Artful Dodger
Artful Dodger is a dusty aqua-blue creme.
This is great shade that is super shiny and glossy looking. The problem with this is chipped within 24 hours for me. I don't mean small chips. These were massive chips. I put it on one night, and the next morning I got in the shower and I came out with huge ugly chips on my nails. I redid my nails again, and within hours chip central.
Sure, I could chalk it up to the shower. I could also say, maybe my base coat and top coat didn't work well with this polish. These are excuses I would be comfortable with if I paid $3-$8 for a polish. These are not acceptable acceptable excuses for a $14 polish. I should not have to adjust my life or my nail polish routine for a $14 polish to work. It's really annoying and it ticks me off. I've had problems with other Butter London polishes like No More Waity, Kaite and Big Smoke...
...Yet, I keep going back for more. I'm brainwashed by Butter London! Nah, it's just hard to completely write them off when some of their polishes have amazing formulation. Butter London Wallis I wore for a whole week and by day 8 I just had a tiny chip. It's frustrating, because I love the brand, but it irritates me as well. A polish that expensive should not have issues!
Butter London get it right!
Happy Friday!
Aw too bad for the chipping. It's super pretty though :)
ReplyDeleteI've never really been drawn to Butter London for some reason. And too bad about the chipping - paying more for a polish should mean that you get more for your money. It is a pretty color, though.
ReplyDeleteSad that it chipped out that quickly! I wouldn't want to pay that much for a nail polish who has a bad formula like this one:)
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely; it looks great with your skintone!
ReplyDeleteI have a ton of hit and miss with Butter London polishes. I got sucked in with Waity Katie with all the hype over it - my bottle was a stringy, sticky mess even with thinner. I also have had some messes with chipping too on creams and a frost/metallic red (Knees Up). Over all I have decided no more Butter for me. It's hit me with bad formulas more than 60% of the time. At that price point, I expect what say a DL polish can deliver. Colors look interesting with Butter but it's just not been quality there for me at all. I have to just look away despite a fun shade that might catch my eye.
ReplyDeletesuch a great color! :)
ReplyDeleteI read things like this about Butter London a lot, and it sucks. What you said, paying this much and not being sure about quality isn't right.
ReplyDeleteI had major chipping issues with No More Waity Katie also, but I wore bL's Queen Vic (a cranberry color) for 4 days with barely any tip wear! Sorry to hear that Artful Dodger has issues...I have a few more that I bought from Ulta during the BOGO sale a while back, hopefully they won't be chiptastic like this one :(
ReplyDeleteOh, I meant to say that your swatch of AD is beautiful, though!
ReplyDeleteOUCH. So sorry it chipped like cray-cray. :/ Such a pretty color though, what a shame.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have the chipping issue that you had, but I did notice that the formula wasn't that great. :/ It was streaky and a lil hard to work with. I had no issues with Scoundrel, so I'm disappointed I had issues with this polish since it's a nice color. Maybe if I add some nail polish thinner it might help, but maybe not....
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