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Butter London, butter LONDON Keen, engaged, engagement, Keen, nail polish, nail polish review, nails, summer, summer 2015, Wedding, wedding planning
43 days. That’s how long it’s been since I last blogged and while it doesn’t really feel like it because that month and a half flew by so quickly, I’ve missed blogging so much. This has been a busier summer than normal and I can’t believe it’s coming to an end but on the one hand I’m glad things are slowing down! Work has consumed my life and if you follow me on Instagram, you’ll see that working out and wedding planning have been taking up what spare time I have when I’m not at work. I’m not exactly “sweating for the wedding”, I just find that working out a lot helps alleviate some of the unanticipated stress I’ve been experiencing when it comes to wedding planning. At a picnic this past weekend, my aunt, albeit jokingly and lovingly, asked me if I was pregnant because I look “happy and fat in love” so even though I’m not getting married until next September, I guess maybe I should start sweating for the wedding.
I thought being engaged would be one of the happiest times of my life and while there have been a lot of happy moments, it has also been really stressful. Between coming up with a reasonable budget, trying to find a balance between my fiance’s vision and my own, near weekly arguments with my mother, feeling like my decisions and wants aren’t being respected, and trying to find a venue that won’t leave me bankrupt, it’s been tough. Painting my nails has always been a great stress reliever for me but it wasn’t quite filling that void so while I’ve really thrown myself into working out but I miss my nails, blogging, and chatting with you guys. Even if it’s once a week, I promise to never check out like I did again. Now let’s get to some nail polish!
butter LONDON Keen
butter LONDON Keen is a peach creme that isn’t exactly a summer bright but a neutral that can be worn year round. And y’all know I love my neutrals! Keen was fairly difficult to work with. The formula was thick and goopy despite me putting it in the fridge for about 15 minutes before I applied the polish. The color payout however made working with the formula worth it. Keen was fairly opaque within two coats and I was able to get to bottle color with two coats however I experienced a bit of streakiness so I used three coats just for good measure. The finish with a top coat was nice and shiny however because of the thickness of the polish, it took a bit longer to dry. Overall I’m pretty satisfied with Keen but I could do without how much of a pain it was to apply and dry.
What have y’all been doing with the summer? The most exciting this I’ve done so far is head to NYC for a spur of the moment 3 day weekend getaway and it was way better than New Years! Later this summer I’ll be in New Orleans so if any of y’all have suggestions for places I must see while there, I’m down for some recommendations!
Hands Off My Brownies 
Glad you’re back! Congrats on your engagement and I hope that the wedding planning gets easier! All of the hard work will be worth it! Keen looks absolutely gorgeous on you, as well! Just followed you on insta!! 🙂
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Thank you!! I love peaches and I’m very happy to be back! Hopefully the planning will get better and all of the stress I’m going through will pay off. I legitimately didn’t think it would be anything remotely close to what these past few months have been like. Thanks for the follow, am following back now 🙂
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Hopefully once you get a few more details into place everything will follow smoothly!!!! Glad we could connect on IG! ❤
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I really like that color. It’s very pretty on you.
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Thanks Cheri 🙂
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Hi. So I am a brown girl with dark hands, and I want to thank you for this blog and showing me how beautiful all nail polishes look on our colour.
I do have a problem though. I have a friend who constantly and subtly tells me to wear darker shades only. She says that it is risky for her as a white person to wear darker colours because it brings forth the imperfections. She says that all light colours work similarity on me. It really bums me out because I LOVE pastels and I love light colours and I do not think it looks awful on me. I am generally more attracted to darker plums and such when shopping but I also want to have lighter colours. It is just that people expect me to only have dark shades and if I have something else it is weird. It is not fair that I have to be limited to the dark colours while everyone else can wear any colour without people telling them it looks weird and they should stick to a certain shade.
What can I do to make my friend understand?
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Hi Bianca, I’m glad you like the blog! Seriously comments like yours inspire me to keep going and are honestly the reason why I started this blog in the first place!
As for you friend, show her this blog! I can’t speak to her intentions but someone telling you to limit what you should wear because of your skin tone is nonsense! Dark skinned girls here this all the time, especially about red lipstick, and it really can make a person feel insecure. You know what you like and what looks best on you. When it comes to your own personal style and fashion, my advice is DO YOU! I love dark polishes and I love light polishes however what I always feel most comfortable in are classic red polishes, almost but not black (think Lincoln Park After Dark), and barely there beige. Sometimes it’s difficult trying to get people with their own prejudices to understand where you’re coming from so let your confidence about whatever polish you decide to wear speak volumes!
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