a-england Guinevere............ with some added sparkle

I have been trying to get into the habit of taking pictures of each paint job I do, so have quite a few to sort through before I can do my next full post, but thought this would fill the gap, this is the Mani from my last post with a-englands Guinevere, which after a day of wear I decided to jazz up a bit with some glitter which I mixed myself using a Miss Sporty topcoat and some craft glitter.

Hope you all like and again, any messages or comments are much appreciated....

a-england Guinevere

Here goes........


I knew my first swatch post was going to be one of my a-england colours as I have been wearing these almost exclusively since I received my first one, but narrowing it down to one colour was difficult, eventually I ended up going with Guinevere as it was one of my new purchases and looked lovely in the bottle.  On the a-england website Adina describes this colour as 'beautiful elegant antique pale mauve the newest neutral shade' 


I was not disappointed by this colour at all, it is an elegantly pretty, soft mauve and is one of the muted colours that are so popular this season, saying that, I could not find anything that was like this in my collection.


Now, for the photos, each of these were taken with no basecoat as my current one has went thick and I am waiting to buy The Knight, 2 coats of Guinevere and 1 coat of a-englands top coat, The Shield.

I love this colour and the application was spot on, the consistency was thick, but not too thick and was very easy to apply for a cream polish and not a streak in sight.


Thanks for looking and any comments or thoughts are much appreciated.


And to finish, here is an up-to-date photo of my a-england collection.......

You can buy a-england polishes on the official website and they are £9 each,  here are links to Guinevere and The Shield:

a-england guinevere
a-england the shield

Apologies......

I had this whole blog thing planned out, and was going to try and do at least one swatch post a week, which seemed easiest to do at the weekend, and was all going to plan, until my current top coat has decided to make all my polishes bubble and nothing will remedy it........  

Due to this, I am currrently wearing my polish without a top coat, which looks ok on the nail (especially with a-england ones as they are super glossy) but I would rather a top coat for photo purposes.

So, as a result of this I am planning on buying a-englands 'The Shield' on Thursday so will hopefully get it over the weekend to try my first swatch post......

Watch this space :p

First Post and my new obsession

Ok, this blog thing is an idea I have been toying with for a while but unsure how to start, seems safest to go with, my name is Rebecca and I love Nail Polishes.

I have been using and collecting Nails Inc polishes for a number of years now but the polishes that really put the need to share in my head was a-england.

This brand is my new obsession so it makes sense for my first post to be about them.  The colours and application of these are second to none and their creater, Adina Bodana, is one of the sweetest people I have ever met.

Her collection is called 'The Mythicals' and each polish is named after a significant person in Arthurian Legend.

I bought my first a-england polish (The Lady of the Lake) in June and my collection has since grown to 8 and am looking forward to getting the other 7 shades from it and also the top and base coat.

For now, here is a picture of my collection to date and I will try and get my first swatch post done of these soon.

From left to right:

Holy Grail, The Lady of the Lake, Tristam, Morgan Le Fay, Perceval, King Arthur, Avalon and Galahad.

Link to a-england Official Website