Let Me Have a Crack-le at it

I remember when I was just a youngin' (think 12,13,14?) and I was just starting to get excited about nail stuff, and Cover Girl had a product out called 'Crackle' which, when applied over another polish (they say it has to be their own, but it doesn't) created a crackled paint effect. Back then, the one I had was a royal blue color if I remember correctly. A while back, I managed to find and snag one from an awesome swapper on Makeup Alley, and today I decided to use it!! The crackle polish I have is an orangey yellow color, and I tried it over turquoise, which in my mind was amazing, but the crackle is super sheer and streaky, sooooo it didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, but I still think it's rad. :-P It was SUPER hard to clean the cuticle edges up though- that Crackle doesn't even dissolve in acetone!!

I used China Glaze Flyin' High as a base, with Cover Girl Crackle Jack-O-Lantern over top. For the red line, I used Eyeko Coral Polish for Resort Nails, then I used American Apparel Manila for the dots. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

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The Eyeko polish used in today's post was sent by the manufacturer for consideration.

Airbrushed lace design~

4 sets of airbrushed lace design! Pink, purple and white.

This is for a very sweet girl who loves pink and everything girly! Design from Nail Max.

Did this for a bride cos her wedding theme is purple and white. This is my best shot out of sooooo many pictures cos the purple lace color is so difficult to capture. And the base color is done using frosty white gel with stardust glitter on the tips. Cannot really see but this is really pretty in real!

Similar to the set above but this is airbrushed pink lace.

Peach glitter and airbrushed white lace for a bride too! :)

Airbrushed lace design~

4 sets of airbrushed lace design! Pink, purple and white.

This is for a very sweet girl who loves pink and everything girly! Design from Nail Max.

Did this for a bride cos her wedding theme is purple and white. This is my best shot out of sooooo many pictures cos the purple lace color is so difficult to capture. And the base color is done using frosty white gel with stardust glitter on the tips. Cannot really see but this is really pretty in real!

Similar to the set above but this is airbrushed pink lace.

Peach glitter and airbrushed white lace for a bride too! :)

China Glaze - 2Nite

Favorite

Hi everyone! You all know how I like to celebrate summer with a good holo, and this one fits the bill! There has always been one perfect blue holo that kept popping up in my dreams, but that dear OPI DS Glamour wasn't that easy to get. So I bought a lot of blue holographics to see if they could fill that void.
Now, I own several holographics from China Glaze's OMG collection, but 2NITE is my favorite! It doesn't look that much like DS Glamour but hey, I really love this gorgeous shade of almost periwinkle blue. It's so delicate and looks good against many skin tones.

Application

Some OMG holos cause me problems with application but since I'm using the Nfu Oh Aqua Base, I've said good bye to the cuticle drag altogether! I applied 2 coats, no top coat, and it actually stayed on quite well. Holographics from this collection are quite flat and dull in regular lighting though, but it's sure worth it if you catch some accidental beams of sun light..

Thank you for stopping by and have an awesome day!
- Michèle