Blue and gold cheetah

Hey everyone :) Whilst I was still grasping onto the last of the warmer weather here down under, I pulled out my favourite sky blue OPI Can't find my Czechbook and paired it with some gold and cheetah print. The gold glitter is OPI My favorite ornament and the off white shade is OPI My vampire is buff. I layered a coat of Glitter Gal Galaxy holo top coat on my index finger.

And in the sun :)

Thanks for dropping by :)
~Sharon

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A punky manicure

Hi ladies! Here is a quick 'punky' nail look comprised of my favourite pink combination - pink & black ;)

Pinky: Two coats of OPI 4 in the morning. I took a nail art white striper to create the stripes.
Ring: Two coats of OPI Hey baby. I added a gold stud as an accent for the nail.
Middle & thumb: Two coats of OPI My vampire is buff. Cheetah print created with Hey baby and black nail art striper.
Index: Two coats of 4 in the morning.

What do you think of this look? :)

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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A pastel spring skittle

Hi ladies! I previously showed this look awhile back on my Instagram account, and have only gotten around to posting it now ^^" Yeah, I'm pretty backlogged with my posts :P

Pinky: Two coats of OPI Solitaire.
Ring: Two coats of Alanna Renee It's a girl!.
Middle: Two coats of Sinful Colors Cinderella. Leopard print added with It's a girl and a black striper polish.
Index: Two coats of Cinderella.
Thumb: Two coats of It's a girl layered with Alanna Renee Sugar & spice & all things nice.

I'm still sitting on the fence with this one, what do you think of it?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Turquoise and patchwork nail art

Hello everyone~ While I was browsing Instagram (again!), I saw some cute patchwork nail art by jessuhhhkuh and knew I would have to try them myself. Too bad my feeble attempt was really not up to par with the original but I think the holographic goodness that is Orly Sparkling garbage saved the look ;) I used two coats of Essie Turquoise & Caicos for all nails except for my accent nail, which is two coats of Orly Green with envy. Sparkling garbage was layered over the base shade on my index & pinky.

I just adoreeeeeee Sparkling garbage! It's so amazing and pretty even in dim lighting. I can't wait to play with this one more :)

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Colourful cheetah nails

Hello ladies :) Since joining Instagram, I am constantly in awe of the talent showcased there. I have also found that cheetah print nails are highly popular and being influenced by the countless different nail looks inspired by this nail art, I decided to go with the flow and create one for my nails too :)

I alternated between two core colours and added a silver shade as an accent. The purple is OPI Do you lilac it?, pink taupe being OPI My very first knockwurst and the silver is OPI Your royal shine-ness.

I loved this and know I'll definitely be trying another colour combination soon!

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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Stripey liquorice nails

Hello everyone~ When in the mood for stripey nails, I go to town ;) I started with two coats of Bourjois 2007 1 seconde nail enamel. I then took Bourjois 2006 Clubbing volume clubbing mascara and a black striper polish to add the stripes. Initially, I really liked the finished look. But then my friend said they reminded him of liquorice allsorts...after that, I wanted to repaint my nails haha!

Maybe if I had kept the look to an accent nail it wouldn't have been so bad. What do you think?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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A Christmas inspired nail art skittle

Hey everyone! Here's my possibly last Christmas manicure for 2012 - I was never one to be inspired by current holiday festivities for nail art anyway :P I do believe this is my most 'Christmassy' manicure to date, so I'm a little proud of it ;) Ulta3 recently posted some Christmas nail art looks on their facebook page and I took inspiration from there, adding my interpretation to the manicure.

Pinky & index: Two coats of OPI You're royal shine-ness.
Ring: Two coats of Ulta3 lily white. The candy cane stripes were done freehand (hence the wobbly lines!) with scarlet and frog prince.
Middle: Two coats of Ulta3 black satin and applied a green glitter gradient with luck of the Irish.
Thumb: I followed Nailside's holly leaf tutorial, using frog prince, scarlet, You're royal shine-ness and a black nail art striper to create the look.

Ulta3 is possibly Australia's most affordable nail polish brand, retailing at only $2 a bottle. With such a low price and huge range of nail polishes, it's hard to resist buying them all! What do you think of my Christmas nail look attempt? :)

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Paris nails! :)

Hi ladies! Here are the actual French themed nails I sported for the night of the dinner :) I decided to go with the French flag colours and added my own interpretation into the mixture for this manicure. But I'll cut the talk and just spam the photos :D

Pinky & Index: Two coats of Maybelline Colorama Candy apple and then sponged with Mode Cosmetics Blackjack. Finally, I layered a coat of OPI Servin' up sparkle.
Ring: Two coats of Blackjack with China Glaze Ring in the red sponged at the tips.
Middle: Two coats of Orly Stone cold. I then used acrylic paint for the 'Paris' writing and the hearts. I went over the writing with a silver glitter nail art striper polish.
Thumb: Two coats of Ulta3 lily white. I used acrylic paint for the Eiffel Tower drawing, and highlighted parts with silver glitter nail art striper. I also filled in the white background with Ulta3 pot of gold.

The Eiffel Tower image was inspired by this nail art tutorial. I was surfing google images for inspiration and this was one of the results :) Up close, it doesn't look quite as great, but when I held my hands at a distance, this was a good pass ;)

Needless to say, I rather enjoyed this manicure! ♥ Have you tried French themed manicures before? What are your thoughts on my attempt? :)

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Purple and green nail art mash post

Hi everyone! Yes, clearly I didn't know how to name this post either :P Another manicure I rather liked but I felt it may have had a little too many differences - should have split them up into two different looks haha. Anyway, here's what I put together :)

Pinky: two coats of Face of Australia Titanium
Ring: two coats of OPI Thanks a windmillion, stamped with m69 and accented with silver nail art polish
Middle: one coat of Rimmel Your majesty, then painted the braided design with Thanks a windmillion and Parlez-vous OPI?
Index: two coats of OPI Parlez-vous OPI? layered with Cult Nails Seduction
Thumb: two coats of Thanks a windmillion, then taped off and one thick coat of Parlez-vous OPI?. Hearts painted with a dotting tool and with Australis Blackmail and Titanium

Close up of Seduction because it's that awesome ♥

I think I may try the thumb design again some time soon. It felt like a bit too much with the manicure on the whole but I like it enough to give it another go. What do you think? :) Oh, please take the time to like Polish Infatuated on facebook too!

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Some turquoise and silver

Hi ladies :) I'm really loving the blues and greens lately for some reason. Today's manicure features a blue toned green - turquoise! ♥ I started with two coats of Catrice Am I blue or green?, then layered a coat of Essie Turquoise & Caicos over it. On my pinky and index, I applied reverse glitter gradient with OPI Servin' up sparkle. On my ring, I have two coats of Face of Australia Titanium, then freehanded the tip with Turquoise & Caicos. For my middlle nail, I freehanded the french tip with Titanium and took my nail art striper to add the silver line. On my thumb, I used my medium dotter and Titanium to do the dots.

I loved how soft and pretty this manicure looked. I'm totally going to try it again with different colour combinations :)

What do you think of it?

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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Pretty, girly and french :)

Hello ladies! Another quick post today as I finish off my essay (finally!). I started with two coats of OPI Passion, then layered a coat of NOPI Kim-Pletely in love. I freehanded the french tip using NOPI It's all about the glam and added the silver glitter with a nail art striper polish. Quick and easy for a work appropriate manicure which I wore while I was still on prac :)

I'm not normally big on the French manicure, but it was pretty and something to wear while on prac. What's your stance on French manicures?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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A leopard printed dragon

Hi everyone~ I was lacking inspiration awhile ago and so decided to try out my holo leopard look which I had previously shown here. I went with A-England Dragon as the base and then used my nail art brushes for the white, black and silver glitter nail polishes. For the leopard spots, I used OPI Just spotted the lizard. I'm not sure I dig the look this time though.

Sorry for the messy polish at my cuticles too - I didn't realise it looked so bad on macro ><

Some sun photos for the holographic goodness to be brought out! I need to wear Dragon again on its own to enjoy it more :)

What are you thoughts on this manicure? :P

Thanks for dropping by!
~Sharon

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Blue and yellow stripes...like the minions?

Hi everyone~Last night I attended my friend's birthday party and the theme he had was blue and yellow. So not only did I get to wear my pretty blue summer dress, I also did up my nails to match the theme. I decided to go with some stripes, since I haven't done them in awhile and took inspiration from Nailside, who does heaps of amazing nail art.

I used Ulta3 spring blossom as the base colour, then took my striper brush and applied Australis Blue tiger. To add a little more to the mani, I used my black nail art polish to add some black stripes. I quite like the end result! :) And they also remind me of the minions from Despicable Me!

I love the way the two colours come together. What do you think of this mani?

Thanks for dropping by!
~Sharon

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Spring...or summer flowers?

Hello hello :) I have a summery mani to show you all today hehe. I used Ulta3 Spring shower, Australis Rub-a-dub-dub and China Glaze Light as air as the base colours for the stripes :) I then used a nail art striper to add the thin silver glitter stripes before sticking on some flower nail stickers from Born Pretty Store.

What do you think of this mani? ^^

Thanks for dropping by!
~Sharon

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A girly mani...for Valentine's Day?

Hello everyone~ This  is the last of my scheduled posts ^^ As you're reading this, I'm probably scrambling around doing my last minute packing and hoping that my luggage doesn't weigh over 20kg :P And of course, already missing Hong Kong as well! That's right, I'm finally flying back to Australia. *teary eyes* Anyway!

This mani didn't go the way I had intended it to haha. Maybe it was the colours I used, but it turned out to be quite girly...not something I wear often. I guess this is sort of suitable for Valentine's Day? :P

I started off with two coats of Ulta3 lily white. My bottle is getting sooo thick and gluggy and no amount of thinner thins it out :(. I really need a new one so application won't be such a pain! Anyway. After that finally dried, I applied a thick coat of Glitter Gal Fuchsia and Black alternatively only my nails for the stripes. I used a nail art polish to add the thin silver glitter stripes.

And a photo with flash as I didn't have sun to show off the holo polishes :)

I'm not really into celebrating Valentine's Day - I think it's just a good day for us consumers to be ripped off! A simple dinner is fine with me and plus, I don't need a day to especially show my love; I hope to do it all the time ^^ What are you doing with your loved one though? And are you one to wear girly manis? :)

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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A stripy nail art

Hellohello~When surfing the internet for some nail inspiration, I came across this Korean nail blog and fell in love with the design. It didn't look too complicated so I decided to try it out for myself :)

I started off with two (goopy) coats of Ulta3 lily white. I then freehanded the turquoise stripes using Essie Turquoise & Caicos. Next, I took my nail art striper and applied the thin black stripes over the the middle of the white stripes. I finished everything off with a layer of OPI Servin' up sparkle.

I think this kind of reminds me of candycanes lol....should have done this while it was still Christmas haha! What do you think of this design? :)

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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