Southern Cross - Born Pretty Elope to Moon, Born Pretty Gel Polish Top Coat, Born Pretty Black Gel Polish, EpicNail Gel Polish Base Coat

We were sent a few items for review, so let's get to it!

[Born Pretty's Magnetic Stick Multi-function Magnet for Cat Eye]

This is Born Pretty's Magnetic Stick Multi-function Magnet for Cat Eye, which can be used a few different ways.

[Left to right: Born Pretty Elope to Moon,
Born Pretty Gel Polish Top Coat, and Born Pretty Black Gel Polish]

Hah, okay, the boxes to the right are empty, I don't have that many nail polishes for review! xD I just wanted to show the packaging looks. From left to right, I have Born Pretty's Elope to Moon from their Magnetic Gel Polish Starry Sky collection, Born Pretty's gel polish top coat and black gel polish. Elope to Moon is a purplish-gray magnetic gel polish. 

[Left to right: Born Pretty Elope to Moon, Born Pretty Gel Polish Top Coat,Born Pretty Black Gel Polish, and EpicNail Gel Polish Base Coat]

We didn't get a gel polish base coat so I'm using EpicNail's base coat here.

And here are the results! Tada!

[Born Pretty Gel Polish Top Coat, Born Pretty Elope to Moon, 
Born Pretty Black Gel Polish, and EpicNail Gel Polish Base Coat]

First, I want to say right off the bat that magnetic nail polishes and gel polishes are all my weaknesses. As in, I'm really bad at applying them. So that this turned out so well is a real surprise to me!

I have to say that Elope to Moon turned out more silver, with no hint of purple, but otherwise, I really like how it looks. Everything cured easily and the result was a glossy smooth finish. The magnet was fun to play with. If you check out the page on Born Pretty, you can see all the various patterns you can get depending on how you hold the magnetic stick to your nails and where you position the stick too. The cross effect was produced really easily and so was the half moon look. I wanted to make a stripe down the middle of my index finger, but I kept shifting the stick to try to sharpen the look and instead, diffused the whole thing, oops. The little finger has a kind of glowy triangle shape to it, but the top edge fades away a bit depending on how you angle your finger. On my thumb, there are two stripes, which again, depends on how you position the stick.

You can actually do all kinds of patterns, even more than what BP shows you, by experimenting with the magnetic stick and using more than one end on the same nail. Go wild! The magnet on this is so strong that it had much more of an effect than what I'm used to, which is why I really like it. Usually, I struggle to get any pattern with magnetic sticks.

As always, you can use our code when shopping at Born Pretty!