Striped Manicure

Hi Guys,
Sorry for being out of touch for the entire week. My final exams were much more stressful than I expected.

Striped manicure is yet another simple nail art with striping tape. This time I used orange tape and Butter London Minger as a base.

Rusty Manicure with Butter LONDON Wallis

Hey lovely Ladies,
This post is about flakies …again. I hope you are not tired of it yet (no one can be possibly tired of flakies, right?)J

As a base I used one of my favorite polishes of 2011 – Butter LONDON Wallis. It’s already has an touch of antique look to it.

At first I thought just to cover it with Essie As Gold as it Gets, but it didn’t quite work out. Top coat wasn’t seen at all.

So, I used Relouis Crystals 443. This is also a flakie top coat. I bet you have never heard of this brand before. It’s a Belarusian brand of makeup. 443 is one of the polishes that I picked up during my recent trip to Russia. It has a very thick coverage unlike most of the flakies. I used only one coat.

On top of the flakies I matified it all with Essie Matte top coat.

flakie macro

So, what are your thought? Do you like the result?

Butter LONDON Dark Knight

Dark Knight is a part of Butter LONDON Holiday 2011 Collection along with the Tart with a Heart that I reviewed earlier here.

It’s an amazing glitter with pink, blue and green small particles. With a flash it appears brown, but in daylight it is actually almost black.

By the way, ahve you already seen Butter LONDON Spring/Summer 2012 Collection? I think i'm gonna get Slapper and Knackered:)

Photo is a courtesy of  Body and Soul Blog Owner
http://www.body-soulbeauty.com

Pink Wednesday - Tart with a Heart by Butter London

Tart with a Heart is a part of Butter London Holiday 2011 Collection along with the Black Knight.
It’s a beige/pink glitter with a lot of silver, gold, pink particles. Very pretty and toned down color.

Glitter particles are very shiny, but the finish itself is not glossy even with the top coat on. Quite an interesting finish, reminds me of sandpaper.

Butter LONDON Bluey swatches and review

Meet Bluey, latest addition to my Butter LONDON collection.

Bluey is a pearly dark reach teal with micro-glitter. Generally, I don’t like pearl shimmer in a darker nail polishes, but this one is just perfect.

2 coats are needed for the full opacity, sometimes even 3, because the nail polish is “watery” like almost all of the Butter London shades.

BUTTER London Wallis swatches and review

BUTTER London Wallis is a Nordstrom exclusive. I hesitated a lot before buying it, because from some swatches on the web and magazine covers it appeared to be very close to Chanel Peridote. It turned out to be completely different. For the note, Wallis is a part of Butter London Fall/Winter 2011 collection, that is quite uninteresting to my taste except this nail polish and No More Waity, Katie (swatches are here)

Wallis is a dark olive with a lot of gold. It reminds me of ancient bronze statutes with green/black patina. It is something that I really would want to see in OPI Simply Smashing. The color is very hard to describe – the base is dark olive with some black undertones. Nail polish also has a lot of gold in it….it is not glitter, the finish is closer to shimmer, but golden particles are quite visible.

The beauty of Wallis is very hard to photograph as well, I tried my best, but it still doesn’t depict the real finish. (Sorry, the pinky is quite messed up in the last photoJ)

Natural daylight

BUTTER London Chancer – Swatches and Review

I wouldn’t say Chancer is a unique color. I have seen almost similar ones. The one that I can remember is Nubar Fire Sparkle.

Chancer is a deep red with red glitter particles of medium size. When I was removing nail polish I found out that sparkles are actually silver, but you would never say it on the nailJ. Overall the quality of the nail polish is good. I can’t say that it’s super long-lasting, but it stays on the nails without chipping for couple of days.

Glitter is not very sparkly in Chancer, so I would recommend using gloss/shine top coat. It’s easy to apply, but hard to remove. But that’s true for all glitter nail polishesJ

 Photos can't reflect the actual charm of Chancer, it's a really pretty color:)

BUTTER London Bumster swatches and review

Bumster - quite an unusual name for the nail polish. The color is odd as well. It's a part of Fall 2010 collection.
Bumster is a pale mustard creme. It's one of the rare yellow shades I like, but most of my friends say it reminds them of baby poop:)))) It's definitely love it or hate it color.

The application is easy and 2 coats are enough in most cases for full opacity. Most of the Butter London polishes I own are of a great quality and durability, Bumster is not an exception too.

I would like to know you opinion about Bumster. What do you guys think....yes or no, Love it or hate it?

BUTTER London No More Waity Katie swatches and review

I'm a complete sucker for purple nail polishes and I was not able to ignore this one:)

BUTTER London No More Waity Katie is a limited edition nail polish released to celebrate royal marriage of Kate Middleton and Prince William. "Waity Katie" is a nickname of Kate given by a press for waiting 8 years for this marriage.
I'm not a big fan and follower of the news about royal family, but this nail polish is completely amazing. Butter London just released lip gloss of the same shade.

No More Waity Katie is a stunning grey-purple glitter. The nail polish is thick, but not that hard to apply, dries fast and lasts long. Although there's a lot of lilac glitter in it, the overall look on the nails is very classy. As you will see from the photos - the glitter is not sparkly at all, maybe that's why "Katie" is very elegant on the nails.

Here is the picture of the No More Waity Katie lip gloss. It's a little bit more purple than the nail polish. Quite a nice color as well, but nothing exceptional from my personal standpoint.

Butter LONDON SWATCHES - Macbeth and Minger

These are my first Butter LONDON nail polishes and I really like the quality so far. First of all, the finish of the polishes is very glossy and shiny.

I like the fact that Butter London is 3 free (no DBP, formaldehyde or toluene). The application is easy, because the polish is not thick, and 2 coats are enough for the full opacity. This brand has a pretty diverse color palette and some colors are quite unique. The average price of the nail polish is $14, many of the regular colors can be found in OPI and CG collections for much cheaper price.

Macbeth – is coral with hints of orange and red. Very “spring” nail polish, bright and joyful, but I got bored after 1 day of wear:(. I can’t even say why I was disappointed – I like the color overall…maybe it was too plain and obvious.

Minger – is a burnt orange color. I absolutely love it…it’s ugly and amazing at the same time. Before it arrived, I expected the color to be a very bright and screaming, but it’s quite “muted”. It’s a lighter version of my favorite OPI Ginger Bells.  

My British friend said that “minger” is a slang word for disgusting, smelly or ugly person…lol.

Net French Manicure

For Net French manicure I used Butter London "Macbeth" and Illamasqua Baptist. I tried to experiment with this Konad  design couple of time till now, but it never worked out like I wanted.

I'm still looking for the best polishes to use with Konad, I would appreciate any advice:)