*closed* My Three Year Giveaway featuring a-england

Hello all of you, and firstly I will apologise immensely for my absence, I have been a busy little bee and had a lot going on so the blog unfortunately fell by the wayside.  However, I am back with a little bit of a bang....

My little blog turned three at the start of August and I had arranged a little giveaway with the always lovely and generous Adina of a-england.  She has so kindly agreed to donate 4 of her stunning polishes to the winner of my birthday giveaway, and even more exciting that the winner will get to pick the 4!!

Now if you aren't already familiar with a-england you really should be - in my humble opinion - so this is a great chance to try them out...... or if you have been lusting after some to add to your collection but not managed to get them yet, here you go...or if you already own them all, get some back ups! Ha!

For anyone who doesn't know about a-england Adina started up the company a good few years ago now with the explosive first collection, The Mythicals.  She has continued to wow with further collections - The Legend, Gothic Beauties, Burne-Jones Dream, Ballerina and the stand alone collection Heavenly Quotes. As part of the initial collection she also launched the Knight and Shield which are the only top and base coat I will use now since I got them a few years ago.

The image above just goes to show the little details that go into making a-england more than just  your average brand.  Each collection has its own little logo (apart from the Ballerina collection just now it seems) and I always find them so pretty on the site I decided to make a little group picture with them around the a-england logo.

Now in total, across all of these collections, there are 43 polishes....45 if you include the top and base.  And I am lucky enough to have all of these in pride of place as part of my polish collection.  I have shown all of there on the blog, some many times, but I decided to help you choose (and to show them all off again) I would have a little swatchathon.

So without further ado, here are all of the a-england polishes.....  Just so I don't have to keep saying it, every swatch is 2 coats of the polish without a top or base coat.  I love the way a-englands apply, just like butter and always look flawless!  I won't list all the descriptions, just the names, but you can head to the a-england site for some more information on any of these.

In order (the same as they are on the site) we have:

Starting with the Mythicals - King Arthur, Excalibur, Excalibur Renaissance and Merlin.

Morgan Le Fay, Iseult, Guinevere and Elaine.

Lady of the Lake, Tristam, Lancelot and Camelot.

Avalon, Perceval, Galahad and Holy Grail (new edition)

Holy Grail (limited edition).  Then onto the Legends - Saint George, Dragon and Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes)

Order of the Garter, Princess Tears, Ascalon and Bridal Veil

And then the Gothic Beauties - Dorian Gray, Ophelia, Tess D'Ubervilles and Lady of Shalott

Jane Eyre.  And then the Burne-Jones Dreams - Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty), Rose Bower and Briarwood

Sleeping Palace, Fated Prince.  Now the Heavenly Quotes - Hurt No Living Thing and Love Is Enough.

And the Moonbeams...., She Walks in Beauty, Beauty Never Fails.  And Lastly the Ballerinas - Fonteyn

Her Rose Adagio, Encore Margot and Dancing with Nureyev.

Whew!!!  Now thanks for sticking though that and I hope you liked what you seen.  Hopefully I helped your decision and didn't make it more difficult ha!

Now for the giveaway part.....  it is open internationally, should be live from now!!! and will run for the next week.  Please use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter.

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Good luck and thank you all so much as always and I hope you stick around after the giveaway is over ;)

Rebecca x

a-england Fated Prince

I actually cannot believe I still have some a-england polishes to show you, this one must have been hiding out in my archive!

But anyway, here is Fated Price which is the last I have to show you from the Burne-Jones Dream collection.

Fated Price is a grey holo which has an olive hint in certain lights.  This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

I was so happy with this collection and cannot wait to see what Adina has for us all next <3

a-englands can be purchased from the official site if you are in the UK, or Llarowe for International customers.  You can find a list of all the a-england stockists on the site.

Thanks for looking <3

 

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

a-england Rose Bower

I have for you all today another lovely polish from the a-england Burne-Jones Dream collection.

This one is Rose Bower and is a rose red polish with a subtle holo finish.

Again application was great and coverage was too.

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

I love this one, but I have come to think of this as standard with a-england, but am always plesently surprised each time I try an a-england as they are just simply amazing.

a-englands can be purchased from the official site if you are in the UK, or Llarowe for International customers.  You can find a list of all the a-england stockists on the site.

 

Thanks for looking <3

 

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

a-england Briarwood

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

Briarwood is a burgundy scattered holo polish but looks different in different lights, almost like a subtle duochrome, it can look brown, red or even burnt orange sometimes.

As always with a-england, application was so easy and effortless.

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

I know anyone who looks at my blog sees the above base and top coat combo as standard, but I haven't mentioned recently how much I love the Knight - for protecting my nails - and the Shield - for making even mani super shiny, I have used these since early on in my relationship with a-england and don't think I could ever change to another combo again.  But anyway, onto Briarwood.

 

 

 

a-englands can be purchased from the official site if you are in the UK, or Llarowe for International customers.  You can find a list of all the a-england stockists on the site.

Thanks 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 Sleeping Palace

I have for you today the first of the lovely polishes from the newest a-england collection.

I know I had shown you all a quick preview before but here is Sleeping Palace in all its glory.

Sleeping Palace is a dark smokey purple holographic polish.

I could have got away with 1 coat as coverage was great but here is 1 coat of the Knight 2 of Sleeping Palace and no top coat.

As per usual with Adina creations this one was a dream to apply and stunning to wear.

You can order in the UK by emailing Adina on hello@a-england.co.uk until they are up on the site or you can order from Llarowe too.  A list of all the a-england distributors can be found on the a-england site.

Oh, before I go, here is a quick shot of Sleeping Palace with 1 coat of Crowstoes Cheshire on top and 1 coat of the Shield.  None of my other pictures of this one turned out for some reason so here it is.

Crowstoes can also be purchased from Llarowe.

Thanks for loooking <3

Some of the products 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.