The proof is in ... the biscuit

While the buzz is growing about Lillibet's nail polish, Butter London's Jubilee inspired creation, it's another Butter London nail  colour which I would like to talk about. It's called Disco Biscuit and it was one of the 5 shades of nail polishes Butter London  released in their spring summer collection 2012. What a little corker! I couldn't have chosen a more fun colour to play with to pop my  Butter London cherry.





If you are new to Butter London, they are a creative and eccentric British brand born in 2005, and who have been a hit with fashion  designers right from the very beginning. They don't do nail polishes, they create nail 'lacquers' with a difference: They are a 3 Free  company and their lacquers are formulated without 3 toxic chemicals (Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP). Their aim is to create highly  luxurious nail products at an affordable price (£12)

And luxurious they are. The bottle is very elegant and has 2 caps: an outside cap just for show and an inner one with the butter logo  (a little bird with a crown on its head). No big fat awkward and view occulting brush to hold there. Why don't all polish have a cap  like this? This is genius!











I first saw Disco Biscuit on fleur de force and it was love at first sight. It's a bright hot pink polish with tiny iridescent blue  glitter particles. Like my favourite nail polish of 2012 so far, the one and only Fire Fantasy, Disco Biscuit's formula is very sheer  so I layered it over my favourite nude polish. My photos show one coat of Gosh Nude Champagne followed by 2 coats of Disco Biscuit and  I couldn't be more pleased with the result: amazing semi matte finish with a luminous starry night effect glowing as I wave my fingers  in the air, like I just don't care.












There are a few places where you can get Butter London (£12) but CutECOsmetics is the only place I found on internet, where you can get it with free shipping. Woop :)

I think I've caught the bug for Butter London. Have you tried other shades from the brand, or perhaps blogged about it yourself? Feel free to leave me your links, I would love to read. Which are the must shades to have?

what: Disco Biscuit nail polish from Butter London
where: Cute Cosmetics.
how much: £12   


disclaimer: disco biscuit was sent for review purposes.

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Biscuit Nails by Next Oh So… Cosmetics

To promote the (recent?) release  'Oh so...' their affordable range of Cosmetics, Next is offering four shades of nail polishes when you purchase of copy of Easy Living Magazine. I had no idea Next was doing makeup, so this operation is perfect for me, if only for one slighty detail...





There is a problem right away: the magazine costs £3.70 and the nail polish retails for just £2.50. Ooops. But it's worth it if the shade is stunning, right?


There are 4 shades on offer: biscuit (nude) shimmer (white with golden shimmer shining through it) blush (a delicate pink) and metal (dark metal grey).





My friend and I went half and half and bought 'biscuit'. I now wish we bought shimmer and biscuit doesn't suit her nor me. The shape of the bottle will remind you straight away of the bottle from Beautyuk, apart from the top of the bottle which less round than the bottle of the Beautyuk.










Biscuit applied beautifully, had a little bit of dragging but gave me perfect coverage in 2 coats. Drying time was fantastic. I am very impressed by the quality. Sadly this shade is not for my friend, nor for me, and reminds me a little bit of Caramel from Nails Inc, another magazine/bottle of coke freebie, but not as 'horrendous'.





If any of you bought 'shimmer' and fancy a swap let me know and let’s do business

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