Am totally in love with a-england and have four (count 'em 4!) new polishes. I plain could not decide what to do, but thought I would start with the pink of Iseult (Mythicals). True, I am not a pink person, but this colour is so beautiful, I just had to want it!
Iseult is a shimmer pink. Like all the a-england's I have, there is a holographic velvet quality to the polish. The tiniest bit of grey shimmer makes the pink (or anything) luxurious. This is an AABBC skittlette with AAC being three coats of Iseult each. I decided on the third coat to even out the base totally. The polish is not sheer, but wanted a full coverage.
The BB skittlette is Princess Sabra (Legend), in its newer form. This is a gorgeous olive bronze that shimmers like wow! The polish has a nice yellow tinge, so definitely warm. Only two coats of this and all was top coated before continuing.
The ivy is freedrawn with black as the AA part of the skittlette. This wasn't as fiddly as in the past so I must be getting better. Managed both hands before continuing. I dot-filled the leaves with Princess Sabra and then added some Beauty Never Fails (Heavenly Quotes) for depth and accents. After that all dried a bit I added some more black lines and thick top coat.
I think the pink and green look totally fab together! In fact, I am very happy with this mani. Looks delicate and elegant. Living the pre-raphaelite dream! In fact, I have started a pendant based on the drawings as the colours work so well together. Apologies for the photo spam, but just too pretty!!!
What a day. I have a big lump in my stomach since the landlord drove through our carpark (she lives behind my café). When she exited she drove right across the road to my competition to meet friends for coffee! Just gutted. She has never supported our little café, though it would be in her best interest as we pay lease etc for her. Makes me feel sad. Add that to an almost non-event of a day. At least I got to skype with my girl!!!! That was great!
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