Full nail water decals

Hello~ :) As promised in my previous post, here's my attempt at using the full nail water decals from Viva la nails.

I chose to use the Burberry patterned decal first. Application was pretty simple, you simple dip the strip into some water like other types of decals for 10 seconds and then gently slide it off the backing. What I found the most difficult to work with was that the decal took a really long time to dry and as a result moved around on my nail quite a bit. The entire mani took me close to 2hrs to finish, although this can also be attributed to my inexperience with applying it :P. I'd say with more experience I'll be able to do it in half the time.

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What do you think of these full nail water decals? I think they're a nice change to the nail polish strips which are being released by other companies although I haven't experienced using them. With more practice, the nail decals should be easy to work with, you just need to be patient with drying time before applying your top coat.

~Sharon

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May haul

Hi everyone~ Yes, this is finally another haul post! I really haven't been feeling the nail polish collections since China Glaze's Anchors Away collection which I hauled waaay back in February. However, a few weeks ago I found a seller on ebay who sells Zoya polishes at a pretty reasonable cost and combined with cheap shipping costs, who can pass on that? :)

I also found Essence polishes being sold in Target awhile ago and couldn't resist getting Choose me hehe.
Zoya Dannii, Faye, Ivanka, Gemma, Mimi

Viva la nails also offered some full nail water decals for bloggers to review. I received the following sample pack~ I'll have a review of one of the decals up soon! :D

What do you think of the recent nail polish collections? Anything I missed and should be looking out for? :)
~Sharon

Weekly Nail Blog Round Up

Hello~I'm sleepy and drowning in assignments :(. But anyway, onto the nail blogs.

Stacie was inspired by Prada S/S 2011 http://kawaiinailart.blogspot.com/2011/05/blue-and-white-china-pattern.html

Lena is having a clear out – fancy grabbing a bargain? http://thestudentsguidetonailpolish.blogspot.com/2011/05/updated-blog-sale-barry-m-nails-inc-no7.html

The Nail Addict created this juicy water marble design http://thenailaddict.blogspot.com/2011/05/orange-water-marble-design.html

I had fun with smashing my rainbow http://polishinfatuated.blogspot.com/2011/05/shattered-rainbow.html

Grace was inspired by Lagerfeld to create this design http://ooooohpretty.blogspot.com/2011/05/nails-fit-for-harvey-nichols.html

Nic was absolutely besotted with Absolutely Alice http://nicnacksnails.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-finally-tried-it.html

Jen let her sunny disposition show with her new Zoya http://moondancerjen.blogspot.com/2011/05/pippa-my-new-obsession.html

Theresa explains exactly what Shellac and Gelish semi-permanent polishes are http://theresabloor.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-are-shellac-and-gelish-nails.html

Ling Ling tried a cool tie-dye manicure http://wuliaonails.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-haul-and-tie-die-haulter-top-mani.html

Avast me hearties! Claire tried out OPI pirates’ collection and the wicked silver shatter http://toptwentynails.blogspot.com/2011/05/opi-pirates-of-caribbean-with-silver.html

Ari use pastels for a cute nail art manicure http://ari-sweetdelight.blogspot.com/2011/05/pastel-cute.html

~Sharon

Alluring courage

Hi~ :) I'm lame and decided to combine the two polish names to create my post title. Hopefully my mani sort of redeems this post :P. I was in one of those 'I dunno what to wear but want to polish my nails' mood and so opted to go with a shade which I have the most number of polishes - purple. Actually, I've never counted but I'm assuming I have more purple than any other shade since I'm a purple lover. Maybe that's something I can do next time I'm bored...hehe :P.

So anyway. Below I have two coats of Ulta3 Allure on my nails and China Glaze C-c-courage on my thumb and fourth finger. C-c-courage was the very first China Glaze polish I ever wore and it also made its debut in my first and second posts of this blog :).

I applied a nail sticker which I received from Born Pretty Store and added a rhinestone and pearl to my middle finger. I quite like how this mani turned out, despite having no idea what to do in the first place!

What do you think of the mani? And more importantly, are you a purple lover? :D
~Sharon

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The one that got away

Hi everyone~ Gee, this is late for me! I don't usually post at 12am in the morning but I'm procrastinating and don't want to go to bed. Lol, how bad is that? .__.

I have a lovely polish to share in this post though. OPI The one that got away is a part of their recent Katy Perry collection. While I'm not a fan of the singer, I do have to say that I'm loving all the polishes from this collection. Amazing! Shown below is two coats of The one that got away. I'm really happy with this polish, it dried so quickly and was really opaque! As you all probably know by now, I'm not a huge fan of red polishes because I feel they draw too much attention to my hand. But wow, this one is a beauty. I just wish the gold flecks could have transferred better on to the nail.

Here in the macro you can see the almost hidden duochrome from red to purple. I couldn't stop holding my hand in different angles to look at the duochrome :P

And a bottle pic because it looks so pretty.

~Sharon

NOTD: Royalty Nailart

Hello Everyone,

been busy these past few days, i'm a bit worried about my ojt and some of the id's that i need for my future work. still haven't got my birth certificate yet and it's really annoying because i really really need it. am about to turn 22 this june and still i haven't got one yet. dayum. Well anyway, so much for that annoying thing. just wanna share this Glittery Holo polish of Claire's. again, this is from my lovely friend Tiff. i'm so hooked up with this polish. i super duper LOVE this polish, i love the glitter and the holo so much *drooling*  this is one of my lemmings and thanks to Tiff, i've got one. YAY!!

my camera can't really capture the beauty of the polish. can't show how beautiful it glitters and the awesome HOLOness aww.

2 coats (next time will make it 3 coats LOL)

glittery love awww

it also kinda looks like a nail foil for me, so i decided to stamp with BM08 for the crown in the ring finger and BM19 for the circles. got this idea from my friends nail art work, Johanne. thanks sis for this one.

Blurred to show the beauty of the Glittery Holo

So that's it for today,hope you like my work.

thanks for reading

kisses

A shattered rainbow

Hi~ :D I'm pretty happy with the way this mani turned out although it did wrinkle on me a bit. I was in the mood for a new mani and couldn't decide on a colour so I decided to combine them :). And of course I had to reach for my Black shatter to spice things up. I tried applying it with various strokes to make it crack differently and I love how it turned out! I freehanded the heart on my middle finger, that's why it looks a little lopsided. Overall though, I'm quite pleased with how the mani turned out.

Polishes used:
Ulta3 lily white for the base colour, spring blossom, black satin
Orly Fiesta
Essie Turquoise & Caicos
China Glaze First mate
OPI Black shatter

After layering with Black shatter I did find First mate to be a little too dark. Oh well, there's always next time :P.

~Sharon

Weekly Nail Blog Round Up

Apologies for the delay in posting this!

Jen created a gorgeous gradient manicure http://moondancerjen.blogspot.com/2011/05/gorgeous-glitter-gradient.html

Claire’s tutorial shows the simple way to do a half moon manicure http://toptwentynails.blogspot.com/2011/05/moon-manicure-tutorial.html

Nic celebrated finishing the school year with some swatches http://nicnacksnails.blogspot.com/2011/05/recent-notd-swatches.html

I showed you my adventures in drag marbling http://polishinfatuated.blogspot.com/2011/05/drag-marbling-take-two.html

Grace had some fun with glitter to great effect http://ooooohpretty.blogspot.com/2011/05/oooooh-glitzy.html

Ladyluck took a break from her nails this week and created an eye look http://ladyluckbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-makeup.html

Theresa has a gorgeous nail design http://theresabloor.blogspot.com/2011/05/nail-desing-of-day-gelish-fade-with-3d.html

And finally introducing Erin to the blog world http://sugarstar.host-ed.net/blog/

~Sharon

Nailart Contest Entry Please do vote for me

hello everyone,

remember my wedding nail art design? i posted it a couple of days ago. i was in doubt on joining at that time but then after a few days i decided to join in and submitted the same entry. (sorry for posting it again)

to vote please do visit and like this page
Awesomenails

and my entry. mine was entry #3

(click the photo)

your help will be very much appreciated. thank you so much

NOTD: Peace and Kisses Nailart + my very first international swap ever

Hello Everyone,

Isn't it that today is said to be "The Judgement Day" and the world will end at around 6pm? so that means we only have until 5.59pm today to blog LOL. well, i don't actually believe on that thing 'coz only God knows when the world will end. just keep on praying for guidance God will never leave you behind. well anyway, so much for that thing, we all know that lately the world was lacking out of peace and love. there's a lot of bombing, threats, terrorism and war which is not good because a lot of innocent people dies. so as a Filipino youth, i made a simple nail art to reach out to the people all over the world. lets all have PEACE and UNITY, and spread some LOVE and KISSES.

for the base color i used 3 coats of Orly: Space Cadet, stamped with BM07 using a Yellow Konad special polish and a Pink Konad special Polish for the BM02 image plate. i also love the shiny and glossy finish of this art thanks to Seche Vite and hey, everything that i used in here, starting from the base coat unto the top coat, i've got it from a swap.(and almost everything was my very first and only bottle) here's what i've got during my swap with my Lovely friend,  Tiff of yardsticks4lunatics (this was my very first international swap ever too).

yummy easter treats, bm plates, cute buffer, a decal and sticker, garfield socks, and lots of great polishes
*giggles*

i've been worrying for this pack for a week,i didn't receive any notice from the P.O yet (OMG!!) and it's over a month, but good thing all those waiting stops. after receiving the notice i immediately went to the P.O to pick it up. YAY!! feels like an Advance birthday gift and i'm so so so so so HAPPY!!! *can you feel it LOL* 

Thanks tiff =)

and oh, a few weeks ago i also received an early birthday present from my pretty friend, Gelyn. yay lots of early gift hihi.

so that's all for today, this was quite the longest post i've ever did ('coz its the end of the world!! Kidding)

thanks for reading and i hope you like it

Kisses