Enigmatic Rambles

7 August 2019

Swatch: Born Pretty Store - Magnetic Star River Series - Frantic Fire [#43679]*

Born Pretty Store Magnetic Star River Series in the colour Altair and Vega is a holographic, duochrome, magnetic polish. It is part of the same collection as Myriad Star and Altair and Vega. It has lots of different aspects to it which I think makes a great nail art look without actually doing anything. It looks spacey, a good base for galaxy nails.

You do need to use a black base coat to make this pop, which is what I did in the swatches below. You will also need a small magnet to hover above the polish for about 10 seconds to create the look.

Because of all the different aspects this polish is difficult to photograph.

Direct Sunlight - No Flash

Swatch-Born-Pretty-Store-Magnetic-Star-River-Series-Frantic-Fire

Indoors - No Flash

Indoors - Flash

Born Pretty Store - $7.99

6 August 2019

Nails: Pastel Gradient Roses

3 August 2019

Stamping Plate: Nicole Diary 076 (Marble Design)

I bought this plate myself at some point earlier this year.

I lack the skills needed to do any polish on water technique. However this stamping plate should help me to create marble nails easily.

All of the designs stamped across well, they are also designed to fit longer nails on which is helpful for my nails.

Here are some nails I've done using the plate;

[White Marble Nails]

[Lilac Marble Nails]

1 August 2019

Swatch: OPI - Krona-Logical Order

31 July 2019

Review: Born Pretty Store - Nicole Diary - Spider Gel - Black [#46022]*

Born Pretty Store is stocking this Nicole Diary Spider Gel and this is in the colour black. It comes in a sealed 5ml pot. It also comes in silver, blue, white, gold and red.

It is similar to a gel polish in that it needs to be cured using a UV or LED lamp. The viscosity is thicker than a gel, and a lot more stringy which is the 'spider gel' effect.

To use this I dipped a dotting tool in to the gel picking up a string of gel and then placing it over my nail to create a spider gel nail art look. Then cured it in my lamp.