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

Illamasqua Faux Pas and Nails Inc Privileged

Now here is the other polish from the Illamasqua Theatre of the Nameless collection that Fi had bought, Faux Pas.

I love this one, it is such a rich purple colour and again has the rubber or wax like finish.

Coverage on this one was wearable with 1 coat but was even better with 2, so here is 1 coat of the Knight, and 2 of Faux Pas and no top coat.

After really liking Vice with the 2010, I thought I would try the same with Faux Pas, but with Privileged (from the Nails Inc Blair Gossip Girl duo) on top instead.

Here is the above mani with 1 coat of Privileged and 1 coat of Kleancolor Madly Matte.

Over Faux Pas, Privileged shows mostly blue flashes but small hints of green.

Thanks for looking and thanks to Fi for letting me use both of her polishes <3 <3

Illamasqua Vice and Nubar 2010

I have for you today one of the lovely Illamasqua Theatre of the Nameless 'rubber effect' polishes.  This one is called Vice and is a pretty berry colour.

I have not managed to buy these polishes for myself but my amazing friend Fi bought them and then went on holiday before she could get a chance to use them, so of course I offered to polish sit for her.....

These are my first Illamasqua polishes and I was so happy to try them eventually, the bottle is an amazing design, and looks like it will be very storage friendly for when I finally buy some.  The application was great and the cap on this polish was slightly rubberised to mirror the finish of the polish inside.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Vice and no top coat.

I love this polish, the finish of this reminds me of candle wax.

Now........ I had been thinking about how the flakies would look matte, I had seen pictures of this before and it looked great so I had to try it for myself.  I had quickly swatched 2010 over this polish when Fi came over with them and it looked ideal so here is the above mani with 1 coat of Nubar 2010 and then topped with 1 coat of Kleancolor Madly Matte, which I had used before to produce a more rubbery finish than a standard matte top coat.

The 2010 on top of this polish still shows different colours but leans more towards showing the orange and the yellow flashes.

Thanks for looking <3 xx

Orly Goth with Orly Fowl Play

Fowl Play is the other Orly I got.  I had heard so much about this polish before I bought it, I was a bit worried it wouldn't live up to expectation, I was glad to be wrong in this case as I love this polish.

This polish is a deep purple jelly polish which has all sorts of sparkle running through it.  There is larger flakes of glitter that shift from orange to yellow and also green, there is also a smaller sized glitter that is a bluey purple and some smaller glitter again in silver.

I had read as this was one of those polishes (probably due to the fact that it is a jelly) that you would need quite a few layers for it to be opaque so I decided to layer it over Orly Goth to save me doing this.

So here is the previous mani of Goth with 1 coat of Fowl Play and another coat of the Shield.

I am very happy with my first two Orly choices but it may be a while before I get some more, need to narrow down my wish list so if you like Orly feel free to leave a comment with your favourites for me to check out <3