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Hello lovelies,

As you probably know by now British indie brand A England has recently introduced two new shades. The first shade is a re-vamped version of Holy Grail and the second one is a brand new shade called Beauty Never Fails. So let's have a look at both...

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail and Beauty Never Fails

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail and Beauty Never Fails

Holy Grail - antique gold with olive green undertones. The finish of this polish is shimmery metallic. Its formula is great as I would expect from A England polish. It applied very easily, the polish levelled itself out nicely and the pigmentation is excellent. I'm wearing two coats which are fully opaque. I've experienced very light streaking but that said is just be nit-picking. It dried reasonably fast and I did not use a topcoat as the polish was nice and shiny.

I will compare the original and this new Holy Grail in the next post.

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail

Beauty Never Fails - dark green base with gold and olive green fine flecks. This shade is simply stunning! It is not as dark as the Gothic Beauties thanks to loads of the flecks that brighten the polish. The formula is really good - it just flows on the nail. The polish stayed where I've applied it meaning it's not watery. One thicker coat was almost enough for a perfect coverage but in the end I've applied second coat. Same as the Holy Grail, Beauty Never Fails also dried quite fast. The amount of flecks in the polish might cause more difficult removal.

Lucy's Stash - A England Beauty Never Fails

Lucy's Stash - A England Beauty Never Fails

Lucy's Stash - A England Beauty Never Fails

Lucy's Stash - A England Beauty Never Fails

*These were provided for a review and I have expressed my honest opinion

Hello lovelies,
I'm so excited to finally show you these pictures! I got inspired by a beautiful gold necklace you'll see a bit later in the pics. I must admit, I LOVED this manicure on me! But what I loved even more are the pictures and how they came out. Obviously I applied a filter on them but I think it fits!
For this manicure I've used OPI Alpine Snow, A England Camelot, gold foil (from Rio Beauty), black striping tape. I've also used a dotting tool and foil glue. I did not use topcoat to seal the manicure. Topcoat would crinkle the foil which I didn't want.
I've created a tutorial so you can all try this look. If you'll recreate please credit back to me :)

Lucy's Stash - Gold foil stripe & dots nail art manicure

Lucy's Stash - Gold foil stripe & dots nail art manicure

Lucy's Stash - Gold foil stripe & dots nail art manicure
Lucy's Stash - Gold foil stripe & dots nail art tutorial

 

Lucy's Stash - Gold foil stripe & dots nail art manicure

Lucy's Stash - Gold foil stripe & dots nail art manicure

Lucy's Stash - Gold foil stripe & dots nail art manicure

Lucy's Stash - Gold foil stripe & dots nail art manicure