A England Jane Eyre

Hey, how is your weekend so far? Today is a very hot day in Malaysia with bright and piercing sun. I don't normally appreciate this kind of weather unless I have a pretty dark vampy shade with hidden beauty to capture under the sun. Well, my prayer is heard; I am wearing A England Jane Eyre which good amount of sunlight is needed to capture the beauty within :).

Jane Eyre is 1 of the 5 from Gothic Beauties collection that A England released in August. As the collection name implies, there are 4 dark and vampy shades with different colored hidden subtly shimmers. Jane Eyre is the one with red/brownish shimmers. A England website describes this color as "intensely smouldering crimson embers, imprisoned in a veil of sombre black".

Most of the A England shade is a portrait of a literature character. I am not a English Literature student in my school days and therefore I have no idea about the story behind each shade. If you are interested to know more about the literature character, descriptions can be found in the A England website.

Under most lighting, this color looks black. But when light hits it at the correct angle, the hidden shimmer would pierce through and that's when the polish becomes really pretty. I had a fun time tilting my fingers observing and admiring the shimmers under different lighting when wearing this shade. Below are some pictures I have taken under the sun and warm light.

Jane Eyre under bright sunlight

The subtle shimmer (opps Susan, nothing better to describe the shimmers except your blog name. hope you don't mind  *wink* ) in the polish look brownish red under the bright sun light. 

Jane Eyre under normal warm light

While under normal light / warm light, the shimmers look reddish purple. You can also tell from this photo that the base is really dark and looks almost black.

Jane Eyre bottle shot 

Here with a bottle shot. The shimmers are more noticeable in bottle. I have a weakness on dark polish so I absolutely love this color. The formula is great as usual, full coverage in 1 or 2 coats.

I purchased this color during the 10 days Gothic Times sales in A England website in November when selected shades are priced at £5 or £6 (np at £9). I was so overwhelmed that I had purchased twice from them in 10 days. 

Where to buy:
A England shades can be purchased at their official website. Shipment is usually very fast,  takes about 7 calendar days, from the shipment notice, to reach Malaysia from London and the best part was shipment is FREE WORLDWIDE. Other shops like US based Llarowe and Ninja Polish, Singapore based Mei Mei's Signatures also carries A England. Worldwide shipment is available from all these shops and they offer great variety and service. I have personally purchased from all the listed stores above and love them.

Til next time... Esther

A-England Princess Tears Swatch

This post was scheduled to be up during the weekends but I was busy lazing at home and totally forgot about it. :p Well, I guess it's better late than never.. :)


I got this color (together with Bridal Veil) during their recent Tristam 1 year old sale. As some of you may know, this was not the color that I ordered, guessed they had received overwhelming response and had sent me this instead of the Princess Sabra which I had ordered. 

But I keep this color instead since it looks amazingly good, you would know what I mean after the photos. It's a greyed/silvered lilac with holographic finish. 

A-England Princess Tears - sunlight

Drool.. 

A-England Princess Tears - Sunlight with flash

A-England Princess Tears - Sunlight with flash

Drool more... 

I have captured insanely lots of picture of this color, I just couldn't help but to keep snapping as the holographic finish is so pretty and interesting... Love this color!


I initially thought this color would be streaky as it as the metallic finish which I tend to avoid. I was wrong, the  formula was smooth and leveled itself well at each layer. But it's a little bit thin, so you need at least 2 coats for opacity. The only drawback about this color is the drying time, I feel that it's much longer than the normal creme or shimmer polish, so you need to be super patient while applying this color. Maybe it's the nature of holographic polish?


I really love this color and will definitely order more from A-England. If you are interested in getting A-England polishes, they are available in the following webstores A-England, Llarowe, Ninja Polish and Mei Mei's Signatures. All of them offer international shipment.


Til next time... Esther

Yeah... My first A-England nail mail arrived! But...

I was so happy to see my first A-England order at my doorstep when I returned from shopping this afternoon. Excitedly, I ripped open the package and saw the 2 polishes I ordered during the Tristam 1-year old sale!

Bridal Veil & Princess Tear 

Here they are: Bridal Veil & Princess Tear from The Legend collection!  Below is my order description enclosed in the package... 

Oh wait.. did you notice something in the invoice? It was Princess Sabra that I had ordered, but they had shipped my Princess Tear. No wonder, I did not see the yellow shade that I was expecting before I ripped the bubble wrap away. 


Should I email and feedback? Should I ask them to send the correct one? Should I purchase another Princess Sabra immediately? These thoughts ran through my mind right after I discovered the wrong item... Then I went up to The PolishAholic to check the swatch of Princess Tear and decided I would keep it without making any noise as it looked pretty too. Since there are more that I want from A-England, I would definitely include Princess Sabra in my next order and hopefully they won't send me the wrong item again. :)


Til next time... Esther