Butter London Christmas 2012 - Swatches and Review

Butter London recently released six new shades for their Christmas 2012 collection. I have four of these to swatch and review for you today - Scallyway, Fiddlesticks, Jack the Lad and Fairy Cake.

Scallywag is a bright blue glitter in a clear base. It's actually an extremely dense combination of blue and silver glitters, and the sparkle is amazing! It's opaque in 3 coats and dries to a gritty matte finish. I normally prefer to have my polish smooth and glossy but I like the velvety texture of this. It smooths out quickly with two coats of Seche Vite.

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Fiddlesticks is an interesting one. In the bottle it looks like a magenta glitter, but it's actually pink glitter and irregular black flecks in a magenta base. It reminds me a lot of raspberry jam... Or maybe cranberry sauce to go with the whole christmas theme? Like Scallywag, it dries to a matte finish, but because of the base it's more of a rubbery texture which I don't really like. I used 3 coats here with one coat of SV.

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Jack the Lad is my favourite out of this collection. It's a blackened green base full of green and blue flecks. The formula is silky smooth, as expected, and is opaque in 3 coats.

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Here is a comparison between Jack the Lad and China Glaze Smoke and Ashes. They're not dupes at all, but I wanted to show how Jack the Lad is a super amped up version of Smoke and Ashes.

L-R: Smoke and Ashes, Jack the Lad, Smoke and Ashes, Jack the Lad

Fairy Cake is a dense mix of silver and holographic glitter and micro glitter. It leans towards a delicate champagne hue. It's crazy sparkly! It's mostly opaque in 3 coats, but it applies easily and doesn't get as thick and gloopy as other glitters with this many coats.

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The other two shades available in this collection are Scuppered and Shambolic. None of the shades that I have are terribly unique, apart from Jack the Lad, but I quite like them. I can see myself wearing Scallywag a lot this summer. 

Butter London polishes are available at selected pharmacies in Australia if you know where to look (unfortunately they don't seem to have a store finder on their website so finding a stockist is sheer luck, really). They are also available pretty often on Brandsexclusive and Ozsale.