a-england Holy Grail, Perceval and Merlin

Wow whee! I cannot believe it is Christmas Eve already, hope everyone is feeling festive by now......

Before I start I would like to say a big Happy Birthday to my lovely friend Fi, you have seen the Illamasqua polishes she has 'let' me borrow on here before and I think she is actually my only friend who I see in 'real life' who reads my blog so I hope she has an amazing birthday and gets spoiled <3

Anyway, back to why you are all here, nail polish!!

I have for you today my first attempt at nails to match my Mums red and gold Christmas theme.  Of course a-englands were the first ones I thought of for red (Perceval) and gold (Hold Grail) but I decided Christmas also needed glitter so Merlin was picked too.  I wanted to try some kind of combo with them that I hadn't tried before, I was originally going to try a half moon mani, but decided on Ruffian at the last minute as thought it might be easier for me to freehand.

My idea for this didn't work just as I had hoped but I loved the colour combo so thought you guys would want to see, and if I try it again I will try to remember to take photos at each stage to show you.

I started with 1 coat of the Knight, then 1 coat of Holy Grail all over the whole nail, after this had dried I done 1 coat of Perceval but started up a bit further than the cuticle, but still (tried) to follow the same shape, then the same with 1 coat of Merlin and then a coat of the Shield to finish it all off.

And here was the end result.....

So the lines aren't as neat as I would have liked but I do like how the colours go together........what are your thoughts on this?  Yay or nay?? 

Thanks for looking <3 xxx

The Complete a-england Mythicals Collection

Wow, 100 followers on GFC, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who looks at and takes an interest in my blog.  I know there are so many amazing ones out there so I appreciate each person that stops here.  My thanks are obviously for you all - GFC followers, Facebook likers, Twitter and Bloglovin followers, email subscribers and even just the passers by.

I have had this post planned for a while but wanted to wait until GFC got to 100 to publish it, as anyone who comes to visit Pandora's Nails will know, I love a-england polishes and have shown each of the Mythicals in at least one post already, but I thought for ease of reference it would be good to have them all in the one place..............I also really enjoyed trying them all on at the one time and creating all the different combos.

I will show you today all of the Mythicals alone first (2 coats), then with 1 coat of Morgan Le Fay and again with 1 coat of Merlin.  The Knight was used as a base coat on all polishes, but I decided not to use top coat of any of them to show you just how sparkly they are alone, so the bottle I am holding is the Shield so it wasn't completely left out.

Incase any of you are wondering, I chose the order of the swatches based on the order of the polishes on the a-england website, which is how they are stored in my case too.  I will also link to each polishes individual post using their name incase anyone wants to look further.

First we have King Arthur, Excalibur, Iseult, and Guinevere.

Then with Morgan Le Fay.

Then with Merlin.

Now we have Elaine, Lady of the Lake, Tristam and Lancelot.

With Morgan Le Fay.

With Merlin.

And then we have Camelot, Avalon, Perceval, Galahad and Holy Grail.

With Morgan Le Fay.

With Merlin.

Thank you all for looking once again <3 xxx

a-england Merlin

My second to last single polish Mythicals post, just Morgan Le Fay to show you next and then you have seen them all.  Although....... my little mind *may* be cooking up something else too..... you never know!

I just love glitter and basic silver glitter is not hard to come by so I do already have one or two in my collection but Merlin just stands out next to these.  It is a pure silver glitter in a clear base but is unique in the fact that the glitter is all irregular shapes so produces a stunning finish.  The other stand out quality of Merlin is the coverage, we all know glitter can be notoriously sparse sometimes but no issues here, I got the coverage I wanted in 2 coats.

So here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Merlin and 1 of the Shield, which was enough for a smooth finish.

Thanks for looking <3 xxx

Nails Inc Cambridge Circus with a-england Merlin

This purple mani is the result of another poll I carried out on my Pandora's Nails Facebook Page, I had so much fun thinking of a mani for the last one I decided to try it again.

I have quite a few purples but thougt I would go with a creme since I previously done a purple shimmer (Avalon)

I finally decided on Nails Inc Cambridge Circus.  This is 1 coat of The Knight, 2 of Cambridge Circus and no top coat.

I decided it also needed a bit of sparkle so added some tips of a-englands Merlin.  This is one sweep of Merlin and 1 coat of The Shield.

Hope you like this mani and I look forward to my next poll.....

Nails Inc Camden Lock with a-england Merlin Accent Nails

This post combines my long time polish love, Nails Inc and my new love a-england.

I started with a Nails Inc Camden Lock mani, this polish is a deep royal blue colour which would be great if it stopped there but this also has blue, and I am sure also hints of purple glitter running through it.

This polish colour was so hard to capture on camera, all pictures were taken in natural light.

First I will show you picture of Camden Lock on its own, this is 1 coat of Nails Inc Underground Basecoat, two coats of Camden Lock and 1 coat of a-england The Shield.

Now here is the same mani with a-england Merlin over the top of the thumb and pinkie nails.

And lastly, a picture of both bottles, you can see the purple tinge to Camden more in the bottle than on the nail.

Thank for looking and please feel free to leave any comments.