The polish that made a-england famous - Tristam, is one of my top 10 favourite polishes of all time! It is a fail safe staple, goes with everything and a sick formula! Seriously, there's no way you can apply this baby badly. It's that good! Never any flooding of cuticles, never any staining and dries super quick! I mean, like I'll finish painting my last finger and the first one is already dry! I cannot sing enough praises of it.
And so, it is my backdrop for my Half Moon mani for the 31 Day Challenge.
Isn't Tristam gorgeous? It's a purplish blue with subtle scattered holo that's not overwhelming but contains enough depth to catch your attention.
The flower petals were drawn with acrylic paint using the one stroke technique. I added a few stray drops on one of the nails as an accent.
Quite pretty and dainty and if you use a light base colour, would probably be perfect for a wedding. :)
Today's theme was a chance to show off a few polishes from one of my favourite indie polish brands - a-england!
If you haven't tried a-england polishes before, you're missing out! Adina makes the smoothest, creamiest scattered holos out there, indie or mainstream brand bar none!
If you're based in the UK, look out for her sales or 'Gem of the Month' specials. They're such a good bargain!
These are the polishes I used to create my vertical gradient
And here's my mani:
Indirect sunlight
Flash
You can find a-england polishes at quite a few sites, including popular ones like:
1) a-england.co.uk (UK only)
2) llarowe.com (based in US, ships internationally)
3) meimeisignatures.com (based in Singapore, ships internationally)
Good Lord, is this polish sparkly!
An oldie but goodie. Girly Bits has so much fantastic stuff and this is definitely one of her classics.
Pink scattered holo, with a menagerie of glitter bits going blue/ red/ yellow.
Accent nail art is just something simple, using a couple of dotting tools and black polish.
Love this polish! It's a must have!
My unposted mani from World Oceans Day, that happened on 8-June.
It's horrifying how much junk accumulates in the oceans, not to mention accidents causing oil spillages and the like.
On another note, did you know that ocean tides are caused by the moon's gravitation? So with that being said, I have the perfect polishes for this theme.
piCture pOlish Cosmos on top, and piCture pOlish Ocean at the bottom.
They're like yin and yang! :P
These are soooo pretty! They are both scattered holo polishes that give off just the right amount of sparkle and both have that "lit from within" quality that is absolutely mesmerizing! I found myself staring at my mani the whole time I had them on! I consider these a must-have for any blue polish fan!
Availability:
You can get piCture pOlish from their own site, Llarowe, or The Subtle Shimmer.
