I rediscovered it while rooting around in my Butter London stash for untrieds. There it was, this beautiful red, cozied by its compadres but utterly unloved by me. Into the swatching chute it went and now I can rectify my heretofore unkind treatment of this fabulous lacquer.
Come to Bed Red is a medium-dark crimson red creme/jelly hybrid. It's cool-toned and deeper compared to Butter London's Pillar Box Red, although you can't tell it very well from looking at photos. Pillar Box Red is flatter and brighter, and it's a touch harsh against my pinkage in person. Come to Bed Red suits my complexion better, and there's a touch of the jelly composition's translucence to it that gives it a luminous quality, very beautiful and becoming of the color.
Application was fairly easy. The consistency is fluid and light but non-flooding and easy to control. This is one of those polishes that begins to dry on the nail as you're applying it, so quickness and accuracy are helpful to a gratifying application experience. My dominant hand has no problem with this by now, but my non-dominant, my left, lags behind (alas!) and created a bit of unevenness on the nails of my right hand. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have needed a second coat -- Come to Bed Red is that well pigmented! Clean up was a snap with my new clean up brush *beam* and Come to Bed Red very agreeably did not leave staining on swiped areas as red polishes sometimes do. It dries naturally in good time to a beautiful glossy finish.
Photos show two coats of Come to Bed Red over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl to even things out further on my right hand and protect against the malevolent forces. I have only good things to say about this topcoat, btw. Its film-forming and dry time seems equal to Seche Vite and Poshe and its consistency is more fluid and less sticky.
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In person, Come to Bed Red is deeper and more nuanced than most of these photos show, a medium-dark tone and more of a vivid than a bright color. The last photo is the most accurate. It reminds me a lot of Deborah Lippmann's My Old Flame, which is currently tied for my favorite red with Zoya America. I guess now it's a three-way tie, because I am loving Come to Bed Red!
Do you have a favorite red creme or creme/jelly hybrid? Do you have a preference between warm and cool when it comes to red?
love,
Liz
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