A week ago I was sent two of the China Glaze Magnetix nail varnishes courtesy of Nail Polish Canada to review! I finally got around to trying them out on my fingernails today, and I wanted to share the results.
These were the two colours I picked out. Instant Chemistry, which I applied to my nails today, a metallic plumb colour. The other is Attraction, a gunmetal colour. All of the polish names are in some way connected to magnetism (Drawn To You, Pull Me Close, Cling On, etc) which I found super cute.
To my knowledge there are 6 different polish colours, which look beautiful on their own, or you can use the 3-in-1 magnet on them, which comes with three design options - star, stripes, or arrows.
Here's the star design on my thumb! It looks gorgeous, especially with this plumby colour.
According to China Glaze, you're supposed to put on one single coat and then immediately place the desired magnet over top of the varnish.. you have to do it quite quickly otherwise it will dry (on the plus side, this varnish dries ridiculously fast). I found it worked best with two coats, and that way you can make sure the first coat is shaped to your liking on your nails. If you're only interested in the colour without the magnetic effect, one coat is definitely opaque enough, and I'm not sure if this is unique to this collection, or due to the fact that I've never tried China Glaze polishes before, but their formula is awesome. It's not gloopy/thick or watery, and one coat applies perfectly sans-mess, and dries fully under a minute.
Overall, I think it's a really interesting concept that I find especially exciting since I've recently delved into the world of obsessing over nail varnishes. Anyway, if you live in Canada, the entire collection is available at the Nail Polish Canada website, and should be available at your local retailer in the US this March!
2 comments:
I just bought Drawn To You, today, and was not very pleased. I tried all of the magnetic designs and the one that worked best were the stripes but that still wasn't the look that was advertised. My star was NO where near yours. I followed the directions exactly & noticed when I applied a thicker coat, it was harder to work. Any tips you can suggest?
I honestly wan't too pleased with the final result of these either. The colours are beautiful, but the fact that the magnet only works successfully with certain colours and vis versa is a bit of a disappointment.
I found this video to be pretty informative as to how to use the magnet well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYjWKddItDw
I'd suggest trying to get the magnet down on top of the polish as quickly as possible and with the pattern that works the most successfully (sounds like it was the stripes). Hope that helps and hope you have better luck the next time you try it out!!
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