Studded up flowers

Hi ladies, here's a super quick post for today.

Pinky & index: Two coats of China Glaze First mate, and added a stud towards the base.
Ring: Two coats of Face of Australia Titanium. I then took First mate and and white striper brush to apply at the tip. The flower was created using a dotting tool and First mate.
Middle: Two coats of First mate and using Titanium and a dotting tool, I added the flower.
Thumb: Two coats of Titanium as a base colour, then added First mate and some glequins.

I had a lot of fun with this manicure and loved how simple it was! :) What do you think?

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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Elegant wedding nails

Why hello ladies! Did I mention that Uni is tough and I have a load of assignments to plough through before I graduate? I will persevere with the blogging though, especially when it's one of the few things keeping me sane.

I have a friend's wedding coming up and am preparing potential notds to sport on the day - this is one I tried out a few weeks ago. I started with a base of Ulta3 Lily white and then stamped from BM-314 with OPI Do you lilac it. I dotted the ends with Face of Australia Titanium.

Is this elegant? Fit for a wedding?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Blue & silver cloud design

Hey everyone~ After my last post featuring the cloud design and loving it loads, I decided to try it out with some different colours. In the mood for a darker mani, I started off with two coats of Australis Blackmail on all my nails except my ring finger. I applied two coats of Glitter Gal black holographic instead.

On my middle fingers and thumb, I first took Face of Australia Titanium for the silver cloud layer, then used Orly Sweet peacock for the final blue bit. For my pinky and index fingers, I layered one coat of China Glaze Gleam me up for the blue glitter crackle.

A sun photo, to show the holo off.

Unfortunately, I didn't quite like this as much as my first cloud design mani. I took it off the next day :P

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Mini holiday series: T-minus 2 days

Hello hello~Phew, I can finally get started on a small holidays series of manicures :) I'm not one who usually wears manis according to the season or holiday but I thought I'd try it out this time since I was out of ideas anyway :P Here's a skittle mani I came up with to join in with the festivities!

Index & fifth nails: I applied two coats of China Glaze Emerald sparkle
Fourth nail: I applied three coats of China Glaze Ring in the red
Middle nail: there is two coats of Face of Australia Titanium and then layered on a coat of Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Diamond. Unfortunately, the holographic effect wasn't too apparent as I had no sun in the time I wore this mani! :(
Thumb: I applied two coats of Maybelline Dark chocolate and then layered two coats of OPI Rainbow connection over it.

I think this is about as festive as I'll get haha. What do you think of this Christmas coloured mani? :)

Thanks for stopping by.
~Sharon

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Australian Series: Sunshine and yellow

Hello~ Lame title, onto the pretty nails :P. I haven't ever worn yellow fully on my tips before so I thought it was time to try it out! I applied three coats of Ulta3 spring blossom onto my nails and two coats of Face of Australia Gold onto my accent nails. I then applied one thick coat of OPI Servin' up sparkle to bling up the mani :)

Both mani photos were taken under direct sunlight.

Gold leaned a bit more bronze on me, but I actually liked it this way. I have a feeling actual gold shades will look terrible on me.

I don't usually wear yellow or yellow based shades on my tips as I think they will clash with my yellow based skin tone. But this! This was really pretty :). Loved it loads and the glitters made it all the more amazing. What do you think of yellow shades?

~Sharon

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Australian Series: Verdigris

Hi~^^ Hope you all had a great start to the weekend. I'm trying to savour mine as best as possible before I return to uni on Monday.

Awhile ago, I received a lovely nail package from Face of Australia. One of the polishes included was Verdigris. This is a light olive green which has a metallic finish. Careful application is required in order not to end up with a brushstrokey mess. I applied two coats here~

It's not my favourite shade of green, but I actually grew to like it :) Of course, if it were less brushstrokey, I'd be loving it. What are your thoughts of metallic finishes? Love or hate?

~Sharon

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Australian Series: Iron Ore

Hello~ :) Since posting my list of Top 10 polishes and seeing no Australian brands making it onto the list, I realised just how little I showcase my appreciation for them. On top of that, it appears they don't receive as much love as other brands in the blogosphere and as a result, I'll be starting a theme on Australian brand nail polish. Definitely refer to my Australian series tag to check out the series of posts!

First up I'd like to show you Face of Australia Iron Ore. When I first laid eyes on the Molten Metalics (LE) collection, I was instantly captivated by pretty silver shimmer swimming in the molten black pool. I definitely wasn't disappointed! Shown below is two coats. The polish was slightly thick, but it wasn't to the point where it is hard to work with.


This is definitely a different take to your classic black and I'm loving it! Iron ore can be purchased in Priceline, Kmart, Big W and selected pharmacies across Australia. As for international ladies, don't fret! The lovely people over at Fashion Addict stock the polish and also ship internationally! Be sure to hurry as this is a limited edition collection so they're only available while stocks last.

~Sharon

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