Right about the time I was evolving into the polish fiend I am today, magnetic nail polish was a hot thing... then for a few years now, it most certainly wasn't. Well, since the amazing magnetics from Russia showed up, this business is now very much back on-trend, with multichromatic magnetic polishes now blowing the doors off several shops lately.
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| indoor, bright CF lighting |
Tonic made Zeppo as one of the December 2017 customs for the Multichrome Madness facebook group. It's a super deep not-quite-black base that's full of this luscious plum wine magnetized shimmer - plenty pretty on its own even if you don't feel handy with the magnet, but since it's the colors that are drawn to the magnet, the effect is galaxy-like bright patterns on a black background.
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| indoor, CF lighting |
But wait, there's more! That plum wine shifts nicely over to bronze, then gold, then picks up a bit of green at extreme angles, all really striking on that black velvet frame.
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| outdoor, late afternoon bright sunlight |
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| indoor, window-filtered daylight |
But wait, even more! As if the shifting magnetic shimmer wasn't BAM enough, plenty of starry cobalt blue flakies shine out of this, too. The flakies are nice and smooth, no poking up off the nail. They get lost in the shimmery flash in bright sunlight, but are gorgeously visible in shade.
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| outdoor, late afternoon daylight |
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| indoor, window-filtered daylight |
Inspired by
some gorgeous effects a fellow blogger magicked into being, I've pulled out one of my older pattern magnets (this one from Sinful Colors) instead of using the more typical neodymium magnet of the type Tonic was selling to go with the polish. The magnet's pattern is this asterisk-star, I didn't hold the bar magnet over the polish 4 times!
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| indoor, bright CF lighting |
I'm wearing 2 coats here, with my usual magnetic technique working just fine for me. I've described it before in other posts, so just the short version here:
- Paint basecoat then a thin first layer as normal, and go ahead and do cleanup to give that 1st coat time to dry.
- Painting one nail at a time, apply a thick coat of polish and immediately apply the magnet for 20 or more seconds, until the nail is well on its way to dry
- When done, paint topcoat on one nail at a time, and immediately apply the magnet in the exact same position for a repeat round while the topcoat dries. Skipping this step means when you apply topcoat, the design gets re-wetted, and will soften up a lot resulting in a more broad and blurry pattern instead of crisp lines.
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| outdoor, bright sunlight |
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars. I love polishes with different features in different lighting, and this complex beauty is no exception. It's nicely responsive to the magnet, and doesn't at all require the super strong neodymium ones to get a solid effect. Typical for super dark polishes, edgewear was noticeable after a couple days, but there was no chipping or issues with application.
Where to buy: since this was a one month long group custom, it's not expected to come back. However,
Tonic does have another magnetic multichrome in the shop now, so grab that one too!
~Michelle
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