My take on GITA & Whimsical ♥

Hello hello~ After my previous attempt at a glitter sandwich, I decided to try it again with a pastel blue. I had this in mind since I thought it might look similar to Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the air or the Revlon Whimsical dupe. Well, my attempt isn't spot on, but it's killed my lemming for them, at the very least! :D I started off with two coats of Ulta3 Spring shower, then layered on a thick...

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Bloglovin & Pinterest

Hi everyone~ You may have noticed recently that I added a button to follow me on Pinterest on my sidebar. With Google Friend Connect being discontinued for non-blogger hosted websites, I won't be surprised if even blogger hosted sites will see the end of it too. Because of this, I'm opening up other ways to follow me. You can do so through Pinterest - this is especially good for those who don't like...

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A clean, white manicure...almost.

Hi everyone~ When I first pictured this manicure in my head, it looked sooooooooo good. Why then, did it not translate as well onto my nails? Ahhhh, the frustration that ensues when this happens! I started off with two coats of Ulta3 Lily white. On my pinky and index fingers, I layered with two coats of China Glaze White cap. On my middle finger, I applied two coats of Nubar 2010 onto the white...

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Thanks a windmillion!

Hi ladies~ I'm off to my first day of prac tomorrow so my nails are currently bare. I did wear this pretty glitter gradient awhile ago so I thought I'd share this with you today. Below is two coats of OPI Thanks a windmillion from the Holland collection released earlier this year. I decided to glam up the mani a bit with a glitter gradient, so I pulled out OPI Servin' up sparkle to...

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What colour are your flip flops?

Hello hello! I have a pretty polish to share today. Australian nail polish brand Australis recently came out with a few new shades. I'm sure one of the most talked about polish was Speck-tacular, the greatly affordable flakie top coat for us Aussies! Another polish though, happened to be this beautiful blue polish with a shimmer running through it. And what better name for it than Flip-flop,...

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Stripy skittles :)

Hello ladies~ Australia has finally entered the autumn months but has really yet to feel the cold truly. So I decided to sport some colour on my nails to encourage the nice weather :P I love skittling and really need to do it more often, so here is my attempt at a bright(er) skittle mani. Pinky: Two coats of Ulta3 Royal fever Ring: Two coats of OPI Fly Middle: Two coats of OPI My address is Hollywood Index:...

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Ugly colours, anyone?

Hi everyone! If you're a fan of 'ugly' colours, you'll love the nail polish I'm about to show you. I was in the mood for a more 'out there' mani the other day and so I decided to pull out OPI Uh-oh roll down the window to try on. In the photos below, I applied two coats. I'm not one for ugly shades like this but I actually quite liked this polish. It applied well onto my nails and the formula...

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Holo glitter!

Hellohello~ I decided to make good use of the sun we had the other day and pulled out China Glaze Atlantis. Yeahhhh, the polish with the gorgeous, more amazing holographic glitter swimming in a blue-teal base. I decided to layer it over China Glaze Holly-day; two coats are shown below. One of these days, I'm going to have to wear Atlantis on it's own. It's just too pretty ♥ Thanks for...

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Have some holo instead

Hi everyone~ I'll skip the apologies and get straight to the mani, since this is why you're all here, aye? :) So have some insanely awesome holo photos instead. I have here two coats of China Glaze OMG from the OMG collection. Basically, I've just been feeling all meh about blogging the past few days since I've been swamped with work. I did wake up to see the sweetest email in my inbox...

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Flakey layered over flakey?

Hey everyone~So, what do you get when you layer a flakey top coat over a flakey filled polish? Lots and lots of flakies, of course! And while I'm a huuuuuuuuge lover of flakies (♥♥♥), I'm not actually sure I like this end result *shockhorror* I started off with two coats of Orly Fowl play, which has beautiful blue-orange-red shifting flakies in a plum jelly base. I proceeded to add one coat...

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First attempt at drawing roses

Hi everyone~ Awhile back, I came across a rose nail art tutorial on youtube and decided to give it a go, seeing as it looked quite simple. I applied three coats of The Face Shop PP404 onto my index and pinky nails. It is a sheer lavender shade with a light shimmer running throughout it. I think I'll be layering this over a light purple next time! On my thumb and fourth finger, I applied...

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When your mani flops...

Hi ladies~Isn't it terrible when a beautiful mani just doesn't work out? Here, I started off with two coats of OPI Vampsterdam from the Holland collection released earlier this year. I thought this polish was so out of place in the spring/summer collection - a vampy, dark polish. I'm such a huge purple lover and vampy polishes are normally my favourites but I just didn't click with...

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Skittling with blue

Hello hello~ Keeping with the blue and holographic theme from my last post, I decided to have a skittle manicure and play with the different finishes of nail polish too :) This is definitely one of my favourite simple manis to date ♥ Pinky & index: Two coats of OPI Russian navy suede. I love this polish so much and am so glad I picked it up in Hong Kong ^^ Ahhh, if only I can get my hands...

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Pretty, pretty holo ♥

Hi ladies :) Back when I had some sunny days, I pulled out China Glaze DV8 from the OMG collection to wear so I could admire the beauty that it is. It's not as holographic as the other polishes I own from this collection, but it's still super pretty ♥ I applied two coats onto my nails before sealing it with a top coat. As with the other polishes in the collection, application is tricky...

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Comparison: Orly Faint of Heart

As promised, here is the comparison of Orly Faint of Heart which I showed in my previous post :) I brought out my nail sticks as I had them all swatched out and at hand - I hope you don't mind! From top to bottom: High society, Faint of heart, French quarter for your thoughts, Earl grey High society is the most different of the four, having more purple in it than the others. Earl grey, French...

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Swatches and review: Orly Faint of Heart

Hello hello! I have today Orly's Faint of heart from their Cool Romance collection. Faint of heart is a pretty neutral taupe shade. When I first put it on, I thought it looked really similar to Ulta3 Earl grey and Color Club High society. I'll get a comparison post up of this soon! Anyway. I started off with three coats of Faint of heart. I found the first coat to be really thin...

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