After my issues with Latticed Lilac, I decided to turn my attention to the summer 2010 China Glaze collection - Island Escape. I love the whole rainbow idea - even though it wasn't marketed that way by any means. First for me is 108 Degrees, a "flirtatious berry pink with specks of microglitter." It's more of a purple flakie like finish - kind of like how Ahoy! was. Oddly, as soon as I got this color, I put it on my toes, and I didn't like it! So it sat on my shelf until I decided to give it another try.
I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of 108 Degrees and a top of Seche Vite. The formula was excellent.
Do you see this?! Do you see how lovely this is? Ugh it's killing me, it's so beautiful. Instant happiness in a bottle for me.
Check out all this microglitter - the purple shimmer, the red base. So beautiful.
Indoors with the flash and you can see that purple. This color is still at Sally's right now, but this color is sold out in my locations. You can still get it online, and I would. It reminds me a bit of OPI Wing It but the base is much more radiant and pink. LOVE.
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As soon as the Metallic Crackles showed up at my front door, I grabbed Latticed Lilac - the metallic dusty purple (or soft lavender)... because as I've mentioned - I'm a huge fan of purple. Because I figured this would look best over black, I only used a base coat of e.l.f. Black. Now, there is something in this formula that if you add your top coat too soon, the crackle pulls up on itself, wrinkling. And well, that's what happened to me.
Now you just have to take my word for it, but these look a million times better in person. OPI's Silver Shatter is the SAME THING. I've seen it on the other blogs and went "meh" but then I put it on my nails and WOW. It was soooooooo beautiful but photographs horribly. HORRIBLY!
However, in shade this color loses it's purple for me and it's just lots of silver foil metallic sparkle. Sad panda.
Indoors withe the flash and you can see the purple again but still... this color just didn't hit it for me over black. I'm excited to see it over other colors in my collection, especially a blue (like maybe China Glaze Sea Spray?)
Sorry friends - not a great review from me. This color just didn't hit me the way I wanted it (but I have good news for others in this collection!).
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The finale to the original Crackle Glaze colors is this pink number, Broken Hearted. It's not a neon, but it is a bright one.
Here it is over Sinful Colors Glass Pink from a few weeks ago (months?)
I do love how shimmers look under crackles!
And even more so in the shade! It's so lovely!
Next I shook the living daylights out of it, let the bubbles set, and then put it over a base of e.l.f. Black (because I'm super low on my CND Blackjack) and OPI Alpine Snow.
I LOVE THIS OVER WHITE. Over black, I found that it was a bit streaky (see the middle finger) but over white?! Love it.
Same thing in the shade - still loving it over the white.
Need I say more? Seriously? I haven't seen any other pink shatter/crackles out there, so as far as uniqueness - yay!
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Alright crackle heads... here's another for you! Fault Line from the 1st set of Crackle Glaze by China Glaze is a purple crackle with some shimmer to it. The base color looks a lot like Coconut Kiss. I first tried this color over China Glaze Ahoy! from the Anchors Away Spring collection.
Not the biggest fan of it over pink - too 80s throwback for me.
But I do love shimmers/glitters under crackles!
Next I tried using CND Blackjack as one base, OPI Alpine Snow as the other.
You'll notice some polish pulling on my pinkie finger - I didn't let it dry well enough. I love that I tend do get a crack at my smile line (where the white part of your nail starts). It's not on purpose, but I love it.
The shimmer tends to hide in the shade. Boo.
Indoors with the flash - I definitely love this purple... I'm thinking of maybe using it over a purple (light) holo? Oooh...
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Moving on to another collection that is already heading out Sally's Beauty Supply doors (but is still on etailers lists) is the Crackle Glaze by China Glaze. This is the first set of crackles - not the metallics (but I have those too). I've already reviewed some, but now I'm finishing them up. First today is Cracked Concrete, a slate grey.
I painted my nails first with CND Blackjack and OPI Alpine Snow. I added a top coat of Seche Vite and let it dry BEFORE adding Cracked Concrete. Some people find it easier to use a crackle/shatter coat on wet (or slightly wet) polish, but I find it better over dry.
As you can see, it crackled nicely! I used a thin coat that covered the entire nail in 3 swipes and this is what I came out with.
It's a lot like China Glaze Recycle for its base color. No yellow tones (yay!) and no red tones (yay again!) but just a nice grey.
Indoors with the flash - not much else to say here. :] If you're into grey cremes, I'd say get it!
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