January Nail Art Challenge: Pastel blue

(Oops, this was meant to be up yesterday, but I forgot to post it! Better late than never though :P)

Hi everyone :) Today's prompt is pastel blue and I have to admit, with such a broad theme, I was a little stumped to begin with. I finally decided to go with a skittle look and here is the result!

Pinky & index: Two coats of Australis Sky high layered with Australis Carnivale chaos. I added two coats of Flormar #20 to create a glitter sandwich look.
Ring & thumb: Three coats of Sinful Colors Cinderella.
Middle: Two coats of Sky high. I created a one stroke butterfly look with some acrylic paint.

I love how the rainbow glitter looks like a garden of flowers off in the distance which the butterfly is flying towards :)

Thanks for reading as always!
~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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Spam post: A mixture of older and newer manicures

Hi ladies! This post really has some old manicures - I think the oldest one comes from December 2012 ;) It's picture heavy so I'll just get right into it.

OPI Siberian nights at the tips with Essence Make it golden.

I honestly don't remember the pink polish I used in this manicure, sorry! In my defence, this one was definitely one from December last year ^^" Stamping was from fauxnad plate m64.

Color Club Uptown girl with OPI Servin' up sparkle for glitter tips.

A green skittle look - I just love skittling with my nails :D Definitely one of my favourite nail art techniques ♥

Rimmel grey matter layered with China Glaze Glitz n pieces.

The only polish I can name in this manicure is the glittery OPI I lily love you. And the white is my usual Ulta3 lily white.

OPI Kiss me on my tulips layered with NOPI Inner sparkle. It's easier when I name my photos with the nail polishes used ;)

A blue skittle look. I quite liked the different nail polish finish mixture in this :)

OPI Sprung.

Shimmer Polish Jennifer and Ulta3 spring shower.

Sinful Colors Cinderella.

Are you a fan of spam posts? :)

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Sinful Colors Cinderella

Hi ladies! Sinful Colors was recently sighted in Target so I pounced on the display ;) I decided to limit myself though and only bought Cinderella, a gorgeous soft blue shade with fiery shimmer swimming in the base. Shown is three coats of the beauty ♥

Seeing the soft look, I decided to stamp the feather design on it using BM-214 and Rimmel Your majesty. The stamping didn't come out 100% great but it's subtle so it's okay :)

Are you a fan of softer nail art looks? :)

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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First attempt at drawing roses

Hi everyone~ Awhile back, I came across a rose nail art tutorial on youtube and decided to give it a go, seeing as it looked quite simple.

I applied three coats of The Face Shop PP404 onto my index and pinky nails. It is a sheer lavender shade with a light shimmer running throughout it. I think I'll be layering this over a light purple next time! On my thumb and fourth finger, I applied three coats of NOPI Kim-pletely in love. On my middle finger, I applied two coats of Ulta3 lily white. The rose nail art was made with Sinful Colors Vela and lily white. I've forgotten what polish I used for the leaves, sorry!

My topcoat bubbled, unfortunately, hence the ugly bubbles on my middle nail. And I thought my roses looks kind of like goldfishes too! :( Oh well, practise makes perfect so hopefully they'll look much better next time.

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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This layering kick of mine

Hello~ As you may have noticed, I've been really into layering and I can't seem to stop! I love discovering all these new combinations and seeing how the sheerer polishes add a new dimension to an otherwise plain manicure.

This is one coat of Sinful Colors Vela, a beautifully opaque raspberry crème polish. I layered one coat of OPI Teenage dream over it and voilà, another beauty was born :P.

Teenage dream isn't as sheer as Last friday night but I think it's still a nice layering polish.

~Sharon

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Water marbling

Hello~^^  This is part 2 of the water marbling post. As you can see from my previous post, I had pretty high expectations of my nails turning out beautifully. Unfortunately, I forgot to take into account that my nails are in no way as long and well...my white polish decided to play up and do weird things :S.

I thought I'd share this water marble since I would have totally loved the outcome anyway - if only my white polish didn't hate me so much :(. Maybe I should have added a coat of glitter to hide the imperfection.

And the polishes used:

Sinful Colors Vela

Essie Sew psyched

Ulta3 lily white

I applied one coat of lily white as the base colour and then water marbled with all three polishes. The colour combination reminds me of Christmas - oops, I'm a bit late on that theme haha.

Ick, just look at the mess! :( I quite like the way my index finger came out though.

~Sharon

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Water marbling when done correctly

Hey everyone~! This will be a quick post since I need to run soon - just some water marbling which came out really well when I was trialling on a fake nail. Too bad it didn't turn out so well on my actual nails :(.

Anyway, here it is. Colette over at My Simple Little Pleasures is such a great inspiration!

Please ignore the dings on the nail, I'm obviously quite clumsy when it comes to handling small objects like fake nails. I'll have a post later up today or tomorrow with the water marbling on my nails, I just need to get around to editing the photos!

~Sharon

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Sinful Colors - Vela

I've been trying to venture into the world of red and pink polishes, and I believe there is no better place to start than with this gorgeous polish - Sinful Colors' Vela. This is my first Sinful polish and I cannot be more blown away. What a magnificent shade! It's a mixture of red and pink and the result is a dusky raspberry colour. Brilliant!

Shown is two coats of Vela and a topcoat. What a winner.

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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