Release the butterflies!

I'm heading to an SCA went tomorrow and wanted to make my mani a little flashy for the occasion.  I planned on a gradient but was pulled into the springiness of Monarch nails!  What's springier than butterflies and sparkles?!

I'm shocked at how easy this is.  Props to Rachel of WaddupRachel for her tutorial! I clearly didn't follow it exatly, but I was heavily inspired by her.

Polishes:

Color Club Magnetic Force Electro Midnight (underwear)

Sinful Colors Love Nails

Zoya Tart

OPI Swimsuit... Nailed It

F21 Love & Beauty Black Nail Art Pen

F21 Love & Beauty White Nail Art Pen

Challenge - Striping - Reverse Gradient

Striping is one of my favorite polish techniques because it is so universal. I popped my head into r/redditlaqueristas for a bit of inspiration and immediately decided the reverse gradient striping needed to happen. I'm shocked at how relatively simple it was!

My collection still needs some work so I ended up using my Magnetic polish for the blue but I love how it looks not magnetized!

All in all, this was a simple and really awesome look!

Magneato!

Recently, I had done some searching for the right magnetic polish and come to the conclusion that it wasn't the best investment for the novelty.  While they are super cute when done correctly, most reviews I'd read said they were difficult,  time consuming, and overpriced.  I figured I would wait until I caught it on some kind of super-sale.  

ThinkGeek started carrying the Color Club Magnetic Force line and Mr. Husband stumbled upon it while shopping for t-shirts.  Not knowing that I'd resigned myself to being magnetic polishless, he surprised me with Electro Midnight!

I'm just in love with this polish! The application clearly isn't perfect, but I had been expecting the worst of all magnetic polishes based on the reviews I had seen.  The magnetic effect of this is strong and the application was a breeze.  Plus, the magnet in the cap is PERFECT for preventing you from rubbing it all over your nails on accident. I really couldn't be happier with it!

I'm a little disappointed that I took pictures before clean-up as after clean-up I forgot until I'd already had some not-so-sexy chipping.  I'm not sure if that's the seche's fault or mine for being so careless!