Friday, February 10, 2012

Icing Magnetix ~ Blue

Hey dolls! A few weeks ago when I was in the mall, I stopped by Icing to see if they had any of the Magnetix polishes. The manager told me that they were selling quickly and there was only the blue and green ones left (I grabbed them both). While I've been seeing magnetic polishes all over the blogosphere, I knew this would be one trend that I needed to try for myself to see if I actually liked it.

The Icing Magnetix polishes come with a removable cap that holds the magnet. I kind of liked the way the wavy design looked, so I decided to go with the blue polish first. The formula is thick, but easy to work with, and opaque with one coat. I polished one nail at a time, then immediately put the magnet over the nail while it was still wet. You have to be extremely careful to make sure the magnet doesn't get too close, or the polish will adhere to it. That happened to me several times, so I had to apply another coat of polish and try again. The glue underneath the magnet gave a little, which caused the magnet to fall off. I applied a little bit of super glue and it was as good as new.
The pattern came out the best on my thumb, which was the first nail that I tried. I love the science behind magnetic nail polish because it reminds me of something you would see on Bill Nye the Science Guy. I can't really say I like this though. It looks ok, but not worth the effort in my opinion. Maybe magnetic polish has a learning curve like stamping...I just don't think I'll try more of these.

Earlier in the post I stated that I purchased the green/gold Icing Magnetix polish as well. One fan of Refined and Polished is in luck. Head on over to the Refined and Polished facebook page, "like" it, and leave a comment on the picture of the green Icing Magnetix polish for a chance to win it (one comment per person). I'll accept comments on the post until 8p EST on Sunday, February 12. Hopefully one of you will like this trend a little bit better than I did!

7 comments:

Jossie said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I want at least one bottle, of the green gold one or maybe the pink..that shade looks super on u!

Cristina Impoverished said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I really like this combination of blues.Once I saw it, I really regretted having bought the China Glaze polish whose colors are less my style. I'm so sorry to hear you had all these problems with the magnet, though. :o(

BMR said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I still think it looks good. I'm torn with the magnetic polishes in general. I like the idea of them. But I'm not OMG LOOOOVE with it like I am with holos or duochromes. I need to see one in person I think. I do think Icing has the best effect out of them all.

My Nail Polish Online said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

It looks great but I'm not a fan of magnetic polishes myself. I haven't tried them though, and I'm still thinking weather to buy China Glaze's magnetic polishes or not.

KayJay at Refined & Polished said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I love the color, I'm just not as thrilled about them as others were. I won't be getting any of the ChG ones.

KayJay at Refined & Polished said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

The good thing about this one is that the magnet is included. I would've been mad to get one of the more expensive ones and also pay extra for a magnet and not love it.

KayJay at Refined & Polished said... Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

Yeah, the magnet was so weird on this one. The color is very pretty though. Maybe I should wear it without using the magnetic...lol

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