Second St. Patty's Day Nails

I love this magnetic polish. I have posted it before, and in this magnetic pattern. Some things you just like, you know? :) It's Nails Inc in "Spitalfields" and I used my China Glaze magnet. This polish actually comes with a fishnet pattern magnetic, but I'm not a fan. It is very weak and just looks blah to me. So, I go back to what I know works, and what I like. Is that bad? Then, I bought a ton of water decals on Amazon...the seller, I can't remember. I bought them before xmas and bought like 3 sets. They were dirt cheap, like 48 for $5.99 or something. They had all sorts of holiday themed metallic designs...snowflakes, shamrocks, easter eggs, stars and stripes, etc...so I went with one of the shamrocks just as an accent. The brand of decals is Fuji. Again, I have no idea of the seller or if this is a retail brand, or that sellers brand, or what. The packaging only has the directions on it, no distributor, no "made in" whatever country, nothing. I love water decals though. So easy to work with, they can have multiple colors in one design, and they don't smear like Konad-type stamps. Now I still love Konad stamps, don't get me wrong, but you gotta love the simplicity of water decals. Have a great Wednesday!

Nails Inc Leather Effect

Hi everyone! So this is Nails Inc Leather Effect in "Noho". It is a texture finish polish, which seems to be the trend right now...like the OPI Liquid Sand polishes. This is a black on black finish. Even though it comes in one bottle, it seems like a regular polish with a matte glitter finish. The "base" color is like a smooth and shiny black, and then the "top coat" is totally a matte black glitter. Of course you are not supposed to use a real top coat on this polish because it would remove the finish. The kit with this color also has lots of rhinestones and 4 awesome skulls that are metal and encrusted with rhinestones. The only drawback is that the skulls are a little large, and my nails are WAY too curved for them to lay flat on the nail. Seriously, it's like I had a two-by-four laying on the surface of my nail. I think you could very easily make a Franken like this. Take black polish and add black glitter until the finish is that of a super hungry glitter. The kit was $19.  They also have one in a beige/taupe color. I got mine online at Sephora. Have a great Thursday!

Hampstead Gardens

I'm always in search of a yellow polish that I can pull off with my skin tone. So far I've had no luck. While shopping online, I noticed that Sephora had this Nails Inc color on clearance, so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

By itself, it reminded me of all those great 70's kitchen appliances. Also, in indoor lighting, it almost looked nude on me...Am I mustard color? I decided to jazz it up a little, make it more "Autumn" and used a brown gradient effect. This is actually in outdoor, natural lighting. Looks kind of weak, I know, but the weather is not cooperative as the remnants of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaac close in. The color is called "Hampstead Gardens" and I used Konad Princess polish in Brown for the gradient. This is actually a plate by Bundle Monster and not the sponging technique. I like that plate, and actually was the reason I bought the set in the first place. I don't know how I feel about the polish overall, but it's a unique color to have around. I only needed 2 coats and it dried to a smooth shiny finish, top coat not really needed.

I like this fall theme....

Magnetic polishes are not new. I have used this one and have posted it before even. It's Nails Inc "Spitalfields". I was liking the effect of the last post that the magnet created. It's funny how the same polish can look so different with a different magnet pattern.