Showing posts with label butter london. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butter london. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

*waves* Long time, no blog!

Hi there!

Hope you all are well. I've missed you all, and blogging so very much! Thank you for sticking by us while we figured out our personal lives. It really means a lot to us. I lost my way a bit in February, and I've just recently found my way back.. I did not know how to start this post. I feel so rusty. I wanted to share with you all why I have been absent so much lately. So I hope that I don't lose you before I get to the polishes. I apologize in advance, this will probly be pretty long! The polishes are on the bottom if you want to just skip to them! ;)

In Feb. I had a lot of car trouble. A LOT. I ended up losing my job because of it. I have never been fired from any job in my 10-11 years of working. I was devastated. I felt so useless. And I was so angry! I am still pretty angry with how everything went down. With all the trouble with my car I had to worry how I would get my hubby to work, and how I could get to school. I stopped painting my nails, except for the few colors I had been sent to review. I just had no desire. My parents helped me with my car so at least I was able to get hubby to and from work, and I could finish up my semester. On my very last day of class, I ended up adopting a dog from a lady I used to work with. We named him BOY because it was literally the only thing he answered to lolol. He was a wreck of a dog, and he tried and tested my patience, and seemed to know how to push every single one of my buttons to drive me absolutely crazy! He has taken a lot of work, time, and pateince, but I think we are finally making some progress! yayy!

Fast Forward to June, I was coming home from taking hubby to work, all of a sudden, all the lights on my dash go on, and the car just stops. There, in the middle of traffic.. And it wont start for nothing. I go to grab my phone, and I left my phone at home... Fuck. Great. Fantastic! It was like 830am, I was still in my pajamas, and I looked like a mess. I walked into the first store I saw that was open, and I tried to call my hubby to see if he could get a hold of my friend Amanda to pick me up since we were supposed to hang out that day. She finally finds me and we try to get my car to Auto Zone to have it tested. Nothing is showing up. Everything is fine it says.. ughhhh BRUNO MARS ( my cars name. Because I hate them both so very much!! ) WHY MUST YOU BE LIKE THIS?! We left my car in the Wal-Mart parking lot and she took me home to her house.. We didn't even get to watch Pretty Little Liars!! My car was out of commission for about a week and a half. While all this is going down, my Grandma offered me to come live with her in AZ.. She had offered a few times, but I was in school, and there were a lot of things we had to take care of so I just didn't know if it would work or if it would ever even happen. I mean, I have A LOT of animals, hubby has a job that he LOVES, there were a lot of things that needed to be taken care of. But I was so unhappy. we could not catch a break for anything. Hubby had talked to his boss to see if he could transfer, and it ended up getting him a promotion! Very awesome and exciting! So in a little over 3 weeks, I had to clean, get rid of, and pack 6+ years worth of stuff. That was tough. It took me about a week to pack my nail polish alone!

Aug. 3rd we packed up the truck and headed to Arizona... Since we have been here things have been pretty good. There are still things in IL. that we are taking care of, but we are finally out. I really needed this restart... And I would like to thank you all again for sticking by us while everything was going on in our personal lives. It really truly means the world to us.

So now for some polish! Since I've been here in Az., I have been wanting to blog again and paint my nails regularly. I am even thinking about going and getting my nail technician degree, until I can find a school that offers dietetic technician.

So, I have a few designs that I want to show you today. I have posted a few on my instagram, but not all of them yet!

My natural nails have also been looking really nice! They are not as brittle, peely, and just plain crappy. I still need a ridge filler, but I really am so proud of them. I have been trying to take really good care of them!
Just Kidding!
 The first one I want to show you is a fun nail art. I used the first couple colors that I unpacked and some nail tape. The base colors are butter LONDON Silly Billy and Cake-Hole. I placed some nail tape in different ways once those dried, and applied Union Jack Black on top. One of my very favorite blacks!

butter LONDON Silly Billy, Cake-Hole, Union Jack Black

Fun, right?! It was also really super easy! I may try to do a video tutorial some time!

I also used my dotting tools for the first time. On the first day we got here to AZ. Hubby had to run to the store to get a few things, I stayed home to unpack some stuff. When he came home he gave me  three wet n wilds from their new Ferris Wheel Collection. I had been so out of the loop, I did not even know Wet n Wild had a new collection!

I used Wheel Romance as my base color and used my dotting tool and did some little dots with spitfire and chambray showers. Topped with some northern lights for some glitter! I really loved this a lot. Very cute and easy!

spitfire, wheel romance, Chambray Showers

And I saved the best for last. This one was my very favorite mani that I have done in a long time. I found an idea for it on pinterest and did my own version of it. I did it for Hubby's bday. We went out to celebrate his bday and our Anniversary, because we didn't really get to do anything for our anniversary last month.

I used Zoya Dovima as my base and, Ulta Holographic on my thumb, Chaos & Crocodiles Color Wheel Chaos on my pointer, OPI In True Stefani Fashion on my middle, Wet n Wild Fergie Mermaid Curves on my ring finger, and OPI Pink Yet Lavender on my pinkie. I then used Julep matter top coat over the glitter! I really loved this. It was so easy and so pretty! I couldn't stop looking at it. I only wish I did glitter on my thumb, and not the holographic.

Zoya Dovima, Ulta Holographic, Chaos & Crocodiles Color Wheel Chaos, OPI In True Stefani Fashion, Wet n Wild Mermaid Curves, OPI Pink yet Lavender, julep top coat

I really hope that you love all of these! I will be posting about my trip to the Arizona Botanical Gardens next time! It was so cool and so much fun!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy my nail arts!

xxooo
Pan

Friday, May 2, 2014

Cheeky Chops

Hi there!

A couple of weeks ago I was just really needing a yellow polish on my nails! I didn't want any color except yellow. So I decided on Cheeky Chops by butter LONDON.

This yellow is a super gorgeous yellow! Not too bright, not too pastel. It was pretty perfect, really. It coated so evenly and nice, with no streaking. And I think that is something that just doesn't happen often with yellow polish. At least for me..

It reminds me of flowers and summer.. Which I am seriously hoping for both very soon!

Here it is with two coats and a top coat.

Butter LONDON Cheeky Chops

Butter LONDON Cheeky Chops

Butter LONDON Cheeky Chops

Butter LONDON Cheeky Chops

Butter LONDON Cheeky Chops

I really enjoyed this polish. If you are in a yellow mood and come across this, I definitely recommend it! I don't think it could look bad on anyone!

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Two Fingered Salute

Hi there !

I feel like I've been posting a lot of pinks and oranges lately so I kinda wanted to mix it up a little bit! As I was picking up colors and looking at them nothing was catching my eye until I picked up two fingered salute from butter LONDON. I forgot I had it but I am sooo happy that I came across it!

What a gorgeous color. Seriously, I couldn't stop looking at my nails, and I really didn't even want to take it off! It's a gorgeous turquoise color with copper glitter/flecks in it.


Here it is with two regular coats. I looved the application and again, I seriously loved this color! Sometime in May butter LONDON had this color for 10$ . I REALLY hope you all took advantage of that!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Friday, July 5, 2013

Happy independence day

Hi there!!

Happy independence day! I hope everyone that celebrates had a wonderful and safe holiday! Did you see any fireworks? I got a chance to see just a few while I was driving but I didn't go see any specifically. I wish I could have though. Those who don't celebrate, I hope you had a wonderfully awesome Thursday!

I want to show you my 4th inspired mani!! If you did a 4th inspired mani we would love to see it! Please share it on our page!


I wanted to do some kind of nail art but I just wasn't feelin anything that I  was coming up with. I searched google for some inspiration and just was not really inspired. So I just went with a red white and blue mani with some America inspired glitter. For the red I used Wet n Wild Wild Shine red red, the white is LA Colors Energy Source, and the blue is butter LONDON Royal Navy. I used Julep America for the glitter gradient. My friend Morgan did her nails and kind of did them like they were fireworks and I wanted to do something like that but I kind of failed. Was not super proud of that but I did dig the glitter gradient !

Here is a picture of Morgan's nails!


Morgan used LA Colors Energy Source as a base, Zoya Libery and Julie G Hot Cinnamonfor her colors. All she did was paint a little bit of each color and take my cuticle pusher and used the plastic side and kind of pulled them. They look like fireworks! It looks so cool! I liked mines a lot until I saw these lolol.

I hope you all had a great day!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!
xxooo
Pan







Thursday, April 4, 2013

Squatter, Sprog and cornwall

Hi there :)

A few weeks ago Ulta was having the 21 days of beauty deals in their stores ( if you are not on the email list or the reward membership they have, seriously you should sign up. It's free and they send awesome coupons and stuff all the time! ) and during that promotion they had butter LONDON polishes for $9 each.. They are normally $15 and for $15 it's a little out of my budget, $9 is still high but a little better. They do have a few colors I have been eying.. During the promotion I got squatter and sprog. I love them both and am glad I got them.  This is a really nice spring weather summoning mani! Hopefully spring weather will get the hint with all the bright manis. ;)


A few weeks ago hubby got off work like 4 hours before I did and had to wait until I got off work so he walked to the mall by his work. He saw this funky nail polish and thought I would love it so he got it for me. He knows me so well. It is supposed to look and feel like feathers! In my real life I am afraid of birds and have never actually felt feathers but I assume this is pretty close. Its  so cool! I really do love it! It also looked really good over Sprog. It's called Cornwall - Feathers by the brand Nails Inc. On my pointer I have 3 coats, on my ring I have 2 coats and my pinkie I have one coat over sprog. On my thumb I have 3 coats of only Cornwall.


Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Union Jack Black & Chunky Holo Black

Hi there :)


I really like butter LONDON nail polish but the price.... not so much. I was searching ebay and got really lucky and found this color for like 6$ plus shipping. This is Union Jack Black and it is a really nice dark black. I like it a lot but honestly wet n wild black crémé would do me just fine if I hadn't found this for so cheap.



 I covered it with an amazing holo top coat. Black chunky holo from Klean Color. I only have a few colors by Klean Color but they are really amazing! I really would like some more colors from them. They don't sell them around here that I've seen I've gotten all the ones I have online.  I have 2 glitter and I honestly think they are some of the best! Super glittery and lasts!I really LOVED this combo. I got quite a few compliments on them even through my gloves at work! I have a lot of pictures so you can really see how awesome it is!


Isn't is gorgeous? Another polish set I couldn't stop looking at!

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Giveaway Time!

Hi there :)

I am so super stoked for the Anti/Valentines giveaway and I really hope you all enjoy it! Thank you all for liking our page, for reading our blog and for following us! We hope you will stay for future fun & giveaways!


Giveaway Rules:
1. Must be 18 years old or have parents permissions
2. Giveaway is available to US residents only ( sorry to our international viewers, someday soon we hope to have a giveaway for you!! )
3. No cheating & Have fun!
4. The first 3 options are mandatory and must be completed to win. 
5. There will be one winner for each giveaway set ( 2 winners total )




a Rafflecopter giveaway


Giveaway 1 - Butter LONDON Rosielee & Zoya Elisa
Giveaway 2 - ORLY mini velvet rope, Zoya storm, Liquid Sand by OPI Stay the Night
 

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Gobsmacked

Hi there :)

I wanted to post this yesterday but I've been sick and sleepy. I got sent home from work a little early today so I slept and I wanted to share my post with you before I go back to sleep. Real quick. Do you use coconut oil? I've recently read a whole bunch of awesome things about coconut oil and how amazing this stuff is.... I have to say it's pretty awesome. The skin above my lip and around my nose have been rubbed raw from tissues, last night I put some coconut oil on and this morning when I woke up the skin felt so much better. It didn't look raw and it wasn't so tender. I found a recipe on pinterest for whipped coconut body butter. I am going to try it - If it turns out well I will share! 

I got some new nail polish for Christmas- My very first Butter London's! I have only used one so far. I absolutely love the color! It's called Gobsmacked. In the bottle it looks like disco gravel. It goes on super shiny and sparkley and dries like a matte sparkley glitter. It is really really neat. I couldn't stop staring at it. It goes on really thick, I think because of the amount of glitter.

Here is two coats of Gobsmacked without a top coat. The picture doesn't do it any justice. It really is one of the most unique colors I've seen.


Here is with one coat of top coat.


Gobsmacked is from the Autumn/Winter Collection.

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy!

xxooo
Pan