OPI Roadhouse blues with Nubar 2010

Hello everyone! Quick post today :) This is two coats of OPI Roadhouse blues layered with a coat of Nubar 2010. Gorgeous blue meets amazing flakies ♥

I know the flakey trend is long over but I just can't resist pulling it out for some extra colour sometimes. Do  you own any flakey nail polishes?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Mmmm, spring blues

Hi ladies~ Sorry for the slack in posting lately! I'm entering a horror month of assignments but I'll try my best to keep posting sort of regularly.

I wore this mani a couple of weeks ago when Spring proved much warmer than the dreary rain we're getting today! This is Eclipse #706 Bikini blue (or so my very little Korean reading skills tell me). I then layered the beautiful sky blue with Nubar 2010. Mmm, flakey heaven! There are slightly more photos than I'd normally post because I couldn't choose... ;)

Here are two coats of Bikini blue on its own.

Reminds me of the summery weather we had just yesterday! What do you think, is this calling summer or what? ;)

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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Royal plum flakey

Hi ladies! I was in the mood for some flakey layering the other day so I decided to grab a plum purple shade as a base colour for it. Can I say it was instant love! <3

I started off with two coats of Maybelline Colorama Dark plum and then layered a coat of Nubar 2010 over it. My bottle is really starting to show signs of use, I only have half of it left! Good thing I have a back up bottle of this gorgeous polish ;)

Mmmm, I love me some flakies! ♥ Do you love them as much as I do? :)

Thanks for dropping by.
~Sharon

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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 polish base. The flakies were actually more apparent in real life, but didn't show up too well in the photos below. For my ring finger, I applied two coats of OPI Rainbow connection, then another two coats of Flormar #20 to achieve the glitter sandwhich look. I took Rainbow connection again to apply a glitter gradient on my thumb.

I think this may have looked better over a different base colour - the white polish just stood out too much against my skin tone for a full manicure. I'll be trying this again another time with a different shade!

Thanks for reading,
~Sharon

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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 of Nubar 2010 over it, but didn't like how the denser green-yellow-orange flakies over powered the base. So I decided to layer one thick coat of Australis Speck-tacular to re-emphasise the base flakies. I don't think it really did much seeing as Speck-tacular has really sparse flakies. And because of that, I still think 2010 looks too overpowering and makes the mani look a little...ugly. Definitely has to do with 2010 - maybe it just isn't meant to be with Fowl play.

While I consider this a fail layering, I'll be trying more flakey layerings in the future...I just need more different flakey polishes first! What do you think, is this too much? :P

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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An electrifying mani...who doesn't love flakies? ♥

Hey everyone~ This is a mani I wore before I left for Hong Kong. I don't know why I didn't post this earlier, it's just so stunning and gorgeous ♥ I know I've previously shown this combination before but I loved it so much I had to wear it again.

I started off with two coats of China Glaze First mate and then layered over it a coat of Nubar 2010. For some reason, First mate came out looking more electric blue than navy blue this time - my first post on this combination is definitely more colour accurate. Although I wouldn't mind actually owning a blue of this shade...how beautiful!

I will NEVER tire of flakies ♥♥♥ Who thinks we need more of them? :P

Thanks for reading :)
~Sharon

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Chinese New Year mani

Hi everyone :) Today is the day before Chinese New Year and it's huuuuuge! One of my cousin is cooking up a storm for dinner tonight - CAN NOT WAIT :D Anyway, this was a mani I came up with just before I left for Hong Kong :) I was going to wear it over but I had to wash the dishes and turned out it hadn't dried thoroughly so it wrinkled :( Too bad then!

Anyway, here's my simple CNY skittle mani :)

Pinky: Two coats of China Glaze Poinsettia and then layered two coats of Ring in the red.
Ring: Two coats of Ulta3 Lily white and then layered over it China Glaze White cap.
Middle: Two coats of Poinsettia with Nubar 2010 on the tips.
Index: Two coats of Hello Kitty Golden girl and then layered Essence Make it golden over it.
Thumb: Two coats of Zoya Gloria.

Alllllllllll the polishes I used haha!

Happy Chinese New Year to all who celebrate! I'm off to stuff myself silly... :D

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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Fiery tips

Hi ladies~ A short and sweet post for today as I'm lacking in words :P I saw this on a blog once but I can't remember where - if you know and can link me, it would be greatly appreciated!

Two coats of Ulta3 black satin with Nubar 2010 applied at the tips.

Ahh, if only I applied Nubar 2010 better onto my tips, then I'd love this mani. What do you think of it? :)

Thanks for dropping by.
~Sharon

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Mini holiday series: A Christmas coloured mani

Hi ladies~ Hope you have a Merry Christmas celebrating with family and friends :) Today's mani is another Christmas coloured inspired one. I love how simple these colour themed nails are haha.

Thumb: Two coats of OPI Here today...Aragon tomorrow, layered with one coat of Nubar 2010
Index & pinkie: Two coats of Hello Kitty Golden girl, layered with one coat of Essence Make it golden
Middle finger: Two coats of Maybelline Candy apple. Stripes applied with Art Deco nail art polish
Fourth finger: Two coats of Orly Stone cold

What do you think? :)

Thanks for dropping by!
~Sharon

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A royal flakey

Hi everyone :) I think I've discovered the best flakey combination ever, honest! ♥ I keep staring and staring and staring at my nails - people must think I'm weird for admiring my hands (HA! so they think) so much :P

I applied two coats of Chi Chi Hung up on to my nails before layering two coats of Nubar 2010 over it. SO. MUCH. LOVE. ♥♥♥ I really couldn't decide on which photos to show after taking millions of them, but at least I've narrowed it down to only five :P

The polish came out a little bluer than it really is, mainly because my camera spazzed and couldn't take the awesome that is this combo :) In real life, it's a redder purple shade and actually reminds me a bit of Nfu Oh #51, only not as jelly. Ok fine, they're not thaaat similar but I think this might satiate my lemming for #51!

It is indeed a royal layering, no? ^^ Hmm, I wonder what this looks like matte?

Thanks for looking!
~Sharon

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Seeing red

Hi ladies~^^ For me, I find red too bright of a shade to wear on my nails and that it draws too much attention. I felt like being brave the other day though and decided to once again step outside my comfort zone.  For this manicure, I applied two coats of Orly Ruby to my nails. Ruby is an opaque creme polish and not too bright too ^^ On my accent nails I applied three coats of OPI The one that got away. I've been looking for an excuse to wear this again - the duochrome is a beauty ♥ On to my middle finger, I applied one thick coat of Nubar 2010 for some flakey goodness :)

What do you think of red nail polishes? It's such a classic shade, but for some reason I can bring myself to wear it too often :P

~Sharon

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