Pandamonium

Hello there! Yes, more nail art - I told you I was on a kick some posts ago ;) Here is one featuring a panda on an accent nail ♥

Pinky & index: Two coats of OPI Do you lilac it, paired with a glitter gradient using Nicole by OPI Confetti fun.
Ring & thumb: Two coats of Do you lilac it with polka dots by Ulta3 lily white.
Middle: Two coats of Do you lilac it. Panda nail art was done using acrylic paint.

What do you think of the animal accent nail art look? :)

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Hot chocolate to lessen the cold

Hi ladies! Continuing on with the winter nail art theme, I have some hot chocolate nails to share with you today :) For a non-coffee and tea drinking person, hot chocolate is the best way to warm up a frozen girl ;)

Pinky & ring: Two coats of OPI I knead sour-dough for the Liquid Sand accent nails (previously reviewed here).
Middle: Two coats of OPI Suzi loves cowboys. I then used acrylic paint for the hot chocolate drink.
Index: Two coats of OPI Wooden show like to know?
Thumb: Drag marbled with Suzi loves cowboys and OPI Did you 'ear about Van Gough?

Yes, I did use all OPI nail polishes in this look :P What can I say, almost all my brown polishes come from this brand!

What are some good methods you use to keep warm in winter? I'd love to here them, it's freezing here in Australia!

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Penguin nail art for winter

Hello ladies~ It's winter and it's cold here in Australia at the moment. We don't get snow where I live but I wanted to sport some winter-themed nails so what's better than some penguin nail art? ;)

The base colour is two coats of  Misa Office polish-tics. I also happened to come across an A-England She walks in beauty dupe - Savvy by DB razzle and dazzle a few weeks back at Priceline and pounced on it. Of course, I also had to incorporate the pretty polish into this manicure somehow ;) Besides that, I also found Covergirl Midnight magic, dupe for OPI On her Majesty's Secret Service at Target when they had a pretty good sale (same day as when I found razzle and dazzle, actually! What a bargain polish day :P) and so again, I had to use it in this manicure.

The penguin was freehanded using acrylic paint.

The placing of the penguin could have been better but I loved this manicure all the same :) What do you think?

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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Flowery french manicure

Hi ladies :) So I never ended up experimenting more with wedding appropriate nail looks due to time constraints. Instead, I turned to youtube for some inspiration and came across this video. Of course, I just had to try it out myself!

I started with two coats of OPI Passion and then freehanded the french tip with Ulta3 lily white and my white striper polish. I then took my acrylic paints and drew on the flowers, before topping the whole look off with a coat of OPI Pirouette my whistle.

I really liked how soft and pretty this manicure looked but after a day, my dodgy flowers were really standing out to me so I took it off lol :( At least it lasted for the wedding!

What do you think, would you wear something like this for a wedding? Have a look at Polish Infatuated on facebook too ^^

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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A rose wallpaper

Hi ladies! A super short post today because I really need to get on with my essay. I loved the rose nail art Simply Rins posted on her blog so I followed the tutorial to create the design. It is in no way as pretty as hers but I liked it all the same...sort of :P I used OPI Thanks a windmillion for the base colour and acrylic white paint for the roses.

It's super dainty...or would be if my roses turned out better :P What do you think?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Some freehand lace nails

Hello hello~ This was my second attempt at some freehand lace nails (my first attempt was so bad I couldn't post it :P) and whilst it's still not the best, I think it's good enough to gather some feedback on it ^^

I started off with two coats of OPI My very first knockwurst before using some acrylic black paint to draw on the lace design. You can see that my left hand isn't even close to perfect so you can just imagine what a disaster my right hand looked...oh dear :P Gotta work on the left hand drawing skills!

Maybe I should get some lace nail stickers and use those instead - I've been very into the lace nail art recently. Just can't seem to get enough of it!

What do you think of my freehand lace attempt? :P

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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Pretty please, with a cherry on your tips?

Hello helloooo~ Do you like my post title? I'm such a genius sometimes ;)

So anyway, I've had the idea of cherry nail art in my head for awhile and finally had the chance to try it out. I started off with two coats of OPI Passion on all my nails. On my index and pinky nails, I sponged on China Glaze Ring in the red. For the other nails, I sponged on Ulta3 lily white at the tips. I used some acrylic paint to draw on the cherries. On my ring nail and thumb, I stuck on a cherry fimo along with some rhinestones.

I'm quite happy with the way this turned out! And ironically, I'm not a huge fan of eating cherries :P Maybe I'll try draw something I enjoy eating next time...maybe ;)

What's your favourite fruit? :P

Thanks for dropping by.
~Sharon

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Another attempt at one stroke flower nail art

Helloooooooo! I loved my last attempt at the one stroke flower technique so much I decided to give it another go. However, I'm not sure I love it as much this time, maybe I should stick with the basic technique first :P

I started with two coats of the awesome OPI Uh-oh roll down the window. I really think it's become my favourite green now! :D I then used my acrylic paint to try out a different flower pattern with the one stroke technique.

It may be the colour combination or it may be the flower - I'm still trying to work out why I don't love this as much :P But anyway, I'll keep experimenting with this technique.

What do you think of my attempt?

Thanks for dropping by.
~Sharon

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Soft and feathery nail art

Hello hello~ I felt like a soft manicure when I sat down to do my nails and so decided to try out the feather design I saw over at Nature Nails. I love stalking the blog - the lady behind it is so amazing and has such gorgeous nail art. Totally green with envy at her skills! My feathers are no where near as delicate looking at hers but I'm pleased with the result for a first timer. Actually, my right thumb looks even better so what does that say about my left hand skills! :P

I started with two coats of OPI Did you 'ear about Van Gough and then used my white acrylic paint for the feather. I then layered with OPI Pirouette my whistle, taking inspiration from the original manicure :)

Hopefully, my feathers will look more like feathers one day.... ;)

Have you tried this look before? What do you think of it?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Musical...nails? :)

Hi ladies! While watching a Hong Kong drama, I was inspired by the protagonist's cello playing and decided to go about creating some musical nails! I turned to the world wide web for some music images and came across this image so I decided to try and translate it onto my nails.

I started off with two coats of Australis Blackmail. For my index and pinky, I layered two coats of Australis Speck-tacular. I imagine the flakey to be sound waves, each colour representing a different pitch. Oh I do think I'm becoming quite the artist! *ahem* ;)

I stamped the piano image from plate CK-05 (which can be found from Born Pretty Store) on my ring and thumb, before dabbing on more Speck-tacular on the free black areas. For my middle finger, I used white acrylic paint to draw the musical notations before going over it in colours to match the flakey nails.

(don't mind the thumb, I got a little too happy with the brush and remover)

Despite the wobbly nail art (I was becoming quite hungry by the time I got to that stage!), I quite like this manicure. And hey, practice makes perfect, yes? I'm planning on doing as much free hand nail art as possibly during my break! :)

What do you think of these nails?

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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One stroke flower nail art

Hello everyone~One nail art technique I have always wanted to try out was the one stroke flower. After playing around with some acrylic paint from Born Pretty Store, I decided to give this technique a shot. I think this was an okay attempt for a first time, but there's definitely plenty of room for improvement :)

I started off with two coats of Misa Office polish-tics, then used acrylic paint for the flowers. You definitely need to be patient and wait for your base colour to be entirely dry before moving onto the flowers or you'll just end up dragging the polish with your flower strokes.

Have you tried this technique before? What do you think of it?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Review: Born Pretty Store acrylic paint

Hey everyone! I'm super excited to show you all my nails today because they're pretty awesome (if I do say so myself :P)! This was my first time using acrylic paint in nail art and I'm certain I'll be using it more since it makes nail art so much easier. No more excess nail polish fumes and too fast drying time :P But let me rewind and start from the beginning.

I was offered the chance to review an acrylic paint set sold by Born Pretty Store. As most of you know already, this etailer sells an abundance of nail art supplies, all of which can be found here. Having never used acrylic paint for nail art before, I took the opportunity as the paint allowed  me to take my time with my amateur nail art skills :P

Check out my awesome tropical sunset nails :D They were inspired by this image.

Pinky & index: One coat of OPI My address is Hollywood sponged with OPI Call me Gwen-ever.
Fourth finger & thumb: One coat of OPI Parlez-vous OPI? sponged with My address is Hollywood and Call me Gwen-ever.
Middle finger: One coat of Parlez-vous OPI sponged with My address is Hollywood.

I then took the black acrylic paint to paint the palm tree, island and birds. Mixing up a yellow and golden yellow, I painted the sun.

I used the largest palette to hold the paint and the smaller bits to hold water - no need to get another cup to clean up my brushes ;) The largest brush size 0 was used for the tree, island and sun, and the smallest for the bird outlines. The acrylic paint set I was sent had a bottle of nail hardener instead of a second palette due to it being out of stock. I really like this little gesture as it shows how much Born Pretty Store treasures their customers.

I enjoyed the process of nail art more than if I were using nail polish, mostly because there was no excess fumes for me to inhale. The acrylic paints which I used so far were fairly opaque. I really like this set and can't wait to play around with it more!

Born Pretty Store offers free international shipping no matter how much you order. Plus, with my 10% discount code PIJ61, you're bound to find many bargains :)

**Note that I do not get compensated in any way if you use the code - in fact, if it is used 10 times, Born Pretty Store will sponsor a giveaway**

As anyone tried acrylic paints for nail art before? What were your experiences?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

Products provided for consideration.

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