Classic Couture and rocker chic side-by-side at a tea party with a twist. The High Tea collection flaunts an intoxicating blend of bold pastels and bright créme to create a fresh palette for spring. whether you find yourself at a tea party, or the after party, slip into something haute and steep yourself in colour.

Purchase the shades individually, or sample the collection with the High tea Box Set. The set features four limited-edition lacquers in butter LONDON's Fashion Size bottle which are the perfect size for quick touchups and on-the-go application. The set includes High Tea, Ruby Murray, Tiddly and Green Fairy (set exclusive).
Cheers!
Description: Opaque, marigold yellow crème.
Definition: Brit slang for ‘Goodbye’ or ‘Thanks.’

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Happy Hump Day folks! I don't have any nail art prepared fro today, however, I do have a swatch and review of butter LONDON Lolly from their Lolly Brights Summer 2014 Collection (press release here).


bL describes Lolly as a bright pink shimmer in a gel like base.
I consider it to be closer to a pink foil, but it should be noted that the pink polish you see is slightly cooler in real life.


Shown above is two coats with top coat. I'm usually not a fan of pink, but for some reason I'm not completely put off by this lacquer. In fact, I find it quite nice.

butter LONDON Lolly retails for $15 and is available on butterLONDON.com.

I've got to get up super early for work out boot camp so goodnight loves!
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From the beach to the boardwalk, these flirty shades celebrate the high-energy days and sizzling nights of summer. With eye-catching pops of colour and an intense shine, these shimmering shades of the Lolly Brights Nail lacquer collection deliver a flare like never before. The four iridescent lacquers boast an innovative and revolutionary new formula that's perfect for mixing and matching with the two new cream lacquers to create a striking array of bespoke looks.

Press Sample Ah, it appears I'm running two-a-days this hump day. Earlier I showed you two metallic shades and now I've got one more metallic shade and a pastel.

I've been seeing herringbone patterned nail art all over IG lately and wanted to give it a go myself.


I started with Keen as a base color. Keen, while being what I though was a promising peach crème, turned out to be quite the opposite. The formula was a bit on the thick side and didn't self-level after four coats and required a layer of top coat to smooth it over.
After I laid down my base color, I used Goss to render to herringbone print. The formula on Goss was much more favorable because it was smooth and opaque in one coat--I know this because I was too lazy to repeat this design on my right hand and decided simply paint my aforementioned hand with it. Another Goss bonus? It's crazy reflective.


Goss might be my new favorite rose gold shade!

Keen and Goss are part of butter LONDON's Boho Rock Collection for Spring 2014 and retail for $15 per 11mL bottle on butterLONDON.com.

By the way, bL has some really, really, really great deals in their Last Order section!

Have you tried the herringbone trend yet?
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Press Sample It's Christmas and if you're like me and still in your bed clothes with no idea as to how you're going to paint your nails this post may help you out, or at least provide some form of entertainment.

First up I have a simple way to wear China Glaze Mingle with Kringle & China Glaze Santa Red My List.



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Press Sample Okay, so this post wasn't technically posted on Wednesday but it's only 1am and I haven't been to bed yet. That has to count for something right? #LateNightBlogSesh!!

Anyway, all procrastinating aside, I recently got some interesting nail art stickers from Sticky Nails on Etsy and felt like nail artin' it up in this bitch. Here's the end result!


Sticky Nails has five different sticky nail art stencils to choose from, the particular pattern I used is the chevron design.

I didn't want to do the typical  chevron mani so decided to get creative with the different sizes on the sheet and then freehand some checker print and stripes.

And if you have long nails like me these will fit with no problem!



Iona advises that you let your base color dry completely before you place the stickers on your nail bed. To speed up the process I used Dazzle Dry Top Coat over my white base.

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Press SampleRecently butter LONDON came out with a pretty large cosmetic line complete with mascara, eye shadow, lipstick, lip gloss, and of course, nail polish!


The Rock Your Colour Collection consists of six lacquers, but these nails used only three.


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Here we are, the last day of July. Summer is almost over and some fall collections are already upon us. *sigh* Admittedly, fall is my least favorite season for nail polish. Why? Not because I hate all the dark, shimmer/jewel tones it has to offer, but because I love brights and neons all year round! Thankfully a brand finally released a fall collection that understands (and fulfills) my lacquer obsessed needs.




For this look I used four of the six shades from this collection. They are Silly Billy, Cake Hole, Giddy Kipper, and Cotton Buds.
the butter LONDON Colour Clash collection retails for $15 per bottle at butterLONDON.com.


Dear bL,
Thank you for finally understanding me.
Much love,
Briana <3


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Alrighty folks, time for some nail art! I don't have much of an anecdote of an intro so let's just jump right into it shall we?

Press Sample Recently butter LONDON released the limited edition Pop Art Collection. A self proclaimed set of  "punchy, kaleidoscopic brights." I figured why not try some 3D pop art-ish nail art, right? right!
Bam! 3D cubes! I've actually been wanting to try this design since I first saw Copy That Copy Cat (aka one of my first and few nail crushes) do it. See her original post here.

I changed the colors slightly and made the design bigger, but ultimately followed her YouTube tutorial for the execution.


I started with a base of butter LONDON Cotton Buds from their new A/W 2013 Color Clash Collection. Next, I used my go to black nail polish to paint the boxes. And finally, I used all three shades to fill in three complete cubes.


The limited edition Pop Art Collection consists of Cheeky Chops, Primrose Hill Picnic, and the new shade of the bunch, Keks. 
Wanna get your hands on them? Find them at butterLONDON.com for $45 for the set of three.


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Keks dries to somewhat of a wax like finish which I wasn't expecting, but really like.
Cheeky Chops. Boy, oh boy, was I surprised with just how good the formula on this guy is. Why? Well for starters it's a yellow creme, and for finishers (pretty sure I've never heard finishers anywhere so um, YOLO I guess? ) I had a very rough time with Jasper a few months back. 

What I like the most about this collection is that it is the perfect grouping of yellow, cyan, and magenta! Which reminds me; I need to buy some more ink for my printer.

Got any suggestions for nail art you'd like to see my attempt? Leave them in the comments, tweet me, or post them on my timeline.

Press Sample After way too many days of having naked nails I decided to play with a few butter LONDON nail lacquers from my to do list.


I started with three coats of Molly-Coddled and sponged Cuppa on the tips. Next, I laid down some striping tape I bought on eBay, and applied two coats of Tea & Toast. Finally I removed the stripping tape and sealed everything with a layer of top coat.
Front-Back: Cuppa, Molly-Coddled (both from the Sweetie Shop Collection), and Tea & Toast (Stalkers Collection).

I'm feeling a little short-winded, probably because I'm writing this post at 3am, so I'm going to jump into where you can buy butter LONDON lacquers for yourself.


Press Sample butter LONDON retails for $15 at butterLONDON.com.

As usual folks.
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This season is about being inspired by raw cultural elements and glided textures. Mix and match prints, and revel in fabrics that are foiled, embossed and authentic. Sultry metallics in platinum, gold and rust evoke luxury, while crushed glitter in rich shades of copper and umber are offset by an accent of African turquoise. The Summer Holiday Collection was designed to pop against sun-kissed skin and the light, airy fashions of the season.

Available:April 1, 2013
Price: $15
Where to buy: Ulta, Nordstron and butterlondon.com

What's that you say? The Sweetie Shop Collection wasn't the only collection butter LONDON released for Spring 2013? That's right there is also the Stalkers Collection with three nude shades.