Magna-Lilac

Today I have on Layla Magnetic Effect polish in Lilac that I received in my Nail Art Society package. This polish is quite opaque, as the magenetic polishes tend to be, and applied smoothly. I applied the polish to one nail at a time since the magnet is to be held over the nail while it is still wet. I alternated the direction of the magnet on every other nail so that I had vertical stripes on my middle finger and pinkie and horizontal stripes at a slight angle on my index and ring finger. The magnetic effect was pretty strong as well, even though the vertical stripes are a bit hard to see here.

I know these magnetic polishes were quite popular but I've never gotten on board since I prefer other forms of nail art. Did you like the magnetic trend? Was there anything interesting you were able to do with these magnets?

Thanks for stopping by!

~Linda

Neon Barbed Wire

I'm alive...and I'm here with a super simple mani that I am totally loving! I'm had some Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips for quite some time and have yet to use them. Today while straightening out my Nail Room I pulled them out and decided I wanted to give them a try.

I have not yet used any of these nail polish strips so I really was just gonna play with one and then take it off. I ended up liking it (and had nude nails) so I decided to keep the strips as a pop of color and rock some black nails. 

Application was okay but I learned quite a bit on this first attempt and think that my next try will work much better. I have a strong arch to my nails, so it took some stretching to make it fit properly, but it stretched well and didn't have any ripping in the process.

 

 
Next time I will start with cutting the strip to fit properly near my cuticles before applying so that I won't have to use nippers or cuticle scissors to make it fit better. All and all I like them, and it's a crazy easy way to apply some pretty funky nail art that I in no way would be able to pull off with my shaky hands.

I have on two coats of Orly Liquid Vinyl and a layer of Seche Vite on all nails. The Salon Effects were called Hot Wired and I picked these up at 5 Below for maybe 3 bucks.

Have you used these nail polish strips? Any brands that you love or have had problems with?

~Linda

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My Understanding is that if you are purchasing $25 worth of product you can get the 3 polishes for FREE, without paying the $10 charge. Not too bad if you are wanting to get some Zoya polish anyways. Otherwise, you are spending only the $10 for 3 polishes, which would have cost $24 before the shipping of $6.95 therefore it's still a good deal. What will you be picking up? 

~Linda