Here's my last mani I took pictures of before my camera died. I had this on my nails for almost a week because I loved it so much! I used this tutorial to help me create this look.
First I did two coats of OPI Fiercely Fiona, a slightly greenish yellow, on each nail. Then to create the stripes I used butter LONDON Slapper and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City, a silver foil.
I'm also still really digging the oval nail shape on me! I haven't broken a nail since! I think I'll keep him :)
It's my first video! I lost my camera battery charger so I can't take pictures at the moment. I wanted to post SOMETHING so I decided I'd make a video! I'd been wanting to make a Favorites post for a while so here are my July favorites.
Aaaaand....I forgot a favorite so I made a second video! (Yes, it was that important!)
Hope you enjoy the videos! Let me know if you liked the videos and what topic you think I should talk about next!
P.S. Sorry about the horrible lag between the video and audio on the first video. I'm not sure why it's doing that. I'm going to try to fix it right now.
Hey. Last time I saw you, there was like a foot of snow on the ground. (OK, I'm exaggerating.) Now, it's like summer up in here! Have I really been away that long? What, it's only been two weeks? How could the weather change that drastically in that amount of time? Oh, right, I live in Chicago. Global warming is also to blame. Yes, let's blame global warming for me not posting for two weeks. Darn you, global warming!
In reality, I've been sick (again!) and finishing up the winter term at school. I did this mani back when it was still wintery outside. I snatched up this butter LONDON glittery topcoat, Tart With A Heart, a few weeks ago. It's a clear base with tiny gold glitter and larger opalescent round glitter. It has a golden pinkish tint overall, so I think it would look gorgeous over a rose-colored polish. Must try that next time.
However, I was craving a bit of color at the time, so I decided to layer it over another butter LONDON color from the Spring 2012 collection, Slapper. This combination reminds me of unicorns or fairies. I love it.
I love the movie The Dark Knight. I think Christian Bale makes a perfectly brooding Batman, and Heath Ledger is an even more insane Joker. The fact that it was filmed in my hometown makes me love it even more. (Whenever I watch it, I'm always shouting out, 'Hey, that car chase was filmed on Lower Wacker!' or 'The parade is in front of that building on LaSalle!') So I can't stop calling this butter LONDON polish The Dark Knight. I feel a little invincible when I wear it, like I have a suit of impenetrable armor and an unlimited supply of awesome gadgets at my disposal.
It's actually called The Black Knight. It is a black jelly with tiny silver glitter and larger chunks of fuchsia and turquoise glitter. I did three coats to get it opaque. You could probably layer it over a black creme to get some more mileage out of the bottle, but I love to wear jellies by themselves to let their true finish shine. It applied amazingly well, not goopy and thick like some glitters can be. My one issue with this polish is that, unlike Batman's suit, it is not impenetrable. It chipped like crazy. I touched up a chip less than 12 hours after I applied it, and within 48 hours my nails were a hot mess. It's still such a sparkly awesome polish though, and it's perfect for going out.
What do you think of this polish? What polish makes you feel like a badass superhero?
Here is a recap of all the swatches from the butter LONDON Spring/Summer 2012 Collection! I've already reviewed all the formulas and colors individually, I just wanted to get them all together in one post. Enjoy!
Happy Valentine's Day! My valentine and I both have to "work" tonight, so alas we won't see each other until tomorrow night. Oh well. His reaction was so funny when we decided it made more sense for both of us to see each other the day after V-day instead of be together for the real thing: *feigned disappointment* "But...it's a Hallmark holiday!" Coincidentally, my last butter LONDON color from the Spring/Summer collection is a PERFECT Valentine's Day color! Disco Biscuit is a sheer hot pink jelly with tiny iridescent blue sparkles. The sparkles really come alive in the sunlight, although the bright blue freaked my camera out, as you can see. In real life, the blue sparkle looks like fairy dust :)
People who despise any form of transparency in their polish will want to layer this over a hot pink creme, but I personally like the way it looks after three coats. VNL is...well...visible...(redundant much?) but I think layering it over a creme would rob it of its lightness and make it less special. It applies really smoothly. It also dries really fast, which is nice, although it does dry gritty so you will want a good layer of Seche Vite or whatever top coat you prefer.
Whether you're having a hot date night with your honey, chilling with friends, or flying solo with Chinese food and a DVD, I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Hi everyone! I have two different colors to show you today from butter LONDON's spring/summer collection. I had the pictures taken a couple days ago, but I had so much school work to finish this weekend that I haven't had time to post them.
Slapper is a bright, but not neon, medium blue-green teal creme. I think it probably leans a little more blue than green. It applied wonderfully - no dragging or gloppiness. This was two coats. This would also be a really cute pedi color!
Fun fact: Slapper is slang for...something I won't say here. I almost wish I hadn't looked it up because now that's all I'm going to be able to think about whenever I wear this from now on. In any case, this polish didn't make me feel like a slapper. It made me feel ready to hit the beach!
After a quick trim to reign in my way-too-long (for me) nails...
Bossy Boots is a pastel pistachio green creme. I had a little bit of application issues with this one. Again because it's a pastel, it was a bit thick and gloopy, making it a little difficult to get an even coverage. This was two and a half coats - I say half because some nails were good after two coats, but some had little bald spots that I had to touch up.
You might be wondering if Bossy Boots is a dupe for OPI Stranger Tides. I know I was. I swatched them on a piece of paper side by side just to get a quick idea, and Bossy Boots is definitely a bit brighter and not as murky as Stranger Tides. I am definitely going to keep both of them because I adore how this color looks against my skin tone, and I think it's a gorgeous spring shade. If you're not nuts about how greyed out Stranger Tides is, you will love Bossy Boots. I can swatch them both on my nails if you would like to see how they look, just let me know.
Also, this is what I found when I searched "Bossy Boots." I love Spongebob!
Alright folks, four down, one to go! Stay tuned for Disco Biscuit!
Hey everyone! I know you probably have been waiting in anticipation for the next butter LONDON swatch, already, dangit! I wanted to do a wear test on one of these colors because I know people claim butter LONDON always wear better on them than other brands. I usually get bored of a color after about 3 days or so, so I've never been able to attest to these claims. I wore Trout Pout for 7 days before I got so bored I absolutely had to take it off. At the end of those 7 days, I had NO chips and minimal tip wear. Bravo, butter LONDON!
Trout Pout is a gorgeous bright coral pink. It looked softer and more pastel in the bottle than it did on the nails. On the nails it bordered on neon! It was a bit difficult to apply because it was a little thick, which is a problem I've had with a couple other pastel butter LONDON colors. I believe I needed three coats to even everything out.
Fun fact: did you know that Trout Pout means horrible, bee-stung plastic surgery on the lips? Needless to say, this polish is a million times more gorgeous than that!
As you probably know, I use my very own hard-earned money to pay for everything I show on this blog. So you know if I feature an entire collection of something on this blog, I must love it a whole lot because I paid for it! Well, that's exactly what happened with the Spring/Summer collection from butter LONDON. I saw promo pics of it, and I knew that I was going to end up buying the whole thing. I just love every. single. color!
Which is precisely why I'm going to show swatches of this collection in separate posts. I can't wait to show you guys my first collection swatches, but I want to take my time and enjoy wearing them before I take them off to swatch the next one. So for the next 10-15 days or so, enjoy these swatches of the amazing spring/summer collection from butter LONDON! First up, Knackered, a sheer teal-gray/lavender duochrome with tiny holographic glitter! (I just shivered a little from writing that.)
This photo pretty accurately shows the color-shift of the duochrome.
On the first coat of this polish, I thought there was no way it would build up to opacity. It's very sheer. It would work well as a layering polish, although I personally don't think I would like the way that would look. It becomes pretty opaque at three coats - VNL is still slightly visible but not noticeable. It applies a bit brushstroke-y, and you must wait for each coat to dry before applying the next one or it will drag and create strange "ripples" in the polish - you can kind of see this effect on my middle finger, where I attempted to fill in a bald spot and messed it up.
Blurred to show the holographic glitter
This is such a unique polish, and while I'm still on the fence whether I love it or not, I'm very glad to have it in my collection!
Stay tuned for the remaining four colors from butter LONDON's Spring/Summer collection!
In reality, I've been sick (again!) and finishing up the winter term at school. I did this mani back when it was still wintery outside. I snatched up this butter LONDON glittery topcoat, Tart With A Heart, a few weeks ago. It's a clear base with tiny gold glitter and larger opalescent round glitter. It has a golden pinkish tint overall, so I think it would look gorgeous over a rose-colored polish. Must try that next time.
Coincidentally, my last butter LONDON color from the Spring/Summer collection is a PERFECT Valentine's Day color! Disco Biscuit is a sheer hot pink jelly with tiny iridescent blue sparkles. The sparkles really come alive in the sunlight, although the bright blue freaked my camera out, as you can see. In real life, the blue sparkle looks like fairy dust :)
