Warm pinks and cool reds

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Nordstrom's Butter London deals of the moment (this is the part I'm oddly obsessed with):

• The Backstage Basics set is back (this is the one I ordered last week but haven't yet received), with Hardwear topcoat and Nail Foundation basecoat, Thames (a green), travel-size remover, and a nail file, for $24. This still seems to me to be the best deal, but compared to regular retail for these items, these are all good deals!
• A "starter set" with Hardwear, Horse Power Nail Fertilizer, and Pillar Box Red Nail Lacquer for $27
• "Coral Crush" and "Emerald Crush" trios - 3 polishes each, for $30 (and just about all of those are colors I've seen people rave about, although I'm not stopping to list them here)

(Today's mani after the jump)

Today's nails: I tried for fuchsia again, and, I don't know, I just don't seem to be in the fuchsia mood or something. I tried Zoya Kimber (2 coats over Sinful Colors basecoat, if you really want to know these things), and it just felt too pink. Maybe it's because it's a warm pink; I do remember having issues with it last summer also, and so I did what I kept doing last summer as well, and covered it up with a coat of Reva (and finished with Seche Vite). Reva is darker, enough so that they call it a cool red, even though it has gold tones to it just like Kimber does. It reads a little on the coral side to me, although part of that may be Kimber coming through from underneath. (I seem to keep wearing coral-shifted reds lately. But they seem to be flattering enough on me - somewhat surprisingly - and I seem to be enjoying them, so oh well.)

In other nail news, I may have impulse-control problems but I'm not going to have any trouble resisting the latest China Glaze collection. I hate bar glitter. (Actually I'm waiting for China Glaze's Halloween collection. I like those zombie greens they've done in past years.)

Oh, one last Butter London note: the new makeup is up on their website as of today. I got an e-mail about it this morning. (There are new polishes as well. Indigo Punk is the one that grabbed me. Luckily for my self-control, it's apparently already sold out for the moment.)