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

Essie Go Overboard Collection

Hey guys! Today I have Essie's Go Overboard collection for you. There are three colors in this collection and at first the only one that really stood out to me was the purple, Play Date. I ended up getting all of them and I'm really glad I did! I love them all. Essie has been really surprising me lately with their colors. Click the Read more button to see the swatches of each color!

Nicole by OPI Kendall on the Katwalk

Today, I have Kendall on the Katwalk from Nicole by OPI's Kardashian collection. I only bought two of the colors because they were the ones that stood out the most to me. I bought this one and Khloé Had a Little Lam Lam (I love that name!). I had only been wanting these two colors since I saw the collection, and I didn't think I would be able to get them, butttt I was lucky enough to spot them in a random spot in Ulta (the display didn't have any left so I had almost given up). Anyway, Kendall on the Katwalk is a gorgeous glitter. It has a mix of blue, green, and purple glitter in a sheer blue base. This went on sheer, but built up okay. I used three coats for my photos. A good top coat is definitely a must because it dries kind of dull and also veryy rough.







My camera couldn't really pick up the purple glitter, but you can kind of see it in this picture. Trust me though, it's very aparent when you're wearing the polish. The purple glitter is my favorite part!

I did find that this color didn't want to stay on. At one point my whole pinky nail came off in one sheet. It didn't bother me too much because the color is so awesome something like that won't change my opinion. I might just try a different base coat next time I decide to wear it.

Zoya Haul Today!

Today I had the day off so I decided to go to Ulta and browse around. I found a couple of Zoya's on clearance so I picked up a few. My swatches below are of Pippa, Mitzi, Phoebe, and Dannii. I also got Ali, but my friend Ali from Florida is visiting and leaving tomorrow so I decided I would give it to her. I didn't want to swatch it because it's a gift and that's not very fairrr, but it looks like a nice hot pink in the bottle.

Pippa

Pippa is a nice bright yellow. I don't normally wear yellows, but this one stood out to me. It was streaky at one coat, but smoothed out on the second coat. This photo is two coats of Pippa.

Mitzi

Mitzi was a part of the Mod Mattes collection Zoya came out with this summer. It's a vibrant lime green with a matte finish. I'm not used to wearing matte nail polish so I wasn't familiar with the application. I used three coats of Mitzi to get full coverage in the picture.

Phoebe

Phoebe is another color from Zoya's Mod Mattes collection. It's a bright blue that has a subtle shimmer in it. This made the matte a little harder for me to work with because the brush strokes are very obvious, but nevertheless I really like how bright it is and the matte finish is growing on me! This picture is 3 coats of Phoebe. Everytime I hear this name, I can't help but think of Phoebe from Friends which then makes me think of this little video clip:


Dannii

Dannii is a beautiful purple shade from Zoya. This color has a gold shimmer in it which I loveee. I'm totally a sucker for purple nail polish, and this one has gold in it? You can't beat it. This is two coats of Dannii. I can't get enough of this color. Excuse the bald spot on my pinky, aparently I kept hitting my ring finger on it today lol.

I had a really hard time trying to take these pictures. I had to use my mom's camera, which is 6 years old, because I left my camera in my boyfriends car (whoops). This camera wanted to make every picture blurry and unclear. I'm sorry about the lack of quality, but these were really the only good pictures I had. I should (hopefully) be getting my camera back within a day or so.

First Post! OPI Nicki Minaj

Hello everyone! I'm just gonna make this short and sweet and get to the stuff you actually care about: nail polish. I'm Kim from Connecticut. I'm starting this blog today as a part of my new year's resolution! I'm kicking it off with OPI's new Nicki Minaj Collection. It consists of five outrageous colors and a purple shatter. Here we go...

Did It On 'Em

Here is Did It On 'Em. This is a bright green. A lot of people probably thought it was pretty similar to Who the Shrek Are You? from the Shrek collection from 2010. Its really not though, this color is brighter. The application was pretty flawless. I used two coats for this picture.

Did It On 'Em w/ Super Bass Shatter

This is a coat of the Super Bass Shatter that came along with this collection over Did It On 'Em. I was pleasantly surprised with the color of this shatter even though I can say that I'm pretty over that whole nail trend. The purple you see in the bottle is a completely different purple you see on the nail, and once you add a good top coat it's even better!

Fly

Fly is a bright teal/blue from this collection. It's easily my favorite out of the five. I had no idea how much I was going to like it until I saw it on. The formula on this was similar to Did It On 'Em. No problems at all.

Fly w/ Super Bass Shatter

Let me just say that I love this combination! I think these two colors look so awesome together. I swatched this last, and I kept it on because I liked it so much. I really don't want to take it off, but I have to so I can put on my New Year's mani (pictures coming soon).

Metallic 4 Life

Metallic 4 Life consists of silver hex glitter mixed with silver small glitter in a charcoal/black jelly-like base. This was the only color that I used 3 coats for, but most people could probably get away with 2. I didn't think I was going to like this color, but I do!

Metallic 4 Life

This combination actually looks good. It does kind of look like Metallic 4 Life is covered a lot by the shatter and it doesn't stand out too much, but I liked it. I thought it looked interesting and kind of cool.

Pink Friday

Pink Friday... well, I had to convince a lot of people about this color. Everyone says that OPI has a bunch of pinks that this looks too similar, but let me tell you it's really not. It's different. This color is opaque and easily a two coater. Most of OPI's pinks are sheer, and the ones that aren't are not this bubblegum shade of pink. In my opinion, it's worth getting.

Pink Friday w/ Super Bass Shatter

Just like the other pictures, this is the shatter over Pink Friday.

Save Me

Save Me. Pictures do not do this beauty justice. This color is very flashy and looks awesome when the lights hit it. It consists of holographic bar glitter in a clear base mixed with small silver glitter. This color looks cool on it's own, but it will take a few coats if you are not a fan of VNL (visible nail line) like me. Otherwise, experiment by layering! The bar glitter might make it's way off the edge of the nail and can be annoying and scratchy. Just beware.

Save Me w/ Super Bass Shatter

I was not a fan of this combination, and that's only because the shatter hides too much of the holographic bar glitter, but hey, to each his own, right?


Overall, I really liked this combination. I am in no way claiming to be a Nicki Minaj fan, in fact I know next to nothing about her, but these colors are pretty exciting! The only thing I didn't like was how OPI named the shatter 'Super Bass' instead of purple to follow the rest of the trend of shatter names, but I guess that just goes with the collection.