Butter London Knackered. Indoors, artificial light, with flash. |
Today I've got the second of the three Butter Londons in my stash to show you. This is Knackered.
Butter London Knackered over China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le. Indoors, artificial light, no flash. |
Knackered is a finicky, complex polish. In the bottle, it has a strong duochrome finish changing from a light, silvery blue to a subtle purple with gorgeous holographic particles swimming through it all. It is really sheer by itself, so the first time I attempted to swatch this, I tried to build it up. That didn't work out so well. Three coats in, and it was quite hideous. It was frosty, showed every imperfection on my nails, and I had brush strokes upon brush strokes. I next tried it over black, but that was equally as terrible. For a while, I was a bit stumped as to what to do with this baby. I set it aside disappointed--it's so pretty in the bottle! The other day I came across China Glaze's Secret Peri-wink-le in my stash. I swatched it for you here, and then had a revelation! Perhaps this was the underwear Knackered needed! The color seemed to match Knackered, so I tried a very careful coat of Knackered over the two coats plus topcoat of Secret Peri-wink-le from yesterday.
Butter London Knackered over China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash. |
Voila! This works! You get a hint of the duochrome shimmer, and the frostiness is kept to a minimum.
Butter London Knackered over China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash. |
I tried to capture the color shift. It's best seen in the bottle. The left side picture shows how purple it can look, and the right side shows the blue. I love how well you can see the bend in color at the edge of the bottle.
Butter London Knackered over China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash. |
Once I found the right way to wear this, I fell in love. It's quite unique and lovely.
Butter London Knackered over China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le. Indoors, artificial light, no flash. |
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This is pretty!You have been showing us so really pretty polishes!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I was so glad I found something to wear this one with that made it look close to the bottle color. This one was a happy surprise I bought on a whim! Love it when that happens!
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