Butter London 2013 Summer Holiday Collection

Butter London 2013 Summer Holiday Collection

I'm a fan of Butter London and I like that I can usually get them with a coupon code or through a sale. It makes the price tag a bit easier to swallow. I saw that b-glowing had the 2013 Summer Holiday collection and since I had a coupon I bought them. I am a bit iffy on the collection as a whole. They are all pretty but nothing new or exciting. I find it kind of boring especially considering the amazing holiday colors they recently released. I loved all of those but these not so much. I do like them but I suggest waiting for a sale if you do fall in love with one but I think these could be duped from other brands that are on the cheaper side. 

Bit Faker is an opaque mix of browns, bronze and orange/red glitter. This is one coat with topcoat. 

Bobby Dazzler is a pewter/tarnished silver with hint of a lilac undertone. It's very reflective and has a wonderful formula for a chrome polish. It wears well too. I wore this one for close to two days and except for the pointer finger it looks good. This is two coats but I could have done one easily. 

Champers is a champagne shimmer. It's a very flattering color on me. This is two coats. The second photo is blurred to show the shimmer better. 

Marbs is a bright gold shimmer. It looks oddly green toned on me in reality. I'm not the biggest fan of this one but I can see it looking amazing on someone with darker skintone - which is about 90% of the population. This is two coats. 

Poole is the odd man out with this collection. They are all metallic in nature except for Poole which is a dusty aqua creme. The formula is not perfect in that it doesn't self level completely. You can see some creasing in the below photos. The first photo is color correct. It reminds me of other dusty green/blue/aqua colors polishes. This is three coats. 

Sun Baker is a vibrant orange shimmer. I like this one! It's very juicy and bright and cheerful. This is two coats. 

Jade Uau!

Jade Uau!

This is amazing. Really. Uau! is a rustic orange with a slight metallic feel and it just glows. This looks like fire on the nails. This is one of the more unique holo polishes I have seen since it's not a pastel or a soft shade. It's perfectly named as well since Uau translates to Wow in english. I think? I really and truly love this polish and the wonderful formula just makes it even better. 

This is two coats with one coat of topcoat. I purchased this at Ninja Polish. 

Just look at it! *sigh* 

Revlon Heavenly

Revlon Heavenly

I found Revlon Heavenly in its own slot of a permanent color display so I am thinking it is not limited edition. It's a great combination of blue/green square glitter with orange flecks in a milky base. It's a pretty spot on dupe of Deborah Lippmann Stairway to Heaven. You can see a comparison KarenD did here. I like a cheap dupe. 

I want to love this polish because I am very fond of square glitters and it really is a unique and unusual polish and the glitter pay-off with one coat is very nice. But! The formula on this is so awful and it has a very, very strong "polish" smell. The smell doesn't bother me too much but it does make my eyes water. The formula, on the other hand, does bother me. I added two full eyedroppers full of thinner and let it sit and it is still thick and gummy. It didn't self level and it didn't dry fully. It also looks best over dark colors but I wanted to see it over a lighter color. I think I may add even more thinner and see what happens but as of right now the formula is yuck, yuck, yuck! I want this polish to work because I really like it. Dammit. 

This is one coat of Orly Snowcone with one coat of Heavenly and one coat of topcoat. I took this off right after snapping the photos. 

Awful low light. 

Sunlight. 

Etude House If Story Nail Kit 2: If the Jack O' Lantern Lights Up

Etude House If Story Nail Kit 2: If the Jack O' Lantern Lights Up

Another duo from Etude House. This one is If Story Nail Kit 2 or If the Jack O' Lantern Lights Up. I bought this from HSC Imports from Ebay.

This is one coat of Jack O' Lantern over China Glaze Electric Beat. It has a clear base with orange/copper glitter and a bit of lilac/purple glitter thrown into the mix.

This is Flickering Lights which has a brown base with orange glitter. This is two coats.

Jessica Cosmetics Glitterati

Jessica Cosmetics Glitterati

Glitterati is the other polish that I bought from the Glamourama collection from Jessica Cosmetics. The other colors are red based and as much as I love red I was more interested in the glitters. Glitterati is a brown/bronze glitter with a orange/red and green color shift. It is much like a standard flake polish but in glitter form. It has the same formula as Platinum Wishes. The glitter is fine and works really well for layering. 

Here is one coat over OPI You Don't Know Jacques Suede. 

One coat over black. 

CrowsToes 2012 Halloween Collection

CrowsToes 2012 Halloween Collection

Have you seen the preview for the CrowsToes 2012 Holiday collection?! Oooooo!!! I am getting them all because they all look amazing. I love CrowsToes so very much! Since I was all excited about that collection I thought I would show the 2012 Halloween collection. Feel free to check out Hell Hath No Fury and Bone Daddy that I already posted. 

You can purchase CrowsToes from Llarowe and Overall Beauty and they are so worth it! 

Purple People Eater over OCC Swamp Thing. I like the contrast of the green and purple plus the names go together so well. 

Tangled Web over Essie Playa Del Platinum. This is so sexy and looks really good over a number of different colors. 

Last Call at the Crowbar over Nubar Marble Tower. In my very early 20's there was this little dive bar that a group of us would visit. They gave you markers and little shot glasses full of glitter and you were encouraged to write on the tables and walls and to just throw the glitter everywhere. It was fun but I think the $1 shots may have made it more fun. This polish brings lots of memories back because this is what the floor of the bar looked like. And my bed the next day. Glitter everywhere!

VooDoo over Jessica Banana Peel. The orange glitter is very reflective - like aluminum foil!

Frog's Breath over L'Oreal The Temptress' Touch. This is really, really reflective and sparkly. I love this one!