So being the geek I am, when I found the a-england polish site I had to buy them all because OMG AWESOME NAMES. They arrived about last week (or maybe two weeks ago, okay, I’m kinda behind) and while I was staying up with Nick supervising him doing his homework, I swatched them all.
General notes before we begin:
— Most are two coaters, with the exception of Merlin, which is one-coater.
— No topcoat, only basecoat
— Formula was great with them all with a few exceptions
— I am still not exactly sure if they are deserving of their price tag, as the bottling and formula is kind of typical and their colors are not extremely unique (however beautiful).
— I am extremely, I mean EXTREMELY surprised there are no greens in this collection!! Green is a very medieval color, at least to me.
Here we go.
Dark purple duochrome, with a slight blue flash.
Excuse the horrid picture. Camelot is a gorgeous black, with a brown base and is an one-coater if you’re careful.
Elaine is a very dusty purple/gray and I love it. Very muted, a nice color.
There’s a saying among us nail bloggers– everyone needs one nice silver foil in their collection, and I can definitely say this one is mine. Not to mention the kickass name 😉
Galahad is an interesting light blue. This picture makes it look like a shade of the sky blue family but I would say it borders on being teal. Again, another favorite.
Guinevere is a dusty lilac creme. Pardon the hair on my ring finger– a piece of the cotton ball I used earlier.
Holy Grail is a very nice warm gold, with a shimmer.
This one kind of gave me trouble. A very pale sheer pink, almost a french pink. The formula was an issue and even after THREE coats there’s a visible nail line up there. The brush on this one was wonky too, and threw me off.
Grey duochrome with a hint of … I don’t know? Green?
Dark purple holographic goodness! I love this one too.
Lancelot.. Good lord it’s an extremely dark plum. It’s pretty much another black. I included a picture of the first coat, so you can see its true color.
Merlin is a silver glitter suspended in a clear jelly base. Extremely dense, what you see above is one coat.
A sheer duochrome silver/white/pink, great for layering. Three coats above and it’s still sheer which is why I think it’s for layering on other polish (something I haven’t tried, this was swatched at the end– dammit)
Lovely red. This is THE red, for me. Shimmery.
Blue holographic goodness. What’s the difference between Tristam and Lady of the Lake, I asked myself? See below.
All two coaters, but you can see Lady is more pulling on purple while Tristam is on the navy side.
Thoughts? 😉
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