Lacquered Lover on Lifestyle Mirror Equality Now Red Beauty Post featuring Butter London Knees Up!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Wednesday to you all!  I hope you are having a lovely week so far!  I wanted to share with you all an article that I was lucky enough to be a part of yesterday!  As you might know, here in the US, the Supreme Court is currently hearing 2 cases about the right to gay marriage in this country.  To show support, many people have been wearing red yesterday and today (If you check out my instagram @lacqueredlover you can see what I'm wearing and a few of my favorite lipsticks!)  When the fabulous Philip Picardi from the website Lifestyle Mirror asked me for my favorite red nail polish to be included in an article about beauty bloggers, favorite reds, I had to be involved!

I was so excited to be among some of my favorite beauty bloggers!  Now what was my pick for my favorite red nail polish?

The fabulous Butter London Knees Up!  This bright, shimmery red is simply gorgeous and perfect for any occasion!  I adore red nails, for years it was one of the only colors I would wear and it still holds a place dear to my heart.  Whether for nail art or on its own, Knees Up is just a beautiful shade!  Plus it's one of the first Butter London nail polishes I ever bought!

Stay tuned later to see what some of my other favorite red nail polishes and lipsticks are!  If  you want to read the full Lifestyle Mirror article about beauty bloggers favorite red products, click HERE!

What do you think of this polish?  What's your favorite red?

Butter London Sweetie Shop Collection for Spring 2013 Swatches and Review!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Wednesday to you all!  I may be a bit silent on here in the next few days because NYFW is starting but be sure to check out my Instagram, Twitter and Facebook (@lacqueredlover) for up to the minute behind the scenes beauty access!  But first, today I have a really cute collection for you!

The Butter London Sweetie Shop Collection is a super cute collection of bright pastels that are perfect for Spring!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 Above:  3 thin coats of Cuppa

Cuppa is a light beige nude creme.  It's definitely a palette cleanser type of color, very professional looking but beige enough that it won't give anyone mannequin hands.  The formula was a bit hard to work with, fairly thick, so I found that three thin coats worked best.

 Above:  3 thin coats of Jasper

Jasper is a bright pastel yellow creme polish.  Now I'm not sure how something can be bright but pastel but this collection is just full of these gems!  The formula for a light yellow wasn't bad, three thin coats made it opaque and not streaky.

 Above:  2 coats of Kerfuffle

I really like saying Kerfuffle.  I have now incorporated it into my vocabulary.  Kerfuffle is a bright pastel coral.  This was a surprise favorite of mine from this collection!  There is a lot of pink to this polish but it's so fun and bright!  This will be a fabulous pedicure color!  The formula was a bit thick but 2 coats worked for this polish, just let them dry for a minute or two in between.

 Above:  2 coats of Fruit Machine

Fruit Machine is a bright baby pink creme.  If you're a pink kinda gal, this color is right up your alley for Spring!  The formula was good on this one, a bit thick but 2 coats worked perfectly!

 Above:  3 thin coats of Fiver

I am loving all the mint greens this year that actually don't give me lobster hands!  Fiver is a gorgeous ice mint green.  I love that it's bright but pale at the same time!  The formula works best when you use three thin coats to even it out.

Above:  3 thin coats of Molly Coddled

Molly Coddled is a bright lilac creme.  I really like how this shade looks and don't think I have an exact dupe for it!  The formula was a bit thick so I found that three thin coats worked the best for full opacity.

All in all, I liked this collection.  I had bought these when they were buy 2 get 1 free at Nordstrom and am glad because a few of the formulas I wasn't in love with.  They all look great eventually but I like my polishes to be 2 coaters.  I will say that Fiver, Kerfuffle and Molly Coddled were definitely my favorites from this collection and fairly easy to work with!  This collection is on sale now for $15 wherever Butter London is sold.

What did you think of this collection?  Any must haves?  Any dupes?

Lacquered Lover's Instagram NOTD Swatch Spam!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Tuesday to you all!  Today, I decided to do something a bit different than my normal swatches and review.  Usually on the blog I will try to do full collections or a few polishes at a time but in my every day life, I change up my nail polish virtually every day!  Now, if you follow my social media you've probably stumbled into a bunch of these from Instagram but I wanted to share with you guys some (and by that I mean over 30) of my nails of the day!

I'm pretty sure this is my most favorite collage ever.  This is most of the NOTD I have done over the last couple of months!  It also includes a fun nail polish art from a friend of mine.  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 Above:  Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Sound Check

 Above:  Various Nfu Oh Flakies

 Above:  ManGlaze Santorum and ILF Saran Wrap Manicure

 Above:  OPI Russian Navy and Midnight in Moscow

 Above:  Sally Hansen Gradient with All Aglow and Tender Teal

 Above:  These are my Zoolander inspired nails!  Can you guess all the references?

Above:  Estee Lauder Explosif and Smashed

 Above:  Sephora X Cocky and Cold Hearted

 Above:  Saran Wrap Manicure with Dior Ultra Violet and Tuxedo

 Above:  I Love Nail Polish Fully Turqued over various greys

 Above:  ManGlaze Santorum

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Cleopatra in New York and Sugar Daddy

 Above:  Chanel Malice

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Through the Fire and Cleopatra in New York

 Above:  Zoya Raven and Gilty

 Above:  Zoya Veruschka

 Above:  Illamasqua Creator and Cameo

 Above:  Zoya Loredana and Trixie Gradient

Above:  China Glaze It's a Trap-Eze

 Above:  OPI Sapphire in the Snow topped with Nfu Oh 49 and Ninja Polish Color Changing Garnet

 Above:  Hits Phenomena Afterglow and Moonbow

 Above:  KBShimmer Hex Appeal

 Above:  ManGlaze Nawsome Sauce and Hot Mess

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Money Now Sleep Later

 Above:  Glitzology My Viking Boyfriend and Diamonds & Pearls

 Above:  Tom Ford Bordeaux Lust

 Above:  Essie Butler Please with an accent of Where's My Chauffeur topped with Ninja Polish Melted Snowman

 Above:  Ninja Polish Sapphire Dreams topped with Hannukah Floam and an accent of First Snow

 Above:  Saran Wrap Manicure with OPI Goldeneye and Unfor-Greta-Bly Blue

 Above:  Jade Magia Negra

 Above:  OPI Liquid Sand in Get Your Number and Can't Let Me Go

 Above:  Butter London Scuppered and Gobsmacked

 Above:  Nails Inc Leather Effect in NoHo

 Above:  Color Club Angel Kiss and Blue Heaven

Above:  MAC for Gareth Pugh Hyper

Whew!  That's a lot of gorgeous polishes all in one place!  And here's a fun little extra that my good friend Bari made using nail polish at one of our girls nights in December:

I hope you all enjoyed my crazy NOTD post!  Did you like seeing these all in one place?  Make sure you follow me in Instagram (lacqueredlover) and feel free to leave me your Instagram name so I can follow you back!

What'd you think of these manicures?  Which are your favorites?