Butter London Wellies & SOPI Blasted Opalescent

Hi Everyone!

It's been well over a year since my last post. I'm so sorry! I haven't been too into painting my nails during that time period and I kind of let my nails take a break. I didn't really have the time to paint my nails and my daughter needed my attention constantly so I stopped painting them as much. Now that she's older and more independent I've gotten back around to painting them more frequently! Yay!

So here's photos of my most recent mani. This is 3 coats of Butter London Wellies and 1 coat of Sephora by OPI Blasted Opalescent on my ring finger. I did not use a base coat and I used one coat of OPI RapiDry Topcoat.

I'm not sure how I feel about this color. I loved it in the bottle, but once I painted my nails I was a little turned off from it. It's not horrible, it's just not my color. Maybe I'll find some other use for this color. It kinda reminds me of the yellow tint to Nickelodeon green slime. I'm weird lol.

You can purchase Wellies HERE . I found my bottle at my local TJ Maxx for around $5 I think, so you should check it out! Sephora by OPI Blasted Opalescent is discontinued, but I'm sure if you search, you'll be able to find yourself a bottle!

~Emily

Older Random Swatches!

Hi all!

I figured I'd show some of my older nail swatches. They aren't the best and my clean-up back then was lacking in some ways, but I figured why not. We all start from somewhere!

Butter London Fash Pack- 2 coats/OPI Rapidry Top Coat

Butter London Fash Pack- 2 coats/OPI Rapidry Top Coat

Finger Paints- Itsy Bitsy Spider- 3 coats/OPI Rapidry Top Coat

Finger Paints- Late Night Rendezvous- 2 coats/OPI Rapidry Top Coat

Finger Paints- Late Night Rendezvous- 2 coats/OPI Rapidry Top Coat With Flash

Pure Ice- Grunge- 2 coats/No Top Coat

Pure Ice- Grunge- 2 coats/No Top Coat

Notes:
- With Butter London Fash Pack, the bottle has noticeable golden shimmer. The shimmer doesn't translate well onto the nail and it's barely noticeable.
- Finger Paints Itsy Bitsy Spider has a blue/violet to pink shimmer, depending on the light. I had a hard time photographing the pink shimmer, but it is noticeable in person.
- Pure Ice Grunge was part of the Velour collection last winter. I believe this was limited edition. The polish is meant to have a velvet sort of finish, so I did not use top coat.
- I had no issues with formula with any of these polishes.

~Emily

Christmas Mani!

Sorry to have this post up so late! I've been busy with the holidays, but better late than never right?

This was my Christmas manicure! The base color is Butter London Pearly Queen and the glitter is China Glaze Twinkle Lights. I've seen a few other bloggers with manicures similar to this and I wanted to try it out! I absolutely LOVE this combination.

This is 3 coats of Pearly Queen and I just dabbed and spread out Twinkle Lights to get the design I wanted.

With Flash

With Flash

I had no trouble with any of the formulas. This was actually one of my first Butter London polishes and I've fell in love with it! The formula is great for Pearly Queen. No drags or patchiness. It was a bit sheer, but 2-3 coats fixes it.

-Emily