Showing posts with label BB Couture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BB Couture. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Butter London Blagger Swatches and Comparisons


I have always debated this colour and wanted to get it, then changed my mind, then wanted it again, etc, etc. If you have read any of my other blog posts, you know I'm Canadian and therefor have to pay ten times more for each polish than you lovely Americans. Now in this instance, Butter London is only a few dollars more per polish, but a few more dollars per polish really adds up when you shop like I do. So when my parents jotted down to Miami to take a cruise, out came my trusty wishlist! Unfortunately, Bluey and Knees Up were unavailable, but Blagger was in stock! So FINALLY this is in my collection. And my wishlist in this brand is now only two polishes long! YAY!!!

L-R Gosh Pool Party, Butter London Blagger, BB Couture Junk In the Trunk, Illamasqua Force, Deborah Lippmann I Know What Boys Like

Now the colour I most wanted to compare this too is Dior Blue Denim. But unfortunately its sitting at a girlfriends now as she borrowed a bunch of polishes. Bah!! But of the blues that I have on hand, I was stunned that NONE matched. I am SO happy that I got this polish. I don't know what kept stopping me, but I love it. Great coverage, opaque in two coats, and really smooth.

L-R Gosh Pool Party, Butter London Blagger, BB Couture Junk In the Trunk, Illamasqua Force, Deborah Lippmann I Know What Boys Like

As you can see, Pool party is a little darker and a little more teal and Junk in the Trunk is lighter and has a glitter to it. Now Force and I know What Boys Like are both more purple and less blue. In the periwinkle family, though Poke leans bluer than Lippmanns and the Lippmann one leans much more purple.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

BB Couture Polishes in Junk in The Trunk & Trim and Tassled

Trim and Tassled, Junk in the Trunk
This is yet another brand I had never heard of. A girlfriend said it was the best formula she had ever found for a polish and sent me these two as a gift. Now after hearing that the formula was the best she ever tried (from a certified nail junkie) my expectations were HIGH!!!

Normally I find that websites are notorious for having really bad swatches on thier websites. Seriously. How are we supposed to buy nail polish online when the colours on the company websites are so far from the truth? If it wasnt for the blogging world I probably would have given up! So before anything else I must give props to the company for having dead on exact pics on their website. They dont any more true to life on the two colours I got than this websites pictures.
Junk in the Trunk - picture taken directly from the companies website
Trim and Tassled - Picture taken right from the companies website

Now I must say I love love love the two colours she sent me.  Both of these colours seem to be from the "eye candy" girls collecton and they are SOOO pretty.


Trim and Tassled was very much a disappointment. It took FIVE coats to get semi-opaque and I am sure if this was on my nail and not a swatch wheel there would STILL be visible nail line with five coats. Junk in the trunk was a dream to work with. Opaque in one coat, smooth and wonderful!

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