A-England Ballerina Collection

Ballerina Collection



Ballerina Collection It always fascinates me, how the amazing founder and creator Adina Bodina, manages to put together a captivating innovativeness, for each of her collection. The Ballerina is another bewitching read of what thoughts put behind each of the flawless formulas. The four beautiful elegant shades are all inspired by the most unique classical ballerinas dance of all time. The four shades are just oozing with class, opulence, luxury, and very elegant indeed. All my photo shots below are taken in natural sunlight.



Fonteyn



Fonteyn



Fonteyn Fonteyn is a very soft lilac tinted holographic silver hue with a fabulous scattered but dense chromatic display. The formula is superb, opaque on one coat - rich but very easy to apply and self levelling. It can easily be a one coater. Glossy finish and perfect with or without top coat. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



Fonteyn - Colour Inspiration





Her Rose Adagio



Her Rose Adagio



Her Rose Adagio Her Rose Adagio is a gentle pink with even scattered but vivid holographic hue. Fantastic flow and slightly lighter formula than Fonteyn but it can still be a one coater. It was very easy to apply and self-levelling. Glossy smooth finish which make them gorgeous with or without top coat. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



Her Rose Adagio - Colour Inspiration





Encore Margot



Encore Margot



Encore Margot Encore Margot a very pale-blue toned silver holographic hue with gorgeous scattered, but linear, prismatic effect. Great formula, the consistency was good, very similar to Her Rose Adagio. Again Glossy finish, very easy to apply and also self levelling, and just like Fonteyn - it was opaque on one coat. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



Encore Margot - Colour Inspiration





Dancing With Nureyev



Dancing With Nureyev



Dancing With Nureyev Dancing With Nureyev a lilac - blue toned holographic hue. Although on camera - even taken on full sun, it seems to have turned out much darker toned, than it was on actual life itself. You just have to take my word on this, it's match lighter - its more lilac-blue rather than purple-blue. I will say, if you look at Encore Margot, imagine it one shade darker than the actual shot posted. I'm afraid, it's the only way I could think off of discriving it. The consistency is very much like Fonteyn. Brilliant prismatic display, as per usual in this collection, especially when hit by the sunlight. Glossy smooth finish, and again lovely with or without the top coat. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



Dancing With Nureyev - Colour Inspiration



I've been wanting to do this review for sometime now, but the Dancing With Nureyev was out of stock for quite a while. And I really like to do the complete collection. Buy the Ballerina Collection here or check out their website here to find out where to buy worldwide. Also the Encore Margot is their Gem Of The Month. Pay only £6 for the month of July.

A-England Briar Wood and Her Rose Adagio Stamping Manicure

This nail design is very simple and very elegant. A-England Briar Wood (read the review here.) and Her Rose Adagio (Read review here.) are both have superb holographic particle display. Perfect colour combination if you ask me? The index and little fingers are painted with just one coat of Briar Wood, tips are painted with Her Rose Adagio, and placed with a clear triangle rhinesstones studs by Moyou London, which comes in multi-colour pack, just to give it a more dressy look. Now, the middle and ring finger, I painted with two light coats of Her Rose Adagio, I let it dry and sponged the middle area with Briar Wood. Let it dry again and stamped it with Pueen plate - 52 from the Buffet Collection, using Her Rose Adagio nail varnish. Finish off with Seche Vite as my per usual. I just love the mysterious colour finish effect. Don't you?

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A-England Rose Bower and Camelot Lace Manicure

Just a quick blog. One coat base OPI Lay Down That Base. Then applied one coat of a-england Rose Bower, (Read review here). When dry, I stamped it with the Bridal Collection - Plate - 07 - XL by Moyou London, using a-england Camelot nail varnish. And for a more interesting look, I applied it also at the tip of the nails. The black flower stud on the index and little finger nails is also from Moyou London. Finish it off with Seche Vite.

A-England Fonteyn and Briar Rose Fishnet Manicure

When doing taping nail art, I like to do my nails one nail at a time, and move very quickly at removing the tapes after applying the top colour. I have more success this way as I don't get the nail varnish bleeding through the tapes. Also, I cut the tapes shorter after I placed them correctly on my nails - I just find it easier and more steady to work with. I started with my usual base coat routine to protect my nails from discolouration mainly. I then applied one coat of Fonteyn (Read my review here.), then let it dry up completely before creating the diamond pattern, as the tape could lift the varnish off. Applied Briar Rose generously on top of the tapes and lift tape one at a time. The trick was to remember how you laid the tapes from the beginning to end, to avoid messing the pattern when you start lifting. And as per routine, I finished off with Seche Vite.

Read review for Briar Rose here.

A-England Lady Of The Lake

What can I say about this nail varnish?. Well, it's fabulous, it's holographic, it's flawless, it's classy and it's purple - everything a girl could possibly ask for. And as per usual with a-england nail varnish, the formula of Lady Of The Lake is excellent. Two coats and it's completely opaque. A little rich, but still very easy to work with and self levelling. The fine chromatic particles demonstrate beautifully, when light hits them. Shown in 2 coats, plus top coat.

Holographic Abstract Night shot. The colour was deeper, but the attractive chromatic particles are still dancing with the lights.

This design is a holo party. I used three a-england nail varnishes - Lady Of The Lake, Princess Tears and Fonteyn. Fonteyn is part of their Ballerina Collection. I will do a review for this collection here also. Please visit my instagram "ldnailsxo" for more nail art. Thanks! xo