Purple & holographic ♥

Hi ladies! What more can I say when I put purple and holographic nail polishes together? ;) I used Bourjois 2007 1 Seconde nail enamel as the base purple shade. On my ring and middle fingers, I used China Glaze OMG. This design was inspired by La paillette frondeuse and I much more prefer her version :P

I also layered a coat of Glitter Gal Galaxy holo top coat over the other nails - I actually quite like the look of it here! Maybe I need to find some good base shades to pair it with :P

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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A skittled Christmas manicure

Hi everyone~ Merry Christmas! I've been spending my day stuffed with bbq food, what about you? For today, I've come up with a Christmas skittled nail look - it's simple, but effective at the same time :)

Pinky: Two coats of China Glaze Poinsettia. Glitter gradient created with Shimmer Polish Candace.
Ring: Two coats of OPI Servin' up sparkle.
Middle: Two coats of Ulta3 lily white. The tree was created using China Glaze Holly-day.
Index: Two coats of Ulta3 black satin. I layered Candace over it.
Thumb: Two coats of Holly-day and then created a glitter gradient with Shimmer Polish Kelly.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone! :)

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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Gold and silver gradient leaves

Hello everyone :) When I first saw Mimi's gorgeous Taped neon gradient leaves, I knew I would have to give this a go myself. I decided to mix this look up with some black for a chic and shimmery look ♥

Pinky & index: Two coats of Ulta3 black satin and decorated with silver and gold studs.
Ring: Two coats of black satin. I then taped it off for a silver and gold gradient using OPI Haven't the foggiest and Hello Kitty Golden girl.
Middle: Two coats of Golden girl.
Thumb: Two coats of Haven't the foggiest Can I just mention that I'm in love with this dense silver foil?! Definitely jumped up the list and become my favourite silver ♥ You can check out my full review of it here, along with the rest of the San Francisco collection.

It's a shame the gradient didn't turn out so well in the photos, it was definitely more apparent in real life. I really loved the look of this manicure though - it's always so fun to find 'chic' ways to wear black, especially for work!

Do you like to wear black nail polish? Would you wear it to work?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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A failed skittle

Hello everyone! If you've been following my blog closely, you'll know that I'm a huge fan of the skittle look. I love incorporating different designs into a single manicure, most probably because I can't stare too long at plain nails ;) This time though, I may have tried a bit too hard and put too many different nail art techniques into a single look.

Roses, dots, reciprocal gradient...yep. I think there's just a little too much going on here! The blue polish is Ulta3 spring shower, pink is OPI Chic from ears to tail and the green for the petals is Misa Dirty sexy money.

What do you think, is this overkill or what? :P

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Green colour blocking :)

Hello ladies! Often, I find inspiration from the many manicures I peruse on nail blogs and Pinterest. When I sit down to paint my nails, I will turn to these looks and add my own twist and flair into the final manicure. This time though, I pretty much copied a manicure from the talented lady over at La Paillette Frondeuse. She has some amazing manicures and when I spotted her colour blocking manicure, I knew I would have to copy it ;)

I changed the colour scheme due to my constant reach for purple - it is my comfort colour after all :P I wanted to work with a shade I don't usually wear and thus the green colour blocking was born. Plus, the decision was also influenced by the influx of green manicures due to it almost being St. Patrick's Day when I wore this. The polishes I used were OPI Jade is the new black, Misa Dirty, sexy, money, OPI Your royal shine-ness and Ulta3 lily white.

I absolutely love how the silver polish adds a little pop to the otherwise flatter looking manicure with just the crèmes. I definitely will be recreating this look with a different colour scheme ;)

Have you tried colour blocking your nails yet? What shades did you use?

Thanks for reading as always!
~Sharon

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Purple reciprocal gradient

Hello ladies :) When I first saw Emma's reciprocal gradient nails, I knew I would have to try them out one day. Of course, I kept putting it off until recently! For my look, I applied two coats of OPI Do you lilac it as a base colour, then took Ulta3 royal fever for the gradient. Once that was dried, I placed some striping tape on the nail and reversed the colours for the second gradient before removing the tape.

The end result?

Tada! ♥

I was planning on layering some fine holo glitter over it the next day, but I never got around to it :( I think it would have looked divine too, if I had!

Have you tried the reciprocal gradient look yet? What are your thoughts on it?

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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Blue skittling

Hello everyone~ Wow, I feel so uncreative when it comes to naming my posts :P

For this look, I started with two coats of Australis Blue tiger, which is a matte blue shade. On my ring finger, I have two coats of Australis Sky high and then layered with OPI Which is witch?. For my middle finger, I added a blue gradient using striping tape. I followed a tutorial by nailsbylins :) I took some hex glitters from Born Pretty Store to add a little more glitz to the look (you can enter PIJ61 for a further 10% off your purchase at the check out). Finally, I layered a coat of OPI Last Friday night over Blue tiger on my thumb.

Of course, I had to add a matte top coat to the look after a day since Blue tiger is originally a matte polish. I think for this look, I prefer the glossy finish more though :)

Skittle manicures are so fun to do! Even though it takes me ages to think of how to tie it all together, I love the final look so much ♥ Are you a fan of skittling your nails?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Review: Born Pretty Store studs wheel

Hello everyone! If you've been a long time reader of my blog, you'll know I'm quite a fan of 3D nail art ;) So when Born Pretty Store started stocking some studs wheel, I knew I had to try it out. Of course, I had to pair the stud look with a darker nail polish - cue Nicole by OPI Khloe had a little lam-lam. And to jazz it up a bit more, I added Color Club Magic attraction for the accent nails.

The wheel of studs can be purchased from Born Pretty Store here. For those of you starting off with studs, I highly recommend this wheel. I also have a code for you to receive 10% off your total purchase. Simply enter PIJ61 when you check out. Plus, there's free international shipping so why are you waiting?! :P

This manicure is soooooo simple to create but I love how effective it is ♥ Have you jumped onto the stud nail accent trend yet?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Holographic gradient

Hi ladies~ My apologies for the lack of posts - I'm still adjusting to full time work :) This manicure was inspired by this pin. Mine didn't turn out as great, oh well! I started off with two coats of A-England Tristam on all my nails, except for my ring finger. I created a blue gradient using Ulta3 lily white and spring shower before taping it off with some striping tape and applying a thick coat of Tristam over it.

Of course, whenever I pull a holographic nail polish out to wear, I don't get any sun! The photo below was taken with flash to show off the holo :)

What do you think of this look?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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An abstract Christmas tree

Hi everyone! I used Nailside's Christmas tree tutorial for this manicure and added my own little twist to it. Starting with two coats of OPI The show must go on and then taped off my accent nail with a striping tape.  Using China Glaze Holly day, I painted over the taped off areas and then took my dotting tool and Rimmel Your majesty to add some baubles to the tree. Lastly, I dug out my star decal and stuck it to the top of the tree with a top coat.

I absolutely adored this manicure and was quite unwilling to take it off! Too bad it had started chipping... ;) What do you think of this manicure?

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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Another patchwork mani

Hey~ :) I was out of creative juices the other night but was in a mood for nail art so I based my mani on the patchwork idea by the awesome Erika over at Chloe's Nails.

I applied two coats of Zoya Gloria then taped off my nails before applying one thicker coat of Spotsgirl Galaxy. The polishes were reversed on my fourth nail. I'm sitting on the fence with this mani, I don't love it, but don't hate it either :S. What do you think?

~Sharon

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Nail art #21 - Patchwork design

The second I laid eyes on Chloe's patchwork mani, I knew I had to try it out myself. First photo is taken indoors under natural light and the second under the sun.

Polishes used:
Color Club Revvvolution (I will never tire of this polish!)
OPI Jade is the new black
OPI Here today...Aragon tomorrow


I love the design, but I still need to work on the taping; some polish leaked under and of course when I went to fix it, it just turned out even worse, lol. Taping is definitely something to practise ^^;;.

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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