A England is the creation of the sweet Adina Bodana, who describes herself as follows:
“A little girl painting her fingernails with watercolours was the start of a long life passion.
Born in Milan, Italy, Adina worked as a designer for fashion, ballet and opera, assisting Gianni Versace and as a free lance. She moved to London in 1989 in her thirties. She left a glamorous career behind towards the unknown, to eventually fulfill a mysterious and indomitable call, manifested in youth, from England the elected home.
Various experiences in fashion followed, like designing amazing frocks and accessories for a haute couture house based in Dubai. Recently she founded a painting and decorating company driven by the need to explore a different sector of aesthetic.
Passion and the search of quality and beauty have always been the constant in every project.
Painting her nails through the bitter sweet stages in life has been a constant moment of enjoyment and empowerment. Sometimes a way to start a conversation, then share an impression, a smile, a story.”
(source)
Adina sent me three of her lovely creations. Thanks so much!
Guinevere belongs to a lovely collection that’s called “The Mythicals”. It’s a highly pigmented pale mauve cream that gets opaque in two coats. The picture below is taken in natural lightning.
The picture below is taken when the sun went down and made place for a cloudy sky. The picture above is more color accurate. I just wanted to show you how this polish looks when it’s mattified (accent nail).
Ophelia is part of the “Gothic Beauties” collection. It’s a black base filled with purple shimmer. I’ve used two coats here. The first two pictures are taken in natural lightning.
I found it very hard to photograph the amazing purple shimmer. So sad! The two pictures above don’t do this polish justice. On the picture below (taken under artificial lightning) you can see the purple shimmer. It’s so lovely!
Princess Tears belongs to “The Legend” collection. It’s a silvered lilac with lots of ultra fine holographic glitter. One of a kind if you ask me! I’ve used three thin coats for the pictures below.
The picture below is taken with flash which shows the holographic glitters. A lovely shade!
Below you can see how Princess Tears looks in sunlight. Less lilac, more silvered!
And here is how it looks in daylight. Much more silvered. It’s magical!
Adina’s creations are available through her website for £9 with free worldwide shipping (!). Head over there to find information about the entire product range!
You can find her also on Twitter and Facebook!
* products were provided to me by A England
Wow! Love the Ophelia. That is one kickass polish! I wish I could find a good black in gel polish. Still looking.
😀 Thanks!
Have you tried OPI’s gel polish yet? I’m dying to have the regular polish of “Lincoln Park After Dark/Midnight”. Bet you like that too! Here’s the gel polish version: http://www.ebay.com/itm/OPI-GelColor-Soak-off-Nail-Polish-Gel-Color-Lincoln-Park-After-Dark-/251212769569?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7d72a921
I didn’t know OPI had a gel line, thanks! I don’t shop for this stuff often, since it’s spendy and a manicure lasts about two weeks. I will definitely check that out. You’re just all kinds of wicked cool I hope you know. 🙂
Ahww thanks sweetie! 😀
Lovely swatches! I just ordered these three in the anniversary sale (they were a pack of three) – now I’m looking forward to them even more!
😀 Awesome! You will love them!
You’re so lucke, her polishes are so lovely, really nice swatches, jealous at your long nails 🙂
Thank you so much!
Adina’s polishes are gorgeous. I’m definitely feeling like a really lucky girl 😀
Gah! I neeeeed all of these!! Lovey swatches hunni 🙂
Thanks sweetie 😀
Well you know which one I liked the best, right? 😉
If I have to choose one of these three for you then I will probably picked Princess Tears (because of the silvery base). Am I right?
Princess Tears yes! But mostly because its most metallic looking one. 🙂
Yay! 😀
Lovely and lucky you to have these sent to you!
Thanks… and yes I’m such a lucky girl 😀
Love the black
😀 It’s much prettier in real life, believe me!