A-England Holy Grail (revamped) and some stamping!

Morning lovelies! Happy Monday (ducks thousands of objects being thrown at her for saying that)! Actually I'm not even close to happy, having broken a corner off a nail on Saturday and losing more length that I really was prepared for. Hopefully they grow fast, and I can re-shape them the way I like. I wasn't about to go back to nubbins, so you guys are going to have to live with the less than perfect shaping. :(

Also, this post is kinda long and pic heavy - here's to you, Anonymous, who said that I didn't have enough pics compared to my text (what??????)!

It's going to be a busy day here at KLK....the Giveaway is going live today! First, some warning: The polishes are still in transport stage since I decided to start early. I will post the pictures of the actual prizes as soon as they are all in my hands. Until then, I'm going to be linking to swatches of them so you can still see what is what.

What? You came here to see some polish as opposed to just reading my babbling? Well, let's get on with it then!

Today I have another beauty from A-England to share with you. I'm sure you are all aware that Adina recently revamped Holy Grail from the Mythicals Collection. You may also be aware that Although I love Gold on other people, I rarely wear it since it does really weird things to my skin tone. However, I couldn't resist the sheer beauty of the new Holy Grail.

This version of HG is more of an Antique Gold Foil, boasting flecks of copper, bronze and a golden green. This combination is sheer perfection, and makes this polish a bit of a chameleon. In some lighting conditions it is a glowy, bright gold, in others a shimmery golden bronze with olive highlights. It really is stunning (and occasionally blinding since it's a foil and light just bounces right off it!) and I'll be the first to admit my pictures do it no justice. I'm not going to be as wordy as I usually am with A-Englands today, since I have so much to get done. :)

This is 2 coats of Holy Grail over The Knight, and topped with The Shield. 

I do love this revamped version of Holy Grail. I still need to order the original HG, so I can't do a comparison, but the Original is more of a Yellow Gold shimmer from what I can see in swatches. Also gorgeous, yet somehow plain next to this new version.

It's also just brilliant how Adina brought new life to Holy Grail by revamping it. It's also awesome for nail art, you can see how I combined Holy Grail and Beauty Never Fails below:

As always, Holy Grail's formula is true to A-England's high standards, and application was sheer perfection. 2 easy peasy coats for opacity, no streaking or glopping, and superior shine, even without top coat!

And now, bonus stamping! The moment I saw HG I knew I wanted to stamp using that baby. So after a day of wear (and some impromptu shaping - sorry for the naked tips) I grabbed my Red Angel Plates and Konad Black and came up with this:

 I love how this stamping came out. The pattern is so complex, if you look at the gold it's one pattern, focus on the black and it's another. I was testing out a new item for review with this as well, and didn't get perfect transfers on all nails, but it's good enough IRL that I wasn't too concerned.

What do you think of the new Holy Grail? Are you loving it as much as I am?
Stay tuned for the giveaway to go live later today!!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber