a-england Jane Morris and Lynnderella Lucky Numbers

The first polish I have for you all today is Jane Morris which is from the newest a-england collection, Rossettis Goddess.

Jane Morris is a great slate grey holo polish with a very cool subtle little purple sparkle running throughout.

As always with a-englands this polish was a dream to apply, this is 1 coat of the Knight and 2 of the polish.

I have been buying some polishes on ebay from a great seller recently and I have been managing to snag some polishes that I would never have been able to otherwise.  The one I am referring to here is Lynnderella Lucky Numbers which is a variety of red and black glitters in a milky base which also has a great reddy shimmer through it.

This is one coat over the above with a coat of the Shield to level it all out.

This a-england polish is 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.

As I said, I got this Lynnderella from a seller on ebay (for a very reasonable price so don't think I've been spending crazy money) but upon doing a bit of googling, I think the official places to buy them are here or on ebay here  or in Europe here - but I haven't used any of these sites to purchase before.

Thanks so much for looking <3

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

Colors by Llarowe Tweety Bird

Today we have one of the Jelly polishes from the Spring collection by Colors by Llarowe.

This one is a yellow jelly called Tweety Bird.  I am fairly new to trying out jelly polishes but am surprisingly liking them.  It takes quite a few coats to get a nice finish, and especially with this one, as it is a light jelly, I am not sure it would ever get opaque.

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

I really like this one, but also wanted to try it out in a Jelly sandwich, which you probably know, but incase you don't, is a glitter sandwiched between a few coats of a Jelly.

I couldn't decide which glitter would be best with the yellow so tried a few.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish, 1 of the glitter then another 2 of the polish.

The glitters are Dollish Polish We're Simply Meant to be, Lynnderella Change, Lynderella Connect The Dots and Dollish Polish This Is Halloween.

Keep an eye on the Llarowe site and Facebook for restock information and CbL polishes can also be purchased from Harlow & Co.

Thanks for looking <3

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

Lynnderella One Nutty Fruitcake over a-england Holy Grail

I have for you all a very pretty Lynnderella, One Nutty Fruitcake, the fact it is pretty is not unusual for one of Lynns polishes, but the amazingly unusual thing about this polish is it is made up of mostly square glitter, which is very unique in my collection.

And its not just square glitter, it is many different colours of square glitter in a few different sizes, and there is also multi coloured micro glitter running through it too.

This was the first time I had worn this polish and kind of fell in love with it, especially with Holy Grail as a base and have worn One Nutty Fruitcake another time since, and I will show you that combo in another post hopefully.

So here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Holy Grail, 2 of One Nutty Fruitcake and 1 of the Shield.

So there you have it, a pretty almost all square glitter polish.  I love this one, and am so happy to add it onto my current Lynderella polishes.

Lynderella Polishes can be purchased through Llarowe using the Wishlist system, and keep an eye on her Facebook and Website to check for updates on when the next round of Wishlists will be taken.

Thanks for looking <3 xxx

The Lynnderella polish in this post was sent to me for review.

Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire over a-england Perceval

I have for you today the last Lynn from the package Llarowe sent me months ago.  I had held off showing you this one as I had a bit of trouble with the application of this one first time I tried to use it, but decided to try again yesterday and rolled the polish for a minute or so before applying and had no issues.

So here is the description of VPV, "Multiple sizes of burgundy hexagons and squares in a dark blood-red base with scattered black and red multi-sized accents. Suitable for any blood type."  

I took this description from Steffels blog as Lynn no longer has public access to her blog, and she describes them much better than I could.  If you are not already aware of Stefs blog you need to pay her a visit anyway, she has great swatches, and a lot of them are of Lynnderellas... and everytime I see one on her, it makes me want it even more!

Anyway, here is my mani using VPV, this is one coat of the Knight, 1 of Perceval (shown alone here) 2 coats of VPV and 2 coats of the Shield as 1 wasn't quite enough to make it smooth.

Lynnderella polishes can be ordered through Llarowe using the wishlist system, which you can find out more about on here website here, but for ease of reference here is a note about the process from the Llarowe site.

'We are not currently taking any wish lists or orders as we are filing all orders to date.  Please sign up for email alerts (left hand side bar at the bottom) to be notified when we are taking new wish lists.  See About Us page for more details.'

Thanks for looking <3

The Lynnderella polish in this post was sent to me for review.

Lynnderella Shape Shifter over a-england Avalon

Today I have for you my last Lynnderella from the parcel I got from Llarowe, it is a sad day but hopefully it will not be the last Lynnderella post forever.

As far as I can tell from the Lynnderella site, Shape Shifter is from the First Edition collection and is described here:

Multiple sizes of silver holographic hexagons and squares, micro glitter, plus hearts, stars, diamonds, crescent moons, flowers, butterflies and bars in a clear base. Challenging application due to shifting shapes.

This is a very striking polish due to the amount of holo in it, but was also a bit tricky to apply due to some of the larger glitter pieces.  Some slight repositioning was required for the much larger bits, I only managed to get a Heart and a Moon from the Shapes in this mani but when I previously wore this I also got a Diamond, a Star and a Flower (as well as a Heart and Moon).  I love that each time you wear this polish it will be different.

I decided to layer it over a-england Avalon, so here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Avalon, 2 of Shape Shifter and 1 of the Shield.

Before I go, here is a quick picture I managed to find from the first time I wore this polish that shows some of the other shapes.  Its not a great picture but for some reason it seems to be the only one on my computer of this mani, not sure what happened there.  If I remember rightly this was 1 coat of the Knight, 3 coats of Ozotic 506, 2 of Shape Shifter and no top coat

Thanks for looking <3

The Lynnderella and Ozotic polish was sent to me for review.

Lynnderella Ruby Red Ruby over a-england Lancelot

I am loving these Lynnderella polishes so much right now, and I hope you all are too.  I am so happy with all the ones I got from Llarowe and Ruby Red Ruby is no exception.

Here is the description of this polish:

From last year’s holiday collection. Looks like foil candy wrappers. Multiple sizes of red hexagons and squares in a sheer red base. One or two coats over your favourite red is the easiest way to wear her

I decided not to follow the advice given here, I am sure it would be stunning over a Red (might need to try it with Perceval...) but I really wanted to wear this one over Lancelot.

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

I love this combo, the blackened red base of Lancelot is just stunning with the ruby red of the Lynnderella.

As always, thanks for looking <3

The Lynnderella polish was sent to me for review.

Lynnderella Funny Money and Illamasqua Rampage

Today I have for you another stunning Lynnderella polish from the sweet Llarowe.

This one is called Funny Money and is from the collection which is also called Funny Money, and here is the description of this below:

The original Funny Money was created in Fall 2009 as an antidote to horrible messages about economic conditions. It contained bar and micro glitters in a blackened green base and bergamot essential oil. Bergamot is thought to promote prosperity and offer protection from negative influences—it smells like sweet orange rind with a green note. The 2011 version is full of green glitters and recycled glitter bits (from Halloween and other lacquers) in a blackened green base and also has bergamot essential oil. Bring on the Prosperity!

I had a bit of a dilemma deciding what to layer this over, and then remembered Illamasqua Rampage, a dark forest green jelly (seen alone here)

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Rampage, 2 of Funny Money and 1 of the Shield

Thanks for looking and I hope you are enjoying these Lynnderella polishes, as I still have a few more to show you. <3

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

Lynnderella Love Potion No99 and a-england Guinevere

Happy New Year everyone!!  Hope you had a great time!

I wanted to start this post by saying Thank You to you all for your support in 2011, it has been great to hear positive comments and hear your opinions on the pretties I show you.  I have met so many great people through blogging who are very special to me and won't go through the whole naming names things as I would be here all night, but you know who you all are.

Further to that, 2011 ended on a great note for my blog, I am probably quite bad at noticing and acknowledging numbers on here but I had seen recently my total page views was in the 19k range and had decided it would be nice to get to 20k for the new year, I didn't share this with anyone as I didn't want people to visit just to get the views up.  So the count down to 20k was more exciting to me than the one to the bells, haha, and just as midnight came, I hit 20,002 pageviews, so thank you all <3 <3

Anyway, today (a bit later than usual so I apologise for that) I have for you another lovely Lynnderella polish from the even lovelier Llarowe.

Here is Love Potion No99, which as far as I can tell is also from the Halloween collection and is described here:

Purple, violet and fuchsia hexagons and squares in a cool violet base. Multiple sizes and violet holographic micro glitter. 

Again as this has a coloured base, it could be worn alone, but I decided to layer it with a-england Guinevere.  As the Love Potion No99 base is quite purple, you can't really see the colour of Guinevere at all, but I feel it provided a good base for this combo.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Guinevere, 2 of Love Potion No99 and 1 of the Shield.

Thanks for looking <3 xx

The Lynnderella polish was sent to me for review.

Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings over a-england Camelot

Happy New Years Eve everyone!

Today I have for you another Lynnderella polish from Llarowe, not really NYE themed as it is from the Halloween collection but hey, it is pretty so I am sure you will forgive me.

Cauldron Drippings is described here:

The first random glitter: every bottle is intentionally different. But basically oranges in an sparkling orange base, plus whatever happens to be in the cauldron at the moment. Does not contain eye of newt, graveyard dirt or possum particulate matter. Updated blend from the original Halloween 2010 version has new orange base.

As the base has a slight orange tint to it, Camelot is not as black as it usually is but I am still really happy with this combo, it is a winner for Halloween for sure.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Camelot, 2 of Cauldron Drippings (thin coats) and 1 of the Shield.  This made this mani mostly smooth, apart from a few pieces of bar glitter that curled up but it didn't bother me too much.

As always, thanks for looking and I wish you all the best in 2012 <3 xx

The Lynderella polish was sent to me for review.