I'm not perfect, but I'm trying to keep up with this blog! It's quite difficult....painting fingernails is more work than it's worth T__T
Today, I've got a butter LONDON polish. Many people think I have too many of these, but I only have 7...and this polish is one of the most BEAUTIFUL polishes I own! It's a beautiful dusty mauve-purple, very sophisticated and perfect for every season. This is Toff, a member of the butter LONDON Fall 2011 collection.
The picture below was taken in indoor lighting, so it brings out the mauve tone and slight brown base color a bit more.
This was taken with window light, and it's quite obvious that the purple is more true in sunshine. The subtle brown is more muted, while the dusty purple takes the spotlight.
Application was great - two coats shown here until such opacity. One coat is the tiniest bit too sheer for my liking, so I went with two. It is shown here with my not-so-great Seche Vite fast-dry top coat. Gosh, I don't really like that thing....It does leave my nails nice and glossy though.
The polish has a natural sheen to it, but I recommend a top coat, simply because the sheen wears away quite quickly. The color looks great more muted though, and if you don't want such an elegant color to be extremely glossy, then no top coat might actually be your preference.
These pictures were taken a while ago, and with the Seche Vite, they lasted a good four days before they began to start chipping severely. Honestly, that's quite impressive, because the butter LONDON polishes generally hold up that long for me.
In terms of the polish and the butter LONDON brush...it's not my favorite. I love the OPI Pro-Wide, even though many people think it can be too overwhelming for their fingernails. OPI's brush is actually the perfect size for me, and their polishes are generally good enough, such that I don't get any pooling.
The butter LONDON brush was thinner and stiffer, but gave good color disposition. Application was generally smooth, and the cream quality of the polish was quite good. The smaller brush may be better for those with smaller fingernails. I honestly like the smaller brush for more runny and thin polishes, but butter LONDON's formula is always quite fantastic.
Final verdict? GREAT polish. Beautiful crème finish and such a unique color. This dusty purple-mauve is so elegant, but young. I'd give it a 9/10, simply because I didn't like the brush too much and the application required a little more time to get the brush around each nook and cranny of my nail. It's also $14 T____T, so that's not something I appreciate too much...but I do like it, and this color really suits my skin tone. I'd say for me, this was worth the splurge.
Until tomorrow!
The Nail Ninja XOXO
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