Victoriana is a beautiful green-tinged blue packed with silver microglitter. On the Butter LONDON website it is described as metallic but I don't really see this as metallic personally. Mind you, the colour doesn't really say Syphilis to me either! Instead, the colour reminds me a lot of the Irish Sea at the height of summer. Would you judge me if said this brings to mind mermaids? What can I say, it's the Piscean in me! Should we experience a proper summer in the UK this year, I will be wearing this on my toes and pretending I'm Madison*.
In these picture I'm wearing two coats over a base of BECCA 2 in 1 Base/Top Coat. Victoriana is quite a thick polish so it was almost fully opaque on this first coat but I required a second coat for a more even finish. The finish isn't completely level on my uneven tips but I don't think this is visible other than in close up photos. The wear time was reasonable on my (rubbish) nails.
Because of the glitter, it did take a couple of extra swipes with a cotton ball to remove it but it's not a big problem. Like all nail polishes with green pigment, I find this has a tendency to stain so be sure to use a base coat.
Butter LONDON polishes cost £12 each and are available from Zuneta, Powder Rooms and www.butterlondon.com.
Disclosure: PR Sample
* How many of you are going to admit to knowing who I'm talking about? Hmmm...
While this polish is nice I was hoping, from the look of the bottle, that it had green-er undertones rather than blue :(
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Pretty - if you like sea coloured nail polishes you should check out deborah lipmann's mermaid's dream! Its so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThis would make a great pedicure too. I need to review Butter London. They make amazing polishes.
ReplyDelete...D: I would admit I knew who you were talking about if I did. SHARE YOUR WISDOM!
ReplyDeleteI adore Butter London polish, I have to admit I'd never really fancied this colour but it looks really beautiful on the nails, much better than I thought it would.
ReplyDeleteHaha I know what you're talking about :p I've been meaning to try Thames actually. Saw it at Whole Foods Kensington yesterday but they didn't have a tester and it looked so shiny!
ReplyDeleteI adore the color but will pass because of the finish. It reminds me of Rosie Lee, which looked gorgeous on my nails in incandescent light but a total fright outdoors, especially on a cloudy day. And it took major elbow grease to get it off my nails.
ReplyDeleteThe color is quite complementary with your skin tone ... which probably contributes to 90% of why I like it. :)
i am not a fan of butter london varnishes. i have tried katie waitie and wallis and they dont apply great. they streak. leinti nti
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