Butter London Bluey

Bluey was released by Butter London as part of its fall/winter collection for 2011. Butter London describes it as a "slightly metallic dark peacock blue," and I agree. It's got a translucent dark teal blue jelly base carrying finely-milled metallic blue-green shimmers for a beautiful rich dark blue-green color, kind of like a cross between dark cerulean blue and pine green, deep but bright, with cerulean highlights and a scintillating sparkle. 

Application was great. The consistency is sheer but fluid and easily controlled and applies in an even self-leveling manner. Because of it's translucent formula, coverage is buildable. I was a little apprehensive after a first thin coat, which looked like a transparent wash of teal with a sparse smattering of blue-green shimmers, that the shimmers weren't abundant enough to provide sufficient coverage in a reasonable number of coats. But I was wrong. After two more medium coats, I got 100% opacity. Cleanup was easy, although I managed to miss a cuticle swipe on the middle finger of my left hand, and left no staining. Bluey dries naturally in average time to a smooth shiny finish.

Photos show three coats Bluey over Seche Rebuild treatment and Butter London Nail Foundation basecoat with a topcoat of HK girl to pop the awesome color and ensure drying of all the layers.

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey, with bonus topcoat bubble!

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey

Butter London Bluey

Gorgeous, no? The highly reflective shimmers in this one give it an almost glass fleck look, I love the way the light from them refracts through the translucent base. It's an energetic, decorative and showy polish, making the peacock blue description quite apt. Who can resist this kind of color? Not me, that's for sure. Not Fuzzy either! When I offered up this polish for inspection she let out a little squeal, whipped off her glasses and grabbed my hand for a closer look.

I got pretty close to bottle color with my application but I think if I'd applied thinner coats for layers two and three the cerulean blue overtones, which are simply stunning in my opinion (LOVE cerulean blue), would have been more of a factor. To see what I'm talking about, I recommend taking a gander at the review of this polish by Eugenia of the excellent blog Ommorphia Beauty Bar. I adore her polish reviews, they are beautifully written and her photos are to die for. 

love,
Liz



ps Bluey is super easy to remove with no staining whatsoever!