Houses of Parliament

The third them of September’s Nail Art Ideas Linkup (NAIL) is Games & Apps. What a fun theme! There were a lot of things swirling through my mind: Dance Dance Revolution, Ghost Radar, Zuma Blitz, Scrabble, Angry Birds… the list goes on and on! But there is one card game that I’ve been playing obsessively lately and it’s a Nook app called Aces Spades made by Concrete Software, Inc. I’m not dissing Barnes & Noble or the Nook, but most of my Nook apps are a wee bit lame. But this Spades game is just too fun! It’s a nice basic version of four-player Spades, it’s glitch-less, and I love the color scheme and ‘feel’ of the app. It almost looks a little gothic. Here’s a couple screen shots of the game so you can see what I mean.

Check out my sexy partner Julian played by the computer!

I really like this blue, gold and purple color scheme.

For this nail art I’m wearing:

♠ OPI Unfor-greta-bly Blue with some black sponged on top

♠ the yellow accents are Sinful Colors Pull Over with some Julie G Metallic Heels mixed in

♠ the purple accents were made with a magnetic polish called Houses of Parliament by Nails Inc.

I kinda love the trio of colors here! And I’ve never used magnetic polish for an accent nail before. I’m really happy with the result! I’ll definitely have to try that again, especially since my big stash of magnetics are all sitting in a box unused! So what do you think of my Spades nail art? Did I capture the essence of this app at all?

View the other Games & Apps themed nails right here … or enter your own design up until September 22, 2013:

Do you love magnetic polish as much as me? Here’s a swatch of nails inc. magnetic polish called Houses of Parliament. The polish initially goes on a medium greyish purple and once the magnet hits it changes to dark purple. It’s kinda vampy and edgy and looks just as great in the shade as it does in bright lighting. The magnet that’s built into the top was so strong that it actually pulled some of the polish up off of my nail- I quickly learned not to hold it too close! I’ve reviewed another polish from this collection called The Strand which was a really pretty blue, but Houses of Parliament seems to have a different formula…

This one takes forever to dry. Maybe it’s because my 2nd coat was thick, but the surface of my nails still felt tacky after an hour. The polish also dried weird and had the tendency to shrink back or even rub off if you touched it. I got some crazy tip wear right from the get-go! And within 24 hrs I had A LOT of tip wear. Oh well, this won’t prevent me from wearing Houses of Parliament again. Magnetic polishes are fun for when you want an awesome-looking manicure without having to fuss. To top it off- you’re pretty much guaranteed to get some compliments and/or questions about your magnetic nails! 🙂 And don’t we all love when people look at our nails?