I picked up the shades from Butter London's Spring 2013 Sweetie Shop collection a couple of weeks ago, but have been waiting to swatch them for a couple of different reasons. The first is that the weather's been cold, dreary and miserable lately and not very Spring-like, and the second is, I'm still getting to grips with Butter's formulation, which is slightly thicker than I'm used to.
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| Butter London Molly Coddled, Kerfuffle & Fiver |
I've been favouring Leighton Denny nail colours lately, which are much thinner than the Butter shades I picked up and easier to work with. The Butter brush has also taken a bit of getting used to, as it's stubbier and slightly wider than the Leighton Denny brush, and I find it a little bit more difficult to control. Anyway, some swatches of three of the shades from the collection...
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| Butter London Molly Coddled |
Molly Coddled - A creamy lavender. This is one of the shades from the collection that I found to be slightly thick. I got the best, most even application when I applied two, thin coats of coats of colour.
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| Butter London Kerfuffle |
Kerfuffle - A soft creamy peachy/pale coral. Again, I found the formula to be on the thick side and did find Kerfuffle slightly difficult to apply, but I did get an even, opaque finish with two coats of carefully applied colour.
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| Butter London Fiver |
Fiver - An icy mint green. I managed to get an opaque coverage with two coats, but the finish wasn't as smooth as I'd have liked, so i added a third after taking the photo above. I do absolutely love the colour, though!
While I've had a few application issues with some of the shades, I'm still completely in love with all of the colours from the Sweetie Shop collection. I'd been lusting after a minty green polish for quite a while, so Fiver is definitely my favourite of the bunch. They're all very pretty, though.
I think the formula/brush problems I've been having are maybe more down to me than the formulation, as I'm used to other brand's formulas that I find slightly easier to apply. Overall, I've not had any major problems with any of the shades, and I have to say, they're probably the best pastels I've tried in terms of application and finish. The shades I've done full manicures with seem to wear/last well too. I got a good 4 days of wear with Fiver and Cuppa with Orly's Bonder used as a base and Seche as a top coat, which isn't bad at all.
I did attempt to swatch the other three shades at the same time (Cuppa, Jasper & Fruit machine) so I could put them all in the same post, but the sun decided to disappear half way through swatching, so I'll post some photos of those in the next couple of days.
Ah, such pretty pastels. I find that pastels across any brand tend to be thicker and harder to work it; I have a handful of BL polishes, and the one that gives me trouble is Bossy Boots, which is a pastel pistachio. It's not you! Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteHa, good to know it's not just me, Larie! I have tried a few other pastel shades from other brands and do find them a bit more difficult than other shades, too. These are still a bit tricky, but definitely some of the best pastels I've tried!
DeleteHi Nat, this was such a beautiful collection! I've been eyeing Fruit Machine for some time; Fiver looks great too!
ReplyDeleteHi Dovey, it is a lovely collection, and Fruit Machine's a great shade!
DeleteI'm definitely going to pick up fiver, it's so pretty :)
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Fiver is a pretty shade! I've been lemming a minty green polish for quite a while, so it's probably my favourite of the bunch :)
Deletethese look awesome on you! I wanted fiver and kerfuffle but didn't let my self buy, haha.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I think Fiver and Kerfuffle would have been the shades I'd have gone for if I could have only picked a couple of colours from the collection! They're both pretty shades.
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