Saturday, October 13, 2012

Dorian Gray - a-england

It's Gothic Beauties installment number 3 tonight and this time I have 'Dorian Gray'. I think I'll mainly let the pictures do the talking...


Dorian Gray, Gothic Beauties, a-england, swatch
This is quite different from the other polishes in this collection, but still seems to fit perfectly. 'Dorian Gray' is a pewter grey colour that has a ton of shimmer in it giving it a somewhat metallic look.



Dorian Gray, Gothic Beauties, a-england, swatch
'Dorian Gray' can be a bit of a chameleon and like a lot of a-england polishes, the shimmer is not simply one colour. Apart from the silver/pewter colour, I can see coppery gold shimmer predominantly and though it's not particularly obvious on the nail, it gives the polish a real depth (you can catch a glimpse of it on my pinky finger).



Dorian Gray, Gothic Beauties, a-england, swatch
In keeping with the rest of the collection, 'Dorian Gray' has its blackened side too. I love this veiled look of 'Dorian Gray', I feel as though it gives it a real sense of mystery, as though there's something more to this polish that you can't quite put your finger on.


The formula of 'Dorian Gray' was also in line with the other Gothic Beauties - in other words it was really opaque and 2 thin, easy coats gave perfect coverage. I was originally a bit worried that it may appear brush-strokey, but this wasn't at all the case. This isn't my favourite polish of the collection, but that is absolutely not to say that I don't like it. In fact, I really do like 'Dorian Gray' a lot, I just happen to like the others more (I love a collection where I still adore my least favourite of the bunch). If the other Gothic Beauties seem a bit dark for you, then this is definitely the one to look at getting as it is dark enough to still have the gothic feel to it without ever appearing anywhere near black.

a-england polishes are available from a range of places online now, I have always ordered mine from the a-england site.

If you haven't seen them, have a look at 'Lady of Shalott' and 'Jane Eyre' too.

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4 comments :

  1. Gorgeous pics. Your nails are just lovely):

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    1. Thanks Kate! You're so sweet! I wish I didn't have to baby them quite as much as I do, but oh well, good excuse to get out of washing the dishes I guess ;)

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  2. that golden coppery shimmer makes it prettier than other steely metallics but I'm not still not into it. It would have made more sense for this to be a charcoal base with silver flecksof shimmer like the rest of the collection, don't you think?

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    1. I definitely see where you're coming from and I reckon that would have been maybe a "better fit" for the collection, but in saying that I kinda like that this is a bit different. Like I said it's not my favourite but I do still really like it...

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