MIGI Nail Art Pens

I was asked if I wanted to try these pens out by Jeff at Migi Nail Art. Who am I to say no?? He graciously sent me four pens, black, white, pink, and fine gold glitter. These come in small plastic squeeze tubes you can screw together so you have a double sided pen, which makes storage easier. They have about 40 colors, including a couple glitters and some neons. Migi Nail Art: http://www.miginailart.com They've got some design ideas on their site and a lot of videos on YouTube.

I'm no Nail Artiste. I like my polish simple. But Migi Nail Art pens are easy to use, so I fiddled with them and I think with some practice these could be fun and easy to use. If you unscrew the pen top, you get a normal size nail polish brush. If you pop off the cap you get a hair fine tube which acts as a pen tip. You just squeeze the tube, and polish comes out. The problems can be if you squeeze too hard, or apply too much. The polish has to be relatively thin to get out of the tiny tube, and this means you can get too much on the tip easily. If you wipe it off all the time, that could be wasteful, but I am sure practice and a nearby paper towel would help. I put too much polish on very easily. So while this can probably become extremely easy, it will take a bit of getting used to. My one big complaint: I'd have preferred a thin brush, not the full sized one. It is impossible to get a nice straight line with the pen or the large brush. I was completely unable to make my nail look like a tuxedo top, which I wanted to. I did make my nail look like a tuxedo as drawn by a tired kindergartener, though. I will spare you those pics and show you a few of my other dorkish fumblings. One other large problem: The glitter would NOT come out of the pen. Only the clear suspension polish did. Not good.

These come $25 for an 8 pack, or replacement singles at $3.00. I can see these being great for holidays. I may get a few and make some Christmas nails!

My Gingerbread Man Type Thing:


Assorted Things That Took Zero Talent:

Some New Polish Monkey Junk I Picked Up Today at Sally

I needed some base coat, so I went to Sally to pick up my favorite, Hard Rock. Well when I got it hope, it was open and it had elaked. BUT I did also get some wacky new crap there. They have a new product, little mylar flakes in a number of irridescent colors. They are about $3.50 per jar with Sally card, and one jar will probably last you an entire lifetime. So I bought a few to enjoy.

First thing I did was put a couple on my nails with just topcoat. A bit messy, but not too hard to do. It's not my forte, I am NOT a nail art person, but I had fun. I'd use these on a special day or going to a club or whatever. I doubt I'd do it regularly.

The ones I put on with topcoat:




One over China Glaze Calypso Blue:


A few I haven't tried yet. I'll try them and post pictures maybe next week.