Nails Inc. Bloomsbury Square

Today is going to be a short post. I just wanted to get something done fast. I have some pictures that I haven't posted yet, and this was one of them. I figured I'd post a purple polish since today is my boyfriend's mom, Jenn's, birthday and she looooves purple.

So this was my first Nails Inc. polish that wasn't one of their magnetic ones. I love how bright it is and the purple and pink glitter in it is amazing. In my pictures it was three coats of this polish. I think next time I'll try layering it over a similar purple that way I can 1) save some polish since these bottles are smaller than the standard size like OPI and 2) it might look a little cleaner. We shall see!

Bloomsbury Square





This polish has small purple glitter with round pink glitter in a clear base. In the shade you can really see the pink glitter, and in the sunlight the pink just helps to bring out the brightness in the purple. Just to warn you, this is a huge top coat eater. It dries matte and very gritty. If you want your nails to be smooth and shiny you'll probably need at least two coats of top coat depending on what you use.

Claire's Magnetix Nail Polish

Hey everyone! This weekend I pretty much attacked Icing looking for those darn magnetic nail polishes everyone keeps talking about. It was so frustrating because they told me that they had them in back, but they weren't sure when they were going to put them out. I checked back everyday this weekend, and finally on Sunday they had still not put them out so there wasn't much I could do. My co-worker had the idea to see if Claire's had any since Icing and Claire's are basically the same store just for different age groups. What do you know, they had two colors left. I grabbed them both! So those are the swatches I have for you today. You'll see my review below.





This is the green polish I got from Claire's it comes with a straight line magnet. The magnet on these were pretty easy to use. They're similar to the ones Nails Inc. uses but they have two of those "stands" (?) to rest on your cuticle.





Here's the pink one that I have. This one comes with the wavy magnet. I really like this magnet, but as you can tell I didn't get it to show up that well. My pinky came out the best and that's probably because I did that one last. I think next time I try to use it I'll be able to get the technique down.

What I really like that I've found from the magnetic polishes is that the formula is very thick so you don't need more than 2 coats for it to cover your nail. That's really good, but also that means I have to be a little more careful when applying. I also thought the brush had a weird shape to it, but maybe that was just my bottles.

Essie Navigate Her Spring 2012 Collection Swatches

Today I have for you Essie's Spring 2012 Collection, Navigate Her. It's a great mix of bright and pastel-like colors. I was very excited for this collection, and if you look at the swatches you'll see why. Click the Read More button to see the rest of the swatches!



Navigate Her