My take on GITA & Whimsical ♥

Hello hello~ After my previous attempt at a glitter sandwich, I decided to try it again with a pastel blue. I had this in mind since I thought it might look similar to Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the air or the Revlon Whimsical dupe. Well, my attempt isn't spot on, but it's killed my lemming for them, at the very least! :D

I started off with two coats of Ulta3 Spring shower, then layered on a thick coat of OPI Rainbow connection. To achieve the softer look, I applied two coats of Flormar #20, which is a terribly sheer white polish. I love, love, looooooove the end result! The shade of the blue or  the glitter particles aren't exactly the same as GITA/Whimsical, but I think it's close enough for me to satisfy my lemming <3

Since GITA is waaay out of my polish budget limit and Revlon nail polishes are sold here in Australia at ridiculously inflated prices (and I don't think Whimsical is available here yet?), I'm pretty over the moon with this mani :) What do you think of this? :D

Thanks for reading,
~Sharon

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Bloglovin & Pinterest

Hi everyone~ You may have noticed recently that I added a button to follow me on Pinterest on my sidebar. With Google Friend Connect being discontinued for non-blogger hosted websites, I won't be surprised if even blogger hosted sites will see the end of it too. Because of this, I'm opening up other ways to follow me. You can do so through Pinterest - this is especially good for those who don't like to read long ramblings and just want to get to the photo goodies :P. You can also follow me on bloglovin; the button is just above Pinterest.

If you have a Pinterest account or know of a good one which focuses on nails, let me know! I would love to check it out :)

Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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A clean, white manicure...almost.

Hi everyone~ When I first pictured this manicure in my head, it looked sooooooooo good. Why then, did it not translate as well onto my nails? Ahhhh, the frustration that ensues when this happens!

I started off with two coats of Ulta3 Lily white. On my pinky and index fingers, I layered with two coats of China Glaze White cap. On my middle finger, I applied two coats of Nubar 2010 onto the white polish base. The flakies were actually more apparent in real life, but didn't show up too well in the photos below. For my ring finger, I applied two coats of OPI Rainbow connection, then another two coats of Flormar #20 to achieve the glitter sandwhich look. I took Rainbow connection again to apply a glitter gradient on my thumb.

I think this may have looked better over a different base colour - the white polish just stood out too much against my skin tone for a full manicure. I'll be trying this again another time with a different shade!

Thanks for reading,
~Sharon

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Thanks a windmillion!

Hi ladies~ I'm off to my first day of prac tomorrow so my nails are currently bare. I did wear this pretty glitter gradient awhile ago so I thought I'd share this with you today. Below is two coats of OPI Thanks a windmillion from the Holland collection released earlier this year. I decided to glam up the mani a bit with a glitter gradient, so I pulled out OPI Servin' up sparkle to use. It's one of my favourite glitters of all time ♥

Are you a fan of glitter gradients too? :)

Thanks for dropping by.
~Sharon

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What colour are your flip flops?

Hello hello! I have a pretty polish to share today. Australian nail polish brand Australis recently came out with a few new shades. I'm sure one of the most talked about polish was Speck-tacular, the greatly affordable flakie top coat for us Aussies! Another polish though, happened to be this beautiful blue polish with a shimmer running through it. And what better name for it than Flip-flop, for a lovely summery colour like this <3. I applied two coats of Australis Flip-flop in the photos below.

The formula was a little watery and sheer, but built up by the second coat. I found application took a little more effort, but the end result definitely makes up for it!

What do you think, gorgeous or what? :D

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

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Stripy skittles :)

Hello ladies~ Australia has finally entered the autumn months but has really yet to feel the cold truly. So I decided to sport some colour on my nails to encourage the nice weather :P I love skittling and really need to do it more often, so here is my attempt at a bright(er) skittle mani.

Pinky: Two coats of Ulta3 Royal fever
Ring: Two coats of OPI Fly
Middle: Two coats of OPI My address is Hollywood
Index: One coat of Ulta3 Lily white then two coats of Essie Turquoise & Caicos
Thumb: Two coats of MNY Colorama Candy apple

I then added the white stripes with my white striper polish and took my nail art stickers from Nails & Stuff to add some decoration. I love the butterfly stickers, they're sooo pretty ♥ Unfortunately, they didn't hold up too well and the edges of the stickers like the smaller wings of the butterfly or the feelers were torn off after I got out of the shower. Still, they didn't look too damaged so I kept this mani for three days :P The majority of the sticker remained in that time.

What do you think of this mani, are you a fan of nail stickers? And check out Nails & Stuff for more nail related items!

Thanks for reading :)
~Sharon

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Ugly colours, anyone?

Hi everyone! If you're a fan of 'ugly' colours, you'll love the nail polish I'm about to show you. I was in the mood for a more 'out there' mani the other day and so I decided to pull out OPI Uh-oh roll down the window to try on. In the photos below, I applied two coats. I'm not one for ugly shades like this but I actually quite liked this polish. It applied well onto my nails and the formula was pretty good - I had no issues with it.

Unfortunately, this mani didn't last long as I decided to try some fail-art on it. Being a fail, I took it off immediately and slapped on another polish :P Oh well. I enjoyed it while it lasted.

Anyone else like ugly shades like this one?

Thanks for dropping by!
~Sharon

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