Jojoba Oil

Cristine of Simply Nailogical recommends this for nail support, she believes it is helpful for growing out your nails.

It is pretty cheap if you buy it pure and not in a fancy container.

It has a just the faintest 'oily' smell, but it is barely detectable.

I like how it feels on the nails, but I think it is making the skin on my fingers a little dry, it gives me little harder spots.
It may be something else but nothing else has changed, so I just pair it with a hand cream.

I haven't had a broken nail in a while now :D


Price: 3.5/5 ($17.70 for 29mL)
Scent: 2.5/5 (virtually none)
Effectiveness: 4/5

Starrily - King Midas

I wanted a gold holographic nail polish.

I'm normally a silver person, but I have fond memories of gold holographic foil from childhood.

I was actually took a bit to find a good gold holo polish, but I got one!

Plus the box it came in was super cute!

This is a clear polish with a decent amount of gold holo glitter.

This nail polish is full of glitter!!
It would be easy to get an opaque coat with Cristine's nail dabbing technique.

I personally prefer a light glitter scattering over the nail.

It makes me so happy to see it each time.

This is really pretty!

Price: 2/5 ($18.95 for 15mL)
Scent: 0/5 (nail polish, don't sniff)
Effectiveness: 5/5

Art break - Thermochromatic Pen

When I was younger, I had a pen which looked black, but changed colour when it was heated up.
The ink itself was just normal ink, but the casing was thermochromatic.
Thermochromatic = changes colour in response to heat.

One way to do this is using liquid crystals (like in your LCD television).

I was reminded of this pen (long since lost in the folds of time) whilst watching SimplyNailogical's thermochromatic nails video.

I couldn't see why this couldn't be applied to a pen casing.

So I grabbed a pen and painted it in black acrylic paint.

I have a million of these pens!

Then I put on two thick layers of Solar Colour Dust liquid crystal paint. (They also sent me a sample of holographic glitter! <3)

Looks so unassuming!

Don't worry, it dries clear!

So far so good!

Finally, a sealing coat of top coat nail polish.

Verdict: I LOVE IT!