Monday, August 8, 2011

Butter London Bluey

After sadly removing the lovely Wallis earlier in the week, I was kind of having a hard time deciding what I wanted to do for my weekend manicure.  I've got a ton of untrieds I need to get to, but nothing was really jumping out at me.  Luckily, Jessie saved the day and picked Butter London Bluey for me!  :-)

As with most of my Butter Londons, I feel the need to address the name first.  Knowing pretty much next to nothing about British slang, "Bluey" reminds me of when I was a kid and I named my teddy bear "Blackie" because he was black or "Brownie" because he was brown.  (I promise I got more creative with my names as I got older.)  So...."Bluey" because it's blue, right?!  Negative.  Apparently "bluey" is "vintage slang for a pornographic film."  AWESOME.  Haha!

So what kind of polish does a porno film inspire?  Well.  Bluey is a deep teal shimmery blue.  It's got that awesome glowy look it to it with the blackened edges.  No worries, though.  True to it's name, Bluey never looks black.  It's a little on the sheer side, so I needed three coats for opacity, but the formula was great!

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I gotta say, it's truly stunning!  My coworker almost fell out of her chair when she saw it for the first time!  I really loved it, but I was sure I had something pretty similar to it.  I went Helmer diving and here's what I came up with:

(L) to (R) OPI Catch Me in Your Net, Butter London Bluey, $OPI Teal We Meet Again

Um...yeahhhh...those two on the right?  Pretty much dead-on dupes.  Sigh.  I really thought they would be different!  In the bottle, Teal We Meet Again looks deeper and more green than Bluey.  I even showed hubby, and he agreed with me.  Some kind of weird polish warping goes on when it makes it to the nail though, 'cause I had a REALLY hard time telling these two apart.  Here's a close-up of just Bluey and Teal We Meet Again (apologies for the blurriness - my camera really hates these kinds of polishes):

(L) Butter London Bluey, (R) $OPI Teal We Meet Again

Bummer.  As excited as I was over Bluey, I couldn't help be a little disappointed that I already had a dupe living in my stash.  Since I'm happy enough with the $OPI, and it only requires two coats for opacity, I'm sticking with that one.  Bluey is being re-homed to Jessie.  :-)

I figured I may as well get my money's worth out of Bluey while I still had it on, so I decided it would be the perfect base color for Butter London Henley Regatta.  This is one coat of Henley Regatta over three coats of Bluey:

 

Duuuude.  These two were made for each other!  It's really a great combo for "work to play."  I wore Bluey to work on Friday, and then added Henley Regatta for the weekend.  Love it!  Soooo sparklayyy!

As much as I love Bluey, if you don't already own it, I'd opt for the Sephora by OPI option instead.  It's more opaque, you'll get a little more polish for your money, and it'll cost you $4.50 less.  Though Teal We Meet Again was released with last summer's Havana Nights collection, it's still available at http://www.sephora.com/, and I'm pretty darn sure it's in the core collection in stores.  Henley Regatta, on the other hand, is a MUST-HAVE!  If you don't already have it, RUN to your nearest Ulta or Nordstrom and pick that bad boy up!  It looks great on its own or layered.  And I love me a versatile polish!  :-)

5 comments:

  1. I'm so happy they're dupes! Because I have Teal We Meet Again. Yay! I neeeed Henley Regatta though. Holy gorgeous batman!

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  2. I so want to try BL! Glad to know there is a cheaper dupe for this color.

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  3. ooh love. very pretty. you're right, those two are made for each other for sure.

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  4. So excited for this puppy to come home! :) Pleasure doin' business with ya!!!

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  5. @Laura - YAY! Your wallet AND your nails can be happy! :-)

    @KayJay - As much as I love BL, I'd say the money's better spent on one of their other fantabulous shades. Victoriana was my first - you may wanna check that one out! :-)

    @Missy - Thank ya! The sparklies helped me get over my sadness of already owning a dupe. LOL

    @Jessie - Woo-hoo! You too (as always)! ;-)

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