Butter London's Invite Only set

purchased by me

With 6 set-exclusive colors, I couldn't resist the Invite Only collection!  Swatches after the jump.

My Ulta haul

purchased by me

I had one day to use a 20% off coupon, so I just grabbed all the prestige products I wanted:

The Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue sample kit, Too Faced Le Grand Chateau, Too Faced La Petite Maison, Butter London Invite Only and IT Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Romantics.

Sinful Colors Flight to See

purchased by me

As I said on Monday, your best guide to all of the Sinful Colors displays this spring is this post at Nouveau Cheap.  My second layering polish from the new colors is Flight to See, a purple jelly with pink shimmer and hints of blue duochrome.  Swatches are one coat over one coat of Cult Nails Fetish.

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Like Sheer Flight, Flight to See is most likely limited edition, and can be found in either the Flight Patterns or Color Burst counter displays at drugstores, or in the large corner end-cap display.  Sinful Colors polishes retail for about $2 plus tax.

Ohio Wears Blue April 8, 2015

Wear Blue is a statewide awareness campaign that takes place on the second Wednesday of every April, Child Abuse Prevention Month. Ohioans are encouraged to wear blue that day - to work, to school, to a community event - to show support for preventing child abuse and neglect.

Since my outfit tomorrow will be a navy blue & white tweed jacket and navy pants, I thought I'd also post some blue nail polishes!

Tons more after the jump!

Sinful Colors Sheer Flight

purchased by me

Sinful Colors seems to believe that for spring, more is more!  To see what I mean, check out this post at Nouveau Cheap.  Then come on back here for a quick review and swatch of Sheer Flight.

Sheer Flight is a green jelly with a boatload of gold shimmer, and I used one coat over the disappointing Butter London Right as Rain.  Sheer Flight added a depth I thought was absolutely entrancing!

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Sheer Flight is probably limited edition, and can be found in either the Flight Patterns or Color Burst counter displays at drugstores, or in the large corner end-cap display.  Sinful Colors polishes retail for about $2 plus tax.

Butter London sale and contest!

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Butter London Wrong as Hell Right as Rain

purchased by me

This year is Butter London's 10th anniversary, so each month they're bringing out a limited edition polish.  I loved the sound of January's polish, Right as Rain, which was described as a grey-blue shimmer.  I was incredibly disappointed with the reality, especially since I paid full price.  I wanted the soft shimmery color of a winter sky, what I got was a blue frosty polish prone to brush strokes.  Ugh.

Oh, and it showed off my bumps and ridges too.  Right as Rain is no longer available on the Butter London site, but if you want one, you might be able to find it on the secondary market.

Butter London Stroppy

purchased by me

Continuing with the British (polish) Invasion, next up is Butter London Stroppy.  Stroppy is slang for cranky, but thankfully, the polish is anything but.  It's a bright, blue-shimmered purple (almost neon except that it doesn't dry matte) glassfleck which, like its Airy Fairy sister was opaque in two well-mannered coats.

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Stroppy was part of the same limited edition summer collection as Airy Fairy, and it's still available at the Last Orders section of the Butter London website, but it won't be around long!

Butter London Airy Fairy

purchased by me

This week is a bit of a mini British Invasion, since I took advantage of the Butter London Black Friday sales and a re-stock on Llarowe to grab some polishes I've been wanting for a while.  First up is Airy Fairy, Brit slang for lightweight/frivolous.  This polish is frivolous in color but not a lightweight in terms of formula.  It's a gorgeous turquoise-leaning medium blue glassfleck with a perfect, easily controlled formula that was thin but pigmented enough to be opaque in two coats.

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Although this was part of a limited edition summer collection from Butter London, the color is also suitable as an icy winter blue.  If you like it, it's available at the Last Orders section of the Butter London website, which means it won't be around long!

Butter London Steampunk Ball

purchased by me

This fall, Butter London has an entire steampunk-themed collection.  Of course I had to get something, so I chose the Steampunk Ball set because 5 of the 6 polishes are only available in this set.  The polishes are all minis, which works for me because I can't remember the last time I used up a whole bottle, and with the exception of the glitter, all polishes were opaque in two effortless, perfectly-behaved coats.

Bric-A-Brac is red glitter in a warm red base.  It's more brick-colored in low light, and it's the only polish that is not exclusive to this set.

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Barkers is a dark grey with multi-colored micro glitter, very pretty and steampunk-y.

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Baroness is a rosy bronze shimmer and very prone to brush strokes, which means you can see how careless my application was on this one. *blush*

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Brass Goggles is a clear glitter base with black and gold glitter.  It's not quite opaque at two coats, but could easy be opaque with three.

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Full Steam Ahead is a dark grey crème which leans green in low light.

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Pinkies Up is a peach shimmer with a frost finish and visible brush strokes.

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If you're interested in the Steampunk Ball collection, you can find it at Butter London and at Ulta for $39.00 + any applicable tax and shipping.

Butter London Friends & Family sale

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Complimentary ground shipping on all orders $50+. No code required.

Butter London Cut-Up collection

purchased by me

After inadvertently using an ethnic slur as a nail polish name, Butter London has re-released their Cut-Up collection with one re-named polish.  In the interest of not repeating myself repetitively, the clear base of all three polishes is just thick enough to hold a nice amount of glitter, which spreads easily on the nail.  Swatches are one coat of each Cut-Up polish over two coats of Sprog.

Anorak is a clear base with white, black and silver glitters in shards and hexes both large and small.

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Dust-Up, the re-named polish, is gold micro-glitter and rose gold hexes.  It's my favorite of the three.  I'm also thinking it would look great over Trifle.

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Titchy (small, insignificant) is a vibrant multi-colored glitter topper which is a lot prettier than its name suggests!

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The Cut-Up collection can be purchased as a trio of minis for $25.00 or individual full-sized polishes for $15.00 each at Butter London and at Ulta.

Butter London Trifle

purchased by me

Trifle is a gorgeous cinnamon brown metallic, slightly prone to brush strokes, but the formula is smooth and biddable.  No running, no dripping, no balding and no third coat or top coat needed!

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Trifle and the rest of the Boho Rock collection are available at ButterLondon.com for $15.00 + any applicable tax and shipping.

Butter London Sprog

purchased by me

Sprog (British slang for a child) is a soft, grey-toned blue crème.  It's on the thin side, but not so thin it flooded my cuticles, and it was opaque in two coats and shiny before top coat.  Sprog is the blue sky muted by fog--very pretty in an unconventional way.

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Butter London polishes can be purchased from their website and from Ulta, both online and in-store.  The retail price is $15.00 + any applicable tax and shipping.

Butter London Beauty Awards and 50% Off Last Orders!

Butter London Brown Sugar

purchased by me

Brown Sugar is a gorgeous rose pink base with copper shimmer.  The combination has a complexity that I love to bits!  The formula is marvelous, smooth and flowing but not so thin as to flood, and dries super-shiny.  It's opaque in two coats, but I left my index finger at one coat to show the rose-colored base.

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Brown Sugar is available at Ulta or direct from Butter London.

Butter London Double Take Duo: Ice

purchased by me

Ice consists of Bluecoat, a navy shimmer, and Leccy, a flaky glitter with copper and blue-to-green flakes.  Bluecoat is opaque in two coats, very shiny  and shimmery, and flowed off the brush on to my nails with amazing ease.  Leccy is beautiful and very unique--I have several blue-to-green flaky glitter top coats, but none that also have copper flakes!

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Sadly, neither the duo nor the individual polishes are available at Butter London any more, but you can get the duo for $24 at Beauty.com.

Butter London Bit Faker

purchased by me

Bit Faker is a gorgeous compendium of gold and copper glitter.  It's opaque at two coats, and even at one is too glitter-full to really be a good layering polish.  It dries quickly and a bit bumpy, so a thick top coat is essential for smoothness.  I adore it!

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Bit Faker is available at Ulta or direct from Butter London.