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Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer Review, Photos, Swatches
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
($14.00 for 0.4 fl. oz.) is described as a “striking cobalt blue.” That description is dead-on — this is such a rich, decadent blue. It’s royal blue, but even richer, and not quite as dark. Butter London’s impeccable cream formula shines here; rich color in two coats (but honestly, one coat is nearly opaque), smooth, even flow of the polish as you apply. I typically get a week’s worth of wear with Butter London’s formula.
Blagger
PPermanent. $15.00.
A+
A+
10
Product
10
Pigmentation
10
Texture
10
Longevity
4.5
Application
99%
Total
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
Butter London Blagger Nail Lacquer
That’s a gorgeous blue! Perfect background for doing a Union Jack on.
Gorgeous!
Looks like it might be close to Illamsaqua Force and Barry M Cobalt to me.
I’m generally not a blue nail polish fan (but i AM a big Butter fan) but this true, clear blue looks simply gorgeous on you. I just might give it a try. Thanks Christine.
Wow, that polish is gorgeous!
I really would like to bite your nails off now, they look good enough to eat with that color on. *_* That seriously looks like pressed butter with blue coloring. Amazing.
wow thats gorgeous…don’t know if i can pull it off though.
That is a STUNNNING Blue ! Perfect!
I am so glad you swatted this. I’ve been thinking about it for the past week or so. I’m currently wearing Artful Dodger, which I LOVE!
*swatched* (stupid iPhone spell check) LOL
This is a really nice blue… And I’m not a big fan of blues.
BLUE! I love blues and greens. This one is so lovely!
Rich, intense blue color. Like it a lot.
Ooooooh, this is beautiful! I want!
Really a great royal blue without being too primary blue – hint of dusty under/in it? I would do with for US holidays esp 4th of July with a stripe of red along the tip of my nails done with
So Easy Stripe Rite – found at Sally’s. I would like it with yellow or orange tipped thin line from the stripe Rite brand. I am really loving busting up my mani’s an pedis done with darker shades esp given one of these super thin Stripe it Rite stripes.
Just bought this last week! I hope it looks as good on me as it does you. 🙂
LOOKS AWESOME! i wish you showed us the brush though. thanks for the review! <3
What am I doing wrong?? I want to love this brand, but they ALL (No More Waity Katie, All Hail the Queen, HRH) chip on me so easily (I’m talking hours after application).
I bought it last night along with 5 other colors.
What the hell’s a blagger?? Lol. I know Butter London’s polish names are all Britishisms and whatnot, but this just makes me think of when Niel Cicierega (a.k.a. Lemon Demon and creator of Potter Puppet Pals [whose website, unfortunately, uses Comic Sans extensively] and nerd heartthrob) would purposely mispronounce and misspell “vlog” in his vlogs and their titles.
(No, that was not utterly unrelated to the actual post. You’re delusional.)
a blagger is someone who is fake, or deceptive. i don’t know why i know that. LOL. and it’s not because i live in Canada. no one knows what it means here either! 🙂
I’m absolutely in love with this polish. After trying it out, I went and bought another bottle, because this lacquer captures a slightly darkened version of one of my all-time favorite colors, and does it perfectly.
It’s not quite a cobalt blue- it’s brighter, richer, more luxurious. This shade of blue is actually called ‘faience’. Faience is a type of pottery glaze that contains a tin oxide. When fired, the oxide rises to the surface of the clay and creates a striking blue color that absolutely shines from within. A lovely example (with a lighter shade of the color) can be seen in William, a faience hippopotamus figurine that is decorated with papyrus blossoms. William can be seen on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website:
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/egyptian_art/hippopotamus/objectview.aspx?collID=10&OID=100000444
Here’s another example of the same hippo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ggnyc/2540222584/
Another dupe could be Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Indigo
Man, I am wearing this color right now because I loved the way it looked in the bottle– on me, this pulls way more green-blue than straight up blue. Don’t know, maybe I needed to shake the bottle prior to using it and some of the pigments separated out or something, but I have to say I’m a little disappointed, because while it’s still a beautiful polish, my color doesn’t look anywhere as awesome as your pictures do. (I know, monitor settings might contribute to this, but seriously, I feel like the color on my nails does not match the color in the bottle.)