My first Cult Nails! :)

Hi everyone :) I'm really excited to show my recent Cult Nails purchase! I've been eyeing some of the nail polishes for some time and when my last top coat ran low, I caved and bought some polishes, along with Wicket Fast. Which, by the way, is Wicked fast! ;) If you've been following me on facebook then you'll have seen this already, but for those of you who don't, here are the pics of the haul :)

I just adore the way my purchase was packaged in such an environmentally friendly way. I either recycle the packaging or in the case of the cotton balls, use them to remove my old nail polish ;)

From left to right, top to bottom:
Let me fly, Seduction, Princess, Spontaneous, Get it on (base coat), Wicked fast (top coat)

Did I mention that I stocked up on the treatments? :P

Here are some quick swatches of the nail polishes on my swatch sticks. Be sure to check out my manis in the following posts which will feature them! :)

Hmmm, I should do a post of my swatch sticks one day too.... :P What do you think of my choices? Do you own any Cult nail polishes? Don't forget to like my facebook page too ^^

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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When you don't expect nail mail...

Hi everyone~ The 'What I wore in HK' series has ended, told you it was super mini :P Instead, I have some surprise nail mail to share with you. When I came home from Hong Kong, I was expecting one nail package. To my surprise, I saw not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR nail packages sitting on my desk, just waiting to be opened! Of course, I ripped them open at once because really, who doesn't love nail mail? :D

Breaking it down, here are the polishes I was lucky enough to win a from a giveaway hosted by Taya. My first Catrice and the Essence nail art twins!!

Left to right: Bella, Am I blue or green?, Edward

I also received Orly Faint of Heart from their recent Cool Romance collection.

And look!! FLAKEY ♥ Australis Speck-tacular, Blackmail, Vampy, Flip flops

What do you think ladies? Are surprise nail packages awesome or what?! :D

Thanks for dropping by,
~Sharon

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My Hong Kong haul

Hi ladies! I was able to pick up some nail polishes during my trip to Hong Kong. While this isn't a huge haul (I was good and only picked up polishes I really wanted!), it has fulfilled my goal to pick up some Asian (read Korean :P) brands as well as welcome into my stash some OPIs I have been lemming but was unable to get my hands on.

Firstly, some OPIs I have had my eyes on for awhile :P I was good and only bought four although I was sorely tempted in the shop to buy more!

Road house blues, I juggle...men, I lilly love you, Russian navy suede

And some Korean nail polishes! :D The annoying thing about them though, is the lack of proper name! They all have numbers only and it's so hard to remember which one is which.

Etude HouseWH702, The Face Shop BL801, PP404, PK102, Skinfood VI408

On my second last day, I spied some Flormar nail polish which were only 10HKD - that's only 1.25AUD!! Sadly, what I thought was white nail polish turned out to be extremely sheer. Hopefully it has some hidden element which will surprise me when I bring it out for layering! And frustratingly, these polishes don't have names either! :(

20, 32

I also picked up some Steam cream while I was in Hong Kong since my skin was sooooooooo dry from the winter air. And it is what a lifesaver it was! After two uses, my skin was back to its moisturised self and oh-so-smooth. It was almost like touching baby skin - yes it was that smooth! I'm currently using the cream sparingly haha, but once I run out, I'll definitely be buying more :D

Thanks for looking!
~Sharon

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May haul

Hi everyone~ Yes, this is finally another haul post! I really haven't been feeling the nail polish collections since China Glaze's Anchors Away collection which I hauled waaay back in February. However, a few weeks ago I found a seller on ebay who sells Zoya polishes at a pretty reasonable cost and combined with cheap shipping costs, who can pass on that? :)

I also found Essence polishes being sold in Target awhile ago and couldn't resist getting Choose me hehe.
Zoya Dannii, Faye, Ivanka, Gemma, Mimi

Viva la nails also offered some full nail water decals for bloggers to review. I received the following sample pack~ I'll have a review of one of the decals up soon! :D

What do you think of the recent nail polish collections? Anything I missed and should be looking out for? :)
~Sharon

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Goodies from the mail!

Hello~! Recently, I was lucky enough to win Anita's giveaway over at A Splash of Serendipity and received my package a few days ago. Anita gave away OPI's Katy Perry collection, including the Black shatter!

From left to right:
OPI Teenage dream, Last friday night, The one that got away, Not like the movies, Black shatter

Thank you so much Anita for the giveaway, I am so in love with the new polishes <3. I can't wait to show you all these pretties ^^

~Sharon

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Package from Polished Lyrics :)

Hi everyone~^^ Back in January, I won Jessica's giveaway over at Polished Lyrics. I recently received my package from her and she was kind enough to include a few extras! Thanks again for the awesome package Jess, I love it loads <3.

I'm super excited with this package since it includes my first Nicole by OPI and Essence polishes :). I'm also really in love with the houndstooth wallet, now I have a something to replace my current one! The first photo is taken indoors under natural light and the next two indoors with flash.

China Glaze Emerald sparkle, 5 golden rings
Nicole by OPI Really, really red
Essence What do you think?

And the extras Jess included :). Unfortunately these have no names, but I think the purple polish is Uptown girl. I have absolutely no idea what the other two might be though. The middle polish is a cream shade and the pink is a really bright pink. If anyone knows the names, please do share!

~Sharon

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February haul

Helloooo~! After a month of no buy in January I kind of splurged a bit by rewarding myself and purchasing some polish from Transdesign :D. Long story short - I worried myself sick about this package since I had some tracking issues. I even contacted Carina over at GildedNails about the problem and she was such a sweetheart with helping me out and giving me excellent advice <3. Anyway, I finally received my order today so it's really, really awesome all that worrying ended on a happy note.

Enough of my rambles, on to the polishes!

I was really excited about China Glaze's Anchors Away collection but didn't end up buying as many as I thought I would. The Misa polish also garnered heaps of positive reviews so I thought I'd give it a go, especially since I don't have many work appropriate polishes - of which I'll be needing quite a bit this year, eeek! From left to right:
Misa Office polish-tics
China Glaze First mate, Ahoy!, White cap, Below deck, Sunset sail

I also couldn't resist a few bargains here at home too :P. Left to right:
Ulta3 earl grey
Australis Emerald star
Mode Cosmetics Blue steel, Starry night

I can't wait to try out my new China Glazes - they're the ones I was most looking forward to haha. I'm especially eyeing White cap, I've seen bloggers layering it over various polishes and I LOVE the effect it gives :D

I hope you enjoyed my haul post!
~Sharon

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December haul

December was a quiet month for me, I needed to recuperate from my splurging spree in November haha. My mum came back from her trip to Hong Kong, so I also got my hands on some lovely international polishes ^^. The first two photos are taken indoors under natural light and the Sally Hansen Nail Prisms are taken indoors with flash.

Firstly, the polishes from Hong Kong :). I didn't specify which polishes to buy - just the brand and colour suggestions - so these were my mum's choices. I'm loving the Golden Rose polishes, the mini bottles look so cute next to the Alessandro. She also bought what she thought was a grey polish, but it turned out to be a matte top coat lol. I love my mum ♥

Golden Rose 36, 40, 28 and Alessandro International 348

And some lovelies from Paddy's market :D.
Sally Hansen Ruby Diamond, Pink Rose Diamond

Sally Hansen Golden Cinnabar, Diamond

Ooh, I also bought Claires Mood Polish in Calm/Wild which I forgot to take a photo of.

Now with new collections coming out, I won't feel as guilty spending money on them! :P I'm especially eyeing China Glaze's Anchors Away collection, what about you?

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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November Haul

I've decided to write up posts of my hauls on a monthly basis now instead of showing them sporadically. I've already shown my first half of my November haul here so here's part II. November was definitely my largest hauling month to date; I spent waaaaay over $100 on nail polish which is a bit over my budget, hehe.

Anyway, here is part II of my haul.

OPI: Yodel me on my cell, Miami Beet, Siberian Nights

Sally Hansen Mosaic Creme, China Glaze Caribbean blue, Finger Paints Art you blue?

Sportsgirl: Commando, Supernatural, matte topcoat

Woah, this brings my polish collection total to 122 bottles! While this may not be large in comparison to many bloggers, it's quite a feat for me since my addiction only started earlier this year ^^.

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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Giveaway win ^^

Just a quick post before I hit the books again - I'm currently in the middle of exams and really shouldn't be blogging, but hey, procrastination strikes and here I am :P.

I was recently informed that I won a giveaway over at Gilded Nails' blog ^^. These sort of things never happen to me, I never win any contests or raffles or anything in real life, so I was pretty over the moon when I received my package.

 Left to right:
China Glaze - Mummy may I?
Nubar - Nubar 2010
Orly - Fiesta

BYS - Cracked finish red, Fatal attraction
Ulta3 - Wild berrry
le beauty - #76

Alrighty, now I need to return to my study hole :(. Don't forget to enter my giveaway here.

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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Nail mail!

And who doesn't love them? :P

A little over a week ago, I went on an ebay shopping spree and the polishes finally arrived today. I'm exaggerating slightly though, shipping only took a week ^^;;. On the spree, I decided to kill a few of my Zoya lemmings and also got myself a hold of a flakey polish. Yes, flakey!!! I was super excited for this package to arrive :).

The first photo is taken in natural light indoors and the following two with flash - apparently the sun will not be hanging around much this week :(.

Essie - Sew Psyched
Nubar - Nubar 2010
OPI - Parlez-vous OPI? and  Lincoln Park after dark suede

Zoya - Harlow, Crystal, Valerie, Tiffany, Gloria, Edyta

I can't wait to try these polishes out, but I think I may wait for the sun to reappear so I can wear these in their fullest glory! :D

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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Another small-ish haul

Over the past week or so, I have been stalking the Vogue forums for news of Ulta3's new spring polishes. Earl grey appears to be the most sought after polish and I can see why. I've definitely jumped onto the bandwagon and digging thoroughly through my local chemist's Ulta3 bins myself :D. I haven't found it yet, but I'm persevering to the end.

Anyway, here is what I came out with yesterday after searching (almost desperately!).

From left to right:
Ulta3 in Carrot top, Candied violet, Black satin, Watermelon
Sportsgirl in Citrus


I had walked into Sportsgirl in the hopes of buying their matte top coat. However to my dismay, they only had a tester remaining. Bummer. Or maybe not really, since I don't like Sportsgirl's full priced polishes anyway ($7.95). My friend found Citrus on sale and so I scored another of their polishes :P.

Carrot Top is from Ulta3's new Spring range. If you can't tell already, I've been really into orange polishes lately due to it being almost Summer ^^. As for Candied violet, I have been lemming for this for so, so long! I was really excited when I found it in the Ulta3 bin at the chemist yesterday. Totally popping this on asap!

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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Yes, another haul :)

I was pleasantly surprised that the postman dropped by today, I hadn't expected this Transdesign order to arrive until Friday. Of course, I could hardly wait to start playing with the polishes, but unfortunately I have work due tomorrow which I need to get cracking on :(.

First up, my Color Club haul! Have I mentioned before that all my photos are clickable? Definitely click away to see enlarged photos!

Top row: Wild Orchid, Uptown Girl, Revvvolution
Bottom row: Wild at heart, Soft as Cashmere, Magic Attraction

Aaaaand my first Essie and Misa polishes, not forgetting my huge lemming by China Glaze :D!

From left to right: Turquoise & Caicos, Mummy may I, Dirty Sexy Money


I can't wait to try them all on! I'm really loving what I ordered this time round, and especially, especially eyeing Revvvolution. Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze aside some time for a fresh mani later on today :).


Thanks for dropping by!
~shazzii

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A day filled with hauls!

I went out shopping without the intention of buying any polishes, but as always I ended up with a few bottles back home :P.

First off, I discovered Sinful Color polishes in The Reject Shop for only 50 cents a bottle!! Of course I had to buy some, even though the colour range was pretty small. It's my first time spotting Sinful Color polishes here in Australia and so I just had to purchase some despite the fact that they were all reds and pinks (and quite a few sheers too).

Left to right: Deepest Ruby, Vela, Noelle


And then too my delight, I also stumbled upon some L.A. Colors polish in a dollar shop! Again, it's my first time seeing these polishes in Australia, so I pretty excited. It was definitely my lucky day today :D.

Left to right: Star light, Metallic purple, Jungle Fever, Sparkling Diamonds

Since I was in full polish buying mode by then, I swung by another dollar shop and bought some rhinestones for future nail art designs :).

Definitely can't wait to try these out!

To my surprise, I received a note in the mail when I arrived home telling me to go down to the post office to collect a package. Since I've only ordered one thing recently, I already had a hunch of what was awaiting me at the post office...and I was right! My free blogger package from Viva la Nails had arrived! Can I just say that I'm totally over the moon at the quick shipping?! The package was shipped exactly a week ago, so this only took five business days to arrive!

I do have a tiny complaint with the packaging though - it appeared that one of the blue glitter packets had not been closed properly and as a result there was glitter spilling everywhere, even out of the sealed packaging. I tried to save what I could and tipped it all into the orange glitter pack. It was quite disappointing and more than a little frustrating to clean all the glitter away - there's still quite a bit in my handbag where I had temporarily stored the package, not to mention my table where I had opened it.

The top row shows the nail stickers and the bottom the water decals. I can't wait to try out the decals, they look so pretty! A review of the products will be coming along in the near future.

Thanks for dropping by.
~shazzii

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My order arrived!

I'm so terribly excited right now, it's probably a little embarrassing, lol. The postman just visited and dropped me a lovely early birthday present! Shipping took just under two weeks - 12 days - which isn't bad for international post I guess, but considering I had been reading around on the Vogue forums and other Australian polishers were saying it took them only a week, I had been getting worried ^^;;. Still, it's arrived now and all is well.

Woohoo, my first OPI and Color Club polishes! :DD I also bought the Poshe topcoat, since there a quite a few polish bloggers who recommend this so I thought I'd give it a try, and the Poshe thinner too. Anyway, here are the polish names:

OPI - Here today...Aragon tomorrow, Meet me on the star ferry, You don't know Jacques, Jade is the new black

Color Club - High society, Fashion addict

I'm really looking forward to wearing these polishes and I'd love to get started right now. Unfortunately, I have work in less than an hour so that's a bit of a bummer, lol. I'm also really tempted to place another order right now for some more Color Club polishes I'm lemming on the excuse that it can be my late birthday present, but I think I'll wait 'til OPI's Burlesque collection comes out. That looks like a rather yummy collection to look forward to (but rather bad for my wallet...)!

Thanks for dropping by.

~shazzii

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A mini haul

I had initially promised myself to go on a polish ban, but that obviously failed. I just couldn't resist the sales :P. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to go out for a movie today...nahh XD.

With flash:

Without flash:

Top row: Sportsgirl's Galaxy
Bottom row: mwah's Mood, Devilish, Magnetic, Thrillseeker.

All Australian brands :). I'm most excited about Galaxy actually, because looking from the bottle, the shade seems almost like a vampy purple polish. It's high up on my list of 'potentials' for my next manicure! :D

Thanks for dropping by ^^.
~shazzii

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Hello! + a haul

So, I've finally gotten myself around to dedicating a blog to my polish addiction :P. I was thrown into the world of polish earlier this year after stumbling across a polish blog. Needless to say, I became a bit obsessed with nail polish and began to paint my nails on a regular basis thereafter.

I currently own 55 bottles of nail polish, which sounds quite little when compared to all the polish addicts in the blogosphere hehe. Just yesterday, I went on a mini excursion to buy some China Glaze and Orly nail polish :).

From left to right:

Top row
IDK, 2NITE, Re-Fresh Mint, Light as Air

Bottom row
Wagon Tail, Lasso my heart, C-C-Courage, Matte Vinyl

I'm really excited, since these are my first CG and Orly polishes; I can't wait to try them on! Hmmmm, which one should I pick first? :D

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