Cracked Steel Me

You might remember this post, where I've swatched (almost) the whole collection on nail tips. Steel Me was the one which appealed to me most so I finally painted it on my nails. I used the alessandro magnet to "make" the pattern but it didn't turn out very well, probably because my nails are quite curved. Another thing is that I was underwhelmed (probably because of the almost non-excisting patterns).
I painted an accent nail with L'oreals Star Magnet in Magnetic Prune- I used one coat each and because I didn't like it as much as I tought I would, I decided to take out Isadora's Spraycan Blue, the blue crackle polish.

and here it is with a thick coat of Spraycan Blue

and the glossy version with a topcoat

Some of you might've noticed it, but I've made a facebook page but always forgot to mention it here-
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China Glaze Let's do it in 3D

Hey there :)

I was going through my folder with unpublished NOTD's and stumbled across this holo-polish. Let's do it in 3D is from China Glaze's Kaleidoscope Collection released a few years ago (not sure how long exactly, but I think it was from Spring 2008/9?). It is a stunning grey holo, with a scattered pattern. Let's do it in 3D looks best in direct sunlight and is truly mesmerizing.
I used two coats for full opacity and like all holos, I didn't had any problems with the formula or brush. And I didn't use a topcoat because some may dull the holo. The drying time was above average too which makes it even better.
You can click on the pictures to make them large to see more of the rainbow-effect :)
little warning: lot of pictures ahead

Essence Metallics Nail Polishes and playing around with them

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Essence recently came out with magnetic polishes and there are currently 4 in their Metallics LE. The LE was released this month and some places were sold out soon (or at least the stores I visited). I am not sure if it will be released in the US, but let's hope for the best.


I feature the polishes in my giveaway where the winner of the 2nd price gets to pick one of them.

There are 5 shades in but the 5th one isn't magnetic and I already have a lot of similar colors that I already own so I didn't buy it. Here some bottle pictures:

And I held a (kitchen) magnet onto the bottle and you can see this pattern:

 And some nail tip swatches (I used the essence magnet):

As you can see the second pattern doesn't see very flattering, to me it looks more like ugly ridges on your nail. And I swatched them in the same order like the bottles above. Then I played around with some kitchen magnets (I used Steel me on all 3 nail tips).

You can see that the round magnets are more different than the flat magnet on the left.

Here are some tips that might help you with these polishes:

• Shake the bottle before painting each nail if you really want to be sure that you'll get a pattern on your nails. I know it may cause bubbling but most of these polishes have quite a thick formula and are opaque in one coat.
• Place the magnet really close to you nail but not too close so you'll smudge your manicure.
• Paint each nail at the time because once the polish is dry, the magnetic effect doesn't appear.
• Do thicker coats if the pattern doesn't appear.
• If you have a stronger magnet, and don't know what kind of pattern it "does", hold it onto the bottle and you'll see it.
•  For funsies, play around with different magnets, you may even have one that does a star pattern.

My winnings from Polished Love Affair and a sparkly Notd

Hey there :)

A few days ago I got my winnings from Kristine from Polished Love Affair. She also included some extras from my wishlist :D

So, here they are:

(the chocolates are gone by now ^^)

with the M2 image plate in it.
Thanks again Kristine, I love all the things you picked out :)

And the sparkly Notd, Pure Ice Strapeless, which I got in a swap from the lovely Ange :)
I used two thick coats and a nail sticker I got to review from Nailene.

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Holo week - Day 5, China Glaze Glaze Let's do it in 3D

Hey there :)

Two days till the finale of my holo week :D. But today's all about Let's do it in 3D from China Glaze. It's from their absolutely "rocking my socks off" Kaleidoscope Collection. It's a grey holo and still is amazing in lower lights. I used 2 coats, no topcoat.
Another thing that I've experienced is that the printing on the bottles isn't sticking to the bottle anymore, I've pointed it out on this pic (click to make it larger to see it better):

(the letters c and h are already missing and the artwork is too :( )

I couldn't leave it like that so I used some nail stickers from Viva la Nails, which they've kindly sent me some samples to review.

and a close-up of the stickers:

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