Butter London “Disco Biscuit” Niuton Chavez Felix

Even though we are just finishing February, I wanted to express the feeling of this beautiful month. The month of Aquarius. The unconventional. The month of Love.

I was browsing thru Pinterest and came across a photograph of a swatch from Butter London “Disco Biscuit” and I was awe struck.

Only one other nail polish color has moved me so much as this one, and that was Chanel “Taboo”. This is my first time wearing hot pink nail polish and I have to say, I love it. I have pale pink shirts and pink ties, but aside from the light pink base used for french manicures, this is my first pink nail polish. The first thing I just loved about this polish were the blue sparkles that it has. The contrast of the blue with the hot pink of the base, works extremely well.

This is my first Butter London nail polish, so aside from the color, I did not know what to expect. The verdict for me is not so great. The color is very thin, I usually apply 3 coats of polish, but this was so thin that I had to apply 5 coats on top of the base coat for the color to really come through like you see it on the bottle.  That poses a problem because there is not enough time for the polish to dry and the later coats become chewy. Three coats definitely wont cut it unless you are ok with partial coverage. The square bottle is ok to hold and the brush is fairly decent. Color is absolutely wonderful if you can get full coverage. One of the things I noticed is that the polish dries to a mate finish, so if you like mate finish you will love it. I opted to apply high shine Seche Vite high gloss top coat. All in all, I ended up with mixed feelings about this polish. The color is extremely beautiful but the quality of the polish itself  is not as good as the color. The mate finish was also unexpected. Color wise it is a keeper, but it is definitely nothing I would buy again. If I had to give this a rating, I would give it just 3 bottles. Until next time, happy polishing!

L.A. Colors - Blue Lagoon

Hello everybody!

Last time I did a red shade, so this time I will go to the other extreme going blue.

Summer Is almost here, but the sun is out, so in the spirit of it, I will start with this nice blue from L.A. Colors, it is called “Blue Lagoon”. Where do nail polish companies get the names I will never know, but this shade of blue is quite remarkable. 

I just love colors that shimmer, and this blue shimmers very bightly under the sun. I like to call it a pick me upper, because when you look at it when the sunlight hit is directly it makes you say Wow!, Nice!, Sweet!, It literaly brightens your day.

Unde ambient light without the sun hitting it directly, it tends to look a bit dark, which is ok, not so bright, if you like dark colors like blacks or dark browns or reds, you will love this blue.

When you look at under fourescent lighting, it tends to look exactly like the bottle, like when you see it at the store, so you are getting what you are seeing.

This formula is not as thin as some of the others I have worn, like China Glaze colors or Finger Paints. 

L.A. Colors “Blue Lagoon” can look quite nicely with two coats, but I always put 3 coats. I never skip on the primer or basecoat and I always top coat with either Orly Top Coat or Seche Vite. This time, the top coat was Orly.

If you like blues, this is a must have, it is bright outside yet not as shimmery inside. I think it would go very nicely with some silver for nail art. If I had to rate this, I would give it 4 out of 5 polish bottles, definetly a keeper for me.

Happy Polishing!