Layla Magnetic Polish

I found these in Sydney in a Price Attack store! I've seen them in US blogs for a while now. They were $19.95 each. I got 2 for my aunt, the purple one is "Velvet Groove" and the other is "Golden Nugget" (but is not very gold at all).

It did take practice to work the magnet. The idea is that you paint it on (and thickly won't matter, it seems to dry really fast and thoroughly) and then hold the cap over the top which contains the magnet. The iron particles will then separate and form the cool pattern.

All the Layla ones here (12 colours) only have a stripe. As you can see I wasn't too fussed about lining it up properly, so all my lines are going different directions.

I found it works best if you hold it at least 10 seconds. Don't need to move the magnet around much, but turning your nail a little bit to ensure all of it gets to be near the magnet surface is a good idea or you will get bland spots near the edges.

It was a good idea to get two because I found it is easier to use the magnet of a polish with its lid on, than to have to quickly try and screw it back on. I suppose you could just hold the brush up, but I don't like the idea of my polish being exposed to air anymore than I need.

CoverGirl Peelers - Snowcone Peel

I'm a bit wary of peel polish, they tend to take a top layer off your nail. And this was no exception. But I really loved the icy blue that was in the bottle. It was hard to get on, just kept on leaving these spiderwebby strings as I stroked it on the nail. Also took ages to dry properly and afterwards it still has a kind of rubbery feel, not a smooth, silky finish. Although that is a novelty itself.

I got this out of a discount store, and there was only one other colour, a very yolky egg colour. Hmmm. This is one coat. I did actually put another coat on the next day for one hand and it was slightly darker, but woe! It just imprinted ANYthing I rested my hands on and didn't dry properly.

Peeling off was in one piece (plus heaps of my nail!) on the hand with two coats, but rather ratty and shreddy on the one coat hand. Still gorgeous colour in and out of the bottle. I liked it, but yeah... I even did a base coat but all it did was stick the base coat to itself. My poor nails!!!!

PS I have never had a snowcone that was this blue silver grey colour!