Black Cat Lacquer Magic Spells

Today's polish is a beautiful dark thermal. Black Cat Lacquer Magic Spells is just gorgeous. Darkish plummy purple in its warm phase, it moves to almost black in its cool phase, with the added bonus of scattered holo too!
I have had this polish a while, just been waiting for the right weather conditions. I am delighted that it is generally a dark polish, quite a lot of thermals go very pale when warm, pale and sheer. I did 3 thin coats of this for good coverage, but no concerns about that naughty nail line showing through.
The down side of the polish being dark in all phases was that although I can quite clearly see the thermal gradient, even now just sat typing, it seems too subtle for my camera to pick up.
It looks lovely, the majority of my nail is the plummy purple and the tips are black  - perfect, just so pretty! This is a real me polish!! I love the name too, despite thermals being around for quite some time, they do still seem like magic to me :)
So we have a whole mix of pictures, cold outside pics, a couple where I dashed outside when my hands were warm to try and catch the purple and a bit of gradient, a cheaty one that I took inside by the window, and a few inside after doing the washing up and thrusting my fingers into the freezer! crazy!! I managed to catch the pretty sparkle on a few and I think you can see the gradient if you look hard!

Black Cat Lacquer Magic Spells

 

 

 

 

Black Cat Lacquer Evergreen

This is my first Black Cat Lacquer - it won't be my last!! Rainbow Connection had a sale a a couple of weeks ago and I really wanted Chivalry is Dead which is a grey/black thermal but it was sold out, so I thought I'd try a couple of others instead.
Evergreen is a mid green to dark green thermal, and the colours are the shades you'd think of if you look at pines and other evergreen trees, with that hint of blue in the darker cooler stage. It also has holographic sparkle which adds to its beauty, a really lovely polish!
I thought it looked a little sheer as I painted the first coat but the coverage with 2 coats was great, even in the warmer phase. It painted on well and dried nicely. The finish was not particularly glossy but I top coated it anyway, and the holographic sparkle really came to life.
It has been a warm week, so I don't think I experienced this polish as its best. Apart from when I first put it on and took a couple of dark pics, it was warm most of the time and I only really saw the dark cool phase when I stuck my hands in the freezer! but I did get to see the tips darken fairly frequently.
I took quite  few pics but not many really captured the gradient, the last one is probably the best but this is a great polish, great natural foresty shades of green and that gorgeous holo sparkle. I really enjoyed wearing it, and once the weather is cooler I'll be reaching for this one again.

Black Cat Lacquer Evergreen

  

 

   

 

 

 

Fancy Gloss Sugar Plum

Today's polish is my second Fancy Gloss, purchased from the wonderful Rainbow Connection. I bought this and Dark Knight mainly because they are thermals that are dark in their warm and cool state. Both are a mid grey in their warm state, but where Dark Knight is a deep blue, Sugar Plum is a gorgeous plummy purple, again with scattered holo glitter.
It's been a very busy week and I have worn this polish for a full 7 days. It is showing just the tiniest amount of tip-wear, and I have really loved wearing it, and watching the changes from grey through to purple. Quite frequently it was in a gradient state with purple tips blending into grey nails.
This polish applied and dried well. I did do a layer of Nails Inc Gilston Road underneath it in case it was not opaque in its warm state.
As you'll be able to see from the many pics, as the polish cools the grey turns to a reddish purple and then moves on to a deep plum purple when really cold, and all the time the scattered holo glitter adding to its beauty. I think must try a few more Fancy Gloss polishes - lovely colours and I am very impressed with how well this on lasted.

Fancy Gloss Sugar Plum

 

 

  

 

 

Fancy Gloss Dark Knight

Today's polish is a bit special - it's dark, it's thermal and it's a scattered holo! Wow!!! what would there be not to love about a polish with all those features!!
I had not heard of Fancy Gloss until Annette at Rainbow Connection started selling them quite recently, but when I heard of a thermal that didn't change to a very pale shade when warm , I had to give then a try! Dark Knight changes from dark blue when cold to a mid grey when warm, and it has a scattered holo effect too. When cold the blue is a real midnight blue, and with the scattered holo it's like a starry night. It is a lovely blue, and actually a lot nicer than it looks in the bottle, almost an indigo blue, like dark jeans and very wearable.
When warm although still quite dark I did find the grey shade was a little less opaque so I have used one coat of Nails Inc Gilston Road as undies, it is not a bad match colour-wise and didn't seem to distort the colour at all. I can't bear to see the nail line so I felt happier ensuring it was covered.
Here I have used 1 coat of Gilston Road and then two coats of Dark Knight.
I really like this, I wasn't too inspired by the colour in the bottle but I love it on my nails, I love the blue, the grey and all the in between shades as it moves from cold to warm! The thermal gradient looks great although I have really struggled to capture it on camera, and the sparkle is very pretty, but camera shy!
Lots of pictures as I attempted to capture the many colours of this fantastic polish. I bought another Fancy Gloss thermal at the same time as Dark Knight and I can't wait to try that too!

Fancy Gloss Dark Knight

 

  

 

 

  

   

A England Saint George

Oh what a beautiful polish I am wearing today, I bought this one just after Christmas and I have no idea why it has taken me so long to wear it, but this is one of those polishes that the second it was on, I loved it. And I knew I would, not one of those I thought I'd probably like, this was a cert!!
It is the most stunning dark teal green with a beautiful fine holographic glitter. This is actually how I like my holos to be, rather subtle and understated and it's such a lovely dark sophisticated colour.
Pictures show 2 coats but coverage was almost there with 1coat. The brush was a little tricky to use and I did have to tidy up a little around my cuticles but nothing major.
I think this is probably my favourite A England polish. I love them all, but some are really special and this is just perfection.
I am wearing one of my favourite dark green jumpers today, with matching fingerless gloves, especially and as you'll see in the pics I think I'm pretty well co-ordinated. I love this so much I could stare at it for hours! I was also very lucky that finally the sun came out, so I could see this in its full glory. Maybe it's a good thing I let it sit in my stash for a while.

A England Saint George