Battle of the Magnetics

 So look what came in the mail! My New Julep Maven Box, and I had been waiting so long to get try a magnetic nail polish that I already went and bought one by Nails Inc. at Sephora. So now I get to test and compare both magnetics! The Maven box also came with 2 other colours and a pedi creme.

  The Nails Inc colour is called "Trafalgar Square" and the Julep colours are; "Ashley"(the gold), "Parker"(the copper) and "Kylie"(the magnetic purple).

 So let's start the battle!

 So obviously you can see the winner already: nails inc. wins! I had tried the "Kylie" before and the lines showed up more so then this time, I don't know what happened. I followed the instructions as directed: apply 1st coat and let set, then apply a generous 2nd coat and then quickly hold magnet over nail for 10-15 seconds. I kinda got one line on each nail, but they are very faint.

The  "Trafalgar Square" polish goes on nicely, this is 1 coat in the pic. I held the magnet over for 30 seconds and got super thin, defined lines. This magnet is attached into the cap and has a little edge on it so you can press it to your finger and not touch your nail, which is better then the Julep wand as I have very shaky hands when I do my own polish. I had held it on before on a 1st try of it and got thicker ones because I only held it over for 10 seconds.   The lines move around like those "3D" photos you can get where they transform into something else: they move up and get thicker and thinner depending on the angle you are looking at them. 

The "Ashley" and "Parker" were nice, the pic is a bit crappy, I just did 1 quick coat on my nails to see the colours. I'm never a big fan of orange but I do like the yellow, I would like to put some darker gold, maybe the gold from last month's Julep Maven box over and see how it looks.

And finally I tried "The best Pedi Creme Ever!"  and it really is! it has cucumber in it and is very nice smelling, it soaks in pretty quickly and has a very awesome cooling sensation. I'm used to using foot creams that heat up because my feet always hurt, but this is a nice switch up.

Well 'till next post: Mike and Sonya's Shag

I hope someone enjoys the shag prize I donated to them!

-xoxox Mamma S.

Halloween Crabs -- Pet Themed Nails Part 7

Now I know how the title of this post sounds: I had TOO good of a time on halloween. But I can assure you that I didn't get crabs on halloween... it was thanksgiving. Ha! All joking aside, these nails are inspired by my pet crab, Loki.

This is a really bad photo I know, he escaped shortly after and I'm pretty sure one of the dogs ate him.

So seeing as little Loki was my halloween coloured crab, I did some nails that are also nice for halloween(my favourite holiday ever) Today I used Avon "warm black", OPI "rising star" and Milani "wild violet". Once again, the black is awesome, dries super fast and easy to clean up. The wild violet is one of my favourite colours I have in my nail box and the rising star I find is a nice subtle orange rather then something super bright.

I free handed my lines and I think I did a pretty good job

 

Both in natural light and with red eye flash on

Well there you have it ladies and gents, my 7 day pet themed nails! 

I'm going to take a little break from nails for a while and I have some up coming projects to focus on

-xoxox Mamma S.