March Nail Polish Haul

For the last half of march, I've been so sick I just couldn't be bothered with anything internet related. I'm still sick, which is why there haven't been any posts from me in a while, but I've been assured that I really only have the flu, not something worse (so here's to crossing my fingers that I'll be better soon!). So there is only a small nail haul for March, but don't worry, I spent an absurd amount of money on ebay this month so everything should be arriving soon for April's nail haul!

L-R: Essie Madison Ave-Hue, Essie Maximillian Strasse Her, China Glaze Mimosa's Before Mani's, China Glaze Fancy Pants

Nail Polish Collection: High End Misc. [January 2013]

Chanel is one of my favourite brands. Quartz is my favourite nail polish of all time (I know, huge right!) and both Paradoxal and Lilac Sky make my top 10. Coconutty by Leighton Denny also makes it into my top 10, and some of the Butters are getting close! I didn't realise until typing out this post but you can see my fingers in all of the bottle caps! 

NOTE: I have to mention that I took all my photos in a crudely made lightbox. Well, I don't think you could call it a lightbox...it's two planks of white painted wood and a lamp with a daylight globe! So whilst I tried to get these as colour accurate as I could, some colours may be just a tad off. I'll try to let you know when that happens, otherwise just google image the colour you were looking at. Also, I took these photos freehand so I'm sorry that some are a little crooked..I hope it doesn't bother you as much as it bothered me!

Butter London - All Hail the Queen

My swatches don't do this polish justice. In the sun, the holo just "bursts to life" if you will. Unfortunately, the sun was setting so I only got one shot of my nails in the sun and it didn't nearly capture the sparkly-ness :( 2 coats covered perfectly, with 1 coat top coat (Deb Lippman Addicted to Speed) shown in the pictures.

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Butter London - Fiddlesticks

Today I'm wearing Fiddlesticks from the newest Butter London collection. Out of the shades I purchased, I expected to like this the least but I've actually worn it 4 times since I got it, which is almost unheard of for me! I prefer it with a topcoat, but I wanted to see what it'd be like matte, so that's what you're getting today ;) This is 2 coats, with 1 coat of matte topcoat.

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Butter London - Jack the Lad

A few months ago, I decided that I was only going to purchase from brands I already owned, mainly Essie and China Glaze, and that I really didn't need to keep branching out into new brands when I own so many polishes. This resolve lasted about 2 months until Butter London's newest collection came out (holiday or winter? I'm not really sure). Buying this collection, of course, meant that Butter London's polishes were fair game and I have about half of their collection making it's way to me now..whoops! Anyway, this colour is what started my need: Jack the Lad. It's absolutely beautiful, with green and blue glitters suspended in a darker green base.

This was 3 coats, but 2 could have easily sufficed. I've heard that the polishes from this collection are top-coat-eaters, but I've worn 3 of the colours so far (forgot pictures of the other 2 :( and I only had to use one coat of Essie's Good to Go and Deborah Lippmann's Addicted to Speed (both relatively thin top coats) and I didn't have any roughness at all.

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