butter LONDON: Bumster

Hi everyone!

Off topic story

I'm going to go off topic first.  I typically go to the gym and work out.  I do about one hour to one hour and fifteen minutes.  Usually this includes some cardio and some machine weights and stretching.  At work, my boss suggested that we took a class.  So I agreed to go because I was wondering what these classes were about.  I've gone to maybe two before (one cycling one and another called Body Attack).  So we went to Body Combat, which is like punching the air.  I'm going to be totally honest.  It was a rough first five minutes.  I thought I was going to fall to the ground.  My boss and another coworker are a lot older than me, so I decided that I can't give up.  If these ladies were keeping up, I have to too.  Though, there were different levels of effort and besides the age, I wasn't going to compare anything else.  We didn't stretch, so I went back to the gym after to do a bit of cardio and stretched (though I know it was pointless because you have to stretch right after the intense workout to actually benefit from stretching).  Anyway, the next day I was sore.  My calves, and bum muscles were sore.  On Saturday, I went to another class called Body Attack.  It was mostly leg work, but I have to say my arms are in pain (especially my triceps).  That one was more doable than Combat.  Well until the thirty minute point. Then it was really difficult.  After Body Attack, I had to do some house chores that involved scrubbing.  I just wanted to say that I'm in all kinds of self inflicted pain right now.  

Review

Now for my post.  As I mentioned before, I was clearing my nail polish collection.  I came across butter London's Bumster.  I've noticed that the butter London's I own are a hit or a miss.  The ones that are a hit, last for a very long time and have a beautiful shade.  The miss ones are the ones that chip after one day.  So, I wasn't sure how I felt about Bumster. When I bought it, it was during my need to own every single shade of colour and I barely own any yellows.  I decided to keep it anyway because it was unique and it's pretty.

Thoughts

I painted my nails with two coats of Bumster and I'm so happy with the result.  Bumster is a mustard yellow (like Dijon mustard) or in other lighting it looks like a more yellow khaki.  What I like about the formula is that it was very easy to apply, and opaque in one coat really.  I still painted two coats.  My hands were a little shaky when I painted my nails (there was a reason I typed my story about my body being in pain), but it still turned out to be very pretty. Maybe even better than the days my hands aren't shaky.  

This colour might not be for everyone, but for some reason I like looking at it.  Also, I can totally see that this is definitely a colour that depends on the skin tone and also how you personally feel after it is painted.  This is the case for all nail polishes but I feel like since the yellow family isn't a common colour people paint, it can definitely be a hit or a miss.  I wore this to work and everyone called it an interesting colour.  I still like it a lot.  

Breakdown
Basecoat: butter London Nail Foundation
Colour layer: butter London Bumster (two coats)
Topcoat: butter London Hardwear

Brush shot

My middle finger nail is a bit chipped but that's because I didn't file it after my labour (sorry!)

I changed my background just so you can see how this colour was doing a lot of strange things to my camera.  It appeared lighter on screen.  

I bought Bumster on the butterlondon.ca website.  I just checked and it's no longer available there. I bought it for C$17.00 for 11mL (0.4 fl. oz).

UPDATE: July 19, 2014: The polish did chip pretty quickly.  I noticed a big chip by Tuesday.  I still like it but I wanted to mention this.