Maurice's Magnetic Polishes

I love the store Maurice's. It just adorable. Everything is teal, cute, and women's fashion. Mostly they just sell clothes, shoes, & accessories. I've seen that they had nail polish for sale before, but it wasn't anything to write home about. This time they had magnetic polishes. 2 were actually interesting so they made it home with me. $6 per bottle. The bottles do not have any names listed, but they are for sale on the website with names.

"Gray Star" according to the website, actually looks a lot like OPI Not Like the Movies. It has a green/gray/purple duochrome!

What's really cool is that once the magnet is applied, the purple pulls away from the silver.

This is the only picture where I managed to capture the hint of green. You can see it along the edges, that's not just a reflection. ;)

Soooo sparkly.

"Green Star" according to the website.... It's more of a teal in my opinion.

The larger particles are so sparkly!

Each of the polishes comes with a star shaped magnet. The magnet portion pulls off the inner cap with the attached polish brush.

What do you think?

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China Glaze Magnetix - Instant Chemistry & Drawn to You

I bought just 2 of the new China Glaze Magnetix polishes, because as neat as they are... I'm kind of over the hype already. : / I don't see the point of having 3 different brown colored magnetic polishes. So I just bought 2 different purples.

Instant Chemistry here is more of a burgundy. This is 2 coats.

Then I just wanted to see the effect using another side of the China Glaze magnet, and this design didn't come out straight at all. And it really waivered and messed up on the middle nail.

This is the magnet of course, it's a little smaller than I anticipated. But really easy to work with.

Drawn to You, this one is definitely my favorite. 2 coats.

It looks so cool up close and from a distance!

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Magnetix Polish - Blue & Green

These Magnetix polishes can be found at Rite Aid. I went in looking for something else and couldn't resist buying these two. They were $7.99 each. Each polish comes in it's own little plastic box with 2 different magnets in the box. A black one that creates curvy lines and a red one that creates diagonal lines.

 I couldn't find a name on the box or the bottle's label, so I'll just call them blue and green. Aren't they just awesome?! The blue is a nice medium blue that reacts to the magnet to show a navy/blurple color. The green was pleasantly surprising because it reacted to the magnet by showing a deeper emerald color than that in the bottle. Truly lovely. :)

The magnets are easy to use. The magnet is a thin strip enclosed by a flexibile silicone material. The silicone has a notch cut out to fit the curve of your finger. I found it easiest to rest that notch directly on my finger just beyond my nail bed. You hold it steady for 10-15 seconds and the reaction happens.

A close up of each color and the different magnet patterns.

What do you think of these? Have you found them in your local area? I really like the concept of magnetic polishes and the quick nail art that they provide. And I certainly can't wait to get my hands on the starburst magnet in the China Glaze magnetic collection!

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