A-England’s The Legend – Princess Tears

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you would know that I received a few colours from A-England‘s new collection, The Legend, today. I had ordered three in my first (Saint George, Bridal Veil, and Order of the Garter), and ended up ordering the rest in a subsequent order.

I was already very excited to be receiving these lacquers which I’ve been seeing lots of great swatches of. But when I opened the package to find that dear Adina had sent a complimentary bottle of Princess Tears, I was over the moon!

Since I had already intended to change my mani today, I decided to try on Princess Tears first. I have to speak to my big boss tomorrow so I decided to play safe with a softer colour.

The formula of A-England Princess Tears is great, like that of The Mythicals. It applied smoothly and can easily be a one-coater. I used two to ensure better coverage under the camera flash. There was no dragging, as can happen with similar holos. The polish dries shiny and I didn’t use a top coat for the photos.

Princess Tears is a light lavender with a strong linear holo. The holographic pigment in it makes it seem like the colour shifts to grey at certain angles. The holo is obvious even without flash.

A-England Princess Tears [without flash]

Here are photos with flash. Again, you can see the strong linear holo.

A-England Princess Tears [with flash]

A-England Princess Tears [with flash]

A blurred photo to emphasise the holo particles.

A-England Princess Tears [with flash]

My first reaction to Princess Tears was that it looks very much like Color Club Fashion Addict. They are similar but Princess Tears does have a stronger tinge of grey.

I can’t wait to try the other colours from The Legend. They all look amazing in the bottle! Have you got your hands on any colours from this collection yet?

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