Who blue this pretty over?

Hi everyone~ ^^ Ahh, such a lame title, I know. I really like how my current mani came out though, it's definitely blown me over by the prettiness, hehe.

Indoors, under natural light.

I first applied two coats of Ulta3 spring shower. On my pinky and index I layered one coat of China Glaze White cap. I used Glossyblossm nail art striper in white to paint the stripes and added one coat of L.A. Colors Star light for the glitter. Two coats of OPI Last Friday night was layered on my fourth finger. It's such a pretty blue glitter polish! Love it <3. Finally, I added some rhinestones on to my thumb.

And in the sun. I wish I was able to capture how gorgeous Last Friday night looked under the sun.

You may have realised I changed from the Blogger commenting system to Disqus. This makes replying to comments much easier so hopefully it works well for everyone. Do let me know if you have any trouble with it and I'll try to fix it :).

~Sharon

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Glitter Gal Fuchsia

Hello~ :) I recently had the opportunity to sample one of Glitter Gal's holographic polishes kindly sent by Kerry.

Fuchsia is exactly what the name states - it's a pretty fuchsia shade which looks amazing under the sun. I used two coats in my swatch and while there was still visible nail line (vnl), it was minimal and I was actually ok with it. The polish was swatched with a base coat, two coats of Fuchsia and no topcoat.

Fuchsia had a lovely application which I was surprised with, I thought the small brush would cause a bit of a problem but nope, it was fine. The polish also dries extremely quickly, it was dry to touch within 5 minutes of application without the aid of a quick dry top coat. It also dries to a glossy finish, which is always a winner :).

How gorgeous does this look under the sun? Holographic polishes are such fun to play with :).

Glitter Gal 3D Holographic nail polishes retail for AUD$11.95 a bottle. For a 9mL bottle of polish, many may look twice, however Glitter Gal uses true holographic particles in their formula, which provides the beautiful holo effect. Kerry sent me the below information which I thought was really insightful so I've quoted it.

We use “true” holographic particles in our formulation. This one ingredient is 30 times more expensive than any other nail polish ingredient. Thus making our holographic nail polish the highest quality possible. You will notice the smoothness to the finish of polish, and reflective effects are amazing. They are also the “Big 3 Free”.

Many other companies have tried create holographics, but use the more affordable ingredients, which don’t give the polishes the same effect, we didn’t want to compromise on quality and wanted to deliver to our customers a true holographic formulation. I hope this helps.

Glitter Gal nail polishes are available online at www.glittergal.com.au. International shipping is available! For the Aussie girls who don't wish to pay for shipping, Glitter Gal can also be found in shops such as The Perfume Connection. More information can be found here.

Big thanks to Kerry for providing me with Fuchsia. The above product was provided to me for a review. This has in no way influenced my opinion and I have stated my honest thoughts on the product. For more information, please see my disclosure policy.

~Sharon

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Crystal mattefied

Hey everyone~ I'm so happy that it's finally my break period, I can actually stop and take a breather now, yay! :)

I have previously shown Zoya Crystal on my blog and it's such a gorgeous polish that I wanted to try it out matte. Apologies for the tip wear and lobster fingers - my parents took my camera away for the weekend and I'm left with an old camera at home, hehe.

I thought it'd be one of those polishes which would look brilliant matte since it has such lovely copper flecks but looking at it, I reckon glossy looks so much better. What do you think?

~Sharon

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Weekly Nail Blog Round Up

Hello~ :) Stacie over at KawaiiNailArt has kindly started a blog round up and I thought it'd be nice to spread other blogger's work and became a part of it ^^

Grace made a great tutorial video on how to use a konad and have these fantastic nails.

Emily watched put a twist on the usual nautical manicure. Watch out for the sharks!

Stacie went all a flutter.

I dragged my way to a perfect manicure.

Jen played with fimo this week and came up with this awesome design.

Nicole is pretty in pink with this Fauxnad design.

Dawn kept the doctor away with this fantastic apple design.

Lovin Nails used China Glaze Four Leaf Clover for a gorgeous accent nail manicure.

Claire was rocking with this cool shellac tutorial.

As a little bonus we love this tutorial by the lovely Leanne at do not refreeze

If you would like to be included in future round ups please visit here.

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Is this pink too hot for you?

Hello~ :) Just a quick post, I really shouldn't be blogging but I am in need of a distraction from my assignment. Grr.

This is two coats of Orly Fiesta. My photo isn't colour accurate (it seems to have more trouble with pinks than purples - strange!), the shade of pink has more red in it and it is seriously bright. I'm not a hot pink type of girl so I pulled out my Black shatter to hide some of the brightness :P.

My Black shatter came out reallyyyyyyy clumpy on my left hand, which is why I'm showing my right hand. I've discovered that the polish around the neck of the bottle are drying as I take the brush out to paint my nails with and it's affecting the polish on the brush since I swipe at the neck to get rid of excess polish :(. Argh. Is this a problem for anyone else or is it just me?

~Sharon

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Teenage Dream

Hello~ I'm so sick of assignments and uni, why do they never end?! :( Good thing I have a break coming up or I'd really go crazy from all the work, haha. But enough with the whining.

OPI Teenage dream is a pretty pink based polish filled with glitter particles. It is a tad sheer, shown is three coats of it. I was pleasantly surprised by it though since I'm not much of a pink lover. Very pretty :). Both photos were taken under the sun.

I love the hexagonal pieces a lot, they make the polish jump to life under the sun with its multi-coloured flashes! <3 The photo has been blurred to show the beautiful shades of colours blinking in the sunlight.

~Sharon

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Review: High society

Hi everyone~ Today I'm showing you my go-to-workplace nail polish, I love it loads! :) I started a part of my prac this week and since I had been wearing Color Club High society the entire week, why not review it?

Shown is two coats of High society, taken after four days of wear. As you can see, there's no tip wear or chipping, just a little bit of nail growth. By the end of five days, I was mighty sick of the polish but it was still in it's original condition, beautiful and glossy - I actually had half a mind to leave it on!

Application: 9/10
Chipping: 10/10
Price: 8/10 (I purchased this at transdesign.com)

~Sharon

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