Glam Slam! England

Hi everyone~ Today I have for you one of the beautiful duo packs from Serena William's Glam Slam! England collection :) With OPI working with so many different people recently, this was one of the few collections which caught my attention. Shown below is two coats of Your royal shine-ness. It's a lovely silver foil which I don't own many of in my stash so it was most definitely welcomed!

I then layered on one coat of Servin' up sparkle. I love, love, love this glitter ♥ It's a silver version of Last Friday night and Teenage dream. Glorious! :D

And under the sun, see the holo glitters come to life!

I can't wait to layer the glitter over other shades. It's going to be amazing :)

~Sharon

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Purple and flowers

Hey everyone~ :) I know I said in my last post I'm sick, but I couldn't resist changing my mani so...yeah :P I decided to combine my favourite colour with my favourite nail art - purple and flowers!

The beautiful flowers need to be credited to Jessie over at Jelly's Nails. Click on the link for a video tutorial! The flowers may look complex but they are basically just 5 dots... :D. Gotta love simplicity ♥

Polishes used:
OPI Parlez-vous OPI?
Ulta3 lily white
Misa Dirty Sexy Money
China Glaze White cap

Oh, and the lovely people over at Born Pretty Store have provided all you wonderful readers of Polish Infatuated with a 10% discount code. Free shipping + 10% discount...I'm thinking I should head on over to buy something - and so should you all! :D

~Sharon

Touring America press release

Hi everyone~ Today I have the Aussie press release information about OPI's Touring America collection. To be honest, I'm sitting on the fence with this one - which is good for my wallet! I like to think of the positives :P

OPI GOES ON A ROAD TRIP

Touring America Collection

Join OPI on an adventurous tour across North America visiting iconic locations such as Hollywood, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans and New York City; and celebrate classic style in this seasons fashionable shades with the new Touring America Collection by OPI. 

The collections' twelve new lacquer shades offer comfortable glamour and wearable elegance featuring next season's must-have grays and taupes, dark eggplants, classic neutrals, chocolates and punchy bright coral, peach and melon tones to satisfy everyone's colour preference. This collection’s palette diversity is designed to complement next season's feminine yet dramatic fashion trends. 

OPI hits the road with these coast to coast classic shades paying homage to America’s unique landscape and cities with rich cultural heritage, the collection’s twelve shades offer comfortable glamour and wearable elegance for nails and toes.

The Touring America collection, make up a rich palette of color complementing trends from the fashion runway, where we saw a mix of feminine details and dramatic stark accessories. 

Travel from east to west with I Eat Mainely Lobster, a rich coral shade only found on the east coast. You will find this pretty rose-pink shade on the map with, My Address is "Hollywood" 

Don’t make me reach back there and take that perfect melon shade off you, with Are We There Yet? And don’t let this gorgeous dark shade of grape pass you by with, Honk if You Love OPI. 

Stop off for a break and some Road House Blues, this R&B shade is true blue. Enjoy your meal with Color to Diner For, rosy-red with a side of awesome.

Buckle up—she’s not stopping until she gets to gray! in Suzi Takes the Wheel. And don’t forget, I Brake for Manicures, a gorgeous eggplant-plum that will have your full attention. 

Show off your sexy grey nails in French Quarter for Your Thoughts. Continue driving onto Seattle where you can climb to new heights in this creamy-rich taupe, A-taupe the Space Needle.

Get in the Expresso Lane in this amped-up dark brown that will never let you down. But you will want to stop the car for this unexpected olive green, Uh-oh Roll Down the Window.

OPI Touring America contains no DBP, Toluene and is Formaldehyde FREE and features OPI’s exclusive PRO Wide tm Brush designed to hold more nail lacquer, spread it more quickly and evenly and deliver a smooth, streak free finish.

Touring America will be available from 1st August 2011, at selected beauty salons, spas, and David Jones nationally, $19.95 RRP incl. GST. For your nearest OPI stockists contact 1800 358 999 or visit www.opi.net.au.

Phew, that was a whole lot of nail polish! Still not feeling this collection too much but maybe it'll change when I see some swatches...especially of the dark ones. I love me some dark shades, hehe :)

~Sharon

Glam Slam! England press release

Hey~^^ One of the nail polish collections which has caught my eyes recently is OPI's collaboration with Serena Williams and producing the Glam Slam! England collection and today I have the Aussie press release info of it!

Get “Unbeatable” Wimbledon Sparkle!

Serena Williams’ Glam Slam! England

The style-savvy athlete and talented manicurist announces yet another collaboration with OPI offering 2 bold metallic shades and a sparkling glitter overlay; colours shades fit for royalty.”

The third installment to William’s collection of lacquers in collaboration with OPI, celebrates the world’s oldest, most prestigious tennis tournament at Wimbledon; Glam Slam! England features two duo-packs filled with sparkle.

Williams states, "Whether I'm on or off the court, style is important. In addition to watching the runways for the latest trends, I think it's important to add my own unique elements and I love experimenting with different glitter shades.”

England’s premier tennis tournament warrants colours with extra glitz and glamour. The next big trend in nails is making lacquer look 3-dimensional by adding different micas and glitters, turning fingertips into jewellery. 

The first lacquer set in the Glam Slam! England includes Your Royal Shine-ness, a metallic silver shade, paired with Servin’ Up Sparkle, a shimmer-packed silver glitter.

The second lacquer set also features Servin’ Up Sparkle, along with Grape…Set…Match, a metallic purple.

The new Glam Slam! England lacquers can be worn alone for a bright pop of color, or layered with Servin’ Up Sparkle to create a textured effect.

Glam Slam! England is available in leading salons and David Jones stores nationally July 11th, $19.95 RRP. For your nearest OPI stockists contact 1800 358 999 or visit www.opi.net.au.

Ahhhh, I'm loving the look of Grape...Set...Match! (although it's a huge pain to type! :P). What a gorgeous looking purple polish! Servin' Up Sparkle looks like a silver version of Teenage dream and Last friday night, which are of course LOVE ♥ Now the decision is: to get my hands on this or save up money? Ahh, dilemma :P

~Sharon

Neon, to fight the gloom

Hi everyone~ :) All last week was filled with rain, rain and more rain over here so I thought I'd fight the gloominess with a bright neon manicure :P.

I used two coats of Sportsgirl Citrus and as with all neons it was sheer, so I started off with one coat of Ulta3 lily white before layering Citrus over it. I applied a coat of OPI Black shatter to soften the brightness a bit ^^

Apologies for the lobster fingers but this was the only photo which showed the true shade of the polish. Personally I'm a bit too afraid of drawing attention to neon shades on my tips so I think shatter/crackle polishes are awesome for layering over them :). What do you think?

~Sharon

A pink manicure

Hello~ :) As most of you know, I'm not a fan of pink or reds on my nails. So I really don't know why I decided to pick out a rare pink nail polish in my stash for this mani :P. I applied two coats of Ulta3 natural spring which is a sheer, pastel pink polish. I then layered two coats of OPI Teenage dream over it, giving it some bling with the beautiful holographic glitter. I had to adjust the photo a bit because the polish came out too light, hence the slightly redder fingers!

What do you think of it this mani? I wore this for one and half days before I took it off. For some reason, I just don't like how pink looks on my nails. Anywhere else is fine, just not for a mani :P

~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

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

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

OPI & Nubar mani + giveaway update :)

Hi everyone~ Woahhh my prac is over now! Time to relax and enjoy life again...not :(. I come back to three assignments all due by next Friday, how awesome is my uni?

Anyway. Today I ditched my work appropriate colours and reached for my dark, vampy purple - OPI Siberian nights. I love this deep rich plum shade which can only be viewed in its fullest glory under direct sunlight. Looks even more beautiful with Nuber 2010 layered over it :). For my accent nail I applied two coats of OPI Meet me on the star ferry.

I took a lot of photos and couldn't decide which one to use so I'll just spam this post lightly with pics :P

In the sun, to show off the glorious plum shade.

And once more, indoors under natural light to see the flakies better.

My Thank you-Sorry giveaway here is ending tonight at 11pm - that's exactly 6 hours and 8 minutes from now! So get your entries in if you haven't already :)

~Sharon

Simple but pretty

Hello~ This nail art design has been done and shown before on my blog, but it's so simple and pretty that I can't help but use it again :). As you can see, I'm still very into layering haha. Sorry, I'm not feeling talkative today. I'll let the photos do the work then :P.

Glossyblossom nail art striper in white
China Glaze Light as air, White cap
L.A Colors Starlight
Ulta3 spring shower
OPI Last Friday night

Have a look at my Thank you-Sorry giveaway :) here, it ends in three days time!
~Sharon

When you're in a rush...

**Thank you blogger, for eating this post up :(. At least it wasn't totally deleted though...**

Hey everyone~ Suede/matte polishes are such useful polishes when you're short for time. They dry extremely quickly and are pretty easy to apply.

Below I have two coats of OPI Lincoln park after dark suede and Zoya Harlow.

Wanting to spice things up, I then added some nail stickers I received from Born Pretty Store.

I finished the mani with a top coat to protect the stickers. Unfortunately they didn't stay on too well this time. This mani didn't even last a day without some of the stickers falling off.

What do you think? Do the polishes look better suede/matte or glossy? ^^ And have a look at my Thank you-Sorry giveaway :) here if you haven't already!

~Sharon

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This layering kick of mine

Hello~ As you may have noticed, I've been really into layering and I can't seem to stop! I love discovering all these new combinations and seeing how the sheerer polishes add a new dimension to an otherwise plain manicure.

This is one coat of Sinful Colors Vela, a beautifully opaque raspberry crème polish. I layered one coat of OPI Teenage dream over it and voilà, another beauty was born :P.

Teenage dream isn't as sheer as Last friday night but I think it's still a nice layering polish.

Check out my Thank you-Sorry giveaway :) here!
~Sharon