More swatches! I know, normally I am not the official PGS "swatcher"...but I recently got a bunch of new stuff...and I am feeling a little stumped art-wise. So swatches for everyone! Today's offering is All Hail the Queen by Butter London. (Another one of my Coterie deals!) I was kinda "meh" about this color when I opened the box. It's a cafe au lait brown with shimmer. I figured it would make a good SFW basic manicure. I didn't realize until I actually put it on that it has a lovely holographic thing going on. Honestly, if it weren't for that, this color would be a pass. But I bet it would look really good on someone with a less pasty complexion. I can see this being really flattering for someone with a similar coloring to...
Chanel Iman? Very professional without being super blah.
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up close, with my shitty camera flash. See the shiny? |
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For this picture and the following one, I tried putting a piece of paper over my flash, it worked ok. |
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full flash! Also, my "polishin table"
So after many terribly blown out pictures and attempts to mute the flash with all sorts of trash, I built a "lightbox". Finally. But the lamps that Amanda hounds me about aren't available here. Well, they are, but they are a four hour round trip away. So I made it work. With the husbands LED flashlight. Whatcha think? These following pictures are unedited. Usually I have to tinker with the contrast/brightness in order to compensate for my shitty camera and lack of light here on the coast. But these photos aren't too bad... |
This is so gorgeous, definitely one of my fave BL's ever. It looks fantastic on you!
ReplyDeletethanks! I wasn't sure I was going to like it, but the sparkly made it better.
DeleteOh Wow. I really love this color. <3
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