A-England - Princess Sabra & Dragon

Hi!

Sadly today we reach the end of the SWATCH-STRAVAGANZA :( Hopefully once I get my hands on some Gothic Beauties, I'll be able to show you more A-England!

These are two amazing holographics from the Legends collection. First up is Princess Sabra, a yellow-bronze (?) holographic. I was sooo close to not buying this, but once I heard the story of how it's supposed to be the same colour as Adina's cat, Tristam's, eyes, I had to have it! They completely remind me of the colour of a cats eyes and I tried to take a photo of this polish next to one of the cats, but they weren't having it! Oh well.

Two coats in all the photos below.

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Plus a picture of one of the kittens that we only looked after for one night before they went to their foster carer. I don't think we even named this little guy, but I think he was part of a litter that we had to give a bath and we separated the ones that loved the water and hated the water into Cray Cray's and Normies. It's so weird when kittens like being bathed especially because it was the first time I'd seen it in real life!

Pretty sure this one was a Cray Cray haha

The final Legend I have for you guys is Dragon! It's a green holographic, similar to Saint George, but Saint George is more of an emerald green/teal while Dragon is lighter and more....Dragon-y. Honestly I don't think you can look at this and not think 'Dragon', it reminds me of all the movies where the dragon flies around and the sun shines off their scales.

Dragon can indeed be a one coater to all people who are in a rush! On my pointer and middle finger I've got 1 coat and on my ring and little finger I've got two. The extra coat makes it sightly darker and makes the holographic stand out a little bit more, but the difference isn't that big.

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So no more A-England :( Well until I give in and buy all the Gothic Beauties + Bridal Veil!

You can buy A-England from their website here with free shipping, or you can go to Llarowe where she has some of the Gothic Beauties up already!

Next up I've got all the indie polishes that arrived in the past couple of weeks when I went nuts buying from Llarowe and Etsy haha.

See you next time!

x

A-England - Ascalon & Princess Tears

Hi again!

Today I've got two amazing colours from A-England's Legends Collection Ascalon & Princess Sabra. 

First up is Ascalon! A great grey-lavender with scattered holographic particles. For some reason the direct sunlight didn't show any of the purple tones but you can see it in the pictures in the shade. All these pictures are taken with 2 coats, no top coat or base coat (naughty).

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Oh my god, Princess Tears! It's a stunning lilac toned holographic polish! Even though I don't work in an office, I think that this could be one of the rare holographics that are work appropriate. Again, only two coats needed for the pictures below.

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 As with all the A-Englands these have a great formula, not being too thick or too thin and super opaque. I did think that they were going to be more of a linear holographic, but they're more scattered. It's not a bad thing, but I've seen heaps of photos where people have gotten stronger linear holographic photos.

In my opinion, you can never have too many holographics, and the only bad thing about them is that you can't see it indoors!

Tomorrow I've got some more Legends for you as we reach the end of the *insert game show music here* SWATCH-STRAVAGANZA!

See you tomorrow!

x

A-England - Lady of the Lake & Tristam

Hi!

Finally! The two holographics of the Mythicals Collection! Tristam was one of the other polishes I got in my first A-England haul a few months ago, and I just had to get his purple sister Lady of the Lake!

Unfortunately they're more of a scattered holo instead of linear, but that doesn't make them any less beautiful! Both of them have great application & drying time going on in two easy coats and drying in about 15 minutes without a quick dry top coat!

Onto the pictures! First up is Lady of the Lake:

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Isn't it pretty! I loooove purples, but for some reason I don't wear them that much, which is crazy! Next up is the gorgeous Tristam! The best way to describe this colour is denim. This looks exactly like blue jeans, and would be great for Jeans for Genes Day (is that a day in America? I think it's sometime in October here).

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One thing that I've completely forgotten to mention in previous posts is removal. These didn't stain my nails at all even though they were super pigmented. Although I've never really had staining problems except for reds & China Glaze Atlantis.

Tomorrow I'll show the first half of my Legends collection! I'll leave you with a photo of the new phone covers I got from eBay this week. A kitty and chocolate! Best things in the world I think haha!

x

A-England - Elaine & Guinevere

Hi!

Omg! I completely forgot to post yesterday. Uni's been so annoying. Group work = death!

Continuing on the A-England SWATCH-STRAVAGANZA, I've got two beautiful purples from the Mythicals collection.

First up is Elaine (not the one from Seinfeld, although I'm sure she'd rock this colour), a gorgeous dark purple creme, it's kind of eggplant-y (?) and would be great for autumn I think. This is two easy coats. No idea why this made my hand look so red in the sunlight again, but it didn't look like that in real life haha

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Now, one of my favourites of the bunch, Guinevere! A light grey-purple/lilac creme. The perfect counterpart to Elaine because I think this one would rock spring. Or winter. Or any season haha. Again, two easy coats.

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Purple has to be on of my favourite colours, it goes with every outfit and suits everyone!

Now I'll have to get back to this stupid assignment! See you tomorrow!

x

A-England - Galahad & Perceval

Hi!

Today I'm starting the week long A-England SWATCH-STRAVAGANZA! I'm so excited to show you all of the polishes I've gotten in the past few weeks! I'll start with the polishes from A-England's first collection, the Myhicals.

I decided that I should start with one of A-England's most famous colours; Galahad. It's the most amazing creme and so hard to define! People have called it just plain blue, on the A-England website they describe it as a 'blue-green'. I think it could maybe be called a dark turquoise? It's also super pigmented and I probably could have gotten away with only one coat, but this is two.

Galahad was one of the first A-England polishes I got a few months ago, along with Tristam, and I've worn it about 5 times I think, the most I've ever worn a polish! Haha

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Next is Perceval, because I'm sure that every collection needs a great red! For some reason this reminds me of Christmas, maybe the shimmer? Nevertheless it's also really pigmented, and although I could have used just one coat, using two makes it pop more.

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These both had a great formula, not too thick or too thin and have a great drying time.

You can buy A-England polishes from their website at www.a-england.co.uk, where there's free shipping!! Have you guys seen the new Gothic Beauties collection that's coming out this week? They look amazing!

See you tomorrow with some more Mythicals!

x

A-England - Saint George

Hi!

I present to you......THE MOST PERFECT GREEN EVER!

A-England - Saint George is honestly the most perfect green I've ever seen. It combines my love of emerald greens with holos! As if the colour wasn't awesome enough, all of these photos are taken with only one coat plus top coat!

Unfortunately the sun didn't come out to play today, but the flash give you an idea of what it looks like in the sunlight. Damn Melbourne weather!

So Saint George has made me long for the perfect forest green cream. Do you guys have any suggestions?

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Girly Bits - Stormy Skies

Hi again!

I decided that I would post the other polish I got from my first Llarowe haul before I go on my super dooper A-England swatch-stravaganza!

So without further ado I present: Girly Bits - Stormy Skies, a gorgeous blue-grey cream with glitter flecks.

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This had a great formula, these photos were taken with two coats and a top coat. It's such a pretty colour, and the bottle is so cute! I love the diamante detail on them!

These photos make me realise how much I need to buy a legit camera. What camera's do you guys suggest?

Coming up next: A-England Swatch-Stravaganza!

(Forgive the awkward book stacking >.<)

See you next time!

x