[Review] Butter London Fiver

Size: 11ml - .4 fl oz

Price: C$20.00

Type: Nail Polish (Glossy finish)

Availability
This nail polish can be purchased at Holt Renfrew, Bay, and any other places that carry Butter London nail polishes.

Ingredients
Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Isopropyl, Nitrocellulose Alcohol, Adipic Acid, Neopentyl Glycol, Trimellitic Anhydride, Copolymer, Trimethyl Pentanyl Diisobutyrate, Triphenyl Phosphate, Diacetone Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Benzophenone-1.

Product Description

Opaque icy mint crème nail lacquer.

Container/Packaging

There is not a special packaging.

Product
This product is pale mint green with glossy finish applies quite thin and almost opaque. After two coats, it is completely opaque. Unless applied thickly, it was very streaky. It required thick coats in order to avoid any streakiness. 

It lasted for 8-10 days without chipping. After two weeks, almost all nails were chipped. With heavy duty labour (ex. moving boxes), it chipped within three days.

Scent
Its scent is very unnoticeable in comparison to other nail polishes.

Would I Recommend This Product?
If you do not mind the streakiness, I would definitely recommend this product. I tend to apply thicker coats to avoid streakiness (and yes, it does look thicker), so if you don't mind that, this product is yours.

Pictures

[Favourites] May 2013

I apologize for the late May 2013 Favourites :'( I moved back to Korea (permanently for now), so I could not upload this favourites until now. More will be uploaded soon, so please stay tuned!

Face

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser for Dark Circles in 20 Light Pale

This is a small thin concealer that has a sponge tip that pumps the product out as it gets twisted up. This was a concealer that has been abandoned for a long time, but it has become my absolute favourite. It can not only hides dark circles, but it is also capable of hiding pores completely. I mean completely. I was never in "absolute love" with a concealer before, but this product was worth mentioning first. I absolutely love this concealer.

Lips 

Lancome Color Design Stylista (Matte)

Stylista looks extremely similar to Lancome Rouge in Love 230M Rose Rendezvous which is slightly muted rose-pink. On the tubes, they look exactly the same. However, the difference shows up on the swatches: Rose Rendezvous has a glossy to satin finish whereas Stylista has a matte finish; yet, it manages to work well even on unprepared (not moisturized) lips.

After applying Stylista on the lips, take a Q-tip to fade out the edge of the lips. This additional and bothersome step gives a blurred-out and unfocused effect.

Maybelline Baby Lips #15 Cherry Me

This product can be used to prepare your lips but it can also be used on its own. It gives a rosy tinted glow that gives a slight glossy finish. Despite my chapped lips, this product succeeded in smoothing my lips within seconds. It requires a reapplication every three or four hours, depending on the amount of hours you talk and the food you may consume.

Nail Polish

Essie 752 Turquoise & Caicos (C$9.99--Sale) 

This product is a turquoise-emerald green nail polish with glossy finish. My only complaint (that goes with all the Essie nail polishes) would be that it is very sheer. Especially for this product, the first coat looked like I had a stain on my nail polish. Three to four coats were enough to achieve that full opaque colour--however, the good thing is that it was, despite the number of coats applied, very thinly coated. It lasted for 8-9 days without a single chipped nail. This is my most favourite drugstore nail polish of Summer 2013.

xoxo
cynthia.

[Review] Essie Nail Lacquer in 988 We're In It Together

Size: 13.5ml (.46 fl oz)

Price: C$10.00

Type: 2012 Breast Cancer Awareness Collection

Availability
This product may not be available since this is from the collection from 2012. However, this product was available at the local drugstore.

Ingredients
Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Propyl Acetate, Tosylamide/Formaldehyde Resin, Isopropyl Alcohol, Trimethyl Pentanyl Diisobutyrate, Triphenyl Phosphate, Ethyl Tosylamide, Camphor, Stearalkonium Bentonite, Diacetone Alcohol, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Benzophenone-1, Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Silica, Citric Acid, Tin Oxide, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate,Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Dimethicone. (D44247/2). May Contain: Mica, CI 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, CI 77163 / Bismuth Oxychloride, CI 15850 / Red 7 Lake, CI 77491, CI 77499 / Iron Oxides, CI 15850 / Red 6 Lake, CI 15880 / Red 34, CI 77266 / Black 2, CI 73360 / Red 30 Lake, CI 75170 / Guanine, CI 77000 / Aluminum Powder, CI 77007 / Ultramarines, CI 77510 / Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, CI 19140 / Yellow 5 Lake, CI 42090 / Blue 1 Lake.

Product Description

One out of eight women will fight breast cancer in her lifetime. Essie has made a charitable contribution to Live beyond Breast Cancer. Because if we stick together we can do anything. .46 oz. We're In It Together.

Container/Packaging

There is not a special packaging (not even a seal that prevents others from using the products before purchasing it. 

The container of this product is just like any Essie nail polish. The container is transparent with their Essie logo engraved on the bottle. The name of this product can be found on top of the white handle.

Product
Before anything, please note that the product is much darker than how it appears on the bottle. 

While the product looks like a sheer pastel baby pink shade with cool-toned pink micro-shimmer, the micro-shimmer is completely invisible. Rather than being a pastel baby pink shade, the product is actually a Barbie, bubblegum pink.

It was not only difficult to get a complete opacity even after three coats, but it was also very streaky. Due to the streakiness, the color looks very uneven too. Overall, this was not a fun nail polish to play around.

Despite all the negative comments, We're In It Together is surprisingly quite prone to chipping: it lasted 6-7 days without a single nail chipped (without base and top coats).

Scent

It smells just like any other nail polish, but it is very subtle. 

Would I Recommend This Product? 
Despite its longevity, the amount of time I spent to layer the coats was totally not worth the product. Therefore, I would NOT recommend this product (indeed, I wrote this review in order to prevent others from purchasing this product, despite the fact that this product was for the 2012 collection.

Pictures

[Haul] April 2013

Face Products

Lancome Visionnaire

This product really enhanced the condition of my skin: it minimized the acne scars, the number of acnes, and the tone of my skin. Once applied, it really hydrates my skin. This is the second (or third) repurchase and I am satisfied. 

The Face Shop Face It Aura Color Control CC Cream 02 Natural Beige

Unlike any other CC Cream, this is a CC Cream with medium coverage CC Cream that is buildable to slightly heavier coverage with dewy glow. It feels more like a BB Cream than a CC Cream.

Osèque High-End Touch SPF34 PA++ 21 Light Beige 

Osèque High-End Touch foundation gives sheer coverage with dewy finish. It feels heavy.

(From top to bottom) Sigma Tapered Kabuki - F86, Large Angled Contour - F40, 

Tapered Blending - E40, Short Shader - E20, Eyeliner - E05 

Tapered Kabuki - F86 is my most favourite brush above all. It is very densely-created brush, perfect for applying under-eye concealer and highlighting. Large Angled Contour - F40 is good for countering, but I also use it to apply blushes too. Tapered Blending - E40 was my least favourite brush above all. Although it feels and blends better than MAC 224 brush, it sheds a lot. Short Shader - E20 is perfect to apply and to blend on highlighters on the inner tear duct and on the lower lash line. Eyeliner - E05 works great to apply (but not to blend on) inner tear duct and lower lash line.

Lip Products

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain 045 Romantic

I purchased this product after purchasing the same product in different shade (001 Honey). This product runs smoothly with a glossy finish. It gives the purest blood red shade with very evident red stain.

Covergirl Lipperfection Jumbo Gloss Balm 215 Watermelon Twist & 245 Ruby Twist

(Top) 245 Ruby Twist (Below) 215 Watermelon Twist

Both give sheer to medium coverage. While it is very wet and quite similar to Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain, this product is not a lip stain; therefore, it does not transfer onto the lips. It also does not transfer. Please keep in mind that Watermelon Twist is quite vibrant and may make your teeth appear yellow.

L'Oreal Colour Caress Wet Shine Stain in 188 Coral Tattoo & 193 Eternally Nude

I fairly enjoyed using 193 Eternally Nude and thus bought 188 Coral Tattoo too. Both are fairly pigmented and wet. With an interesting-shaped applicator, the product glides on smoothly with it. 

MAC Mineralize Rich Lipstick Elegant Accent

It is a vibrant cool-toned pinkish coral shade with a glossy finish.

Nails

Deborah Lippman Rehydrating Base Coat

It is pretty hard to determine whether this product is really capable of hydrating my nails. However, I still favour this base coat anyways since it does not transfer nail polish colours onto my nails. It also makes my nail polishes to become less brittle. 

Butter London Fiver

This is the light pastel mint-green shade. Because it does not have neon shade within it, it really looks great even in yellow-toned skin: it does not make your skin appear to look yellower. It lasts around 6-8 days without chipping and peeling off. After that, almost all fingers chipped.

That is it for my haul! Don't forget to follow me on my blog and on Twitter :)

xoxo
C. 

[Haul] February 2013

Face

Hourglass Illusion Tinted Moisturizer "Ivory"

Kat Von D Everlasting Face Shaper Blush "Bellisima"

Physicians Formula Youth-Boosting Power "Creamy Natural"

Physicians Formula Airbrushing Bronzing Veil Bronze Booster "Light to Medium"

Lips

L'Oreal Colour Riche Caresse Wet Shine "193 Eternally Nude"
L'Oreal Colour Riche "800 Fairest Nude"

Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Suede "080 Fashionista" & "095 Finale"

Eyes

Maybelline the Falsies Volum'Express Flared "Blackest Black"

Maybelline the Rocket Volum'Express 

L'Oreal Color Infalliable "006 All Night Blue"

L'Oreal Lineur Intense Liquid Eyeliner "Black Mica"

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Makeup "120 Creamy Ivory" & "130 Buff Beige"

Sephora Eyelashes and Eyelash Glue "Astonish"
Quo Full Lashes "804 Flirty"

Nail

Nicole by OPI "Mi Fantasia"

Nicole by OPI "Luke of the Draw"

Sally Hansen Maximum Strength Polish Remover

Etc

Veet Hair Removal Cream and Gentle Finishing Cream with Aloe Vera & Vitamin E

Veet Easy Grip Ready-to-Use Wax Strips with Vitamin E & Almond Oil - Sensitive Formula
Geo Soft Circle Lenses "Angel Brown"

[Review] Butter London "Dahling"

Size: 11ml - .4 fl oz

Price: C$17.50

Type: N/A 

Availability
In Canada, this nail polish is purchasable at Sephora & Holt Renfrew (and other online beauty retailers).

Ingredients
Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer, Isopropyl Alcohol, Propyl Acetate, Trimethyl Pentanyl Diisobutyrate, Triphenyl Phosphate, Butyl Alcohol, Streara/konium Hectorite, Stearalkonium Bentonite, Benzophenone-1, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Acrylates Copolymer (and) Bimethiconol (and) Mercaptopropionic Acid, Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Ascorbic Acid. May contain: Mica, Bismuth Oxychloride, Titanium Dioxide, Red Iron Oxide, Black Iron Oxide, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, FD&C Yellow #5 Aluminum Lake, D&C Red #6 Barium Lake, D&C Red #7 Calcium Lake, D&C Red #30 Lake, D&C Red #34 Calcium Lake, Aluminum Powder, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Guanine (the label was so small that it is not readable).

Product Description
You don't have to be daring all the time. Sometimes a deep, dusky pink is just the ticket and very posh indeed.

Container/Packaging

"Dahling" comes in Butter London's classic design; a black rectangle cap on top that secures the cylinder-shaped applicator with a white bird engraved. The applicator is a round brush.

Product
"Dahling" itself is a appears to be lighter than the actual polish. I thought it was a pastel pink shade but it applied to be deep and muted pink (to see the closest representation of the shade, click here).

Scent

The scent is almost undetectable in comparison to regular nail polishes in the market.

Would I Recommend This Product? 
I would totally recommend this product. Three impressive facts:
1. Super Chipping Resistant: I have a habit of tapping my fingernails on the table (and I really don't take care of my nails that much) but it survived nine to mostly fourteen days without incidental and minor chipping (and the chipping is almost invisible too!).
2. Satisfactorily Amazing Colour Pay-off: This nail polish is almost opaque in one coat, and if not, two coats is more than enough (three coats is too thick).
3. Fast Drying: It dries quick.
With these being said, I was definitely impressed by the nail polish and I look forward to trying more.

Pictures

[Nail] Nail done by my brother!

I was going to get rid of my Dior Blue Denim but then my brother made smiley faces on them! It was soooooo adorable and well-done so I decided to keep them.