A England Princess Tears and Comparison Swatch

Happy Friday!! Today I have A England's Princess Tears up for review. I was a little unsure about whether or not I would like this, but I ended up wearing it for 4 days so that speaks for itself. 

Princess Tears is a holographic silver-lilac polish with a very strong lilac purple flash. Unfortunately, I was unable to capture the lilac flash with my camera. The holographic finish in this is pretty strong as far as the rest of the collection goes. Formula was easy to work with and it was completely opaque in two coats.

 

 2 coats of A England Princess Tears

1 coat of Seche Vite

For a comparison I picked Color Club's Fashion Addict. I have two versions of Fashion Addict, and I chose to swatch it against the less holographic of my bottles.

 

Middle & pinky fingers = 2 coats of Color Club Fashion Addict

Pointed & ring fingers = 2 coats of A England 

The two are close, but not dupes. Fashion Addict doesn't have the silver undertones and lilac purple flash that Princess Tears has. They are both very nice in their own way.

That's it for today. I hope everyone has a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c weekend! What are you wearing as your mani? I have had Ozotic 513 on for three days, and I plan on wearing it until Saturday if it keeps up. :)

 

 

A England Dragon and Comparison Swatch

Hey everyone! I'm back today with another polish from the new A England The Legends collection. I've got A England Dragon up for review, along with a side by side comparison with another medium green holo. Dragon is one of the polishes that were among my top choices for this collection.

A England Dragon is a medium green with a subtle holographic effect. The holographic effect in this seemed to be somewhere in between Princess Sabra and St George, it's not in your face but it's there. The green is very soft and has a yellow/golden undertone. Formula was amazingly smooth and easy to work with, just like the rest of this collection. It was completely opaque in two coats. A England really sets the bar high when it comes to formula.

Now on to the photos....

If you like green and holographic polishes, you definitely need Dragon. A year or two ago I told myself I wouldn't wear a green (or blue) polish, and if you looked at my stash now I have a ton. Greens are some of my favorites. (I also said I wouldn't wear a glitter polish because I was "too old"....hahaha! I can only laugh at that now)

Now onto the comparison. I have a few green holos but Nubar Reclaim is the closest in color and holographic finish....

 

 Pointer & ring finger = 2 coats of Nubar Reclaim

Middle & pinky finger = 2 coats of A England Dragon

all topped with a coat of Seche Vite.

As you can tell, they are not even close to being dupes. If you have one and still want the other, I say go for it. As I'm doing these comparisons I've noticed that the colors in this collection have a more 'dusty' feel when compared to other holos in its range.

That's it for today's post. As always, thank you for stopping by and commenting. Your comments make my day :0)  A little off topic, but if anyone is at loss for what to do this weekend check out the new Denzel Washington/Ryan Reynolds movie 'Safe House'. I saw it tonight and it was good! (Just like all of Denzel's movies though lol)

A England Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes) and a Comparison Swatch

Hey ladies! I have another fabulous polish from the land of Llarowe. Llarowe brings the most magnificent international polishes to us US girls again and again. When the A England The Legends collection went up for sale last week I had to grab them all, right away. I was shocked to find how quickly they sold out. I had a hard time choosing which to swatch first. Do I save the best for last, or start with the one that speaks to me the most and work my way down? They are all amazing and I couldn't chose, so I decided to mix them up based on color.

Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes) is one of the polishes that completely caught me off guard. I'm not a fan of gold polish, but the olive undertones in this made this one of my top lemmings. The holo in this is present both indoors and outdoors. Formula was amazing and easy to work with. It was completely opaque in two coats and dried smooth as glass. This polish reminded me of something antique, or something I would find in a treasure chest at the bottom of the sea (lol)

Enough yapping for now.... (3 indoor, 1 outdoor photo)

A quick comparison for you guys as well. Before I got this in the mail I thought it would be similar to China Glaze GR8 or FYI from their discontinued OMG collection. I knew the holo in A England wasn't linear, but I figured the base color would be similar. I was completely wrong! lol.

First a bottle shot:

And now swatched on the nail:

From pointer to pinky:

China Glaze FYI, A England Princess Sabra, China Glaze GR8, A England Princess Sabra.

Completely different! The green undertone in Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes) is prominent. So even if you own FYI or GR8, you need this one. While the formula on the China Glaze polishes is fine, I definitely prefer the smooth, glass-like finish of the A-England. Even without a top coat every A England I have tried dries with a shine.

I was trying to wait until my nubbins grew out to swatch these, but I couldn't wait. I plan on doing a comparison shot for each one from the collection, so stay tuned! Once again, you can pick these A Englands up from Llarowe for $12.00 each. The bottle size is slightly smaller, at 4 fl oz. As far as pricing goes they are a little more than some other polishes, but worth it. (Shipping within the US is also free with orders over $50). They will also be available on the A England website with free worldwide shipping.

A-England Lady of the Lake

Happy Friday!!! I hope everyone has a good weekend. I most likely won't be posting this weekend, as I have to save my swatches since I completely nubbinized my nails down tonight. They are in horrendous shape and paper thin. I couldn't take the yellow staining of my nails so I lightly buffed them, and for the past 2 weeks they've been splitting really far up and breaking. Wah! I've done this before, when will I learn my nails are too thin to buff? lol

Anyways, today I have a fantastic polish for you. This one is from A-England, and it's called Lady of the Lake. I'm sure we are all familiar with this, as it's all over blogs. My best friend picked this one up for me for Christmas. Lady of the Lake is so gorgeous, that I wore it for 3 days.

Lady of the Lake is a medium dusty purple, but it is holo! The holo isn't over the top, it's pretty subtle but it's so pretty. The formula was fantastic and beyond easy to work with. It was completely opaque in two coats.

The photos below show 2 coats of Lady of the Lake and a coat of Seche Vite. Please excuse the angry cuticles, I cut them a tad too much.

And thanks again to the ladies who posted about the Max Factor. I replied to all of your comments :)