossy just looks so much more appealing :)
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