Hi Goddesses
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to receive an insane nail mail box containing not 1, or 5 or 10 BUT 16 Bettina polishes. Oh yes. 16! For this, I need to thank my Florida crack dealer - Momma Stern.
They are all so beautiful that I didn't know which one to pick first (cos choosing would be like telling the other babies they were ugly) and so I closed my eyes and pointed and ...... landed on this, Flip Flops.
Firstly, my camera is shit. I have done the best I can, but this is still not entirely colour accurate. However, being The Crumpet, I am sure I can conjure up a few thousand words to describe it ;)
Flip Flops is GORGEOUS. Absolutely gorgeous. It looks good enough to eat, dries like silk, is so shiny I just COULDN'T stop stroking my nails (yes, I do that) and just puts a great big chufty smile on my face. This is a pastel purple. Not a lilac, a pastel purple. So imagine a nice dark purple, slightly blue toned, and then drop a great big dollop of ice cream in it. Et voila - Flip Flops.
This is very blue toned, which is why my camera hates it, yet it's not as blue toned as the photos. There's a lot of vibrancy in here, and it reminds me of a few things -
* this is the exotic Caribbean cousin of OPI Planks A lot - very similar, just more intense. Deeper. More.
* it's also quite a close match for Leighton Denny, The Heiress, just a tad darker.
* it's a bit of a dark thistle purple
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
Vintage is a glorious sky blue, from their Jeans Collection (although it doesn't much look like a jeans colour to me!) This reminds me of quite a few other blues I own, as you'll have seen in this week's comparison mani (here).
This is fabulously cheerful and bright, and almost a turquoise. I can't wait to stamp it with silver, and it's just about perfect for summer.
There's a real brazenness to it that is sooo appealing, helped by the fact that it dries at least 1 shade darker than the bottle.
Green is .... er Green. Been taking lessons from Barry and his M, have we, Bettina ? And I love it !! It makes no sense that I should, because this is not just green, it's GREEN!!!
This is so obnoxious, it hurts :) It reminds me of Zoya Shawn, but I can't compare them as I don't own it on principle (name of the ex lol), and it's as deep and intense as a fairy glade after a thunderstorm.
According to Wikipedia, this is "Islamic green" - it's certainly bright, cheesy, and happy as hell :) It's also a crelly, which adds to it's luscious squishiness.
Ah Bettina, so far, my experience is that you can't go wrong with a Bettina - here's to my remaining 13 opportunities to prove my theory right :)
Enjoy xx :)
Ah Bettina, so far, my experience is that you can't go wrong with a Bettina - here's to my remaining 13 opportunities to prove my theory right :)
Enjoy xx :)