Black, red, gold dotticure

 

The black color is A-England Camelot and the red dots are made with a dotting tool and Butter London Knees Up – and the gold is Orly Glitz & Glamour. The top coat is of course Seche Vite.

Grundfarven er den sorte A-England Camelot og de røde prikker er lavet med et dotting tool og Butter London Knees Up – og guldprikkerne er lavet med Orly Glitz & Glamour. Toplakken er Seche Vite.

Drag marble - Artsy Wednesday

 

 

This weeks challenge in Artsy Wednesday is drag marble. 
I chose Butter London Knees Up as my base color, and when I applied the second coat I immediately added a circle or stripe of gold and and the thumb and middle finger also a little teal glitter, both stripers, and finished one nail at a time. I wasn't too inspired and I'm not happy about the result. The top coat is Seche Vite.

Check out what the other girls in Artsy Wednesday did in this weeks challenge: 
Michelle - Lab Muffin,  Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish, Melanie - Nail & Polish, Jessica - Beauty Gnome,  Emily - An Accent Nail, Catrine - Unnakednails, Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished, Jean - Laquered Lunatic,  

Red and gold stripes and dots

 

 

Do you remember not so long ago, where I promised to show you what I ended up with after wearing “Golden stamping on shiny red”?

Well here it is. The base color is one coat of the very well pigmented Butter London Knees Up, and I painted the pattern with acrylic colors and top coated with Seche Vite.

Kan du huske at jeg ikke så længe siden lovede at vise, hvad jeg endte op med efter at jeg ikke følte mig tilpas med ”Golden stamping on shiny red”?

Her har du det… Grundfarven er den meget velpigmenterede  Butter London Knees Up, og jeg malede mønsteret i guld med akrylfarve, og toplakken er Seche Vite.

Golden stamping on red, I feel like I'm cheating...

 

The base color is one coat of the very well pigmented Butter London Knees Up, and I had visions of painting some golden pattern on it, not flowers. But neither my brush nor my paint wanted to co-operate and after admitting defeat I got ready for a new defeat, stamping. I rarely stamp and I assumed it was one of those days...

I chose a pattern on a GCOCL plate number D01 and as my stamping polish I chose Barry M Foil Effects in gold. I started with my right hand, and lo and behold, it looked all right and wow it was quick. I continued with my left hand, and I could say that I deliberately placed the rose like that on the index to make room for the dots, but that wouldn’t be quite true LOL

I love to see stamping manis on others, but I didn’t enjoy this one on myself, I didn’t feel it was “mine”. So the next day I redid it with a freehand pattern, and now everything worked as it should. I'll show that one some day...

Grundfarven er den velpigmenterede Butter London Knees Up, og jeg havde ideer om at male et guld mønster på det, ikke blomster. Men hverken min pensel eller farven ville samarbejde, og efter at jeg havde erkendt mit nederlag, gjorde jeg mig klar til et nyt – stamping! Jeg stamper jo aldrig, og var sikker på, at det var en af de dage, hvor intet vil lykkes.

Jeg valgte et rosenmønster på en GCOCL plade, nummer D01, og jeg brugte Barry M Foil Effects i guld til at stampe med. Jeg begyndte men højre hånd, og det så da helt godt ud og gik superhurtigt. Derefter fortsatte jeg med venstre hånd, og jeg kunne jo sige at jeg med vilje placerede rosen på pegefingeren så det blev plads til prikker, men det ville ikke være helt sandt ;)

Jeg elsker at se stamping på andres negle, men jeg kunne slet ikke nyde denne mani, jeg følte ikke den var ”min”. Den næste dag lavede jeg det om med et frihånds mønster i guld, og nu ville alt samarbejde, den skal jeg nok vise en dag...

Three gorgeous Butter London's, swatches, review & comparison

When I bought 3 colors from the the Spring/summer collection 2012, see them HERE, I also bought these 3. The apply well and are easy to work with, all photos show them in 2 coats over a ridge filler base coat and without a top coat.

Da jeg købte 3 farver fra  Spring/summer kollektionen 2012, se dem HER, købte eg også disse 3. Deer lette at påføre, og alle fotos viser dem påført i 2 lag over en ridge filler grundlak, men uden en toplak.

 

To the left is Butter London HRH – to the right A-England Avalon. IRL they are awfully similar IRL, but enlarged you see that HRH is a hint more warm-toned and has a little more red than blue shimmer – and the Avalon has a little more blue than red shimmer

Butter London HRH (Her Royal Highness) is a to die for royal purple – shiny and beautiful shimmer polish with a little more red than blue shimmer. It applies well and dries fairly quickly.

Here you see 2 coats over a ridge filler base coat and without a top coat.

To the left is Butter London HRH – to the right A-England Avalon. IRL they are awfully similar, but enlarged you see that HRH has a little more red than blue shimmer – and the Avalon has a little more blue than red shimmer.

Butter London HRH (Her Royal Highness) er en fuldstændigt vidunderlig royal lilla – skinnendeog smuk shimmer lak, der har lidt mere rød end blå skimmer, I modsætning til A-England Avalon, der ellers ligner den utroligt meget.

Butter London Wallis – another to die for color… I don't have anything like it. It’s olive/moss green with loads of golden flecks/shimmer, I’m head over heels I love with this one!

Butter London Wallis – er en lak, som jeg er faldet fuldstændigt pladask for… Jeg har ingen farver, der minder om den. Den er oliven/mosgrøn  og ladet med gul shimmer/flecks, er den ikke lækker?

 

Left/venstre Butter London Knees Up - right/højre China Glaze Red Pearl

Butter London Knees Up – where to begin – where to end in describing this drop dead gorgeous foil, shimmery RED, a true red – oh WOOOW. It applies as butter LOL, does not leave brush marks, and dries quickly.  

Can you tell I like it ;)

IRL Knees Up and Red Pearl are hard to tell apart, but on these macro shots the Knees Up is a bit darker.

Butter London Knees Up – ja hvor skal jeg begynde og hvor skal jeg slutte i beskrivelsen af denne ubeskriveligt smukke folie/shimmer RØDE lak – woow, altså. Dener let at påføre og efterlader ikke mærker af penslen som mange af samme type gør, og den tørrer hurtigt. 

Kan du fornemme, at jeg synes om den ;)

Med det blotte øje er det svært at se forskel på Knees Up og Red Pear, men på macro billederne er Knees Up en anelse mørkere.