Emerald star

Hello~I have a pretty duochrome for you all today :)

I was browsing the beauty section of Target the other day and came across this polish in the clearance section. For $3, I just couldn't pass up on this bargain :P. Emerald Star is my first polish from Australis. Just look at this pretty! It's a teal shade with green duochrome and a gorgeous golden shimmer to top things off.

Oh, the photo was taken under the sun. I dare you to tell me there isn't anything to love about this :P

~Sharon

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Package from Polished Lyrics :)

Hi everyone~^^ Back in January, I won Jessica's giveaway over at Polished Lyrics. I recently received my package from her and she was kind enough to include a few extras! Thanks again for the awesome package Jess, I love it loads <3.

I'm super excited with this package since it includes my first Nicole by OPI and Essence polishes :). I'm also really in love with the houndstooth wallet, now I have a something to replace my current one! The first photo is taken indoors under natural light and the next two indoors with flash.

China Glaze Emerald sparkle, 5 golden rings
Nicole by OPI Really, really red
Essence What do you think?

And the extras Jess included :). Unfortunately these have no names, but I think the purple polish is Uptown girl. I have absolutely no idea what the other two might be though. The middle polish is a cream shade and the pink is a really bright pink. If anyone knows the names, please do share!

~Sharon

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Ahoy there matey!

Hello~! What a wonderful Monday it is! I had a job interview today and am super excited that I managed to come out of it with job in hand :D. Now I can finally spend, spend and spend (on nail polish) without feeling so guilty. No wait, I should be saving up for an end of year trip...>___>

Anyway, I'm sure you're all here for the nail polish :P. I tried out China Glaze First mate which I recently hauled and it is amazing. What a beautiful one coater! I did two coats in the photo, but you can totally get away with one if you're careful. Messy application is messy. But I just had to layer on White cap to see what First mate would look like...

...and I wasn't disappointed! Here it is in a nice, clean and presentable state. Maaaaan, is that pretty or what? *swoons*

I cannot wait to start playing around with White cap. I just know it'll wow me every time <3
~Sharon

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Wedding nails

Hey all~ :D No, it wasn't me getting married, I was just attending a friend's wedding :P

The mani was inspired by Jasmine's over at Preposterously's Nail Blog. I had previously attempted this mani and failed miserably but I was adamant for it to work this time. I love how it's sparkly and blingy with the glitter but also not too eye catching and suitable for a wedding ^^

The following polishes were used:
Ulta3 antique copper
Color Club Magic attraction
L.A. Colors Sparkling diamonds
mwah Magnetic

Just fyi, Sparkling diamond is a PAIN to remove! Even with the foil method. Besides that though, I adored the mani <3.

~Sharon

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Tutorial: Rainbow nails

Hello :) Awhile back, I posted about my rainbow nails. The mani was inspired by a Korean blog but I did my nails a bit differently to what the photo tutorial shows (I can't read Korean :P) and since Freshie requested for a tutorial, I thought I'd give it a go :) This is my first tutorial so please let me know what you think!

Here are the polishes I used:

Ulta3 lily white, spring blossom, spring fling
China Glaze Light as air, Re-fresh mint
L.A. Colors Star light

step one Apply one coat of white polish as a base colour. Wait for the polish to dry before moving on.

I don't own any make up sponges so I just cut up a piece of normal kitchen paper towel and used it instead.

step two Paint a line of each of the polishes you're going to sponge on to the paper towel. The thickness of the lines depend on the length of your nail and the number of colours you want to fit onto your nail, so there's a bit of trial and error involved. I then used the toothpick to quickly run it between each line of the polishes to prevent it from spilling into each other.

step three Sponge on one coat on to your nail then wait for it to dry before doing it a second time. This is what it looks like after sponging two layers on to the nail. It looks super messy (and it's a lot messier here than in my previous post) but the next step fixes it all :)

step four Just look at what a coat of glitter can do! :D It's so good at hiding imperfections.

And the final result~Yeah errr,  my top coat kind of streaked :(

I hope you found this tutorial useful! Rainbow nails are definitely not hard to do but they are a little time consuming. I reckon the final result really makes up for it though ^^

~Sharon

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February haul

Helloooo~! After a month of no buy in January I kind of splurged a bit by rewarding myself and purchasing some polish from Transdesign :D. Long story short - I worried myself sick about this package since I had some tracking issues. I even contacted Carina over at GildedNails about the problem and she was such a sweetheart with helping me out and giving me excellent advice <3. Anyway, I finally received my order today so it's really, really awesome all that worrying ended on a happy note.

Enough of my rambles, on to the polishes!

I was really excited about China Glaze's Anchors Away collection but didn't end up buying as many as I thought I would. The Misa polish also garnered heaps of positive reviews so I thought I'd give it a go, especially since I don't have many work appropriate polishes - of which I'll be needing quite a bit this year, eeek! From left to right:
Misa Office polish-tics
China Glaze First mate, Ahoy!, White cap, Below deck, Sunset sail

I also couldn't resist a few bargains here at home too :P. Left to right:
Ulta3 earl grey
Australis Emerald star
Mode Cosmetics Blue steel, Starry night

I can't wait to try out my new China Glazes - they're the ones I was most looking forward to haha. I'm especially eyeing White cap, I've seen bloggers layering it over various polishes and I LOVE the effect it gives :D

I hope you enjoyed my haul post!
~Sharon

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Feeling the blues?

Hello! Sorry for the temporary absence, I've been completely swamped with Uni work recently. Today's mani is from the vault, can you believe my nails are naked right now? o___o I have something in mind though since I have a wedding to attend on Saturday and I definitely can not show up without a mani! :P

The following photo was taken under the sun.

I applied two coats of China Glaze Caribbean blue then stuck on some nail stickers from Viva la Nails' free blogger pack. I actually quite liked this and the stickers stayed on surprisingly well :).

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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