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Definitely No More Waity, Katie

In honor of William and Kate's first anniversary, which I know is cheesy but also inescapable when you read as many magazines as I do, I pulled out Butter London's No More Waity, Katie polish again.  I hadn't used it since the time I first wore it when I bought it last year, but I got curious if it was as pretty as I remembered it and yep, it really, really is.  Coming from someone who isn't a huge fan of purple nail polish, I still think this is one of the prettiest, most unique shades I own.  Butter London describes it as "A soft, elegant greige lacquer with a splash of lilac glitter" and as you can see from the photo, that's pretty much dead on.  It's a twist on more classic shades because of the glitter, but it's still surprisingly subdued.  I'll be wearing it again this weekend at my next mani/pedi.  So now that I've bought and worn the shade, where's my prince?!  No More Waity, Stacey has a nice ring to it too!

Love From London

I love London more than any other place in the world, so I was probably predisposed to love Butter London's products, but even so, I really, really love their new lipglosses.  There are five new shades total, but my favorite by far is Primrose Hill Picnic.  It's a bright fuchsia, which fits in perfectly with this season's trend of bold lips, and it's also just an all around fun color.  It's really pigmented, which makes me happy because for $17, dammit, I want color!  I can buy a sheer Chapstick for $2 at CVS, so it drives me insane when glosses that look colorful in the tube end up barely showing up on my lips.  But luckily, that isn't the case here, so no need to worry.  I also love that I can pair it with the matching polish if I want.  I probably won't because that's a little too matchy-matchy for me, but I love the shade so much I'll definitely be using it on my toes at one of my next pedicures.  Now I kind of want them to make more lipglosses so all my favorite polish colors can come in two different forms.  Are you listening, Butter London?   

Note:  A sample of the above was sent to me by a PR representative working with Butter London

Top and Tails

 

 

I love butter LONDON and I REALLY love sales, so whenever I can combine the two, I get slightly giddy.  This coming Monday, March 26th only, you'll be able to pick up butter LONDON's Tops & Tails Set for only $19 (it's valued at $45 and usually costs $25) at ULTA.  The set includes their Nail Foundation Flawless Basecoat and Hardwear P.D. Quick Topcoat, both of which have a 3 Free formula.  Here's some more info about the two products: 

Nail Foundation Flawless Basecoat – A silk-finish, stain resistant non-toxic basecoat provides the perfect foundation for butter LONDON 3 Free Lacquer.  Matte results so beautiful, you can wear it alone. This treatment hides and smoothes tiny ridges and imperfections in the nail. It is like cover-up, or foundation make-up for the nail. This makes it an excellent product for MEN who want an invisible, but immaculate manicure.

Hardwear P.D Quick Topcoat – Our quick dry, ultra-glossy, non-toxic topcoat protects your lacquer, extending the life of your manicure. Nails look wet, vibrant, and freshly painted even when they are dry. Of course it’s also 3 Free, like all our products. In case you were wondering, P.D. Quick stands for ‘Pretty Darn Quick’!

I love butter LONDON's polishes but I've never tried either of these, so this might be just the push I needed to pick them up.  To take advantage of the offer, click here on Monday.  Aren't sales the best?!  

butter LONDON Spring/Summer 2012

We all know of my love for butter LONDON lately (well, since I discovered them...)  And I adore the cheeky names and fun descriptions.  It's nail polish!  It should be fun! 

Founding Creative Director Nonie Creme has this to say about the new Spring/Summer 2012 collection:

“What a season!  Pops of neon colour everywhere, tempered by sherbet pastels and cool neutrals.  It left us plenty to play with in the nail realm.  I’ve mixed a couple of softer opaque shades in cantaloupe and pale pistachio, and followed up with an intense retro turquoise and slightly glittery hot pink.  Finally, a quietly marvelous sheer oyster that packs a tiny punch with micro glitter particles for those seeking a new way to wear neutral.  The message this season is KNOW who you are, then BE who you are!  It’s all about the individual this season, and the beauty world is yours to rule.”

Here are the shades in the collection:

• Bossy Boots - A light, opaque pistachio green.  It's a derogatory name for someone who is pushy or bossy (usually reserved for children)
• Disco Biscuit - A tropical hot pink with an undercurrent of tiny iridescent glitter particles.  It's a club term from the rave days of the early 90's for a tablet of Ecstasy.
• Knackered - A sheer, twinkling oyster shade flecked with micro glitter particles.  It means to be tired or exhausted. 
• Slapper - A truly teal lacquer, bold and very bright.  It's Brit-speak for "slut."
• Trout Pout - An opaque shade of cantaloupe, pale and retro.  It's slang for a woman who has overdone it on the collagen in her lips, giving her a "fishy face."

I'm definitely going to need to get my hands on Knackered and Disco Biscuit, and possibly the other three as well.  So pretty!

Knight Me

Uch.  I really wish I didn't love all the new holiday glitters so damn much because I just keep buying them and it's hell on my bank account.  But I love Butter London's new The Black Knight so much that I just sucked it up and bought it before I could feel guilty.  (This is a repetitive theme in my product buying life, by the way).  It's such a gorgeous shade and it's a limited-edition and if I don't buy it now, I may never get it, so whatever.  I'm just going to keep repeating "I deserve it" over and over to myself until the guilt goes away.  

Who wouldn't want this shade though?  It's a black base with black, pink, blue and silver glitter mixed in - so seductive and mysterious.  I like it a lot for the holidays because it's more of a sophisticated glitter.  Plus, I love Butter London's formula.  All their shades go on easily and last a long time on me before they start chipping.  Seriously though, you guys, there are 12 year-old girls who don't have as many glitter nail polishes as I do at this point.  Somebody stop me from buying any more!!!   

butter LONDON celebrates Cyber Monday

 

I love butter LONDON polishes a ridiculous amount, but they're kinda pricey (for some reason, with nail polish, under $10 is acceptable to me, over $10 means I have to make at least a token attempt at thinking about spending the money before I just give in and do it.  It somehow makes me feel more responsible).  Starting on Cyber Monday (the 28th) get 30% off your online order on butterlondon.com by entering the code CELEBRATE11 at checkout.  To give you even more time to shop, you can use the code through Wednesday, the 30th.  I suggest picking up some of the new holiday shades, especially The Black Knight, which must be mine as soon as possible.  Happy shopping! 

Butter London Autumn/Winter 2011

I've been so, so into Butter London polishes lately.  (I'm kind of unofficially - and probably obsessively-compulsively - trying to collect all of them).  So of course when I wandered into Nordstrom's yesterday and they were having a buy two, get one free sale on Butter London polishes, I had to grab some.  (Especially since they had some of the new fall colors too).  Wallis was already sold out, but I managed to grab Knees Up, Toff, and No More Waity, Katie.  I'm kinda bummed about Wallis because that was the one I most wanted to see in person, but I'm sure it'll be at ULTA soon and I'm super happy about the other three I got because they're gorgeous.  I love the metallic red of Knees Up, and I've been wanting No More Waity, Katie forever, so I was happy to finally snag a bottle.  Toff is an interesting sort of rose-pink that I don't really have a dupe for in my polish stash, so it definitely had to come home with me.  Now I'm just trying to decide if I really need Bluey, since I rarely wear blues, but I'm trying to be a little funkier in my shade choices so maybe that's the one that's supposed to start me down that path?  (And really, at worst it'll make a great pedicure shade).  I think we all know how this is going to end up... 

All Hail McQueen

I've been looking for Butter London's All Hail McQueen polish since I first saw it online.  All the pictures people posted of it looked great, but there aren't any stores around me that carry Butter London and I was loathe to buy it online without seeing it in person first.  And then this weekend, I was checking out the new Nordstrom's in Santa Monica (which as a side note, is totally amazing - the handbag section alone almost made me hyperventilate with excitement, although I couldn't afford a single one of them) and lo and behold, they have an entire Butter London display.  I was so excited, I immediately wanted to text someone and share the news, but then I realized that most of my friends aren't product obsessed like me and probably wouldn't care.  I instantly grabbed the bottle of All Hail McQueen and fell in love and it only took me about 10 seconds to hand it to the salesperson to ring up, only to discover that the bottle I was holding was the tester and there were no more bottles of it on the display.  She told me that she'd check in the back for me, but knowing how popular the shade's been and how bad my luck usually is, I wasn't expecting much.  And then, like a product miracle, she came out clutching a brand new bottle in her hands and I knew immediately that I would be stopping to get a mani/pedi on the way home because it was too pretty not to be wearing.

Describing it is hard because it's not going to sound nearly as pretty as it is but I'll try.  I'd describe it as a nude beige with micro glitter in it, so it's almost like a neutral color, but the tiny bits of glitter add such a pretty shimmer to it.  It's not full-on bling like most glitter polishes, it's more subtle than that, but it's definitely not a boring shade at all.  I tend to like darker colors on my fingers, but I love the way this one looks next to my pale skin.  It's just a classic shade that I can see myself wearing again and again, which is nice because it's a pricier shade at $14 a bottle.  (But well worth it!)  I had to make myself walk away from several other Butter London shades because I'm really trying to stick to my product budget, but now that I know I can drive to that Nordstrom's anytime, I can already feel my resolve slipping for next weekend.  Spacing out the purchases counts, right?  RIGHT????