Mooncat Plant Nyarr Nail Polish Collection

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be taking a look at the indie brand Mooncat the Plant Nyarr collection. This brand is kind of new to me, I mean I have known of them, I just have never purchased from Mooncat before. Originally, they were the brand Live, Love, Polish where they just sold different brands of polish. Since Mooncat had changed their name and brand I have been kind of interested in trying them out, and then the Plant Nyarr collection came out and I decided to finally give them a try, which they did not disappoint. ☺️

This collection actually has nine special effect polishes in it, I just decided to get six of the polishes, the other three were glow in the dark polishes that I decided to pass on. The Plant Nyarr collection has two glitter polishes, a shimmer polish, and three magnetic polishes. 

Here are the polishes in the boxes, this collection does come with a free magnet. 

Here are the non- magnetic polishes the glitters and one shimmer 

Here are the three magnetic polishes 

Let's take a look at the collection.

First we have Whiskered Willow this is a purple/ lavender polish that has a lot of glitter and some multicolor reflective and holographic glitter in it as well. 

This polish was sheer on the first coat and it did build up in three coats. 

This polish is very pretty, although the polish was a little on the sheer side and took three coats to be opaque, the formula still was not too bad. This polish is a glitter bomb so you will need to do the soak-off method to get this polish off easier.  

whiskered-willows $16.00 USD 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Whiskered Willow

Second we have Litterbox the light pink sister to Whiskered Willows, this is another polish that  has a lot of glitter and some multicolor reflective and holographic glitter in it as well. 

The formula was just like Whiskered Willows, kind of sheer on the first coat and did build up in three coats.

Litterbox is very pretty as well, love all of the glitter and how shinny this polish is. If only a real litter box looked just like this one. 😄

litterbox $16.00 USD 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Litterbox

Third we have Swim, My Dolphins on the nail, which has a purple base with a blueish, green, teal shimmer shift to it. In the bottom it is the opposite. 

This polish was also very sheer on the first coat and was still kind of sheet even on the third coat. On the website this polish does look more opaque then it actually end up being in person which may be disappointing for some, it was a little for me, I still love this polish anyways it is still very pretty. 

swim-my-dolphins $16.00 USD 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Swim, My Dolphins

Fourth we have Nyarrian Nights this is a multichrome magnetic polish that has a purple base and shifts between pink and red- orange, it also has a blue shimmer to it when it is magnetized. All of these colors really start to show when this polish is magnetized. 

This polish also was sheer on the first coat, then the second coat it was more opaque, with all of these polishes I did feel like I needed to apply three coats to be opaque, this polish I did need to apply three coats as well.  

This polish I would have to say was one of my favorites, it is so unique which is hard to say with someone that does have a large collection, this polish was just so cool and how it shifts into the different colors, that you don't usually see in a polish. 

nyarrian-nights $18.00 USD  

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Nyarrian Nights

Fifth we have Blueberry's Jam this is a magnetic polish that has a purple base with blue flakies in it, the base looks very dark once it has been magnetized this polish looks almost black. 

This polish once again was very sheer on the first coat and took three coats to be opaque. 

This polish was also one of my favorites because of it looking so unique, with the color shift and the flakies in it and it being magnetic. 

blueberrys-jam $18.00 USD 

Mooncat Plant Nyarr- Blueberry's Jam

Lastly we have Electromagnetic Furball this is another magnetic polish that has a dark purple base, that has bronze flakies in it, once it is magnetized and has a lighter purple shift to it once you magnetize it. I do feel like the flakies are hard to see. Also just in the bottle you can see a shift of green, which you cannot see on the nails. 

This polish once again was sheer on the first coat and took three coats to be opaque. 

electromagnetic-furball $18.00 USD 

In conclusion I really enjoyed this collection and I am glad that I decided to finally purchase Mooncat polishes. My most favorite polishes like I had said above is Nyarrian Nights, all of the magnetic polishes were so pretty and unique, that was what really got me to purchase this collection not only the polishes looking very pretty, but how unique they where, especially the magnetic polishes. 

Also if you are unsure on how to use the magnetic polishes, Mooncat does have a really great and simple four-step tutorial on their website. This actually is one of the best that I have seen it is very simple and straight to the point. 

Learn the Art of Magnetics The tutorial is at the bottom of each of the magnetic polish pages, I also just added the link as well.

Here is a link to purchase the whole collection all nine polishes including the glow-in-the-dark polishes.  

planet-nyarr-set The set is currently going for $132.00 USD 

Hope all of you enjoyed this review of the Plant Nyarr collection from Mooncat. 

See you next time for more nail fun!

Tropical Hibiscus- Tropical Flower Nail Design

Hello everyone! If you are anything like me you are tired of fall being pushed down your throat in July and just want to enjoy summer. Then this tropical hibiscus flower nail design will be great for you! I don't know why the fall craziness has to start way to early, every year it seems like they start the fall stuff earlier and earlier and then the people that like summer, I feel don't get to truly enjoy it, but maybe because fall and Halloween are the money making holidays/ season so that why the have been staring it way to early lately. I remember when I was little they would actually let season be season, which I miss.  

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this tropical hibiscus nail design: 

Base and top coat- CND Stickey Base Coat and CND Super Shiney Top Coat. 

Polishes- Finger paints- Legendary Lore, Loreal- Tangerine Crush, and Cover Girl- Glosstinis Bahama Mama. (I used to old polish that I know are no longer available, but these are polishes that you can easily find in another brand.)

Acrylic paint- Red, white, green, and yellow. (mix your green and yellow to make a light green and then mix your red and white to make a pink) 

Nail art brushes- Thin detail and striper brushes. 

Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes.

Apply a top coat to clean dry nails, and let that dry.

Polishes- * I decided to use some really old polishes that I have in my collection.* 

Thumb and middle finger nails- a pink with a gold shimmer (Finger paints- Legendary Lore)

Index and pinky finger nails- a orange and pinkish cream polish (Loreal- Tangerine Crush)

Ring finger nail- a light orange polish (Cover Girl- Glosstinis Bahama Mama)

Let that dry.

Large Hibiscus on the Thumb Nail- 

First we will start off with the large pink hibiscus on the thumb nail. Take a thin striper brush with white paint on it and we will be making make a long heart shape for the each of the petals (this is the best way to describe the shape) the first petal will be the one in the center of the nail near the tip of the nail. The next one is on the left side of the nail, then the bottom near the cuticle, then make a rounded one next to that petal, lastly another heart shape petal next the rounded one and next to the first petal you made. Once you have the outline fill that in with white paint this will help the pink paint to stand out more. 

Once that has dried take a red and white paint with more red and mix those two together to make a pink. Fill in the white of all of the petals with that pink paint. Also you may need to re outline all of your petals with white, if you want to. For the center of each petal we will add some red detail by taking a red stripper brush and make a lot of line that are very close together, this will fill up the bottom part of all of your petals.  

Lastly we will make the long yellow part of the hibiscus that is in the center (not really sure what that is called.) First take your striper brush with white paint on it and make a long curved line in the center and then at the end make a few very small dots. Once that has dried go over that with yellow paint. 

For the final touch we will need to add some green leaves. With your thin detail brush make a leaf near the bottom of your flower on both sides and one leaf near the top of your flower. 

Red Hibiscus Flower on the Middle Finger Nail- 

For the smaller red hibiscus we will pretty much flower the same steps as the larger pink one we just made on our thumb nail, just red and with a pink outline, and just a little bit of a different shape it kind of had heart shaped petals, but kind of doesn't. Also this flower will only have two leaves on each side of the flower. 

Palm Leaf on the Ring Finger Nail- 

Lastly we will make a palm leaf on the middle finger nail, take a thin stripper brush with a light green paint on it and make a kind if curved line starting near the cuticle and going down the nail, with that same brush make a leaf at the bottom of that green line, then staring near the cuticle make a small leaf on each side and make then just a little bit bigger as you go down the nail. Once you have finished this you can add a little bit of a darker green to your leaves as well, even though the one I did you can't see the difference very well. 

Once your nails are tropical summer ready because here we don't want an early fall, apply a top coat to add and shine and to help your nails to last. 

Practice Nail Design 

Hope all of you enjoyed the tropical hibiscus flower nail design and that you enjoy the rest of your summer! 

See you next time for more nail fun!