ABC Challenge: "V" is for Vampy Vintage Inspired Rockabilly Nails!

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Hello lovelies! Phew! I made it - I'm managing to post a challenge mani on the right day! Shocking, right? ;)

Today's post is going to be quick and dirty since this horrible insomnia is really catching up to me and I am hurting today. I think I managed maybe 2 hours of sleep last night, and my body is finally taking over and preparing to force me to sleep. Sad thing is that I love sleep and have never had trouble sleeping in my life, but the past few weeks have been just horrible. In fact, this poor manicure was done between 3 and 5:30 am this morning since I was wide awake and there's nothing else to do at that time of day. I have a feeling bedtime will be coming sooner rather than later tonight.

Today's challenge is letter "V'. Can you believe we're almost at the end already? I know we've been doing this for months now but it doesn't feel all that long. I'll be sad when this challenge ends, but all of the girls have been brainstorming and coming up with ideas for some really awesome new challenges, so I won't have to be sad for long!

Letter V stumped me, lovelies. I have a couple of V polishes, but nothing that was really calling to me. I love all things Vintage and initially thought of trying out some vintage roses, but I wore some roses recently so I nixed that idea. Since I also love Rockabilly Inspired stuffs, I decided to try out a manicure that I've seen a few different variations on - the Retro-Funky Vintage Leopard and Red Mani. I chose to wear mine as half nude leopard and half red, as opposed to the half moon version since I didn't feel like messing with half moons - I'm fairly unmotivated around 4 am, folks!

Considering I wasn't at my best when I worked on this, I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. My only gripe is that I was being lazy and didn't want to deal with tape, so I did the leopard print first, and then went to add the red, and lo and behold! All of my red polishes were way too sheer to cover the print. Thankfully A-England Perceval did the trick, which made me happy since any excuse to wear Perceval is a good one.  I may be the only person to ever attempt this manicure using a shimmer, but it doesn't look as odd as I thought it would. My base color is OPI My Vampire Is Buff, my very fave neutral, and I stamped the leopard print using Red Angel Plate 107 and Konad Black (told ya I was lazy!).

It's not perfect, but it'll do! Actually this is a really fun mani and looks great IRL. I'm always grateful that real life isn't in super-macro mode. This is also a very me kind of manicure, and makes me all sorts of happy. Or maybe that's the sleep deprivation talking. I think I'm starting to hallucinate. ;)

What do you think of Vintage/Rockabilly Inspired manicures?

Don't forget to go forth and check out all my awesome polish sistah's and their letter V manicures!





I'll return tomorrow with an amazing polish from Wingdust. I have Nail Pattern Boldness, Live Life Polished and Polish TBH coming up this week as well as Flakie Friday and more from the new Sally Hansen Collections so be sure to check back!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber









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A England Perceval - The perfect Red

Morning Ladies! Happy Thursday! Today I have one of my all time favorite polishes to share, and even though I'm sure you've seen it before, I have to gush over it anyway.

I have been searching for the perfect (for me) Red polish for what seems like an eternity. Even when I was younger and wore nothing but Red polish, I still could not find the perfect Red. I came close, but it was never exactly what I wanted. I knew in my head what I was looking for, but it was just nowhere to be found. Until now. Ladies, I have found the perfect Red, and if you don't own this polish, you really should.

A England Perceval. Highly Pigmented, Shimmery Candy Apple Red. This polish is absolute Red Perfection. In the bottle it simply glows - the exact color of a candy apple in a candy store window. On the nail, it's just as vibrant, making my nails look as if I had dipped them into a candy apple shell. It is absoutely stunning, and despite some amazing photos out there, nothing does this polish justice, save for seeing it IRL.

I tried to capture this beauty as best as I could, but trust me: there is no way to do this polish justice in photoraphs. It is quite literally one of the most beautiful polishes I have ever seen, and I only wish that I had bought this sooner.

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. This polish leaves me speechless. And makes me wish that I already had the Canon Rebel I'm saving up for since this polish deserves better pictures.

Formula:
Perceval's formula is literally like butter, smooth and creamy. Absolute perfection.

Application:
Perceval almost applies itself. The buttery formula leads to the smoothest application I have ever experienced. This polish flowed onto the nail like liquid silk. No dragging, streaking, bubbling, gooping, pooling, etc. Even wrapping my tips was enjoyable. The brush is heavenly as well, just stiff enough for control of the polish while still being flexible enough to fan out nicely.  I have NEVER been so impressed with a polish (and despite my penchant for drugstore polish, I have some pretty pricey ones in my stash as well).

I cannot rave about this polish enough. Literally, the only issues I had with this manicure were with my base coat's minor bubbling issue and my top coat being pesky. However, after using Pereval, I plan on buying A England's The Knight base coat and The Shield Top Coat.

I simply cannot wait to wear the other 4 A England's I bought, and I certainly plan on buying more. Adina has created what I consider to be one of the most superior polish lines of all time, and her Collections are inspired and unique. Given the high quality of A England polishes, the price tag is very affordable. You can find A England polishes at the A England Website, Llarowe, Nail Polish Canada, and I'm sure there's more.

I ordered my 5 A England polishes through Llarowe, and I have to be honest about my experience.  I ordered these polishes on a Friday evening. The shipping information listed said shipping would take 2-5 business days, and I would receive shipping confirmation within 72 hours. Okay, that's the norm. However, my order did not ship out from Llarowe for 6 days. Now I understand that they're a smaller company and that they get busy, however....6 days to ship out an order is a bit long in my eyes. I understand small businesses are tough. I do. I own one. But if you advertise that you ship out within 72 hours, then people are going to expect that you ship within 72 hours. Not 6 days. Thankfully I live fairly close to Llarowe, so once they did ship I had them in 3 days. I know things happen, and maybe this was a fluke, but I wasn't impressed. Considering I had a package from China that I ordered the day before my Llarowe order show up BEFORE my polishes did, I felt like Llarowe's shipping time left much to be desired.I will admit that once I opened the package all of that went away. A England is stunning even in the bottles.

What do you think of Perceval? Do you have a favorite A England polish?

I'll be showing my other A England's soon. I'm having a hard time choosing which to wear! Ophelia, Lady of Shalott, Jane Eyre, or Camelot with some nail art. Any requests?

Thanks for stopping by and Happy polishing!
-Kimber