The Best Intentions

What I meant to do:

What I actually did:

Two coats of each, Poshe over, shrank a bit- need to use a different TC over Butter London. LOVE these both so much, the nearly-mustard East End goes on a bit crelly and dries matte but no streaking like many lighter creams. And the golden shimmer in Brick Lane is glorious! Will be wearing these a lot this fall!

Sharing a FAIL to start the New Year!

So, remember when I swore that the best topcoat was the one made for the polish? Hands down, all the time? Well....in the interest of full disclosure, I must moderate that to say "in the absence of nail art". Late last night I spent quite a while painting and dotting to make a fashion statement and BAM! The matching topcoat crapped all over my dots. Thanks Butter London Hardware PDQ, thanks alot. I'll give you another try (maybe!) when I'm not in the mood for artwork. Booooo.

Hard at work

oh Snap!

Spring colors Butter London

full post here http://blbride.com/butter-london-trout-pout/

Going Dotty....

it was late and I grabbed a few Butter Londons I had set aside. Next thing I knew, this! Inspired by Rinsnailfiles here Butter London Horse Power base and HK Girl topcoat.

Another Gorgeous Butter London- Slapper!

I know I've been swatching alot, but these BL polishes are so beautiful I hate to cover them with glitter or art the first time I wear them! This is Slapper, a green-leaning  teal cream that goes on streaky with the first coat, then smooth and opaque with a second, thicker coat. I've had a little chipping but I'm using a different base than normal. I love this color so much. Dazzle Dry topcoat.

Cheeky Chops Cheeky Polish!

Butter LONDON's Cheeky Chops is a not-quite-neon, not-quite-pastel yellow that makes me so very happy! Even with careful application, it took three thin coats (I needed a thicker third coat, I think) Dazzle Dry topcoat. Great way to start the week!

Earth Day Mani- Recycled!

Butter London British Racing Green was my first high-end polish and I still love it- it's in my top three green faves. The brush is perfect for my curved nails, rarely do I need to gyrate to get the edges. Gorgeous dark green with a blue tinged shimmer. Smooth and even.  I did a quick 2 coat mani Monday evening, but as is the case with very dark polishes (even using Poshe topcoat) I had a bit of tipwear by Tuesday evening, so I sponged on an untried, Goh Holographic Hero. It's quite dense and I wasn't happy with the effect, so a few dots of BRG and voila! This should last another day or two-

Ah Butter London British Racing Green!

On Weekends We Wear Green, remember? So I wanted to get a head start on the weekend because I have a special mani planned for the facebook PAA Monday challenge, Plaid. This is two thin coats of the gloriously buttery aptly named butter london (yes lower caps) British Racing Green. My dad had an MG Midget this color when I was a teen. I wore this the first time several months ago when they had a BOGO sale. As soon as I had it on my nails I knew I couldn't put anything over it just yet. But this is the SECOND time, so it got a single layer of CND Jade Sparkles. The blurry pic shows the gold and green shimmery particles pretty well. BRG has it's own slight shimmer but it gets a  little lost in the glory of the CND effect. I applied over a coat of Zoya ridge filler and another of Zoya Anchor base. Single coat or Orly Sealon over top (slow drying tc but I didn't want it to shrink)

 Alone with no CND effect. GORGEOUS, right?

You've all seen this before but...

My dad owned an MG Midget in British Racing Green and I have been lemming this from butter london since it came out....SOOOO when it was half price I got mine! And it looks EXACTLY like the finish of his car. Great memories of careening around corners and down mountains in northern Jersey and whizzing around taxis and pedestrians in NYC in that car. We always buckled up, (back in those days, nobody did) because if we hit a bump, you'd go flying out of your seat if the top was down. There's a funny story about the windshield wipers too...maybe for another day!