A-England's Tristam

Hello again! Today I thought I would share one of my very favorite polishes EVER: A-England's Tristam.  This is a gorgeous blue with very fine holo. It looks breathtaking in the sun and pretty amazing in not so ideal lighting as well.  Since the sun will apparently never come out again where I live, I am using old pics from the last time I wore it (over Thanksgiving).  This is two coats with on coat of Seche QD.  Isn't it gorgeous? 

A-England's polishes are consistently wonderful.  The formula on all of the ones I have tried is so easy to work with and very forgiving.  The pigmentation on them is amazing and the colors are part of the reason why A-England is one of my very favorite brands ever.  Seriously, if you have not given them a try, I urge you to do so!

Although I am a bit late, this was intended to be an anniversary post for A-England, as the one year anniversary of the launch of the lovely Adina's first collection, the Mythicals, was the 8th of January.  The Mythicals is all based on Arthurian legend, which for a BBC Merlin-watching nerd like me is like the holy grail (pun intended, haha) of nail polish collections.  As of the other day, I can proudly say that I own all of them (even if they aren't all here yet).  The Mythicals collection can be purchased here.

Adina has also announced that a new collection will be launching soon; The Legend, based on the story of St. George.  A sneak peek of this collection (including swatches, which are to DIE for) can be found here, at the Ommorphia Beauty Bar.  I have preordered St.George and Princess Tears.  Which shades from A-England are your favorites?

Maiden Voyage

Hello! My name is Elizabeth, I am addicted to nail polish and after a whole lot of waffling I have finally decided to do something about it.

About a year ago, my dear friend the Lacquer Ninja started blogging about her love for nail polish. I had, up until then, painted my nails exactly twice in my entire life and then forgotten about them. It had been a long-standing dream of mine, ever since I was about 5 or so, to have long, pretty nails; alas, due to my nail-biting it was not meant to be. But when she started blogging I decided I would give nail polish a second chance and quickly fell madly in love with it.

With the aid of ever polished fingers (and a new job which distracted me) I was finally able to grow my nails out a bit, and I bought more polish with which to paint them. The rest is history, and I have been wanting to start blogging about it for months on end, but I never did get around to it. As part of my New Year's Resolutions, I wanted to actually start doing it. I'm not very good at blogging, but I am very good at obsessing; plus I have my bestie to keep me motivated and in line. We can enable each other :) Hopefully, I will be able to post lots of pics and reviews in the time to come, but for now I will settle for posting my recent holiday manicures. Enjoy!

1) Christmas Manicure:

A-England's Perceval stamped with Konad special white and A-England's

Morgan Le Fay with freehand design in Zoya Ivanka on the accent nail,

finished with 2 coats of Seche QD

2) New Year's Eve #1:

Rescue Beauty Lounge's Under the Stars stamped with Konad special white,

with OPI's Mani Ways to Help stamped with Under the Stars on the accent nail,

finished with a coat of Seche QD

3) New Year's mani 2:

A-England's Camelot with a layer of China Glaze's Dorothy Who? with

A-England's King Arthur layered with Color Club's Sugar Plum Fairy on the accent nail,

finished with one coat of Seche QD