Thursday 8 November 2012

Two new shades from A England Holy Grail and Beauty Never Fails - Review and swatches

Hello lovelies,

As you probably know by now British indie brand A England has recently introduced two new shades. The first shade is a re-vamped version of Holy Grail and the second one is a brand new shade called Beauty Never Fails. So let's have a look at both...

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail and Beauty Never Fails

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail and Beauty Never Fails



Holy Grail - antique gold with olive green undertones. The finish of this polish is shimmery metallic. Its formula is great as I would expect from A England polish. It applied very easily, the polish levelled itself out nicely and the pigmentation is excellent. I'm wearing two coats which are fully opaque. I've experienced very light streaking but that said is just be nit-picking. It dried reasonably fast and I did not use a topcoat as the polish was nice and shiny.

I will compare the original and this new Holy Grail in the next post.

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail

Lucy's Stash - A England Holy Grail



Beauty Never Fails - dark green base with gold and olive green fine flecks. This shade is simply stunning! It is not as dark as the Gothic Beauties thanks to loads of the flecks that brighten the polish. The formula is really good - it just flows on the nail. The polish stayed where I've applied it meaning it's not watery. One thicker coat was almost enough for a perfect coverage but in the end I've applied second coat. Same as the Holy Grail, Beauty Never Fails also dried quite fast. The amount of flecks in the polish might cause more difficult removal.

Lucy's Stash - A England Beauty Never Fails

Lucy's Stash - A England Beauty Never Fails

Lucy's Stash - A England Beauty Never Fails

Lucy's Stash - A England Beauty Never Fails




*These were provided for a review and I have expressed my honest opinion

14 comments:

  1. I need Beauty Never Fails in my life!!

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  2. Amazing polishes!! I love them! The firts one is great!

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  3. They are gorgeous! I must have at least Holy Grail.
    Thanks for the great swatches!

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  4. Gorgeous swatches as always! And as always, I'll probably need these in my life too ♥.

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  5. Love the gold. I'm trying to decide on one gold nail polish to buy - do you have a favorite?

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    1. Wow that's a hard question! I really like OPi Goldeneye :)

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  6. Thanks! That was my top pic from seeing all of your reviews. Now to try and find it!

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  7. Oh my. Holy Grail looks incredible. Must have it!

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  8. i want both of these, but they're all sold out on Llarowe. and nowhere on the a-england site...do you know where else to buy them? thanks - beautiful swatches x

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    1. Hi, I can see the original Holy grail shade in the Mythicals collection still available on A England website. What I would advise you to do is to send email to hello@a-england.co.uk telling them what you'd like to purchase and they'll tell you what to do.

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