Electro Pop Polka Dot NOTD

Just a quick polka dot notd using all the polishes from the China Glaze Electro Pop Collection over two coats of Spoiled "Visually Slimming". 

China Glaze Magnetix Collection

China Glaze has released a new line of magnetic polishes which consists of six magnetic polishes plus a three pattern magnet that is sold separately that has a starburst pattern, a 45 degree angle stripe pattern and a chevron pattern. I’m really excited that China Glaze has released a magnetic collection since a lot of the other brands that have done magnetic polishes don’t seem as available locally other than ordering online although I have seen the Nails Inc at Ulta recently but at the price tag of $16 so it’s nice to see China Glaze create a magnetic collection at a cheaper cost and full size bottle.

This is the first time I used magnetic polishes so while it wasn’t difficult to figure out it did take awhile to get the method down from trial and error, one of the biggest problems I had was getting the pattern to work on my index finger which is because my index finger has a curved nail while the rest of my nails are fairly straight which is why in the swatches you’ll notice that nail has the least amount of pattern transfer. Also I did find that positioning the magnet further back from the cuticle helped to get the pattern to transfer more evenly and centered on the nail. Other than that I didn’t encounter any problems, the formula on these were great; nice and thick and all of them were pretty opaque in one coat, Cling On and You Move Me were the only one where I needed to apply an additional coat since they were a bit sheer.

As far as application I applied a base coat and then worked one nail at a time with the polish and magnet since these dry fast and you need them to still be wet for the magnet to work and for a more opaque I applied the magnetic polish to my nails and waited for them to dry and then did the same with working one nail at a time with the polish and magnet, also you’ll want to make sure your nails are dried completely before applying a top coat so the pattern doesn’t smear for reference I use the Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Overall I really love this collection, I only wish the magnet were a bit stronger since I did have to hold the magnet over my nail for about 20-30 seconds for the pattern to show up strong and clear and even then I had some problems so I really want to try these with a different magnet to see how much of a difference it makes so I’ll probably pick up a few bottles of the Nails Inc to give them a go plus I really want to try their teal shade, also when I was talking to my husband about these polishes he said he’d bring me home a magnet from his work to try since he works in a calibrating lab and they have strong magnets that they discard out of watt meters so I’m excited to see how that will work.

Cling On is an olive green with light silver shimmer.

You Move Me is a medium golden brown satin.

Attraction is a dark grey with silver shimmer.

Instant Chemistry is a mauve burgundy satin.

Drawn To You is a medium grape purple with light pink and red shimmer.

Pull Me Close is a blue grey satin.

Rainbow Leopard Nails & Cheesecake Bites

I wanted to share a couple of my all time favorite videos/tutorials from one of my favorite beauty guru’s sayanythingbr00ke that I absolutely love so the videos that I have to share with you all are her Rainbow Leopard Nail Tutorial and her Easy Cheesecake Bites Recipe.

Rainbow Leopard Nails

Ever since I saw her tutorial for these nails this has become my favorite nail look to do. Like Brooke mentions in her video I also find the nail look to be very reminiscent of Lisa Frank which I loved as a child especially all the stickers, I was a sticker fanatic, haha.

I also used most of the polishes she used in the video for this look because I have the entire China Glaze OMG set and they are definitely some of my favorite polishes of all time since they’re really beautiful holographic polishes and they do dry really fast so you definitely don’t have to wait long at all between making the stripes. And it’s easy to do even on your non dominant hand for example the picture I have posted below is of my left hand which is my dominant hand and the stripes came out pretty well.

So if you haven’t checked out Konad yet, I definitely recommend it especially so you can create fun nail looks like this one because you will certainly get a lot of complements!

Left to right: L8R G8R, QT, LOL

Cheesecake Bites

The second video I have to share is Brooke’s Easy Cheesecake Bites recipe, if you like/love cream cheese then this recipe is for you! This is incredibly easy to make and the only thing you may need to go out and pick up is an 8oz pack of cream chesse and a pack of crescent rolls and maybe some powdered sugar if you don’t have any on hand.

I’ve made this numerous amounts of times because they are so good and incredibly addictive, haha. I actually made this about a year ago for my mom on Mother’s day since I like baking her cookies so I decided to make this to go along with her cookies and now she asks me to make them for every occasion; for Mother’s day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, her birthday, haha she loves them and she’s actually never tried cream cheese before so they’re definitely worth at least trying. :)

Also I actually omit the vanilla extract from both parts when I make these just because I like the taste better without the vanilla since it tastes more cheese cake-ish, lol.

What you’ll need for reference:

“1 pkg. Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (regular or reduced fat)

1 (8oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened (if you use the reduced fat it’s already soft)

¼ cup sugar

1 Tbsp. flour

½ tsp. vanilla extract

Bake 10-13 minutes in preheated 375 deg. Oven till golden brown. Let cool completely.

ICING:

1 cup (approx.) powdered confectioner's sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

SMALL amt. of milk to spreading consistency

Frost when cool. Refrigerate, preferably overnight for best cheescake like taste. Cut into serving pieces on the diagonal or as desired. Keep cold till serving time.”