a-england Jane Eyre

I snatched Jane Eyre up during a fabulous promo a-england ran on their website before Christmas. I'm glad I got in when I did as they have temporarily suspended shipping outside of the UK due to Royal Mail being very stringent about shipping polishes.

Jane Eyre is from Adina's Gothic Beauties collection - inspired by classic characters.  It is a blackened polish with fine red shimmer. It is described on the website as "intensely smouldering crimson embers, imprisoned in a veil of sombre black." This description is poetically accurate. 

These photos are two coats without top coat. I am always impressed by the shine of a-england polishes. This one was practically a one-coater. It is a beautiful shade, but I wish the red was a little more pronounced.

Some polishes have what is known as "hidden shimmer" i.e. obvious shimmer in the bottle that disappears on the nail. That isn't the case with this polish. What you see is what you get, and it's lovely.

A England Dragon

This is the second A England polish I received recently. Like Tristam, it is a beautiful holo. Dragon is from Adina's The Legend collection. Dragon was definitely thicker than Tristam, but still applied nicely. I made sure to leave a few minutes between coats to prevent drag that can be associated with very thin or thick polishes. 

Below are 2 coats of Dragon topped with Seche Vite and I got average wear out of this one before my first chip. The brush is very thick and holds a lot of polish. I much prefer this to a thin, skinny brush. The cap is shiny plastic that is lighter than I expected, but very comfortable.

A England is available here for 9 GBP. (P.S. anyone know how to type the pound sterling sign on a laptop? I tried the fn-alt-0-1-6-3 thing without any luck!)

Nail mail! (and I've got awesome friends)

I had a generally not fun day today and came home to a package from England in my mailbox. Tristam and Dragon arrived! I did a happy dance into the house when my son told me I had another package in the house. I literally squealed, "it's Gail's black label OPIs!" DH has decided that I must now have every color imaginable and surely I don't need more nail polish. Heh, heh.

Holy cow dear readers... I got 27 black label OPIs, 4 Sinful Colors, 2 Sally Hansens,1 China Glaze Crackle, and my A Englands. I am a happy blogger. I think I'm gonna go roll around in some polish bottles...

I haven't even begun to really sift through these