NOTD: a-England's Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes) and NerdLacquer's Exterminate

Princess Sabra is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.  Described on a-England's site as an "alluringly feline golden olive bronzite", this beauty was inspired by polish creator Adina's cat Tristam's eyes.  The combo of the color and the holographic flash puts Princess Sabra on my list of favorites. 

Formula was great and below is two coats with base and top coat.  I wore this for three days and did experience some tip wear and slight chipping on a nail that was flaking. 

On day three I topped Princess Sabra with one coat of Exterminate by NerdLacquer.   Described on Ninja Polish as "a deep Dalekanium blackened-bronze brown with small black and gold glitter, large golden hex glitter, and small and medium light blue hex glitter", this polish reminds me of Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss", which could be why I love it so much.   Unfortunately, it's out of stock at the moment, but should be back at some point.   

The only issue I have with Exterminate is that some of the larger hex glitter can stick up a bit, which makes a good top coat essential.  Even with 1 coat of Gelous and 1 of Seche Vite, I've still got some roughness where some of the larger hex glitters are.  The seem to be slightly curved, so if they get placed facing down, it's not a problem.  If they facing up, however, they are rough. 

Check out the little ant peeking over the hydrangea petal. 

NOTD: Galahad & Mahogany Magic French Tip

Egads, a-england's Galahad chipped on me after one day!  Not sure what was going on with that, I think I was opening a package when it happened.  I'd already had the idea of doing a french tip with Mahogany Magic, so this just sped things up a few days.

I topped off with one coat of Sally Hensen's Tealy Cool, an iridescent micro glitter mix in a blue-green gel base.   I really like the overall effect!

Galahad, Mahogany Magic, Tealy Cool

NOTD: a-england's Galahad

a-England's Galahad

I was fortunate enough to get my first two a-england polishes during their recent anniversary sale.  Several of the shades I wanted were sold out, but I was able to get Galahad and Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes).  I will have to capture the elusive Dragon another day.

Galahad is described as a mystic vibrant blue green, and it's almost a perfect match to a dark turquoise bracelet that I own. Most turquoise that you see is lighter, like this ring.  This is two coats with Seche Vite base and topcoat.  A steadier hand may have been able to get away with one coat, but my polish skills are still a bit lacking.

a-england polishes are available direct for about $14.45 (prices are listed in British pound sterling) or through Llarowe for $12.  a-england shipped for free in the past from their site, not sure if that's still the case.