It’s important to apply the magnet soon after you paint your nail, because the polish dries quickly.  The magnet is in the cap, and it has a small curved tray that you fit on your cuticle to hold the magnet in place.  I did one nail at a time to ensure that the polish wouldn’t dry on me.  I loved the results!  The chevron stripes create a tiger eye appearance, with the color shifting depending on the angle of the light.

What are your favorite magnetic nail polishes?  I am tempted to try the new Color Club magnetic glitter shades!

~ Allison ~

I’m trying out a new gallery style of displaying photos – what do you think?  Please click to zoom!

Thanks for reading!

~ Allison~

My fiance and I are undertaking a massive apartment decluttering, and so it’s time to let go of some nail polish.  See anything you like?  I am open to negotiation, especially if you’re buying in bulk!  Unless otherwise noted, these are all brand new or have been used once or twice.  Please click on the photos to zoom.

L to R: Ying’s Color (like Kleancolors) Holo Yellow, $1.  Claire’s Gold Glitter Top Coat, $3.  LA Colors Golden Treasure, $0.50.

L to R: L’Oreal Metalico, $1.  Sally Hansen XTreme Wear Golden Child, $2.  Hard Candy Splendid, $3,

L to R: Brucci iCharlie, $2.  Sally Hansen XTreme Wear The Real Teal, $2.  Sally Hansen CSM Grass Slipper, $5.  Ying’s Color Holo Green, $1.

L to R:  Sally Hansen Crackle Overcoat Distressed Denim, $2.  Kleancolors Jazz Olive, $1.  Sephora My Personal Serpent, $3.  Essie Bobbing for Baubles, $4.

L to R: Nicole by OPI It’s Not Me It’s Blue, $3.  OPI Ink Suede $3, Jordana Blue Flash, $0.50. Sally Hansen XTreme Wear Blue Icing, $2.

L to R:  Sally Hansen HD Color DVD, $2.  10 Spellbound, $1.  Milani Totally Cool, $3.  Sally Hansen CSM Problem Child, $10.

L to R:  Sally Hansen XTreme Wear Plum Power, $2.  Sally Hansen InstaDri Lovely Lilac, $2.  Sephora It’s Bouquet with Me, $4.  ORLY Fowl Play, $10.

L to R:  10 Chocolate Kiss, $1.  New York Color Canal Street $1, Fantasy Makers Purple Potion $2, Rose nail polish in purple, $0.50.

L to R: Wet N Wild Under Your Spell, $0.50.  Wet N Wild Sleepwalker, $0.50.  Sally Hansen XTreme Wear Pumpkin Spice, $3.  Sally Hansen XTreme Wear, Fireberry Red, $3.

L to R:  Sally Hansen HD Byte, $2.  Maybelline Express Finish Ltd Edition Autumn Leaves, $3.  OPI The Show Must Go On!, $4.  OPI DS Bold, $4.

L to R:  Snowman/Blue Cross magenta glitter, $2.  Sally Hansen XTreme Wear Red Carpet, $2.  Sally Hansen CSM Downtown Rubies, $3.  Claire’s Dazzling, $3.

L to R:  Sally Hansen CSM Rockstar Candy, $7.  ORLY Rock the World, $9.  City Color “reddish purple,” $0.50.

L to R:  Sinful Colors Cross My Heart, $1.  Sinful Colors Tapping Nails, $1.  Sally Hansen XTreme Wear Caribbean Coral, $2.  Nicole by OPI OMB!, $3.

L to R: Pumpkin/Blue Cross Blacklight Reactive orange, $2.  Sinful Colors UFO, $1.  New York Colors Pink Promenade Creme (80% remaining), $0.50.  Sinful Colors Pinky Glitter, $1.

L to R:  New York Colors 207A (80% remaining), $0.50.  LA Colors Sparkling Fuchsia, $0.50.  LA Colors Aztec Orange, $0.50.  LA Colors Gold Nugget, $0.50.

L to R:  ORLY Beverly Hills Plum, $3.  Wet N Wild 9021 Orange, $2.  Fingerpaints Cordur-Orange, $3.  Prevail Concrete Jungle (pink holo), $6.

L to R:  Sally Hansen CSM I Pink I Can, $4.  Prevail I Have an Audition, $5.  Sinful Colors Shirley & Buddy, $1.  Sinful Colors Star Fish, $1.

L to R:  Essie Tart Deco, $5.  Essie True Love, $5.  Sally Hansen InstaDri  Snappy Sorbet, $3.  Confetti Pa-Pa-Razzi, $1.

L to R:  Revlon Sweet Nothing Rendez-Blue, $2.  Revlon Sweet Nothings Lilac Lingerie, $2.  Fantasy Makers Creepy Pumpkin, $2.  Brucci Glisten to Me, $3.

L to R:  Simply Irresistible Dawn, $0.50.  OPI The Grape Lakes, $7.  10 Birthday Suit, $1.  New York Color Gramercy Glitz, $1.

L to R:  Pure Ice Spitfire, $2.  Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope, $1.  ORLY Twilight, $7.  Jordana Lilac Hearts, $0.50.

ORLY Holiday 2011 candy cane set: mini bottles of Androgenie, Ma Cherie, and Oui.  $10.

Color Zone gift set of 3 full-size chunky glitter holographic nail polishes: blue, green, pink.  $5.

Nutra Nail Gel Perfect UV-Free Gel Color.  Complete set, never opened.  In Moonstone.  $8.

Sally Hansen Color Quick Chrome in turquoise chrome, with blue nail polish pen.  $5.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects nail polish strips – limited edition Halloween 2011, Spun for You (silver spider web foil pattern).  $12.

Nicole by OPI Mini Hit-Makers – Justin Beiber mini nail polish collection.  I’m a Beleiber, One Less Lonely Glitter, Give Me the First Dance, Prized Possession Purple.  $13.

Nail Fraud nail decals (20 included) in Army Brat.  $6.

I will ship via Priority Mail flat rate boxes, packaged securely with plenty of bubble wrap.  I will ship internationally as well; if you let me where you’re located I can give you a shipping quote.  And as always, let me know if you have any questions!

~ Allison ~

~ Allison ~

Then for some extra glitter I added a Halloween pumpkin polish.  It’s silver glitter with larger black hexes sprinkled in.

~ Allison ~

Wet N Wild Rain Check is a bluish grey pearl polish.  While there’s a hint of duochrome in the bottle, it doesn’t show up as strongly on the nail.  The consistency is watery and three coats were needed.  But the color is so delicate and moody that I didn’t really mind.  It really does remind me of a rainy day.

Essie Lapiz of Luxury – a periwinkle blue creme that has a jelly feel. Despite the watery finish this one covered pretty well.  This is three coats.

Mattese Elite Lapis is another jelly blue.  This one has more of a greenish undertone.  This one is so unique, I just love it.

And another Essie – Smooth Sailing.  This is another periwinkle blue, with the addition of feathery silver flakes that add some depth and sparkle.  A very sophisticated, summery shade that would work well as a pedicure polish.

This next polish is a franken I made!  It was my first attempt at mylar flakies, which, let me tell you, are not pleasant.  I bought some iridescent turquoise blue flakies at Ricky’s but they were a bit too large for nail polish.  So, I used some nail scissors and cut them down.  What a tedious process!  I’m still picking flakies out of my carpet a month later.  I dumped them into a clear base with a few drops of Milani blue holographic nail polish for some shimmer.  I believe there are a few drops of Sally Hansen Fairy Teal in there, too.  This is one coat of my lumpy franken over two coats of Brash Electric Sky.  It reminds me of mermaid scales.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Marine Blue.  I’m not sure if this is discontinued?  It’s HTF at the least I think.  As you can see the polish consistency wasn’t very thick and tended to thin out at the nail tips.  I hate that.  I also got some bumps but that’s my fault for not letting my layers dry enough.

And the SH as compared to NYC Empire State Blue.  They are very close but not dupes.  I actually preferred NYC’s formula; it was easier to work with and covered better.

Nicole by OPI It’s up to Blue.  I believe this is a Target exclusive.  What a frustrating color.  I bought it shortly after falling in love with OPI Brand New Skates, hoping that it would be a close cousin.  Well, it was and it wasn’t.  Although the foil is very similar – shifting from blue to violet to gold – I had a nightmare of a time with the formula.  So streaky and sheer.  I almost wanted to take it off and start over again.  This is my semi-decent attempt at a manicure.  Next time I’ll avoid a headache by painting this over black.

Let’s see some dark blues, shall we?  This is LA Colors Craze Blue Lagoon.  Steely without looking black.

China Glaze First Mate.  A pretty, well-behaved creme – no complaints here.  I felt positively naval wearing it.

Then I added a coat of Revlon Blue Mosaic glitter.  It contains mainly light blue hexes with a few large kelly green and silver ones thrown in.

Brucci Heavenly Julia is a grape-tinged dark blue – dare I say blurple?  Anyway it is perfection.  So juicy.

Fingerpaints Easel-y Entertained.  This is a unique blurple microglitter…

Layered over ORLY Royal Navy, a blue glass fleck.  This one is almost electric, it has a lot of depth.

Kleancolor – I forget the name of the shade.  Actually this brand is called Mak3 Color, a dollar store version of Kleancolors.  Cool dark navy with a jelly finish.

Thanks for looking!

~ Allison ~

The green and the purple glitters have a colored base which allows them to be layered up to opacity.  I used three coats each.  By contrast, the rainbow multicolored glitter has a clear base, so it’s meant for layering.  I can’t wait to try it over black.  Lastly, the fuchsia polish is a jelly with more of a microglitter inside.  Since it dries with texture I would recommend using a topcoat for more gloss.

~ Allison ~

Glitz & Glam is a rose and silver glitter in a red base.  Three coats will give you complete, streak-free coverage.

And here’s how Glitz and Glam looks compared with OPI DS Bold (pictured on nails).  While they share similarities they are not exact dupes.  G&G is slightly darker/less pink, with finer glitter.   I actually preferred the formula on the Revlon, as well.

And Mistletoe is a grown-up blackened golden olive foil.  This is three coats as well.

Mistletoe doesn’t really scream “holiday” to me, but I think it’s a lovely color for fall/winter wear.  Glitz and Glam is definitely more party-ready!

~ Allison ~

I love the concept of holographic nudes because they look all demure and tame indoors.  Then in bright sunlight, bam!  Their true star quality comes out.

You could call this a work-safe holographic.

~ Allison ~

This is Pumpkin orange and black bar glitter – the nail polish that comes in the super cute pumpkin-shaped bottle.  I used two coats on top of CG Idyllic, a burgundy-based duochrome with a gold/green shift. P.S. What’s the difference between “bar” and “string” glitter?  Or are they synonyms?

Mattese Elite (ME), a brand sold by Ricky’s – I can’t remember for sure, but I think this is called Purple Sky.  It’s a dirty dark eggplant that leans towards grayish brown in certain lights.  This is a good zombie color I think!

Wet N Wild “Craze” Inferno.  Wow, look at that glow in the bright sunlight!

Brucci Black Emerald is one of my favorite colors of all time.  It’s black, it’s green, it’s heaven. Good color for a witch or swamp monster!

LA Splash Crimson Tide is a dripping bloody red glitter for vampire vixens.  Due to its dark red jelly base it builds up nicely in 3 juicy coats.

Kleancolor Golden Nightmare has a funny name.  I agree with the nightmare part but “golden” sounds too angelic.  It’s a black base with greenish gold glitter.  It’s very bumpy on its own and begs for a solid topcoat.

It reminds me a little of China Glaze It’s Alive meets Nina Ultra Pro Mossy Britches.

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Sally Hansen XTreme Wear Pumpkin Spice is an orange glitter with a brown jelly base.

Here’s how it looks matte.

Sinful Colors Serena and Chloe, an orange glass fleck in a jelly base.  This one is so pretty.

Then I used some crackle on top for extra Halloween flair.

~ Allison ~

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