Hey everyone! Today, with Christmas just a few days away, I have a duo of seasonally-appropriate polishes to show you, which I received as a gift from the boyfriend! (Yay, men buying nail polish!)
This is Butter London's Double Take Fire Duo, and the polishes are Rebel Fox (crimson shimmer), and Brass Monkey (metallic, color-shifting shard glitter overcoat). These two polishes came packaged as a set and were released last Winter, 2013, as a Holiday duo. (There is also an Ice Duo.)
Butter London- Rebel Fox is a warmer-toned crimson or burgundy base with golden shimmer that appears almost metallic. I think Butter London describes this polish as oxblood...but I think it's slightly shy of oxblood, in my opinion.
Butter London- Brass Monkey is a color-shifting shard glitter topper in a clear suspension base. The flakes shift within the gold-orange-green range.
Artificial light, three coats with one coat of Brass Monkey on accent nails:
Window-filtered daylight:
(I had really poor natural light the day I swatched this- so sorry!)
Outside, shade:
Formula: Rebel Fox is creamy and applies really nicely, although I needed three coats for complete opacity. I really have no complaints about the texture, and I think if you're more careful and use sliiiiightly thicker coats, you might get away with just two layers.
I was dreading Brass Monkey slightly, since shard glitter can be notoriously bothersome, but the shard pieces actually do lay flat, and the base carries everything well. One thing I would say is that some people might think that the shards aren't dense enough in the base, but I actually liked the density. If you want more shards per coat, you could always apply it to a sponge first, and allow the sponge to absorb the base!
Thoughts?
I'm impressed by how flat those flakies sit on your nails! Digging this combo a lot, and Rebel Fox is just gorgeous <3
ReplyBeautiful. Brass Monkey reminds me of China Glaze Luxe & Lush.
ReplyIt does! Except the shards in Luxe & Lush really stuck up for me AND they were a bit smaller. :/ I really wanted to like that one though.
ReplyI agree! Thank you!
ReplyI love how Rebel Fox looks on you!
ReplyLux and lush stuck up on me too. Scratched the crap out of my face! Lol! Great post. Love this duo. I own it as well:)
ReplyI'm sadly not very excited for Marsala as next year's color and I think I don't have anything like it in my collection (nail polish or makeup D: ). I do like your choices, specially the Butter London, the shimmer in it add something special to the color imho :)
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