#ManiMonday: Deborah Lippmann On The Beach with butter LONDON Tart With A Heart Accent Nail

Sometimes my favorite manicures are born out of what one might call a happy accident. For my trip to Palm Springs over Labor Day weekend (my first time there, and let me just tell you, I AM IN LOVE), I wanted my nails to be super bold and bright. And what better color for that than Deborah Lippmann On The Beach, #amirite? Well, once I got back, most of my nails were still intact (shoutout to Deb for her amazingly long-lasting colors), but the middle finger was looking a little worse for wear. Totally not because I was raising it a ton, I swear! But I decided to give it a little pizazz with some sparkle. Enter butter LONDON Tart With A Heart ... and, in effect, one of my fave manicures to date!

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#ManiMonday: butter LONDON Patent Shine 10X Nail Lacquer in English Lavender

It's been awhile since I posted a #ManiMonday! And it's not that I haven't been painting my nails, because I have been ... but I haven't necessarily been super inspired by any of the colors I've been using recently, either. Well, that changed the moment I unearthed my bottle of butter LONDON Patent Shine 10X Nail Lacquer in English Lavender.

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Throwback Thursday: butter LONDON Dodgy Barnett from the Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection

You guys. I have one word to describe butter LONDON Dodgy Barnett. And it is this ... OMG.

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On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: butter LONDON Loverly Patent Shine 10X Nail Lacquer

All I want is a room somewhere
Far away from the cold night air
With one enormous chair
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?
-- Wouldn't it Be Loverly from My Fair Lady

All I can do when I think of the name of this polish is sing that song. But unfortunately, in the case of butter LONDON Loverly, this is not a polish that feels very loverly.

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#ManiMonday: butter LONDON Tart With A Heart

Holographic gold glitter. Sometimes that's all it takes to get my heart racing. And in the case of butter LONDON Tart With A Heart, that's definitely the case.

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My Current Beauty Product Favorites

So I try a LOT of beauty products. And it's tough sometimes to stick to the same ones, even if I love them ... because there are just so many more where those came from! But every once in awhile, there's a product so good that I just can't help but go back to it again and again. Right now, these are the products I'm loving.

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#ManiMonday: Allure & butter LONDON Disco Nap from the Fall 2015 Arm Candy Collection

Oh. My. GOD. Allure & Butter LONDON Disco Nap is, in a word, GLORIOUS.

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#ManiMonday: My Nail Polish Stash and Storage

Anyone who knows me knows that I have what one might call an obsession with nail polish. It's the one beauty product I never need to buy ... and the one I can never seem to say no to once I'm inside a Sephora or Ulta. I've amassed quite the collection over the years, and for a long time I had a vision of displaying all of my gorgeous polishes in racks like you see in nail salons. I've wanted to do this since I lived in New York, but never made it happen ... UNTIL NOW. I finally made the leap and displayed all of my nail polish just the way I always wanted!

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#ManiMonday: butter LONDON West End Wonderland

Sometimes we just need a little sparkle in our lives, #amirite? And in the case of butter LONDON West End Wonderland, that sparkle is delivered in SPADES.

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#ManiMonday: butter LONDON Ladybird with Me.Lissa Lacquer Blur Accent Nails

Happy #ManiMonday, everyone! Today I went for something fun with a combination of butter LONDON Ladybird and Me.Lissa Lacquer Blur.

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Bold Nail Polish Swatches: OPI, butter LONDON & Deborah Lippmann

In case you weren't aware, I love bold nail polish. Sure, there's a time and place for red and pink -- but, for the most part, I like to make a statement with my nails. In recent weeks, I've tried everything from bright blue to sparkly black -- and these are the swatches to prove it. Read on for my reviews of butter LONDON The Black Knight, Deborah Lippmann On The Beach and OPI What Wizardry Is This?.

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Scrumptious Shea: The Best Shea Butter Body Products

Shea butter. We've all heard if it, and we know it's supposed to do something good for us, but what is it, really? Extracted from the nut of the African shea tree, shea butter is a fat originally used in cosmetics, cooking and even as a topical painkiller because it is loaded with fatty acids, melts at body temperature and binds well to water, making it a great, fast-acting and long-lasting oil.

So it's no surprise that there are tons of beauty products loaded with this special butter. This series will cover three different categories of shea-rich beauty products. This last group is a collection of body products featuring our prized ingredient!

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Manicure Spotting: Katie Wearing a Multicolored Glitter Mani

A couple weekends ago, my best friend visited me in New York. Katie and I have a long, LONG history of loving nail polish -- you may remember our 12 Days of Favorite Nail Colors series back in December! (If not, give it a reread and let us know what you think of our choices.) Well, it will come as no surprise then that whenever Katie and I visit each other, we take the opportunity to use each other's nail polishes. Katie went through my stash and couldn't pick just one -- or seven! -- so she decided to do a multicolored glitter mani. Read on to see even more pictures and find out what colors she used to create this unique look.

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My Recent Manicures

I paint my nails a lot. A LOT. One manicure a week just doesn't seem to cut it for me these days! I've been known to change my nails as many as three or four times in one week. Even if I love the color I'm sporting, I just need something different a day or two later! Check out some of my most recent manicures.

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butter LONDON Nail Polish Swatches

I've told you before how much I love butter LONDON. Well, I have four more colors to show you! Check out swatches and all the fabulousness after the jump.

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12 Days of Favorite Nail Colors from Jamie and Katie: butter LONDON All Hail The Queen & OPI Warm & Fozzie

Some people's beauty obsessions are obvious early in life. For my best friend, Katie Reed, and me, it was definitely nail polish. We've been in love with cool, bold colors since the early 90's -- we used to trade them back and forth while sitting in our high school hallways before class. For the next 12 days, we'll be bringing you some of our favorites in what we're calling 12 Days of Favorite Nail Colors.

Jamie: My color today is butter LONDON All Hail The Queen. You know those nail polishes that just grab you and reel you in the second you see them? Well, that's how this one was for me. This was actually originally named All Hail McQueen, and was named for Alexander McQueen. I'm not sure when or why the name was changed to reflect British royalty, but it was. In any case, the color is stunning. The taupe base is liberally packed with rainbow-colored holographic glitter that just shimmers and shines whether you're in the dark or the light. The formula is simply perfect -- the polish just glides onto the nail and applies completely opaque in two coats.
butter LONDON All Hail The Queen retails for $14 at beauty.com.

Katie: My color today is OPI Warm & Fozzie. This polish was part of the OPI Muppets Collection from 2011. I'm a huge thing of everything Muppets, from the original show that was on in my childhood, to the Christmas album with John Denver, and the movies -- both old and new. Let's just say, if I had to pick between Kermit and most mortal men ... well, that green frog would win every time. Warm & Fozzie is shown here with two coats, and wears well, as do most glitters. The coverage was great! If you don't mind a little bling, Warm & Fozzie is a fantastic fall shade. It's a brown foil glitter, through and through, but if you dig deeper, you will see glitter particles in pink, bronze, taupe, red and green. How on earth did the polish gods get all of that into this unassuming shade without it being a total wreck? Let's just call it a little Muppet magic!
Unfortunately, Warm & Fozzie is no longer available, as it was part of a limited edition collection. But who knows -- you might be able to find it at a beauty supply store or eBay!

butter LONDON Nail Polish Swatches: Wallis and Lillibet's Jubilee

How was everyone's Thanksgiving? I hope you all ate your fill of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce -- I know I did! Today I have swatches of two amazing butter LONDON nail polishes for you.

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Mani of the Week: butter LONDON West End Wonderland

Recently, I discovered the amazingness that is Coterie. Haven't heard about it yet? Well, Coterie is the latest in a line of sample sale websites -- and the one that brought me butter LONDON West End Wonderland.

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Dove Grey Nail Polish Comparison Swatches

I went through my nail polish stash today and realized I had a lot of dove grey nail polish hanging around! I decided to bring you a post of four polishes that look almost identical in the bottle, but are all completely different on the nail. Read on for pictures and my takes on these colors from Zoya, butter LONDON, OPI and RGB!

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Last Minute Mani: butter LONDON Come to Bed Red

I woke up way too early this morning, and I thought, "Well, at least I have time to change my nail polish!" In rummaging through my stash, I alighted upon butter LONDON Come to Bed Red. Has any red nail polish ever looked so come-hither?

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