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Monday, December 23, 2013

Pointless Cafe's Best of 2013 Part 6: Best Polish of 2013

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Today I have the final post in my Best of 2013 series. As I said already, it was NOT easy this year for sure because this has been the best year for polish that I can remember...ever.

Part SIX





1: Top 15 Mainstream Brand Polishes - published
2: Top 10 Boutique Brand Polishes - published
3: Highlight: Top Five Indie Brands (with my favorites from each) - published
4: Top Indie Polishes of 2013 (excluding the Highlighted Brands) - published
5: Brand of the Year (with my top 15 from this brand) - published
6: Polish of the Year - published


By best polish - I mean overall of mainstream, indies, everything. And the winner is...


a-England
Sleeping Palace





I've worn this polish so often since it came out in May that I've nearly finished one bottle and I have 2 back-ups just in case. It's the polish I get the most compliments on as well. I had to order a 4th bottle just this week for a "muggle" friend who's never ordered polish on-line. It's part of the Burne-Jones Dream Collection.

The formula is perfection in a bottle. When I'm in a hurry I can do one quick coat and be out the door in less than 3 minutes. Yes, I've timed it! When I know I can leave it on for a few days, I do 2 coats and a top coat and it outlasts ME with no chips and very minimal tip wear. Usually I wear it without top coat (as pictured above) because I love that finish.

And that's not even starting on how gorgeous it is. The tightly scattered holo and the hard-to-describe brown/grey/taupe/aubergine color just combine to make it my favorite polish ever. Yes I said ever...not just for 2013. There's always a chance that will change, but it's going to have to be something pretty spectacular to oust this one!

Well that takes care of my Best of 2013 posts. What did you think?

What is YOUR favorite polish of 2013? Post a photo of your favorite polish of 2013 on my Facebook Page for a chance to win one bottle of any Elevation Polish of your choice (that is currently available on their site.) On January 4th (11:59 PM) I'll use Random.Org to pick one winner of all who post their favorite polish of 2013 on my page. Tag your post with #bestpolishof2013forPC. I'm not advertising this anywhere but here. No liking, sharing, following required. ANY brand as long as it's your favorite that made its debut this year. So if you've read this far, THANK YOU!

I got these beauties from Ninja Polish and if you're in the UK, you can order directly from a England. You can follow a England on Facebook to stay in the know. You can also have a look at the a England Stocklist page for more e-tailers in your area, including Ninja Polish, Overall Beauty, Mei Mei's Signatures, Color4Nails and Llarowe.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

A Little Easy Nail Art with a-England

Personal Collection 
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I'm still here - swatching my lil heart out! So no review posts for now, but I thought I'd show you a little easy "nail art" I did to extend my mani before I started swatching again.

I was wearing one of the new a-England polishes from the Burne-Jones Dream Collection, Briar Rose, so I did a gradient with that and Sleeping Palace from the same collection.

First without top coat...


a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient

a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient

And with top coat...


a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient

a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient

I loved that mani so much! Then I added a stripe of a-England Merlin...


a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient with Merlin accents

a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient with Merlin accents


And before I removed it to start swatching again, I added a-England Morgan Le Fay, which is a fantastic topper that is nearly transparent in some lighting and very silvery in other lighting. It was still in my untrieds (shame on me!) but I will be wearing it more often now that I have seen the transformation from the bottle to the nail.



a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient
with Morgan Le Fay


a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient with Morgan Le Fay

a-England Briar Rose and Sleeping Palace Gradient
with Morgan Le Fay



I will be showing you Morgan Le Fay soon as a Nail of the Day because it really is gorgeous and just these few photos don't do it justice.

What do you think? a-England is one of my favorite brands.

Okay, back to swatching! I have some stunners coming up, so stay tuned!


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