3d Nail Art!

So I finally received my order a couple weeks ago so I thought I'd do some experimenting on my nails. 

The fruit slices are so cute but they come in sticks and I had to slice them individually which too ages! I still need to practice with the 3d flowers though, they're sculpted with acrylic powder & not premade or anything but good enough for a first time. Now I look like an idiot with falsies on one hand and none on the other. owell!

Did flowers on my sis in law's nails too, Sorry for the bad photo, I was tiptoeing to take this & well.. it just didn't turn out right lol.

I'm looking for some more ideas so if you have any images of 3d nail art show me please! :)

Matte & rhinestone ♥

Hi~ :) This matte & rhinestone mani is inspired by Katrina's nail art mani here, I love the combination so I decided to try it out myself. I used one coat of Ulta3 black satin on my fourth finger before layering on two coats of Color Club Magic attraction. The rest of my nails were painted with two coats of Orly Matte Vinyl.

The rhinestones were stuck on with a top coat - normally I seal them in with another coat after sticking them on but hopefully they'll last me through the day at Uni tomorrow.

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

Fruit fimo nail art~

Hello~^^ Today I have a nail art using fruit fimo. This was my first time using them and I think there's definitely room for improvement! I applied two coats of Ulta3 watermelon for the base colour then a coat of top coat to stick the fruit fimo and rhinestones with. Application looks sooo messy here in the photo but it actually doesn't look that bad in real life. I still need lots of practice and I don't understand why the fruit fimo decided to curve up after the polish dried :(. They all stayed on until I decided to remove them though.

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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

JITNB meets glitter gradient tips

Hi~ :) I've returned to Uni for the semester now so boo, I probably won't have as much time as I want on nails any more. It's going to be a busy year ahead with lots of pracs in school settings (omg, how scary T__T) so nail polish choices may be more neutral and boring during that period. I'm going to go all out before that starts though :D.

In all honesty, I wasn't too happy with this mani at first, but it really grew on me after awhile. I applied two coats of OPI Jade is the new black and then used L.A. Colors Sparkling Diamonds to do the glitter gradient.

This was such a pain to remove though :P. I didn't really want to use the foil method to remove the glitter since the last time I did with a green polish underneath, my nails were stained terribly. So yeah, the removal process took quite some time.

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

A random nail art design

Hello~ Wow, the weekend has just flown by! I was super busy and didn't have much time for my nails but things have finally calmed down again.

I quite liked how the nail art turned out this time, but I'm sad that the polish wrinkled :(. I guess I didn't leave enough time for it to dry before going to shower.

And the polishes I used:

Essie Turquoise & Caicos
Glossyblossom Nail art two way striper in white
Misa Dirty, Sexy, Money
Ulta3 black satin
Eclipse #527

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

Blue steeeeeel!

Hello~^^ Today I have a polish which looked absolutely spectacular in the bottle but was so disappointing on the nail :(.

This is my first Mode Cosmetics polish and I had such high expectations of it colour-wise since it looked so stunning in the bottle. Sadly, the pretty blue shimmer just didn't transfer on to the nail. Shown are two coats of Blue Steel and sealed with a top coat.

See that awesome blue shimmer? Unfortunately you can't see it on the nail.

I seem to be on quite a nail art roll lately (yay!) - I think it's because I want to work my creative juices as much as possible before Uni starts again :( - so do lookout for them in future posts! :D

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

NOTD: Fishbone

Hi everyone,

just a really quick post. i mentioned on my last post that i've got a fish phobia but a couple of days ago i bought an early vday present for my boyfriend. The yellow one is a Tiger Barb and we named it MAHA-rot and The Black spotted one is a Guppy and we named it KUL-it.

 i told my boyfriend that if he'll scare me with our babies this is what will happen to them... lol

but i was just joking. i don't have any rights to kill them they're still a living creature and only God has the right to take lives besides i may have a fish fear but i love them a lot.

so that's it for today, i do hope you liked it.

thanks for dropping by

Kisses

Rainbow nails~

Hello~:D I'm seriously really in love with my current nails, THEY'RE SO COOL!♥ I recently stumbled across some Korean nail/beauty blogs and am totally blown away by some of the bloggers' nail art. The mani I'm showing you today is based on this one, isn't it pretty? *___* While it's written in Korean, the photos are definitely more than enough to understand the tutorial :).

Obviously my nails and nail beds aren't as long as the blogger's so I had to change it a bit to accommodate (you can see how the orange polish didn't quite make it on to my nails on my left hand :P). I really love the end result though, I think I may try this next time with darker colours.

First photo is taken indoors under natural lighting, the second indoors under artificial light. I really need to learn to take photos all at once but I can't help it, I stare at my nails too much :PPP.

Yep, the orange polish made it onto my nails this time! After much trial and error, that is.

Polishes used:
China Glaze Light as air (lilac) and Re-fresh mint (mint green)
Ulta3 lily white (base colour), spring blossom (yellow) and spring fling (orange)
L.A. Colors Star light (glitter)

-Edit- I've posted a tutorial here :)

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

Cupcakes!

I was bored yesterday & really unmotivated to do any work so I thought I'd bake some cupcakes! I took pictures so I thought I'd share the recipe because its really simple (& im bored lol). So if you wanna make these babies read on!

 

Its important to get the measurements right if you want your cupcakes to taste good so make sure you have some scales. I got mine from Tescos & it was only like a fiver :D

 

You will need: Self-raising Flour, Caster Sugar, Icing Sugar, Butter & Cupcake Cases. Decoration, Food Colouring & Vanilla Extract are optional! I also had chocolate fudge because I was gonna use this instead of icing but I chose icing in the end.

 

So for the cupcake mixture you will need: Self-raising flour (100g), Caster sugar (100g), Butter (100g) and 2 eggs. This will make 12 cupcakes so if you wanna make 6 then just halve the ingredients (50,50,50,1) or if you want to make 18 (150,150,150,3) and so on. After you have this ready preheat the oven to 180°C.

 

Firstly you will need to beat the butter and caster sugar until its light and fluffy, then add the eggs one by one, after you mixed it up it will look very runny and nasty but its ok! then if you want you can add 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla essence and lastly add the self-raising flour. Make sure you mix it up carefully until it looks like the picture above.

 

Next you need to place the cupcake cases in a cupcake tin & evenly distribute the mixture, do this carefully and make sure its not all over the edges, then pop them in the oven.

 

They will take about 10-20mins, make sure you check them every now & then. After 10mins use a skewer to poke them all the way through, if it comes out clean then they are done, if not leave them for another 5mins then check again & so on. Once they're done make sure you let them cool down before you decorate them!

 

Whilst you're waiting for your cupcakes to bake you can make the icing! I chose to make buttercream instead but beware, its very sweet! I used butter (75g), icing sugar (175g), vanilla essence (1/2 teaspoon, optional), this is more than enough for 12 cupcakes but it depends on how you want to decorate them. Mix these up until its smooth, you can also add food colouring if you want, I added some red food colouring (its orange because the buttercream is yellow). Start off by softening the butter then adding the icing sugar in small amounts to make it easier. This is now ready for your cupcakes! Once the cupcakes have cooled down decorate them however you like & voila!

They're supposed to be hearts btw, they're bent i know T__T. I ordered a giant cupcake mould & some piping tools so can't wait for those to arrive :D If you decide to make some cupcakes make sure you show me some pictures! 

Thanks for reading, xoxo.

Review: Lincoln park after dark suede

Hi~^^ One thing I love about suede polishes is that they dry extremely fast! I didn't have much time for nails last night but I didn't want to have naked nails so I pulled out OPI Lincoln park after dark suede. Too bad the wear isn't so good - all I did was type a little bit (for my assignment due tomorrow~eek!) and go to bed. I woke up this morning and there was already minor tip wear on my nails :(. I even wrapped my tips, which I don't normally do, haha.

The first photo is taken indoors under artificial light and the macro is taken indoors under natural lighting. Funny how the first photo turned out colour accurate rather than the second :P.

Application: 10/10 (I love the OPI formula and brushes! <3)
Chipping: 7/10
Price: 6.5/10 (I paid waaaay too much for this)

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

Tag~a little bit about me :)

I was tagged by Freshie from Polish Freshie awhile ago and have finally gotten around to posting this, haha. I'm bad with my tags, I know :(.

Questions:
1. When and how did you start your love for polish?

My nail polish obsession started around the beginning of last year while I was on a quest to find a black polish! I was really into black polish back then because I thought it was so chic and really wanted to be an owner of one :P. Well, I found it in SaSa while I was on my holiday in Hong Kong! (It's the Arezia polish in this mani) I then stumbled across nail blogs and as the saying goes, the rest is history :D.

2. If you could choose to do anything in the world, what would it be? (Eg. Ski in the Swiss alps, fly in a fighter jet, create a unicorn etc.)

Visit Korea and meet my Korean idol singers! My current addiction is SHINee hehe, it's been them since their appearance in the Australia-Korea Friendship Concert in mid-January. Oh, and I'd love to meet Beast and SuJu too <3.

3. What's your favorite love story?

I love, love, LOVE A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks :). It's really touching and sweet - and this reminds me, I need to go read it again haha!

As for my fellow Korean entertainment lovers, I'm soooo in love with Secret Garden :D. I'm sad it's over, but Gil Ra Im and Park Joo Won will continue to live on in my heart ♥.

Here are the rules:
Choose 3 - 5 Blogs you would like to tag and link them too. Leave them a comment on their blog that you've linked them.

Important: This award is for unknown blogs, so don't tag some 3000-Reader-Blogs! :)

The blogs I would like to tag are:

Rachel's Nails
Silence is Loud
Nails by Rachel
Asa Nisi Masa Nail Spot

~Sharon

Lil Update!

Just a lil update seeing as I aint posted ina while!

So I started off the month being ill! Im hardly ever ill so when I am its quite bad but it doesn't last long either which is good, it started off as a lil cough then everyday it just got a bit worse. I woke up on Thursday morning & I puked! it was so bad, spent the rest of the day in bed, hardly eating anything, but before I slept I gave in & took a tablet, what a way to spend my CNY! Woke up so much better on Friday morning though and I've got better ever since. So I didn't really have a great CNY but I did enjoy all the food on the days before! We had a lil hotpot as our pre new years dinner then on new years eve we had the traditional dinner. YUM!

I felt so crappy that week but I did go out fora bit on Saturday night, it was so last minute but atleast i got some AIR! I was worrying so much aswell cus on that Monday I found out I had a portfolio at LCC the next Wednesday & cus I was ill I lost a couple days where I could of done more work, so spent the rest of the weekend and Monday getting my portfolio ready, the portfolio was sucha nightmare cus its so big (A1) and it was so heavy, my floor was like a death zone with scissors and scalpels here & there but by Monday night I got it all done cus I knew Tuesday was gonna be a busy day, I still had my sketchbook to fill up though. Tuesday was Trang's birthday and she was coming back from her holiday that evening and having a meal, 3 of us planned to bake her a cake aswel so most of my day was spent buying ingredients and baking it. I woke up late so I didn't have much time to add any work to my sketchbook, I couldn't be bothered when I got home either because it was about 12 & I was exhausted, did a few bits & bobs & just headed to bed!

 

Heres the cake we baked! It was just a chocolate cake, there weren't any chocolate fudge icing left at the shop which was a shame so we just made buttercream. It looked so much better without the bottom layer because we didn't have time to let it cool so the buttercream was just oozing out in the middle, by the time the the cake came out for her that night the buttercream in the middle just melted everywhere! I've only ever baked lil cupcakes & stuff so this is the first cake I've ever baked, it turnt out alright though, we were proud! haha!

So Wednesday was the day of the portfolio review, I managed to do a couple of pages in my sketchbook that morning which made me feel a bit better and luckily my dad gave me a lift to elephant & castle. We all got there for 10 and was told to come back and get our portfolios at 5 so we had a whole 7 hours to waste. A couple of us from Ravensbourne decided to go together up west to just hang out, we went troc & it was nice being a kid again, playing games to get those yellow tickets lol! We exchanged them for rings & braclets which were probably only worth like 10p but it was good fun,  went on the bumper cars aswell which is always good fun but sucha rip off! went to chinatown for lunch then we headed back to troc because the guys wanted another inflatable hammer =.= We still had a couple more hours so we decided to do something education & went to the science museum, I've never been before so I thought I'd check it out, its pretty cool there! Good for kids lol. Anyway headed back after & I took my fat heavy portfolio ond bus to go home, my hands were hurting so much! We was supposed to find out if we got in or not in 24hours but I still aint heard from them, pstt!

Anyway! I ordered a couple of things online this week, I love receiving parcels especially when they come so quick!

 

I got my first lomography camera! the Holga 120TLR. Basically its just a plastic camera and it uses film. The photos aren't supposed to come out crispy clear like digital cameras, they're supposed to be flawed & have that vintage-look, I haven't used it yet but I can't wait to try it out. I'm not sure if I can just take the film and get it developed at any photo place though =/. I wanted the Diana F+ Alice in Wonderland one but it was so expensive!

I got this aswell, another Jewelry hanger but its a standing one. Its fugging beautiful, love it!!

& Thats it! Not really a "lil" update but yeah! I hope everyones had a nice start to the month, what are you guys getting up to for Valentines? Leave a comment below.

Toodles. x

My Fav Products!

Someone asked me to do a post about some beauty recommendations so I thought I'd share some of my fav products, sorry its a bit late!

 

1) Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner.  

This is by far my fav eyeliner, I prefer gel liners because they're easier to work with than liquid liner & longer lasting than pencil liners. I use this on top of a primer & it lasts all day! Its not cheap but the pot lasts a long time, I've been using this for ages & I'm on my 3rd pot so I hope that shows how much I love this product. Black Ink is a must-have and Espresso Ink is nice if you want something a bit lighter.

 

2) Bobbi Brown EXTRA Balm Rinse.

This is one of my fav cleansers, its a balm formula so its good if you have dry skin. It has a citrus scent which I love! The pot is massive & it lasts ages, a little goes a long way. I just scoop a bit out with my finger and warm it between my fingers before I apply it to my face, it has a nice warming sensation too. At first I was a bit unsure because its a balm so I thought it would be a pain to wash off but once it touches water it turns white & soapy so its really easy to wash off. I think I've had this since July & its still not finished yet, I have another one in my stash too :p They have samples so pick one up & try it to see if you like it!

 

3) Bobbi Brown Instant Long Wear Makeup Remover.

This is an eye & lip makeup remover but I just use it for my eyes. I would not know how I would survive without this! I always use waterproof mascara because normal mascara doesn't hold the curl in my lashes & everyone knows what a pain it is to remove waterproof mascara but this is the only remover I've tried that actually does the job so easily! I use it with a cotton pad and it takes just one swipe to remove eyeshadow, eyeliner takes a couple & obviously its a bit longer for waterproof mascara but it will remove every single bit. I just ran out of my second bottle today so I had to use my Simple one which is total crap compared! It claims to remove waterproof mascara but it didn't at all, in the end my mascara was just flaking off rather than being removed and my eyes started hurting cus I was rubbing it so much, no difference than using water. This is extra gentle aswell, my eyes are super sensitive & this never irritates my eyes, its also suitable for contact lense wearers. The only thing is I do find that it runs out quickly but maybe its because I use it everyday? & its a little expensive for an eye makeup remover but it is worth it if you use waterproof eye makeup!

 

4) Amie Morning Dew Matte-Finish Moisteriser.

This is my fav moisteriser, its made especially for young skin & it leaves your skin matte which is good if you have oily skin, its a nice base for your makeup too. I still prefer this over my expensive moisterisers because it absorbs into the skin quickly, smells nice and I like the packaging because its easy to use which is good because I'm lazy in the mornings. Its inexpensive too, only under a fiver! I normally just use this in the morning & I use something a little heavier at night. I think I'm on my 3rd bottle now? Love it!

 

5) Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion.

I use this everyday even when I'm not wearing eyeshadow because it helps my eyeliner last longer (I think lol) & it stops my lids from getting oily. Its transparent once its spread out & I think you can get a shimmery champagne coloured one too! I've been using it ever since I discovered it, I'm on like the 2nd or 3rd bottle now. The only thing I don't like about it is the packaging, its pretty but the product gets stuck in places you can't reach, even though they changed the wand which helps a bit but it would still be better in a tube or something!

Thats all for now. Let me know if you wanna see some more like fav foundations & stuff but I think this post is long enough for now. What are some of your fav products?

Spacey nails~!

Hello~ :) I was feeling quite space inspired today and thought I'd try my hand at a spacey manicure. I've actually attempted this once before but it turned out terrible so I never posted it on my blog :P. I quite like the outcome this time though!

First two photos are taken indoors under natural light, the following two taken under the sun. (Please ignore my horrible clean up, I was getting lazy after all the sponging and the camera makes everything look ten times worse than real life anyway :P)

I have never used to many bottles of nail polish in a single mani before, haha. I started off with Ulta3 black satin for the base colour. Space design sponged with:

Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Diamond and Ruby diamond
China Glaze IDK and 2Nite
Ulta3 antique copper
OPI Princesses rule

I topped off the design with L.A. Colors Star light and sealed it all with a top coat.

Whew, what a number of polishes! :P This is happens to be my 100th post and I can't believe I've stuck around this long to blogging! Thank you so much to everyone who finds interests in my manicures ;).

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

New Year Giveaway winner!

Hello~ Firstly, thanks to everyone who entered, I'm glad you like the polishes I'm giving away ^^. One negative aspect which I didn't encounter in my first giveaway is the vast number of people who thought they could get away by entering multiple times. I absolutely despise cheaters and while I let it slip this time in the off chance that you thought you hadn't filled out the form, I will not tolerate it in future giveaways. The google forms are so much easier to work with and I'm really upset that people use it as a chance to enter more than once. I will be specifying clearly in future giveaways that you can email me if you forget whether you've filled out the form or not so that multiple entries will be (hopefully) limited.

Anyway, enough of the rant! I used random.org to draw the winner and the winner is...

CRAZYFORPOLISHES

Congrats ladies, I've sent you an email so please check it and reply with your mailing address! Thanks again to everyone who entered and especially to my new readers, I hope you'll stick around :).

~Sharon

Stylish Blogger Award

yeah i got tagged

a big thank you to http://beautyshades.blogspot.com for tagging me on this award. check out her blog she's got a lot of cool swatches and nail arts. again thank you you're such a doll. kisses

There are some rules that goes along with this award:

1. Thank and link back to who gave you the award (check out their blogs above)

2. Share 7 things about yourself

3. Award it to 15 recently discovered great bloggers

4. Contact these bloggers to tell them about this award

Here are the 7 things about me

1. i'm so damn obsessed with WINNIE THE POOH and right now my collection for pooh stuffs has started to grow bigger.

2. i got SEVERE INSOMIA which is really bad because it weakens my immune system a lot.

3. i'm a PICTURE FREAK well who isn't? i love camera and i love taking pictures a lot. whenever depression attacks, my camera is my best friend and it really do helps me a lot.

4. i love playing LOGICAL GAMES such as sudoku, rubics cube, puzzles and a lot more. 

5. i'm a CERTIFIED KIKAY  but i also love to dress like a man. i wanted to see myself as a man and sometimes i even acted as one and DIE-HARD DESIGNER my room has no permanent arrangement and style i always find my self rearranging it and making new styles, i cut my old shirts and pants and make a new design out of it and a lot more. is so damn love ART.

6. i have a ICHTHYOPHOBIS or THE FEAR OF FISH 

7. i've got a SPECIAL GIFT from God and when i say SPECIAL it is indeed SPECIAL (like seeing things before it actually happens)

here are some of the great bloggers that i just met

1. http://www.nonakednails.com

2. http://3dnailart.blogspot.com

3. http://www.emeraldsparkled.com

4. http://www.roseylicious.com

5. http://fillmyheadwithglitter.blogspot.com/

6. http://www.rina-alcantara.com/ 

7. http://sarahlovesnails.blogspot.com/

8. http://prettyfulz.blogspot.com/
9. http://hueandme-jan.blogspot.com/

since i'm new in blogging i can't award this to 15 great bloggers for i only got a few and some already had this award (and i think some of the blogs that i tagged had already received this award)

again thank you for this award.

kisses

POTD: Metallic Decals with a twist

Hi everyone

WARNING: If you hate Feet please stop scrolling (LOL!)

Just wanna share you dolls my Pedicure, just got my toenails trimmed 'coz i accidentally broke it. I hate it when i bumped into objects which causes my nails to break plus it hurts too. waaa but it's ok actually my toenails grows faster than my finger nails (boo!!) i used a water slide metallic decal for this design.

wondering why i called it metallic decals with a twist? well it is because when you turn off the light.. it will glow. i used  the Wet 'N' Wild: 1139 Night Glow as its top coat and tadahh..

with a low light

no lights at all

don't you love GITG polishes? waa i want to collect some more gitd polishes but unfortunately it's not available in the philippines. well that's it for today hope you like it. thanks for droping by

Kisses

Mummy may I funky french

Hello :)~ My nails are finally growing out of their broken state, yay! Unfortunately my left index finger suffered the worst breakage and still hasn't fully recovered yet so no photos with it included for now :P. Below is two coats of China Glaze Mummy may I?. I then applied Orly Matte Vinyl for the tips.

I realise many people don't bother clicking on photos for larger resolutions (myself included!) so I thought I'd try posting photos in larger sizes instead. What do you think of the larger photos; like/dislike?

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon