Illamasqua Baptiste

     For today, I've got Illamasqua Baptiste, from their core collection. 

Baptiste is a royal purple base with blue and reddish-purple shimmer. I also feel like there's some iridescent micro-shimmer in there somewhere, but it's entirely possible that I made that up.

P.S. These pictures have been corrected for color accuracy.

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     Ahh, Baptiste is such a perfect purple. It's just so glowy and pretty. In sunlight, the shimmer really dazzles and in lower light, Baptiste takes on a darker, vampier shade without ever looking black.  When I saw Baptiste in the bottle, I was a little bit mad because it looked like a regular purple shimmer. I was scared that it would end up as another dupe to China Glaze Let's Groove, but it turns out I was happily wrong.  It doesn't look like much on the bottle, but once on the nail, Baptiste really impressed. Iwould like to do a comparison (they're so much fun! n_n) but I can already say that I own nothing quite like Baptiste.

     Formula-wise, Baptiste was easy peasy and lived up to my expectations for a $14 polish. It was opaque in two easily-applied coats, and with the help of some topcoat, it dried pretty quickly. 

But that's all I've got for today!! Thanks for reading!