A long time ago, in a land not so far away, a young company named butter LONDON offered their polish for almost free.  Plenty of us availed ourselves of that deal.  But complaints were not few.  The cost of the polish, at full price, was not cheap.  The bottles themselves were relatively small.  The polish tended to dry out because it was hard to twist the cap onto the bottle all the way.

Clearly BL listened to the complaints.  While the polish is still a wee bit expensive at US$14, the bottle size has increased from 0.3 fl oz to 0.4 fl oz.  (A bottle of OPI is 0.5 fl oz. for US$8.50.)  The caps are much, much easier to remove, revealing a smaller plastic nub to hold while polishing.  Of course, the caps have always been removable, but it practically took a bodybuilder to wrestle the older caps off.

When I caught a "buy one, get one free" offer from Beauty.com, I caved and bought another BL polish.  I'm not sorry I did, either!  The free polish was Portobello Pink, and since it was in the 0.3 fl oz bottle, it must've been old stock.  But I didn't think the cap was as hard to remove from it, so I doubt it was that old.  The polish I decided to purchase for the deal is British Racing Green, one of the more recent BL colors.  It came in the 0.4 fl oz bottle, and the cap was easy to remove.  The cap even had a cute sticker on the side, letting me know to "lift to open."  Good idea, BL!

Portobello Pink is a neon pink with quite a jelly finish. It's intense, but not bright. I found it to be sheer even at three coats of polish; I could definitely still see my nail tips through the polish.  I also liked the evenness of the polish at three coats over the CND ridgefiller I used as a base coat.

Henley Regatta is a clear polish with green and light blue glitter.  This is more of a polish you'd use on top of other polish to jazz it up.  You could make it opaque with multiple coats if you wanted to, but removing it might take a while.  You'll probably also need a few coats of top coat just to make Henley Regatta smooth.

Thames is a shimmery green that leans more towards blue than yellow.  It's very rich and pretty and as much as I'd like to call it stunning, I can't.  It's nice, though!

British Racing Green is the only BL I have in the bigger bottle, but I couldn't tell a difference between its formula and the formula in the original bottles.  I'd describe BRG as a dark green with very fine shimmer.  You have to look really hard at the bottle to see the shimmer, but when you do, it's gorgeous.  Unfortunately the shimmer is even more muted on the nail.  BRG does get dark enough that some might mistake it for black, but it's not as stark as a black would be.

And now what you were really looking for, I know.  Pictures!

In the first picture, I have RBL Scrangie on my thumb, with butter LONDON's Thames, British Racing Green, Henley Regatta and a non-color accurate Portobello Pink from my index finger (bottom) to my pinkie (top.)  The order is the same in the second picture.  If you're curious about the other hand, that post is here.

Would I buy another butter LONDON polish?  If I found a color I really liked, I would.  If you tried BL in the past and didn't like it, give it another try!  The only downfall I can see is that BL isn't available in many stores.  You can buy it online at butter LONDON's website, you can buy it at Beauty.com, and you can buy it at their "airport nail salon" in the Seattle, WA airport.  I'd love to browse the line in person, but then I'd probably own more of them.