a-england Excalibur Renaissance and Hurt No Living Thing

Today I have a post to show you that I am really excited about, I will warn you know, there are a lot of pictures, but not one the same as I wanted to show you so many different things.

This post not only marks the return of the wonderful a-england Excalibur, now Excalibur Renaissance, it also debuts the new Heavenly Quote, Hurt No Living Thing, which is inspired by the lovely poem by Christina Geogina Rossetti.

Firstly I will show you Excalibur Renaissance, which is essentially just the re-branded and re-launched original Excalibur, but that does not make it any less beautiful.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

Now we have Hurt No Living Thing which is a great addition to the current a-england line up, and joins the existing Heavenly Quotes.  It is a lovely muted polish that shifts between grey and dusty pink, and the shimmer in this one is just so amazing.

It is quite a sheer polish, so is good for layering, but also looks so pretty and delicate alone.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 4 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

Then we have both polishes together, I used a fan brush dipped in Excalibur and dragged it over the existing mani of Hurt No Living Thing.

Now, I wanted to show you how Hurt No Living Thing looked over several different shades so picked a few out of my a-england family to use.

I also wanted Excalibur Renaissance to make another appearance and since I recently found out just how good it is for nail art, I decided to use it this way.

Each picture is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the base colour with 1 of Hurt No Living Thing on 3 fingers.  On my ring finger I just left the base alone - which also shows how Hurt No Living Thing changes the base colour - and done some nail art using Excalibur Renaissance, please don't let my very basic skills take away from how good it is at coverage....

I then added 1 coat of the Shield to seal it all in, and noticed no streaking from the art which I have had issues with before when using other colours.

First here is Hurt No Living Thing over Guinevere, with Excalibur hearts.

Now over Briar Rose with Stripes.

Then over Bridal Veil with some sponging.

And now over Elaine with some crosses.

And lastly over Her Rose Adagio, which due to the light base, I didn't think it would show up Excalibur alone too well so I did some Camelot dots and then Excalibur on top.

Wow, that was a long one, thanks so much if you made it to here.

I hope I have shown you how versatile both of these polishes are, and I know I will be using both often.  I especially love how Hurt No Living Thing looks over dark colours and I am sure there are many many more combinations to be tried.

Both of these polishes are now available on the official a-england site, if you are in the UK, and if not, a-englands can be purchased from Llarowe or visit here for a full list of international stockists.

Thanks so much for looking <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review.

a-england Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) and Silly Lily Polish Love Bug

I have for you today another of the polishes from the a-england Burne-Jones Dream collection.

This polish is Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) which is cranberry holographic polish.  Application was as we have all come to know and love from a-england, effortless and you could have also gotten away with just one coat but I generally always do two as a matter of course.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

 

 

 

I then topped this polish with a little pretty I have from Silly Lily polishes called Love Bug.  This polish is made up of different colours of hearts and black and gold dots.  I loved this one for how fun it is and it also makes a great pair with Briar Rose.  Given the nature of this polish with the larger hearts, they came out of the bottle surprisingly easily and required little manipulation to go were I wanted them to on the nail.

This is the above mani with 1 coat of Love Bug and 1 of the Shield.

 

 

 

 

I loved wearing both of these polishes and think the go great together.

 

You can buy a-england from the official site if you are in the UK, Llarowe ships worldwide or you can also find a list of all of the a-england distributors on their website.

 

Silly Lily Polishes can be purchased on Etsy.

 

Thanks for looking <3

 

Some of the polishes in this post were sent to me for review.

a-england Burne-Jones Dream Collection

I have for you all today something I am so excited to show you.....the latest a-england collection based on the Edward Burne-Jones series of paintings named The Legend Of Briar Rose. 

I had seen the previews of this collection and they are even more stunning once you see them in person.  I could hardly contain myself when I seen the a-england packet as I got home from work and had to show them to you right away.

This collection is made up of five polishes, four of which I have to show you today, the fifth has been delayed for a few weeks.

I still have to swatch these properly but for now here are some quick group bottle shots.

Here is a shot of Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty).

 

Here is a shot of Sleeping Palace.

Here is a shot of Fated Prince.

Here is a shot of Rose Bower.

 

Lastly, I couldn't resist getting some very quick swatches, each will have it's own post as soon as I can.  Each is 2 coats of the polish without topcoat.

 

From left to right we have Fated Prince, Sleeping Palace, Rose Bower and Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty).

And below from left to right we have Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty), Rose Bower, Sleeping Palace and Fated Prince.

 

Thanks for looking and I cannot wait to show you the collection in all its glory.

 

For now you can order these shades by emailing hello@a-england.co.uk

 

Thanks for looking <3

 

Products in this post were sent to me for review.