General Tools 370-2 Horseshoe Power Alnico Magnets, 12-Pound Pull

If you’re here looking at this magnet for magnetic nail polish reasons, just get it! It’s expensive for how little it is, but I could not find this magnet at my local Home Depot OR online! I was so surprised to find that this is the affordable, readily available option. Tried it out and it gives the desired velvet nail effect after practicing with it a couple times. Be very careful with the metal plate on the end, this magnet is STRONG and it can easily do damage to skin if you get pinched! Keep it away from your electronics!

This is a review for the 15 lb u-shaped magnet. I bought this to help me achieve the velvet look with my magnetic polishes. I use air dry polishes only. This magnet worked great but it was a tight squeeze for my thumb. I saw best results with the fingers that were not squished (pinky, ring, and middle fingers). I would recommend this for people who have a hard time achieving the velvet look with regular magentic wands/nail tools. The magent also works if you rest your finger on top of it while painting your nail. All the photos are from me placing my finger in the gap and painting my nail with my finger tip in the gap. I held it there to dry for 20 seconds.Please note: For the blue polish in the photos I used the u-shaped magnet for my ring finger & pointer finger and a standard nail magent tool for my pinky and middle finger. I used the u-shaped magent with my finger placed in it for all of the gold colored nail photos.A warning: this magnet is more powerful than the wand magnets that usually come with magnetic polishes which means any metal nail tools or nail magnets will be attracted it. I woud be sure to check your tools for attraction to this magnet and keep them at a foot or further away from the magnet to avoid crushed fingers or worse, a ruined manicure 😭

The media could not be loaded. If you're part of the growing community of folks of using these magnets to create a "velvet effect" when using magnetic nail polish, here's the review you're looking for!Using a much more powerful magnet like this, instead of the standard little weak "stick" magnets that sometimes come with the bottle, is an 100% certified GAME CHANGER. What's important is that you place your finger inside the U of the magnet while the polish is still WET (do it immediately after application). Then watch the instant magic as it pulls all of the magnetic particles into a STUNNING and LONG LASTING velvet effect! No more holding the stick on the sides and top, back and forth a bunch of times! For good measure, I rest my finger in there for about a minute, so that it can start to dry and really seal everything in.I saw on the nail polish groups that people use it with the U shape facing up, but I assume that the effect would also work if you placed your finger in it with the U shape facing down. However, it may be harder to control bumping your nails on the sides and top that way (can't see your fingertip as well).Be very careful with the flat "plate" looking magnet that apparently is there to protect the main magnet. You need to remove it before you use the magnet for your nails; I wouldn't try to pull it straight off. I recommend trying to slide it off to one side instead, and work it off carefully from there.Once you go to put the protective plate back on, do NOT hold it in your hand and let the magnet connect back to it "freely"; it's super powerful and you could get a bad pinch. If I recall correctly, the instructions in the package say that you should place it on a flat surface, and then carefully bring the U shaped part down towards it on top, making sure that your fingers are not in the way. If you didn't perfectly center the main magnet on the way down, just shimmy the plate it until it's in the correct spot.Happy painting!! My still photos do not come even CLOSE to capturing how strong the velvet effect is...I can only post one video with my review. You've simply got to see how great the effect for yourself!

Got this for magnetic polishes and it works perfectly! I just turn the magnet so its like a "u" shape on the table, not an "n," paint nails individually, and rest my finger in the center for each nail.

This is the best magnet 30lb really gives me the ever and depth I want on my cat eyes. PREPARE FOR SLOW SHIPPING THOUGH IT TOOK over 10 days to receive it

Bought this on the advice of a a social influencer for use when applying magnetic nail polish to get the cat eye 3 dimensional look! Works like a charm. Just place your nail / finger bed into the grove and apply the polish . Let it sit there for a few long seconds to get the desired affect!

I got this magnet to help with the velvet effect on magnetic nail polish. It is a good size to place finger in the U and still have room to paint your nails.

If you’re contemplating if you need this, stop. Just get it! The U magnet does allll the work for you with glorious results. I was previously using the 1.8 lb pull, but the velvet is much more defined with the 22 lb.