Butter London Jaffa stamped with BM 224

Well it's the middle of summer here in New Zealand which means bright and hot, and time for a fun manicure! Todays polish is from Butter London. It's a bit tricky to apply as it goes on quite streaky and tends to pull the bottom layer off. My swatches show 3 thick coats.

This colour is next to impossible to photograph accurately. It's really a dusty orange coral - which is why my swatches look a bit dull - but a more accurate colour match. Outside it photographs more as a bright red coral. Looks cool, but not accurate!

Base colour: Butter London Jaffa
Nail plate: BM 224
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go

My little helper today :)

BL Fash Pack stamped BM405

An old favourite - Butter London Fash Pack - a warm taupe cream polish. Stamped with a new, or rather unused plate from Bundle Monster.

I quite like this - it reminds me of the embossed writing on the back of luxury milk chocolate!

Base colour: BL Fash Pack
Nail plate: BM 405
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go

BL Shag stamped with Konad m100

I've recently 'acquired' some fabulous Butter London polishes that I've been wanting for ages. Shag is a gorgeous metallic coppery bronze. Then to my delight I noticed this new Konad plate too - well it seemed like a perfect match! I thought the letters over the entire nail might be a bit much so this is my first attempt at a tape mani. I think it turned out quite interesting!

Base colour: Butter London Shag
Nail plate: Konad M100
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go

Butter London HRH

Phoar - what a purple this is! Even in the bottle it's a gorgeous metallic, blue-based purple that can only be described as 'royal'. I had some issues with application as the formula dries very quickly and ended up with two pretty thick coats. This is certainly a striking looking colour and I can't stop looking at my nails! I only realised now that my bottle is missing some text - lol never mind it's what's on the inside that counts eh?!

Butter London Old Blighty with Stamping Konad M85

I've had the Konad M85 plate for a while now and finally got around to using it. The image sizes are great and transfer is excellent so no complaints. This is three coats of Butter London Old Blighty stamped with China Glaze 2030. Quite a milestone there actually, as I've used up my first entire bottle of 2030 and will have to start the laborious task of hunting out some more of my trusty old favourite! Ebay here I come! lol

Base colour: Butter London Old Blighty

Nail plate: Konad M85
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go

Butter London Old Blighty

Today's polish is Butter London Old Blighty (love the name!). I would describe this is a rustic brick red creme. Old Blighty has a very gel like formula and applies easily. I find the Butter London brushes very easy to load up and manoeuvre. This shows three coats just to tidy up and make sure my entire nail is opaque.

I'm also trialling Zoya Remove polish remover. My thoughts so far are that I definitely do not like the smell which is extremely overpowering and the formula is not as moisturising as OPI Expert Touch remover.

Also I've changed the width of my blog page to enlarge the photos (as per your requests!) Do you  prefer the larger pictures or is smaller ok? Do they take too long to load? Your comments appreciated!

Nail Mail!

These are some recent arrivals I wanted to share . . . We are coming out of summer now so thinking about some rich Autumn shades.

My first Barry M polishes - the colours look really vibrant!

Another four glorious Butter London polishes . . .

And finally another three to add to my Cult Nails collection . . .

Butter London - All Hail the Queen - with stamping

This manicure turned out to be a lot more subtle than I planned. Coupled with the fact that I was in a hurry and added a topcoat to help dry All Hail the Queen which I think detracted a lot from its holographic finish. Then I decided to mattify it and well lets just say that I ended up taking this lot off pretty quickly! Anyway here's my failed attempt to show you . . .

Base colour: Butter London All Hail the Queen

Nail plate: Konad M65

Stamp colour: China Glaze Robotika
Topped with Essie Good to Go, then Essie Matte about You

Butter London MacBeth with stamping

I couldn't wait to try out this gorgeous colour from Butter London. This lovely is called MacBeth and it's a vibrant coral red jelly. The pictures really don't do this justice as it's nearly neon and super shiny. The formula is easy to use but needs three coats to be opaque. This isn't my swatching hand but I'd already started stamping my left hand and wanted to show MacBeth on its own.

With stamping . . . I love how loud and vibrant this turned out! In fact I even have it on my toes. lol Perfect for our summer days just starting to peak in.

Base colour: Butter London MacBeth

Nail plate: Bundle Monster BM-224
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go

Butter London Fash Pack with stamping

Todays manicure shows a polish I've been wanting for ages. Butter London is not widely available in NZ and certainly not for a reasonable price. Nevertheless I was recently able to obtain 4 of these coveted polishes for $15 each and Fash Pack is one of them.

Fash Pack is a warm golden taupe - not unlike China Glaze Ingrid. I must confess to being somewhat disappointed that the obvious gold shimmer in the bottle didn't transfer to my nails. Still I'm very happy with this colour and the easy application.

   

Base colour: Butter London Fash Pack

Nail plate: Red Angel RA-109

Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go