NOTD: China Glaze Drawn to You

I was on a magnetic kick this week back at the end of February, apparently. This one is from the China Glaze Magnetics collection - the Magnetix II collection is already available online & in stores soon too by the way, and I like the colors but really am looking forward to the magnet with 3 more different designs.

This particular color I had a bit of trouble, I remember having to redo several nails & you can see a little bit of a blemish on my index finger where the magnet either touched or just pulled up the polish too much, Anyway, this is China Glaze Drawn to You:

I still love the whole magnetic look, but I never did get through wearing nearly all that I bought - & never got around to swatching the THIRTY Nabis that I bought either.  Yeah -30 bottles of magnetic, at what I considered a very reasonable ~$70 on ebay for the whole lot.

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: Color Club Hipnotic - Magnetic Force Polish

I picked up some of the Color Club Magnetic Force polishes at Hot Topic, and then I started seeing them all over the place - under the labels of different brands! If I recall, Finger Paints didn't even bother to change the names of the colors, and I saw another set of dupes from another brand that doesn't come to mind right now, but come on - come up with your own stuff polish companies!

This was another favorite, both for the juicy berry color, and for the design that I ended up doing, by holding the magnet at alternating angles every other nail.  This is Color Club Hipnotic from their Magnetic Force collection:

I did take one vid of this but upon review, it being an extremely dreary cloudy overcast crappy day it didn't really do the polish even as good of justice as the pics, so I skipped uploading it.

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: Layla Black Metal Magneffect Polish

This one I remember very fondly & I do have something to say about - it was at the time, and still is, my favorite magnetic polish that I've worn to date.  The contrast is just so dramatic & as you will be able to see in the PiM (Polish in Motion), it's 3-dimensional & just generally awesome.  Layla Black Metal Magneffect Polish:

Here's the vid:



I have, at this point, a ton of magnetic polishes.  And while I have yet to wear many of them, I think this one will reign on top for quite a while =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Guest NOTD: Orly Wandering Vine (?) + China Glaze Oxidized Aqua

I have a pretty good memory for my own manicures - I am not quite so good with what my mom has worn LOL, and that's why the question mark disclaimer.  But I have this (rather large) box of all the polishes I have pictures to edit for, and these were in there so I'm pretty sure I've ID'd this combination correctly - a base color of Orly Wandering Vine topped with China Glaze Oxidized Aqua:

More (much more!) to come =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: The Evolution of Zoya Holly

It's discouraging when I get behind on things.  And then that leads to procrastination.  And that (obviously) leads to falling even further behind.  I've had a few people ask if I've stopped blogging, and a few others suggest that maybe I should stop blogging.  But I'm not & I won't & I'm re-dedicating myself to getting caught up with this *ahem* nearly 6 month backlog of pics.  And I'm starting today so that July isn't a month with no posts at all.

In an effort to speed things up a bit, I'm not going to be labeling my pics with what kind of light they're taken in anymore.  I think for the most part you guys are pretty used to the 4-5 kinds anyway - the natural lamp, camera flash, shade, sun & occasionally overcast.  I may or may not start doing it again once I'm caught up - we'll see when I get there LOL.

I started with a beautiful green, Zoya Holly:

To which I then added Finger Paints Flecked for some flaky goodness:

And for my final day I topped it with Warpaint Beauty Mattify:

Here's a look at it in motion:



And that's that - if I had more to say at this point I've unfortunately forgotten LOL.  And that may be the case for a lot of these, since they are so old ... but even with nothing for me to say I think they speak for themselves =)

Thanks for sticking around - and thanks for reading.

~Colette