a-england -
Guinevere
Hi
Goddesses
Ok, this is important. Take a deep breath. Ready ?
we are about to enter Adjective Overload.
a-england.
Guinevere. Oh wow oh wow oh
wow. This is swoony, and I don’t mean
any old kind of swoony, I mean swoooooooony.
Legendary, dizzying, tingling all over swoony. This, ladies, is Guinevere.
A-England is a new brand which started this
year. They are at the higher price end
(about £9) a bottle and are beautiful to apply, very smooth, very good
quality. Their selling point is that
they released one big collection this year, all of whom were named after
characters from the tale of Arthur and the Round Table. This collection is called The Mythicals, and
it’s … oh, sooooo gorgeous.
When I first saw Guinevere on a blog, I immediately
dismissed her. She’s described as “an
antique pale mauve” but looks more lilac to me.
As a passionate fan of lilacs, I tried to reason there was no need for
*another*, but now I’ve got her, and I’m here to tell you she’s very very
special.
I’ll be doing a comparison post later in the
week, but for now, Guinevere *seems* dreamier, creamier and just oh so
lovely. There’s a cashmere beauty about
her, like a giant lilac cloud halfway towards rain, that is delicate, entrancing
and vulnerable.
This is a very ladylike polish, as befits
Arthur’s Queen. There is no haughtiness
here though, but there is serenity and calm and tranquillity. She’s also not a cold lilac. It’s as if a single drop of purple was
dropped into some dishwater J sounds *wrong* but what I
mean is that she is built on a warm beigey-grey base rather than a cold white
base. Dishwater! Ok, fairy dishwater – better ?
If you’re wondering, I had to cover the index
finger on my left hand with a-england Merlin to cover the mess of my silk wrap –
I quite liked the combo tho. The right
hand was double-swoony – an accent nail of DL Glitter In The Air, perfect over
Guinevere.
This nail varnish defines the word
beautiful. She has grace, she has
majesty and above all she has the wow factor.
The moment I saw her, I swooned, and I haven’t gotten up since.
Guinevere, it’s official – you’re a knockout.
Enjoy J xx
J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.
