A England Tristam

Hi Everyone,

Today I've got a gorgeous polish to show you. I bought this a while ago when A England had their deal on for the Mythicals Collection. You could, for a limited time, buy the polishes for £5 each. Honestly, the Legends Collection is my favourite of the two, but there are some real beauties in the Mythicals. I did have a few more in mind but I decided on Tristam and Lady of the Lake as my two purchases. 

Tristam is the one I have to show you today!

This is a very dark blue scattered holographic polish with such an amazing shine that you really don't need topcoat. The formula for this was exactly what I have come to expect from A England, smooth and buttery. One coat would have been enough for full opacity but I used two coats for the photos below.

Natural light

Sunlight

Isn't this so pretty? It looks almost as pretty in natural light as it does in the sunlight, and the base colour is perfect for autumn/winter!

You can get this polish here where it retails for £9. Keep your eye out for sales on the A England website, this is the second time I've bought things from A England and both times it has been during sales, so check their site often!

I have some amazing posts in mind for the near future and I really want to show some new nail art, the only problem is having time to do it, so stay tuned for some really interesting stuff! Right now though, my focus is spending as much time as possible with my boyfriend while he's home, and my son of course! And also........ learning to drive. It's going well, but more on that soon!

See you tomorrow!

A England Ascalon

Afternoon Everybody!

Here's an uncharacteristically early in the day post from me! My boyfriend is at work, my son is asleep, so I thought I might as well do something productive instead of just watching TV! Then I might treat myself to some chips and a bit of shopping later on! 

Today I have A England Ascalon to show you. I bought this online when I was at my Dad's because they had a 30% off deal in honour of Tristam's (Adina's cat's) birthday. I bought Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes), which you can see here and Ascalon.

Ascalon is a grey polish with a scattered holographic effect and a duochrome which goes from lavender to a VERY subtle green, which looks grey most of the time.

The application of this was really good, it was almost a one coater but I ended up using two coats. I used Cult Nails Wicked Fast as a topcoat which made the drying time really fast. 

These swatches were taken this morning (Monday) and I actually put this on, on Saturday morning. It is still immaculate after so many days, but I think I'm going to have to change it later on because I get bored so easily! 

Here are some photos, as I mentioned before, this is two coats with topcoat.

Natural light

Flash

Purple duochrome with flash

Green shift in the natural light

My camera didn't like this polish at all. The purple in the polish is so obvious in real life but it was almost impossible to get it to show up on the camera! I managed to get it to show on one of the flash pictures as you can see, but it's even more obvious in real life! 

You can buy this from Llarowe but I bought it direct from A England here. It retails for £9 and they offer free internation delivery, which is always a bonus!

I love A England and their Jubilicious Collection has a couple of polishes I want so I'm VERY TEMPTED!

A England Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes)

Hi guys,

Just a quick post today while I'm getting ready for a party! It's my boyfriend's sister's 30th birthday party tonight and it's a 20s theme fancy dress so I have my outfit all laid out on the bed ready to go in an hour.

Today I have my first A England polish to show you. I bought two from them a little while ago when they had a 30% sale, I couldn't resist! I bought Princess Sabra and Ascalon, and it's Princess Sabra that I'm wearing today. It's an olive green polish with a really pretty scattered holographic. The colour is an almost perfect match for Adina's cat Tristam, so you'll find "Tristam Eyes" written above the polish name. I think this is a really nice personal touch! The holo effect is actually really strong on this, so strong that it looks linear at times!

The formula on this is really sheer, so I used three coats for the photos below with Seche Vite on top.

Direct sunlight 

Shade

Flash

Macro

I am so in love with this polish!!!! It's so beautifully subtle! You can buy it here for £9 with free domestic and international delivery. They also sell it at Llarowe.

Haul Time!

Hi guys,

Today I have a haul post for you! I did have some pictures ready for a post but once I got them onto the computer my polish looked all dented! 

These are the polishes I've acquired in the last few days. The Models Own ones I bought on Monday and the rest were bought today. The Rimmel Rapid Ruby is a back up for the one I have now which has gone a bit gloopy! I think I'll use the old one for stamping now and the new one for polishing, it's my favourite (and still only) red! 

The A England polishes came as a surprising bit of nail mail after my shopping trip. I ordered them when I was on holiday in the 30% off sale to celebrate Adina's cat Tristam's birthday and only got the shipping notice yesterday!

You might notice I have stickers on top of some of the bottles, this is so I know what I've swatched. It makes life SO much easier when I look in my nail polish box to find something to post about!

Click "Read More" to see close up photos of these polishes by brand!