Polish Haul!



Okay, so compared to other polish haul's I've seen online this is pretty tame, but it's the most polish I've ever bought at once and I think that's blog worthy!  I'm actually pretty proud of this polish haul because the whole thing cost me less than $30 and with all my new butterLONDON, that's quite a feat!  The China Glaze and OPI Katy Perry at the top cost me the most.  I'm not a big Wet 'N Wild fan but I was at KMart today and I've been eyeing the Teal of Fortune for awhile now.  When I went through the checklanes I found out that it was buy one get one free so of couse I went back and snagged two more!  The nail art polishes my dad found me at The Dollar Tree and guess what...$1 apiece (or nothing since my Daddy loves me!) I've been wanting some nail art brushes for awhile but I didn't want to pay the hefty price tag (the Orly ones are 5.99! Ouch!) so when my dad mentioned that he had them at the Dollar Tree I was wicked stoked.  This was every color they had...still hunting a black one!

Anyway...left to right top row is: China Glaze Crackle in BrokenHearted, OPI Katy Perry in Teenage Dream, Wet 'N Wild Fast Dry in Teal of Fortune and Blue Wants to Be a Millionare and Wet 'N Wild Megalast in Blackmail and Private Viewing.  Bottom row is all LA Color Art Deco Nail Art in: Bright Orange, Intense Pink, Silver Glitter, Gold Glitter, Yellow, White, Green Glitter, Blue Glitter, Silver and Red Glitter.

LOVING the Teal of Fortune!!  Also hoping the Private Viewing looks similar to butterLONDON Tea With the Queen (since it's $14 and I'm CRAVING it!).

It's a beautiful day for a Royal Wedding...



Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably know that today was the Royal Wedding in England.  I had a really great manicure planned for today and I'm super sad and also very frustrated that I wasn't able to do it.  I also don't think that in the future I will order polish from the butterLONDON website as it's been a very bad experience for me.  About two weeks ago, I placed an order for several polishes including the Royal Wedding exclusive polish, No More Waity, Katie.  At the time I placed the order there was no indication anywhere on the website or on my order that there was any problems with the polishes in my order.  I was even sent a confirmation that my order would ship within two business days. So you can imagine my surprise four days later when it still hadn't shipped.  I attempted to email the company and recieved no response and when I finally did get ahold of them a week later I was told that the No More Waity, Katie was out of stock but I was assured that it was arriving soon and my order would be shipped within the week.  Well that was last week. Cut to today and my order still hasn't shipped.  My frustration is less with the fact that the polish is out of stock and more with the fact that if I had known it was out of stock I would have tried to get it elsewhere.  There should be some indication that it's not shipping because it's out of stock when an order is placed.  Also, it would have been nice of them to offer to ship the other items on my order even though the one color was out.  Anyway...it's too late now as the wedding is over and I'm still waiting on a two week old order to ship.  But needless to say their customer service needs some work.  I had a busy day today what with hosting a Royal tea party complete with scones, clotted cream, shortbread and Buckingham Palace Royal Garden Party tea.  So I threw together these Union Jack nails in a hurry.  Hope you enjoy them :)

Base is: China Glaze Midnight Mission.  White stripes are Sally Hansen Xtreme Color in White On.  Red is Revlon All Fired Up.  Also used LA Nails Nail Art polish in Red Glitter for the small red stripes.

Can I per-suede you?



Another of my new butterLONDON colors!  I seriously love these.  This one is called Victoriana. It's a nice grey-blue with silvery glitter.  It's absolutely gorgeous in it's shiny glory but I'm loving it as a matte.  It really looks like it was meant to be a suede and it ranks right up there with Suzi Ski's in the Pyrenees (by OPI) for me.  Suedes are my favorite's anyway and I'm always excited when a polish looks great matte AND shiny.  Anyway I didn't want to do anything too flashy over it so I just did some cute little flowers across the middle.  Of course the problem with matte's is they don't last long. This one was no different. It was chipped (albeit a SMALL chip) after 48 hours.  Still, it was SO pretty it was worth the short life!


Base is: butterLONDON Victoriana.  Two coats of Essie Matte About You over that and then stamped on flowers from konad m74  in Nicole by OPI Give Me the First Dance.

Rosie Regatta



Okay, I'm officially a butterLONDON fan.  This stuff is amazing and the colors are so beautiful.  I'm also loving that it's a 3 Free polish AND totally vegan. Awesome.  I got Rosie Lee and Henley Regatta for Easter and I thought they were going to be quite similar so I originally intended to do an accent nail with one.  Once I got it on my fingers though, it was apparent that I was wrong. While both are glitter polishes, Rosie Lee has larger flakes of glitter which creates almost a pink disco ball effect on the nails. It's VERY sparkly.  Henley Regatta has much finer glitter and in blue and green.  While the Henley Regatta still sparkles quite a bit I was bothered by the difference in glitter sizes and opted instead to do some smaller accents with it.  To cut down on the coats of glitter (and make removal easier) I used a base coat of a similar pink color before putting two coats of Rosie Lee on. I think it turned out rather nice.


Base color is: Three coats of Maybelline Express Finish in Berry Boucle followed by two coats of butterLONDON Rosie Lee.  Flower is butterLONDON Henley Regatta and flower center is Nicole by OPI in Prized Posession Purple.  There are two "swirls" of pink done with LA Colors Art Deco Nail Art paint in Intense Pink. Two coats of Seche Vite on top!

Cabin Fever


It's been so rainy this past week.  And it's kept me indoors! :(  I wanted to do something Easter-y and spring-y but I really wasn't feeling it with the pouring rain and thunder outside.  I started out with a totally different plan for these nails but ended up with dots.  :) Enjoy.

Base is Revlon Minted. Spots are NYC Taxi Cab, Orly Lollipop and OPI Rumple's Wiggin.

butterLONDON Dosh


Okay so this is my first polish swatch so you'll have to bear with me while I improve my technique!  I got two butterLONDON polishes at my local Ulta the other night and I. LOVED. THEM.  They are all SO beautiful and they coat well and have so much sparkle.  One thing  I really like about the two I picked up is that they both have shimmer in them and unlike your standard shimmer polishes, these seem to really light up in the sun.  The other great thing about the shimmer in these is that it sort of changes color in the light so it doesn't seem as one dimensional as shimmers sometimes can.  No matter how you turn your hand or what light you're in this polish always looks great!  It also looks amazing matte though I didn't get a picture of that. :( 

The swatch today is Dosh.  I've been salivating over this polish online for WEEKS now and I've been wanting to order it but $14 PLUS $8 shipping PLUS waiting for it to come in the mail seems a little not worth it.  Especially as I'd never tried butterLONDON before and some of the other salon brands which get rave reviews, I'm not such a fan of (OPI for example).  When I finally saw it in person I was a little worried.  The website shows the picture above and lists it as "A molten apple green shot through with gold. DEEEELICIOUS!" Under the lights of my Ulta it was looking more like a limey-green with silvery shimmer.  But it really does look like a green apple on your fingers!  I used three coats (you could do two but I always do three on darker colors) and Seche Vite over the top.


This picture is with flash and the other is without. Both in artificial light.  As usual, click on the pictures to see them larger :)

Easter Babies


So I ordered the konad s10 plate about a month and a half ago.  I'm not really sure why I wanted it other than that I have another plate which has kitty paw prints on it and I thought I might do something with that and the kitty heads.  Unfortunately, due to the fact that it A: came from China and B: was sent incorrectly twice,  I just got it last week. And by then my desire for a kitty manicure was long since faded.  But...I thought the baby animals might make for a quick and easy Easter manicure.  Honestly I had planned out a much more intricate Easter design but then butterLONDON came to Ulta and, well, I just don't feel like removing my Dosh right now! (Swatch to come, this green is AMAZING.).  So here is a simple Easter mani for you all!

Base coat on thumb, middle, and pinky is Orly Lollipop.  Base on remaining fingers is OPI Rumple's Wiggin (from the Shrek collection).  Stamped on bunnies, chicks, and lambs with konad s10 using the konad white paint.  A coat of Seche Vite to finish! Voila! 10 minute nails :)

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