Showing posts with label magnetic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magnetic. Show all posts

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Updates & China Glaze Pull Me Close

Whoosh!  My absence hasn't been so much from school being too much as it is life in general being busy.  I went to Wisconsin to visit my BFF Britty and her new adorable baby, who just so happened to be my Valentine, hehehe.  I just got back on Tuesday and had a test that night, I'm still wiped from playing catch-up from being gone for a few days but it was nice to get out of NJ and clear my head and spend some time with a dear friend.

I just want to get on my soapbox for a minute and rant about one of my most prominent grievances: I hate commuting.  I live about an hour from my school and go three days a week.  I take night classes because 1. I function better at night and 2. Traffic.  There is traffic going to school, but my school is towards the city.. and everyone commutes home from the city at night so I don't have as much traffic to deal with if I went earlier in the day.  I feel like I spend soooooooooooo much time in the car.  I take double period classes, so they're 2 hours and 45 minutes but I'm seriously out of the house for about 6 hours because of the commute, parking and the walk to class.  That is all. I could rant for days, though, you know me, lol.

Another update is I have reached the 250 follower mark (and uh, a little beyond, too!) and I intended to hold a giveaway when I reached that milestone.  I mentioned in my Blogger Appreciation Giveaway that there would be another one soon.  Plans are still a "Go" as far as I'm concerned, I just need to figure out what to giveaway.  I promise - I haven't forgotten!

On to the nails, China Glaze Pull Me Close:


"Natural" Light

The mani I have for you today is an utter disappointment.   Yea, it looks cool but ugh.. it was such a pain in the ass.  This is a one handed mani, meaning I never did my right hand due to complications.  To start, I don't think magnetic nail polish is for those with a deep C-curve.  Mine is pretty serious:



Well, that's a weird angle.  But it is hard to get a flat magnet to work with such curvy nails, ya know? I know I know, roll the magnet with the natural curve. It took about 4 tries per nail to get an "acceptable".  No base color, so it didn't take as long as it could've.  Luckily I think most magnets are opaque enough to be used on their own.

I couldn't get the chevrons or star to look decent so stripes it was.  It was time consuming and polish was wasted.  I love the effect but I couldn't do it on my right hand, no matter what I tried.  I ended up giving this away to a friend a long with my Layla Magnetics.


"Natural" Light

Flash


Such a damn shame! All of the attempts on my right hand looked like my pinky or thumb; just really weak.  My middle finger looks the best, but just to remind you that was about attempt number five.  I don't think its the company's fault because I had the same problems with the Laylas.  Oh well, one trend I suppose I won't get to relish in is all!

Monday, October 24, 2011

AveYou Haul + Essie + Magnetic Nail Polish

First we'll start with my aveyou haul!  Their warehouse (?) is about an hour from where I live, so I got it the next day! THAT WAS EXCITING. I used my kgb gift certificate code thing and after all the math is done, I spent around $40 on $80 worth of stuff! WHOOO!  Aveyou.com still has a code you can use, "GiveMe15", without the quotes, and you'll get $15 off a purchase of $75 or more.  The code is good until January 2012.

On to my pretties!

Warm & Fozzie - Excuse Moi - Ski Teal We Drop - Teenage Dream








Da Bush - School of Hard Rocks - Changing Lilac - Turquoise Wave


I have two from that haul to show you now.  The first is Essie School of Hard Rocks.

3 Coats. Easy!
Then I got bored and decided to put Turquoise Wave over it.  This was my first time using the magnetic polish so it's not perfect, but I like how it came out!


It's so cool in real life! Ohmigod it looks 3D.  When you move your nails back and forth and stuff, it looks like you're looking at something with those dorky glasses. Love it! Easy application, easy to figure out, my pinky was the first shot - can't you tell?  I love how it looks.  These were $15.50 each so I will not be buying anymore, probably ever. But I'm glad I got two pretties to play around with now.

What do you think of the magnetic nail polish trend?