Showing posts with label Creme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creme. Show all posts

9/24/12

Butter London - Pillar Box Red - Bar Tested!

Hi!

Today I've got something exciting for Australian viewers! The InStyle Magazine for this month has a free Butter London on it! There are two colours to choose from: Pillar Box Red & Pink Ribbon. I, of course, chose Pillar Box Red because I'm obsessed with finding the perfect red. So if you can pick up a copy of this, you totally should. In Australia Butter London retails for $22! Which I find pretty shocking, I honestly don't see why I would spend more than I would on an OPI for only 11mL of nail polish, it's so annoying how expensive nail polishes are in Australia!

Pillar Box Red is a gorgeous true red creme, for some reason I think the photos came up leaning a little orange, but it definitely doesn't lean that way in real life. The formula was great and you guys will see that it did quite well on the bar test. The only draw back was that the brush was quite short, but the application was fine.

Free full size sample!


Indoors

With flash

I couldn't pass up the chance to buy this, even though I don't regularly buy InStyle, probably because it makes me want to buy heaps of things and do completely irrational things. For example reading through it, I now really want to dye my hair blonde and get it dip dyed blue or something. I'm pretty sure that would look completely wrong on me, but I can dream!!

Bar Tested!!

It did really well at work! I'm quite impressed on how it did actually, with colours like red you can really tell when it chips and here there are only really a couple of noticeable ones plus some tip wear on my thumb. I'm actually still wearing it right now, but the small chips have lead to massive chips, so I'll have to take it off tomorrow.

Long story short, I gave in and bought some Butter Londons on eBay! British Racing Green (so I can finally have an awesome forest green) and Dark Knight are on their way to me as we speak! So excited!

See you next time!
x

9/5/12

A-England - Elaine & Guinevere

Hi!

Omg! I completely forgot to post yesterday. Uni's been so annoying. Group work = death!

Continuing on the A-England SWATCH-STRAVAGANZA, I've got two beautiful purples from the Mythicals collection.

First up is Elaine (not the one from Seinfeld, although I'm sure she'd rock this colour), a gorgeous dark purple creme, it's kind of eggplant-y (?) and would be great for autumn I think. This is two easy coats. No idea why this made my hand look so red in the sunlight again, but it didn't look like that in real life haha

Direct Sunlight

Flash
Now, one of my favourites of the bunch, Guinevere! A light grey-purple/lilac creme. The perfect counterpart to Elaine because I think this one would rock spring. Or winter. Or any season haha. Again, two easy coats.

Direct Sunlight
Indoors

Flash

Flash
Purple has to be on of my favourite colours, it goes with every outfit and suits everyone!

Now I'll have to get back to this stupid assignment! See you tomorrow!

x

9/2/12

A-England - Galahad & Perceval

Hi!

Today I'm starting the week long A-England SWATCH-STRAVAGANZA! I'm so excited to show you all of the polishes I've gotten in the past few weeks! I'll start with the polishes from A-England's first collection, the Myhicals.

I decided that I should start with one of A-England's most famous colours; Galahad. It's the most amazing creme and so hard to define! People have called it just plain blue, on the A-England website they describe it as a 'blue-green'. I think it could maybe be called a dark turquoise? It's also super pigmented and I probably could have gotten away with only one coat, but this is two.

Galahad was one of the first A-England polishes I got a few months ago, along with Tristam, and I've worn it about 5 times I think, the most I've ever worn a polish! Haha



Direct Sunlight


Indoors


Flash
Next is Perceval, because I'm sure that every collection needs a great red! For some reason this reminds me of Christmas, maybe the shimmer? Nevertheless it's also really pigmented, and although I could have used just one coat, using two makes it pop more.


Direct Sunlight


Direct Sunlight


Indoors


Flash


Flash
These both had a great formula, not too thick or too thin and have a great drying time.

You can buy A-England polishes from their website at www.a-england.co.uk, where there's free shipping!! Have you guys seen the new Gothic Beauties collection that's coming out this week? They look amazing!

See you tomorrow with some more Mythicals!

x

8/22/12

Girly Bits - Stormy Skies


Hi again!

I decided that I would post the other polish I got from my first Llarowe haul before I go on my super dooper A-England swatch-stravaganza!

So without further ado I present: Girly Bits - Stormy Skies, a gorgeous blue-grey cream with glitter flecks.


(with flash)


(cloudy sunlight)


(cloudy sunlight)


(with flash)

This had a great formula, these photos were taken with two coats and a top coat. It's such a pretty colour, and the bottle is so cute! I love the diamante detail on them!

These photos make me realise how much I need to buy a legit camera. What camera's do you guys suggest?

Coming up next: A-England Swatch-Stravaganza!


(Forgive the awkward book stacking >.<)

See you next time!

x