Tag: A England

A England Gloriana nail art

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Lately I’ve felt a big need to do some nail art with my new polishes instead of just taking swatch photos. Though I try to keep it so that you guys can still get a good look of the polish too.

This time I used A England Gloriana from the Elizabeth & Mary collection (and what a stunning collection it is). The formula on this was great! Application was very smooth and this was a one coater (!!) with a normal dry time. I really must have a couple of more polishes from this collection. So pretty!

For thumb, index and pinky nails I used a coat of Sally Hansen Nail Rehab treatment, a coat of Glisten & Glow Stuck On Blu! base coat, a coat of Gloriana and HK Girl top coat.

For middle and ring finger I used a coat of Sally Hansen Nail Rehab treatment, a coat of Glisten & Glow Stuck On Blu! base coat and a coat of Essie Sugar Daddy for a nude base. I let the base dry and used Born Pretty Store stamping plate 05 and Gloriana to stamp the pattern on the nails. I also applied a coat of HK Girl and let everything dry again. I wasn’t looking for crisp clean lines for the patterns and Gloriana didn’t give those either. I wanted the stamping to look old-ish and fading and it did. I test stamped with Gloriana on a plastic tip cos I wanted to make sure it looked right for the manicure.

Then I cut wavy pieces off of blue masking tape and placed them on to the nails. For middle finger nail I used a coat of Essie Licorice and for the ring finger a coat of Gloriana to cover the parts that the tape left uncovered. I immediately removed the tapes and added the dots using a small dotting tool and Essie Licorice. I let the nail art dry for a bit and then added a coat of HK Girl.

Is me explaining the process of creating these manicures enough or would you sometimes like to see tutorials too?

 

***Gloriana was a gift. Stamping plate was sent for review. Essie polishes were purchased by me.  I don’t benefit from clicking any of the links on this post
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Lynnderella – Mr. Pink

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Greetings from the house of coughing and snotty noses. My kids have been sick for a few days now and there doesn’t seem to be an end to this right now. Hubby is also getting sick and I myself will probably catch this sooner or later.

Anyways I’m getting this post up for you even if it’s the last thing I do LOL this is Lynnderella Mr. Pink from the  “Once Upon a Prince and More Man Candy” collection. Here’s how it’s described on the Lynnderella website “Mr. Pink contains assorted pinks of all sizes, shapes, finishes and attitudes. Multiglitter accents in a warm pink shimmered clear base”.

This is two coats of A England Rose Bower, one generous coat of  Mr. Pink and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Application was once again perfect and very smooth. I love how this polish has a few colorful glitter pieces here and there. Not too many but just enough to make it look alive and have a little color pop details.

Lynnderella polishes are available to European customers at Norway Nails. You can use the code “POLISHAHOLIC” to get -10% off of any purchase. Norway Nails offers a wide range of gorgeous indies and other polish brands. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

 

 

***Mr. Pink was sent for review, other products purchased by me. I do not benefit from clicking the links on this post or use of the discount code.

Jindie Nails – Sparkle on the Vine

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Today I have another new glitter topper from Jindie Nails. This is Sparkle on the Vine and oh boy does it truly sparkle. This is so very bling and out in the sunshine it’s almost blinding. Absolutely gorgeous!!

Here’s what Jen has to say about it: “It has lots of purples, pinks and greens in a clear base loaded with multiple shades of shimmer.  The glitters are dots, squares, shreds, hex & diamonds.    This polish features new glitters I haven’t used before including lilac metallic extra large dots, lilac holographic large dots, opaque kelly green dots, opaque baby pink dots, violet metallic medium dots, large magenta metallic squares, teal diamonds, small lilac holographic dots & more.  This polish has a clear base meant for layering.  It’s packed with glitter and you should have pretty full coverage in about 2-3 coats tops”.


This one really is packed with glitter and it’s so sparkling. I wanted to keep adding more and more cos it looked so amazing. Imagine the sparkle on the photos x100 and you get some kind of idea of what this glitter topper really looks like. Amazing!

I layered this over my yesterday’s a england Tristam manicure. So this is two coats of Tristam, two coats of Sparkle on the Vine, a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken with daylight bulbs
Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken with daylight bulbs
Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken in sunlight
Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken in sunlight
Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken in sunlight

Sparkle on the Vine applies well but some placing of a larger glitters might be needed. I turned the bottle upside down before application to get the bigger glitters out easier. This just a perfect glitter topper that goes with a lot of different base colors.

I also took a video of this to show how it really sparkles in the sun but the idiot that I am I messed it up and won’t be adding it to this blog post. I will start to do the videos with these hard to capture bling bling polishes though. I have a YouTube account now and I’ll be uploading some manicure videos over there in the future.

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

 

 

***Sparkle on the Vine was sent for review. Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat were purchased by me.