Magnetic ~ Spect Stone

Magnetic ~ Spect Stone  

Dark burgundy with scattered holo

I started with two coats of B.O. “Original Nail Envy”. It’s a Chinese polish, it’s pink with silver shimmer and it smells horrible! :D The formula is great though, it applies easily. However, it does dry relatively slowly.

Now let’s move on to the polish this polish is really about: Magnetic “Spect Stone”. Don’t let the name fool you – it’s not a magnetic polish at all. It’s a scattered holo and it’s beautiful.

I taped my nails diagonally across and painted the bottom half of them with Spect Stone. It only took one coat to make it opaque! Then I dotted over the “line” where the two polishes met.

After that I sealed it all up with a coat of Seche Vite, and here’s the final result:

This isn’t as pretty as I hoped for. I must be getting colour blind or something, because the two colours weren’t as good together as they were in my head. I didn’t really love this mani – but that was definitely not the Magnetic’s fault. I’ll give it another go a day where the sun shines, that’s for sure.

 

 

What do you think? Is this a go or a no go? Am I really colour blind, or do these colours go together ok?

Music Challenge 6: Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) – take 2

Music Challenge 6: Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) – take 2

This is my second take on the challenge of letting myself being inspired by the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple. You can see yesterday’s take by clicking here!

 

Today I’m going to do the exact same mani, just with different polishes than yesterday. I started out with two coats of Gosh “Holographic Hero”, which is a strong linear holographic silver. It’s the first time I’ve tried it on, and I’m well impressed.

Here it is, without topcoat:

It was nice’n easy to apply. I used Gosh’ Fix base coat as underwear, and the two coats I used glided on easily without problems at all. This polish dries really fast. When I had done the last nail, the first one was already dry and ready for coat number two. I like that!

I love the rainbows on my nails. I’m not crazy about it in low light, where it just looks like a silver polish, but I can live with it because of all the rainbows I get to see in a good light :)

And now for the “smoke”. I used Magnetic’s “Shimmering Titanium”, which isn’t a magnetic polish, but a shattered black holo. I got it in a swatch with my sweet friend Kvacka from Rainbows and Blues.

I used the same technique as yesterday. I dabbed the black polish on the tips of my nails and dragged the polish upwards with a needle.

Here’s the result. Smoke on the water:

These pictures are all taken in artificial lights, as I haven’t seen any sights of the sun recently. *pouts* There’s no topcoat involved either.

What do you think? Is this an OK take on the challenge? Is it better than yesterday's take, or do you like that one better?

Magnetic ~ Freakin’ Violet

Magnetic ~ Freakin’ Violet  

Dark purple base with green and blurple flakies

I got this polish in a swap with my sweet friend Kvacka from Rainbows and Blues. Don’t let the name fool you, it’s not a magnetic polish. It’s a beautiful flakie, and I’ve been dying to try this on.

The formula is good, although I had some trouble controlling where the polish went. It wasn’t the polish’s fault, but solely mine. Some days are just like that, eh?

Anyway, it only took two coats to achieve the desired opacity and here’s how it ended up looking. I’ve put on a coat of Seche Vite to protect it! :)

It’s obvious to see why they call it Freakin’ Violet. It’s amazingly deep. I wish the sun was out, I’m sure it’s even more amazing in the sun!

Anyway, moving right on. I decided to do a bit of nail art on it. I first used a striper from L. A. Colors’ Art Deco series called “Teal glitter”. I made three striped vertically on each nail. Here’s that step:

The teal compliments the purple and the flakies perfectly.

Next step was stamping. I stamped flowers taken from a unnamed stamping plate from Essence, and I used Barry M’s “Lilac foil” as my stamping polish. I stamped the flowers randomly on each nail, because I like that effect. After the stamping I sealed it all up with another coat of Seche Vite top coat.

 

And from another angle, just because I love this design:

 That’s freakin’ violet, ladies. Do you like it as much as I do?

Opacity: 9/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Buy again: Yes

Nail mail from Slovenia!

I'm in the middle of a swap with a very sweet girl, that has become a great friend over the past months. It's Kvacka from Rainbows and Blues. The swap is not complete yet, because Kvacka's polishes are only on the way to her now. She was so extremely sweet to send me my polishes before I was ready to send hers. So I cross my fingers that her polishes will reach her soon! 

Here's what she sent me. First polishes up are Magnetics. And don't let the brand name fool you; they aren't magnetic polishes at all.

Freakin' Violet, Shimmering Titanium, Spect Stone

Freakin' Violet is the most beautiful flakie I've ever seen in my life! The two others are scattered holographics, and they look gorgeous!!

Next ones up are Deborah Milano Shine Tech polishes: 

56 and 60

That shimmer is just amazing. I will definitely blind people when I wear these! :D

Last ones up; Deborah Milano Prêt à Porter and Essence Fruity: 

Purplish and One Kiwi a Day

These are so great - I simply don't know which ones to wear first. That's actually a returning problem these days!! 

Thank you so much for doing this swap with me, Kvacka! ♥