Collection: A-England, Elizabeth & Mary
In last week’s review of A-England’s King Arthur (I bought them together), I mentioned my disappointment that the polish wasn’t a near-OCW (one coat wonder) like my first polish from the brand, Saint George. Well, it turns out that it might just be the holographic polishes that are nearly OCWs. Saint George and today’s polish, Crown of Thistles are both holographic and just about full-coverage with one coat, whereas King Arthur is a shimmer/metallic which requires 2–3 coats.
(As an aside, I just noted that A-England refers to their product as “nail polish” on their Twitter—though, curiously, not on their webstore or on the product label—so I’m updating the product name.)
Crown of Thistles is a holographic, midtone pinked purple. In sunlight/halogen light, it has a gorgeous rainbow holographic effect.
As with Saint George, the finish on Crown of Thistles is very smooth, with fine holographic shimmer. Application is nearly perfect. You could definitely get away with just one coat, but I did two for the swatch to get a little extra depth.
This photo under different lighting shows the holographic shimmer a little better:
A-England Nail Lacquer is 0.39 fl oz / 11 mL (usually?) and retails for £9 / US$10 / CA$12.50. In Canada, you can purchase it at Harlow & Co. or Nail Polish Canada (which is where I bought mine). The polish is free of toluene, formaldehyde, and dibutyl phthalate (DBP). The company is cruelty-free.
A-England is based in London, England.
fivezero 
So gorgeous! This one is definitely going on my wish list! 🙂
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I love holos! 😀 This is gorgeous. I don’t have anything like it… the closest I have is a chunkier holo from Color Club called Gift of Sparkle:
I prefer the refined holos.
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I love this! Wish we got color club here 😦
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To be honest, I don’t think the CC formula is so great. It’s just OK-to-good for me. They do have some awesome colors, though, which kind of makes up for it!
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OMG I love that. :O The spahkle!!!
But yes, I also prefer the finer shimmer!
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What a fun color! Very unique!
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It’s such a nice holo!
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I love this! I’ve got Princess Sabra from A England but that’s the only one I’ve tried – need to get my hands on some more as I love the formulation of that one 🙂 xxx
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Ooh I need to try that one, then! 😀
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Similar to this, holographic olive green x
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Sounds great!
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This is stunning!! Is it hard to get off??
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It was actually pretty easy to remove! Fine shimmer 😀
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Sold! 😀
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