Layla Magneffect Nail Polish

Silver Galaxy was my favorite of these four polishes. It creates a silver and black 3d effect, with silver glitter throughout. It is interesting that the magnetic quality doesn't disturb the glitter and it is evenly dispersed.

Black Metal creates a black and silver 3D effect.

 Metallic Sky creates a sky blue and navy blue 3D effect

Blue Grey Flow creates a silver/gray, and blue/black 3d effect.

These polishes are so fun to apply, and the look of the 3d effect is definitely better in person. There is a line on the cap that is a good guide for how you want your design to appear. Hold the cap with the line horizontally across the nail bed for horizontal lines, or angle it slightly for the diagonal look. I used one coat on all of the nails, and then on the second coat applied the magnet for about 10 seconds to each nail as close as I could get it without touching. It may seem intimidating at first, but the process actually goes by quickly. If the design isn't as you wished just polish another layer on the nail and try again. That worked great for me.

I purchased these from AVEYOU. The retail price is $15.50 per polish, but remember to check for coupon codes online. I also received  a cute mini tote bag with my purchase. This is definitely a fun new trend in polish that I am glad I could try.

Orly Mineral FX Collection Fall 2011 : Rock Solid, Stone Cold, and Rock the World

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Rock Solid is a sparkly gray shimmer polish, with holographic glitter. It is my favorite out of the collection. As with any holographic glitter, the sparkle is hard to photograph. The swatches are three coats.

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Stone Cold is a royal blue shimmer with a smooth finish. The swatches are three coats. It's so lively and blue. I love it.

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Rock the World, I honestly dont know how to describe this color. For sure it is a shimmery duochrome with gold. But the main color is a mauve, reddish, fuschia, magenta, type color. It is fascinating none the less.

The Orly FX Collections polishes are all so sparkly and shimmery, and if you see one in your favorite color pick it up if you can. They all need  three coats for me to reach full opacity, but are a joy to look at and wear. These are available at Sally Beauty Supply at a retail price of $8.99.

Chunky Nail Polish : Halloween Glitters

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 A sky blue polish full of sky blue and silver glitter, with silver hexagonal glitter. The application was smooth. I used three thin coats for the swatches. The finish is gritty and a thick topcoat would help.

All of the polishes had this label, or this label underneath a label, that read Pumpkin Nail Enamel.

A black creme polish with silver glitter, and silver hexagonal glitter. The application was smooth an it was opaque in two coats. I used three coats in the above swatches. The finish was smoother than the above blue glitter polish. 

An orange and black bar glitter in a clear base. The bar glitter was fairly sparse. I used three coats to get enough bar glitter to my liking, over a white polish for contrast.

An iridescent hexagonal glitter, with silver moon glitters in a clear/gray base. Unfortunately, as with many cute chunky glitters, the moons and glitter are very hard to get to with the brush. I managed to get one moon per nail. Actually the effect is cute, and the finish is satin.

All of the brushes were surprisingly good, and made for easy application. There were bins full of all different colors of glitters, and glow in the dark polishes. I found these polishes at Meijer in the seasonal section for a retail price of $2.49 each.

Fun Halloween Flakie Find

I found this flakie polish in the seasonal section of Meijer Grocery store. The collection also had bar glitters, moon glitters, circle glitters, glow in the dark glitters, and more.

This polish doesn't have a name included, the sticker on the bottom reads Chunky Nail, but so did most of the other glitters in the collection I purchased. The base is a sheer purple jelly, and the swatches are two coats over a purple creme polish. The base contains flakie and regular glitter that has a purple, blue, and teal shift! The flakie glitter is also iridescent. The polish was slightly thick and the flakie glitter was sparse with the first coat. The second coat seemed to add plenty of flakies. To top it all off, the retail price is only $2.49.

Ozotic Pro Elytra 529

Ozotic Pro is an Australlian brand, and their offering Elytra 529, is a multichromatic glitter topcoat. It is suggested to use layered over a black polish. The swatches above are two coats over a black polish. The multichrome flashes primarily navy blue and purple. At angles plum, copper, blue and violet are noticeable. The finish and application is smooth. The polish is darker and less multichromatic than Elytra 528, but still unique and beautiful. I purchased this polish from Picture Polish. At the current time their shipping to the U.S. has changed, and the price is very high. There are a few websites in the U.S. that I just learned sell these polishes and other Ozotic Pro shades. One store is at shop.llarowe.com for $17.50. 

Glitter Week : Icing's Tiger's Blood and Epic Winning

Warning!  Objects are more glittery than they appear.

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Icing Tiger's Blood is a bright coral jelly polish with gold, coral, and iridescent shimmer. The formula is very thick which made application a slight challenge. Adding some Seche Restore would help to thin the formula. The above swatches are three coats.

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Epic Winning has a clear base with blue, silver and holographic glitter packed in. It would need to be layered over another polish for opaque coverage. The above swatches are three coats. The fine silver glitter made for typical messy glitter removal.

Icing polishes are only sold at Icing stores in shopping malls and the retail price is $4.50 a piece, but there is usually some kind of sale with the purchase of multiple bottles of polish.

a-england: Holographic Beauties Lady of the Lake and Tristam

Hello! Today I am covering two beautiful scattered holographic polishes from the U.K. brand a-england.

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Lady of the Lake is a royal purple scattered holographic polish, two coats.

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Tristam is a navy blue scattered holographic polish, two coats.

Just like many fellow nail polish addicts, I am always on the hunt for new and unique holographic polishes. These offerings from a-england make a great addition to any holo lover's stash. Lady of the Lake is a true royal purple, which is hard to find in holographic polishes. Tristam is also my first navy blue holo. I have searched far and wide for as many blue holos as I can get my hands on. I have only come across sky to medium blue holographic polishes, never a true blue or darker. So I am very happy to own this polish. The swatches above are two coats. The formula is thick, but applies easily and the finish is smooth.

A-england polishes are available at http://www.a-england.co.uk/ at a retail price of 9.00 GBP, or about 14.77 USD. Dollars for 0.4 fl. oz. Shipping to the U.S. is 4.00 GBP approximately 6.56 USD. Word around the Twitterverse is that their next collection will feature a green holo! Keep an eye out on their Twitter for more information.

China Glaze Metro Collection: Westside Warrior, Concrete Catwalk, Trendsetter, Skyscraper

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Westside Warrior is an army fatigue green cream polish, two coats.

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Concrete Catwalk is a deep shark gray cream polish, two coats.

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Trendsetter is a mustard yellow, with a slight green tint, and fine gold shimmer, two coats.

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Skyscraper is a sheer navy blue base with silver shimmer, three coats for opaque coverage. Layer it over a navy polish to use less coats.

China Glaze Metro is part of the Fall 2011 collection. All of the polishes above have a smooth even formula, and the only one that needed three coats was Skyscraper.  Trendsetter, Weekend Warrior, and Concrete Catwalk were all fully opaque in two coats. They are available at Sally Beauty Supply at a retail price of $5.99.

China Glaze Cracked Metals: Oxidized Aqua

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China Glaze Oxidized Aqua is a sky blue metallic, shimmery crackle polish. It is bluer and less silver than it appears in my pictures. The pictures are with a topcoat added. I used Oxidized Aqua over Rescue Beauty Lounge Under the Stars, a navy blue cream with aqua blue shimmer. China Glaze Metallic crackles are available online and in store at Sally Beauty Supply at a retail price of $6.99.