31 Day Challenge Day 8 - Metallic

Hey all!

Continuing on with our 31 day challenge, today's nails were metallic! Originally, I did a mani with metallic polishes (which you may see in a separate post) but then I saw that Sarah at Chalkboard Nails used magnetic polishes for her metallic challenge, and I remembered something from my 'manis to do' list and decided to use that instead.

It's a magnetic gradient! As Sarah said, magnetic polishes use metallic particles for the effect so it kinda counts :P. I know I've seen this somewhere before, but I didn't save the bookmark apparently so if you know who I should credit, let me know in the comments!

EDIT: Big thanks to Lani who knew it was at Esmaltes da Kelly that I saw this originally! (Clicky) 

I started with one coat of Nails Inc. Houses of Parliament (purple) and then sponged Nails Inc. Whitehall (teal/green) on top. When I was happy with the gradient, I applied top coat one by one and applied the magnet immediately for the effect. I used a slow drying top coat just in case so the polish wouldn't dry without producing a strong effect.

The gradient was a bit too subtle for my liking but the other contrasting magnetic polish I have has glitter and it's a huge pain to clean up, so I decided against it. Otherwise, I really love the effect! Magnetic polishes are still cool in my eyes, especially since it looks 3D a lot of the time :D.

What do you think? Something you would try?

Remember to visit the other ladies participating for their metallic manis!

-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 
-Mari at Nailista
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles  

Finger Paints Magnetic Nail Color - Electro Midnight for Autism Awareness

I'm back! As you might have noticed I definitely wasn't able to post from my vacations but I did take pics so now you'll be able to see some of the manis I did.

This first one is what I wore on the way to Miami. I went to Sally's the day before because I was out of acetone and I found the Finger Paints Magnetic polishes! I don't know about you, but I hadn't really heard or seen anything about these being released so I grabbed the blue to try it out.

This post is also a two in one kind of deal, it's part of my small contribution to the "30 days of Blue for Autism Awareness" you might have seen on other blogs. I study psychology and Autism is one of the disorders that have always interested me because it has such a wide variety of symptoms and affects people in so many different ways. My fellow blogger at Kimber's Lacquer Korner is participating and has a beautiful post about her daughter that I encourage you all to read.

Now for the polish! The pics are a little weird looking since I took them where I found some random sunlight where I was staying, so just keep that in mind ;)

I have to say I'm in love with this polish! It comes in a bottle identical to the Nails Inc. polishes. I did use the Finger Paints magnet and the Nails Inc. to compare and got a better result with the Nails Inc., but I think that was just user error because I really can't see any difference between the magnets. 

It also has a very good formula and it didn't stain upon removal unless you kept using a dirty cotton ball.

Now I'm off to baby my nails because they haven't had a decent mani in a while, everything I did was always so hurried!

Thank you for looking and see you in a bit!