When holo and leopard meet

Hi everyone~ :) I've been a total slacker and haven't even started studying for my next exam, how good am I? :P Instead, I've been relaxing and watching lots of drama, hehe. And painting my nails :) I really liked how this mani turned out, too bad I somehow wrinkled it.

The polishes I used in the mani:

Color Club Wild at heart

Ulta3 black satin, gooseberry

Glossyblossom nail art striper in white, violet

Wild at heart is such a gorgeous holo and the awesome thing is that it's so opaque in one coat. I applied two out of habit but if you're careful, you can save this beauty and get away with one coat :). The photo below shows what it looks like in the sun. I can hardly remember what the sun looks like anymore, it's been raining so much here. And it's supposed to for the rest of the week too... :(

What do you think of this mani? I'm quite pleased with it and will try other combinations in the future too :D

~Sharon

Holo and glitter, what more can you ask for?

Hey everyone~ :) I just finished typing up my notes for an upcoming exam and feel like rewarding myself for having a super productive day hehe. Below is two coats of Ulta3 black satin with two coats of OPI Last friday night layered over it. I applied two coats of Color Club Revvvolution to my accent nails. Every time I pull out Revvvolution to wear, a huge smile spreads across my face. It's definitely my favourite holo of all time!♥

And in the sun, when my mani comes to life haha. Look at all that colour from Revvvolution and the beautiful glitter!

I loved this mani so much that I wore it for three days! :D

~Sharon

Soft as cashmere

Hello everyone~ It's winter, it's winter, it's winter! Well, almost. Brrrr, the temperature sure is dropping here in Australia. So what better time to show you this polish than now? :P Color Club Soft as cashmere is a pretty greige shade which I love and don't own many bottles of.

From the vault~ Two coats of Soft as cashmere and sealed with a top coat. I need to pull this out and wear it more often now that it's (almost) winter! :) Photo is taken under the sun.

Have a look at my Thank you-Sorry giveaway :) here if you haven't already!
~Sharon

Review: High society

Hi everyone~ Today I'm showing you my go-to-workplace nail polish, I love it loads! :) I started a part of my prac this week and since I had been wearing Color Club High society the entire week, why not review it?

Shown is two coats of High society, taken after four days of wear. As you can see, there's no tip wear or chipping, just a little bit of nail growth. By the end of five days, I was mighty sick of the polish but it was still in it's original condition, beautiful and glossy - I actually had half a mind to leave it on!

Application: 9/10
Chipping: 10/10
Price: 8/10 (I purchased this at transdesign.com)

Please have a look at my Thank you-Sorry giveaway here!

~Sharon

Some more layering with White Cap :D

Hello~ :) I know I said life is getting hectic in my previous post but I'm so proud of how productive I was today that I'm allowing myself to blog. Honestly, you have no idea how much I usually procrastinate. Weirdly enough, I got a lot of work done at Uni so here I am! :D

Below is two thick coats of Color Club Coastal creme, taken under artificial light with flash. I would have probably done better with three thin coats, but I'm lazy like that :P

I got bored of this really quickly and so layered on China Glaze White cap the next day. I love how subtle but pretty this made my mani look! Photo taken indoors under natural light.

Right, time to return to my studying hole now! :(
~Sharon

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

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

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

Water marbling with holos

Hello~^^ I tried water marbling the other day with some holos; lets just say that they dry extremely fast o__o! I started off with one coat of Color Club's Wild at Heart as the base colour and then marbled with Revvvolution and Wild at Heart. Photos holding the polish bottle are taken indoors under natural light, the other two taken under sunlight.

Left hand:

My favourite nails are the middle and ring fingers~

Right hand:

Favourite nail is the middle finger :).

I'll be going away for the next few days so some scheduled posts should be on the way. Oh, and check out my giveaway here if you haven't already!

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

Entering 2011 with a 'bling'

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a blast bringing in the new year; I spent the last few hours of 2010 playing mahjong with family friends before settling back to watch the fantastic fireworks display. I decided to wave in 2011 with some flashy nails and what better polish can we find than glitter for this? :)

This is three thin coats of Color Club's Magic Attraction and sealed with a top coat. I looooooove this polish and I can't believe it's taken me so long to use this in a full manicure. It's so bling and eyecatching, LOVE IT! I received several compliments on this :).

First photo is taken under sunlight and the following taken indoors with flash.

If you haven't already, check out my New Year giveaway here!

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

Glitter tips

This manicure had been planned out differently in my head, but it didn't work out on my nails and so in my frustration, I applied glitter tips instead :P. I used two coats of Ulta3's black satin and added Color Club's Magic attraction to the tips. The mani was then sealed with non chip top coat.

I like how Magic attraction adds a little bling to the tips; I think I'll use this polish as a full mani next time, it's sooo pretty <3.

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

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

Wild orchid

Phew! I finally handed in my assignment today and thought I'd sneak in another post before I tackle another one. Argh, assignments! Why do they never end?! Anyway, back to nail polish :P. Color Club's Wild Orchid is a beautiful polish from the Untamed Luxury collection released just recently. It is a blue toned light grey filled with awesome shimmer throughout. Definitely very fitting of the wintery weather we had last week!

I applied two coats of Wild orchid and finished with my Ulta3 Non chip top coat. Absolutely adore the subtle shimmer! I bet I'll pulling this out to wear quite often come next winter :).

Don't forget to enter my giveaway here.

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

The official love declaration for...

PURPLEEEEEE! ♥♥♥

Seriously, I don't think I can ever emphasise how much I totally adore purple :). And the NOTD I'm showing you today just knocks me off my feet.

AMAZING. A purple plus a holo?!

Shown is base coat and two coats of Color Club's Wild at Heart. Honestly, I will never tire of this polish. I know I adored Revvvolution and Wild at Heart totally seals my love Color Club's holos. I just need the rest of the holos by this company now ;).

And here it is blurred to really show off the holo. Just look at the top finger! *____*

Thanks for dropping by~
Sharon

Nail art #15 - Spring is upon us

Well, spring is upon us down in the southern hemisphere anyway :P.

For this manicure,  I used two coats of Color Club's Uptown Girl. Then to spice things up a little, I took out my sample pack from Viva la Nails and chose some nail stickers to put on my fourth finger and thumb. To finish off, I sealed my nails with my Poshe topcoat. I love the result loads and the stickers held up really well for the two days I kept this mani.


The nail stickers were part of the free sample pack from Viva la Nails. If you own a blog which posts about nail art or beauty, you too can order yourself a sample pack. You only have to pay for shipping which is £2.95!


Thanks for dropping by.
~shazzii

It's holo lurveeeeee *______*

That's right, I've chosen Color Club's Revvvolution from my haul to try out first. AND BOY. IT IS AMAZINGGGGGG. Can I spam my love? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!

Shown is base coat then two coats of Revvvolution and no top coat. Just look at the holo goodness! :DDD 

Although, I'm not sure if I just got a dodgy bottle, but after awhile the polish became a little thick and it was just harder to apply. No way is this lessening my love for the polish though. I don't believe I've spazzed so much over a nail polish before...but there's always a first time for everything :P.

And once again to show the holoooooooo, this time blurred. Now if this isn't a beauty, I don't know what is! ♥

Thanks for dropping by.
~shazzii

Yes, another haul :)

I was pleasantly surprised that the postman dropped by today, I hadn't expected this Transdesign order to arrive until Friday. Of course, I could hardly wait to start playing with the polishes, but unfortunately I have work due tomorrow which I need to get cracking on :(.

First up, my Color Club haul! Have I mentioned before that all my photos are clickable? Definitely click away to see enlarged photos!

Top row: Wild Orchid, Uptown Girl, Revvvolution
Bottom row: Wild at heart, Soft as Cashmere, Magic Attraction

Aaaaand my first Essie and Misa polishes, not forgetting my huge lemming by China Glaze :D!

From left to right: Turquoise & Caicos, Mummy may I, Dirty Sexy Money


I can't wait to try them all on! I'm really loving what I ordered this time round, and especially, especially eyeing Revvvolution. Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze aside some time for a fresh mani later on today :).


Thanks for dropping by!
~shazzii

Nail art #9

I felt like some warmer colours today and after much thought decided on OPI's You don't know Jacques. YDKJ is a surprisingly darker shade to what I've seen around, but I love it all the same. I love my dark polishes to bits, I do :). I spiced up my manicure with some nail art; not exactly what I had in mind initially, but I like it all the same.

Two coats of YDKJ and three coats of Color Club's High Society. White dots are by Ulta3's Lily White and striping done with Glossyblossom's nail art in White. It isn't as apparent in real life, but wow, that rhinestone on my pinky looks huuuuge o___o.

Like I said, this didn't turn out the way I had planned, but I'm not hating it. I just need more inspiration ;~;

Thanks for dropping by.
~shazzii

To be an upperclassman...

I've been a bad, bad blogger :(. I'm a bit behind on a couple of NOTDs and I just came back with a haul today, so there'll be more posts about them shortly!

So, how to become a part of the upper class? First ladies, you need to be sporting Color Club's High Society. Ok, kidding aside, this polish is such a delight to apply and an even greater delight to wear. I just can't believe I didn't wear this any sooner!

This is two coats with topcoat, although I admit it could have done with a third coat. Under certain lighting and angles there was slight VNL. And a ridge-filler basecoat may have been a good idea too. However, I was absolutely in love with this polish. It is a lovely mushroom taupe crème which I don't own so far, so I am quite a bit besotted with it, lol. If it weren't for the ugly ridges apparent, I may have worn it longer.

Thanks for dropping by!
~shazzii

Color Club - Fashion Addict

Obviously I had to try out my new polishes asap, so I immediately stripped my nails as soon as I got home from work XD. I had a hard time deciding which polish to try first from my haul, but finally chose Color Club's Fashion Addict. I just couldn't resist the holo-ness of this polish.

The polish is a gorgeous light purple, almost pink holo. Shown above is two coats and a top coat. It is so. much. LOVE. Need I say more? The third holo to join my polish stash and I'm lemming for a few more too! This is my first Color Club polish and if all CC polishes are like this, I definitely want more. Burlesque collection, hurry and be released so I can place my next order!


Thanks for dropping by.
~shazzii