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.

Essie Armed & Ready, swatches, review + nail art - anmeldelse

 

 

Armed & Ready is from one of Essie’s 2012 spring collections: the Go overboard collection.

It’s extremely well pigmented, but out of old habit I applied 2 coats for these swatches. It applies well and dries quickly.

It’s supposed to be “an outfitted army green with pearl”. It has a very nice bronze/golden shimmer, but on my nails it looks much more grayish/brownish than dark army or even olive green, and it’s so far from what I thought it would be, so I’m disappointed. Actually I put it on my for sale list…

I couldn’t resist it, I added a  few dots with Orly Glitz & Glamour and finished with a top coat, see below…. 
Stay tuned for one more post today, 7 different kinds of nail art "Playing with Stripe Rite"...

Armed & Ready er fra en af Essie’s 2012 forårs kollektioner: the Go overboard collection.

Den er særdeles velpigmenteret, men af gammel vane lagde jeg to lag, men ikke nogen top coat. Den er let at påføre og tørrer hurtigt.

Den skulle være “an outfitted army green with pearl”. Den har et flot bronze/guld shimmer, men på mine negle er den meget mere mørk gråbrun end army eller oliven, og den er så langt fra det, jeg troede og håbede på, at jeg er skuffet. Faktisk har jeg sat den på min til salg liste…

Jeg kunne ikke modstå det, jeg var nødt til at tilføje et par gyldne prikker med Orly Glitz & Glamour, hvorefter jeg topcoatede - se her under...
Der kommer et indlæg mere i dag, 7 forskellige slags nail art "Playing with Stripe Rite"...

Cling on, China Glaze Magnetix collection, swatches and review – anmeldelse

For the full manicure I applied 2 coats (notice how that changes the color) over a ridge filler base coat and finished with Seche Vite Top coat. I used the star magnet on all fingers, it did really well with this polish.
På nedenstående billeder lagde jeg 2 lag (læg mærke til farveforskellen) over en ridge filler grundlak og sluttede med Seche Vite Top coat. Jeg brugte stjerne magneten på all fingre, den virkede rigtigt godt på denne lak.

See facts below. Cling On is a green, bronze toned polish with silvery shimmer and it's a tiny bit sheer, so 2 coats clearly is better, as you can see on the above photos. It really looks like it moves on your nail, when you move it, changes all the time...

Se fakta nedenstående. Cling On er en bronze-grønlig lak med et sølv shimmer, og den er en lille smule tyndt pigmenteret, så 2 lag er klart bedst, som du også kan se på ovenstående fotos. Den ser virkelig ud som om den flytter sig, når man bevæger fingrene, den forandres hele tiden...


Facts/fakta.

Links: Cling On, Pull Me Close, Drawn To You, InstantChemistry, You Move Me, see all here.

Each polish is shown in 1 generous, thick coat only over a ridge filler base coat, but no top coat on the 3 finger swatches. I recommend one to enhance the result, and it will help to hide ridges too.

They are all are very easy to apply and they dry super quick!

Star magnet on index, diagonal on middle and arrow on ring finger. The star magnet seems to be the weakest, and the diagonal gives the most crisp and clean-cut pattern. Each magnet is used 10-20 seconds.

If you fail, you can add a thin second coat right away and redo it.

They are definitely going to be my on travel polishes, but they are outstanding for quick out-the-door manicures too. Well worth the money, if you ask me!

Links: Cling On, Pull Me Close, Drawn To You, Instant Chemistry, You Move Me, se alle her.

Hver lak er på 3-finger swatchene vist i et tykt lag over en ridge filler base coat, men uden toplak, som jeg dog klart anbefaler for at gøre resultatet endnu flottere, ligesom den vil skjule riller.

Alle 5 lakker var lette at lægge og de tørrede super hurtigt!

Stjernemagnet på pegefinger, diagonalmagnet på langemand og pilemagnet på ringfinger. Stjernemagneten virker ikke så godt som de andre to, og den diagonale magnet det mest ”rene mønster”. Jeg brugte magneterne 10-20 sekunder til disse billeder.

Hvis det mislykkes, kan man bare straks lægge et tyndt lag ovenpå og forsøge igen.

De vil helt klart være mine ”med på ferie lakker”, men er også super til en ”på vej ud af døren” manicure, og for mig er de alle penge værd!

Unplugged Zoya Dree

This unplugged (see explanation/se forklaring HERE) series include/denne unplugged serie inkluderer: Unplugged Zoya Dree, Unplugged China Glaze Westside Warrior, Unplugged Essie Sew Psyched, Unplugged H&M Hunt Me Down, Unplugged H&M Wanna Pepperoni and an army green combo camouflage mix.

Click on the photos to see more details - klik på fotos for at se flere detajler.

My right hand

Dansk, se længere nede.
I had no real plan, except that I wanted to try Zoya Dree. But then it started to loudly cry out for some kind of nail art, and I know better than to disappoint a wee polish. I chose 6 different acrylic colors that wouldn’t subdue it, and let my mind wander without any goal, like when you doodle during a phone conversation, and this was the result. I sealed the design with Seche Vite.
And so this became the first of a row of unplugged nail art on army/olive colors, and this might not be very good - but still the first ...
Jeg havde ingen plan, havde bare lyst til at prøve Zoya Dree. Men Dree begyndte straks at tigge om en eller anden form for nail art, og jeg skuffer af princip aldrig en lille neglelak, der tigger. Derfor valgte jeg 6 forskellige acrylfarver, som ikke ville overdøve den, og lod ellers tankerne vandre uden noget mål eller plan, ligesom når man kruseduller, mens man snakker i telefon. Jeg sluttede af med Seche Vite dry fast top coat.
Sådan gik startskuddet til en række unplugged nail art på army/olivengrønne farver. Resultatet er måske ikke så godt som de senere - men det var det første.

Absolute Nails (Douglas) Glamorous 14 Limited Edition, swatches and review – anmeldelse

 

 

 

Dansk, se længere nede.

Absolute Nails polishes are exclusively made for and sold in the Perfume shop chain called Douglas. Glamorous is a Limited Edition. It’s a dark green, spruce green with a little touch of olive and beetle wing. It’s not really visible, but the photos reveal a tiny bit of red shimmer among the rest of the shimmer.
This is 2 coats over a base coat, it’s very pigmented, so 1 coat might be enough, no top coat. It’s easy to apply and dries quickly, but it's prone to brush marks.
I changed the original photos with better ones mid February.

Denne tyske neglelak er produceret i et begrænset antal, og den sælges udelukkende i den tyske parfumerikæde Douglas. Glamorous er en mørk grøn, gran grøn med en smule oliven og billevinge. Det er ikke synligt med det blotte øje, men den har faktisk en lille, bitte smule rød shimmer blandt det øvrige shimmer i lakken, det ses på billederne.

Dette er to lag over base coat, 1 lag ville sikkert være nok, og der er ikke brugt top coat. Den er let at lægge og tørrer hurtigt, men der kommer let striber efter penslen.
De oprindelige billeder blev udskiftet med nye midt februar.

Peace on Earth – China Glaze “This’ The Season To Be Naughty and Nice”, Holiday 2010

Dansk, længere nede.

Peace on Earth is a shimmer polish with very subtle shimmer with tiny and not so many pieces, almost with duochrome tendencies. The color is warm, almost velvety olive. It’s easy to apply and it’s extremely well pigmented, this is actually only one coat over one coat of China Glaze Ridge Filler. I have not used a top coat on these swatches.

You got to love it :)

Peace on Earth er en diskret shimmer neglelak og har næsten duochrome tendenser. Farven er varm, næsten fløjlsagtig oliven. Den er let at lægge og er særdeles velpigmenteret, dette er faktisk kun et lag over et lag China Glaze Ridge Filler. Jeg har ikke brugt en top coat på disse billeder.

Man kan da kun synes godt om den :)

Nubar Wildlife – a duo chrome nail polish.

Sorry, this was originally posted a long time ago,  but I edited the photos, and now it's a "new" post, I don't know how to fix it, other than deleting it, and I like it, så bear with me...
11.10.17. This color called Wildlife (2 coats + Seche Vite) from Nubar. It is a duo chrome, that changes from a shiny, warm olive to a reddish bronze-green, depending on the light. It is amazing. Although I love it, I have found that I really prefer my nails to have some kind of "art", otherwise I tend to get bored with the manicure pretty quickly.

Den 17.10.11 måtte jeg bare prøve denne Nubar Wildlife, der var kommet, mens vi var på ferie. Jeg brugte to lag og Seche Vite som top coat. Den skifter farve mellem en varm, stærk olivengrøn og en rødlig bronze grøn, hvis du kan forestille dig det. Selvom jeg synes den er fascinerende, så kan jeg mærke, at jeg hurtigt begynder at kede mig, hvis der ikke er en eller anden form for ”nail art” på neglene.

Half & Half olive combo with a bronze striper

2011.09.22 I suddenly felt that fall was just round the corner, so I chose this olive combo to smooth out that fact.

On the pinkie and ring finger I used China Glaze Peace on Earth, and on the rest I used CG It's Alive from 2011 Halloween collection with it's georgeous glitter, and CG Westside Warrior from the Metro Collection. The striper is an Art Club Bronze, and the top coat is Seche Vite.

I must say, that I fell totally and utterly in love with the combination, especially It's Alive. Had you told me a few weeks back, that I was going to actually like olive green nail polish, I would have laughed long and hard :)
 

Den 22.09.11 følte jeg pludseligt at efteråret lurede lige rundt hjørnet, så jeg valgte denne olivengrønne kombination for at tage brodden lidt af det faktum.

På lille- og ringfinger brugte jeg China Glaze Peace on Earth, og på resten en half & half af CG It's Alive fra 2011 Halloween collection, og CG Westside Warrior fra Metro Collection. Nail art farven er Art Club Bronze, og top coat er Seche Vite.

Jeg indrømmer gerne, at jeg faldt fuldstændigt pladask for kombinationen, især It's Alive, der er en lækker glitterfarve. Hvis nogen nogle få uger tidligere havde sagt til mig, at jeg ville synes om olivengrønne farver på mine negle, så havde jeg brudt sammen af grin....