Showing posts with label China Glaze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China Glaze. Show all posts
China Glaze Metallic Crackle Nail Polish♥
Monday, July 4, 2011
I don't know what is up with me and collecting Crackle Polishes, but I can't help myself!!! I was at Sally's Beauty Store looking for something to help me with my tangled wig and I happened to pass by the polish section. It must have been fate because I was staring right at these and was immediately attracted to the shiny colors since I love anything metallic. I didn't even realize these were the new crackle polishes China Glaze came out with since I'm not updated with the trends. After I finally saw the word Crackle and stared for the longest time....I picked up 5 of them. I know there are six, but I already have OPI's silver shatter so I don't feel the need to buy another silver crackle polish.
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| Cracked Medallion, Haute Metal, Oxidized Aqua, Tarnished Gold, Latticed Lilac |
I really love how pretty the colors look~I would have probably bought them anyways even if they weren't crackle polishes!
Anyways~here are some swatches that I took with my camera phone & normal camera. I don't know which one I should post so I'll just post all of them ^o^" You can see how the nails look under different lightings~
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| Latticed Lilac, Tarnished Gold, Haute Metal~taken by Phone |
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| Taken by Camera |
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| Camera Flash |
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| Oxidized Aqua & Cracked Medallion taken by Camera |
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| Taken by Phone |
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| Taken with Camera Flash |
I must say, these are pretty♥ but at times I kind of wish these weren't cracked so I could fully admire the sparkling color on my nails *__*!!
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Nail Polish: Lots of Shatter & Crackle + MORE
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
As promised, I'm here today with some nail polish swatches and my opinion. I've collected these one after another when they came out but I've never really did a review or showed them off. Here in my collection I have almost the whole collection of OPI Shatter and I have all of the China Glaze Crackles. I also bought a crackle polish from another brand called LaRosa and it's only around $3 dollars! Aside from that, I have some of the older Sally Hansen polishes.
First off I will show the base colors that I will be using to layer the shatter/crackle polishes over. Enjoy!
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| Etude Purple isn't used later on~~ |
I ♥ glittery nail polish or those with shine as you can see! The hard candy green polish, teenage dream, and the Santee emerald polish are all gorgeous! Sadly glitter nail polishes often need lots of layering in order for it to show.
As for the bottom photo, the OPI Black Satin isn't exactly black, it's more of a dark gray polish. The etude purple is pretty but I seriously don't know the name of it since I got it as a gift from my uncle. The Sally Hansen Ring My Shell isn't showing up that well on my camera but it's basically a very light lavender color, similar to the color found in shells~very pretty♥ The Nicole No Limits Matte doesn't look Matte when painted on the false nail but it truly is a deep navy blue matte polish when worn. I personally don't really like Matte nail polishes and I bought this on accident, but it looks pretty to me when I add a top coat.
Now for the Special polishes~~Including Shatters, Crackles, and Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasure:
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| OPI Black Shatter on top of China Glaze Mega Bite |
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| OPI Black Shatter over Teenage Dream |
Out of all the photos, only the black shatter is modeled on my own nails~ The reason for this is because my Black Shatter dried out quite badly =[ This is my complaint on OPI Shatter polishes. I love the design but it dries out sooo fast!! Also it becomes quite clumpy after few uses =/ If only the formula was better but, I would still buy it just because I love it~~The only Shatter I'm missing is the Red one, but I really don't like the look of red shatter so I don't think I will be purchasing that ^3^"~
The China Glaze Crackle polishes are just as nice as the Shatter. Sometimes I can't tell which pattern is which but the first time I tried both, I actually liked the design of the Shatter better. Now that I look at the swatches, I don't think Crackle is that bad..it's actually kind of nice to me ^o^ ♥ I guess it really depends on preference and also lots of practice using these polishes. It's really easy to mess up by putting too much.
Remember when applying shatter or crackle, DO NOT apply the polish over the same place and make sure your polish is dry. If you don't, it will most likely end up a random nasty blob or it won't crack properly. Also these polishes are quite matte unless you add a top coat (It looks nicer with top coat in my opinion).
Lastly is the LaRosa Crackle/Shatter in Hot Yellow and the Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure. My friend said this was cheaper with similar effect so I decided to try it. It was only around $3-4 so I had nothing to lose. Sadly, I don't like the color I got. The bright yellow color looks scary on my tan skin. Also the design doesn't look as nice to me. I'm not sure if it's the color that's effecting my decision but it's always worth a try for other colors if you don't want to splurge for crackle or shatter polishes. As for the Hidden Treasure, it took me FOREVER to find it!! It's like $17 dollars on Ebay and so overpriced!! I found out about it a while after it was released so I wasn't able to find it anywhere. That was when I saw that Ebay had a seller that was selling 3 polishes for around $17 and I saw the hidden treasure hidden in that photograph. I was so happy and lucky to be able to get my hands on it!! It's a very pretty polish that creates a different colored effect on nail polishes. It shows up as a bit of yellow, green and reddish orange..a bit like fish flakes. I like it though, and it looked really nice on dark polish =D so I'm happy~~~
Anyways~Last batch of photos, of the polish themselves:
That's it for today's post~hope these will be of use to you even though there are 10381083 photos of crackle and shatter on the internet. This is just my swatches and take on it =D~~
Also I decided to order from Pinkyparadise.com since they offered cheaper express shipping for lens. I am attending Anime Expo on July 2nd and I needed good red lens FAST. I really wanted Ifairy Candy Soul/Cherry Red but everywhere is sold out T^T so I went with Ifairy Dolly Red. I didn't really trust Pinkyparadise after ordering once and NEVER getting my lenses..I'm guessing it got lost in the mail. Then again, so many people order from them so I decided to give it another chance and this time I was SATISFIED♥♥♥
I ordered using Fedex Express Economy Shipping which would take around 7-10 days and they ship out after 1-3 processing days. I ordered and surprisingly, I actually got my package like 4 days O_o so I was quite shocked~Also I even got a free fringe sticker and cute lens case =D Yay!! These I most likely won't review until Anime Expo so I can truly test it and have tons of photos since I will be cosplaying ^o^~~
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China Glaze Crackle Nail Polish
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
I am LOVING my China Glaze Crackle polish! I think that it is one of the coolest beauty products that I have ever found. I really like this polish because it gives your nails such a unique look. All of your nails will have a different look, no 2 alike.You can buy this polish from Sally's Beauty Supply. This polish comes in 6 colors: Crushed Candy (blue/teal), Cracked Concrete (gray), Lightening Bolt (white), Black Mesh (black), Broken Hearted (hot pink/magenta), Fault Line (purple). The cost of these polishes is $5.99 each.
The two most important things to remember when using this product is to work fast and use thin layers. Thick layers of the polish do not seem to 'crackle' well. Also if you try to paint over the crackle polish it will not 'crackle' again. Also make sure that the crackle polish is completely dry before you apply your top coat.
Here is a picture of the polish:
Here are a few swatches using the crackle polish! Left to Right: On the first nail I used a few different colors to achieve a rainbow effect. Next I used a blue color from L.A Colors. I also used white and Celeb City from Sally Hansen.
If you would like to know any additional information about this product feel free to leave a comment below or email me at: SmallBudgetBeauty @gmail.com
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
China Glaze Crackle Glaze Spring Collection
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
China Glaze is set to launch a collection based on shattered nail polish effect, much like Katy Perry's Black Shatter for OPI. China Glaze Spring collection is both eye-popping and shimmering.
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A China Glaze vai lançar uma colecção de vernizes baseada em verniz com cracks, como um dos vernizes da colecção da Katy Perryo Black Shatter para a OPI. A colecção da China Glaze é cintilante e brilhante.
This collection includes six crackling colours, which will look fun and edgy when mixed with other colours. The shades are, Black Mesh (Black Crackle), Lightening Bolt (White Crackle), Broken Hearted (Pink Crackle), Cracked Concrete (Grey Crackle), Crushed Candy (Teal Crackle) and Fault Line (Purple Crackle). To make sure you get the crackling effect you have to apply your chosen base colour first, and let it dry, before applying any of the crackling nail polishes.
I really like this collection, I'm gonna try and get some of these nail polishes and have fun with them!!
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Esta colecção inclui seis vernizes que 'partem', e que vão ser divertidos e edgy, quando misturados com outras cores. As cores que fazem parte desta colecção são, Black Mesh (Preto), Lightening Bolt (Branco), Broken Hearted (Cor-de-rosa), Cracked Concrete (Cinzento), Crushed Candy (Teal), e Fault Line (Roxo). Para fazes este efeito partido, vai ter de pôr primeiro o verniz base da cor que escolheu, dixar secar bem, e depois pôr o verniz que dá o efeito partido.
Eu adoro esta colecção, e vou tentar comprar alguns destes vernizes e divertir me a experimenta-los!!
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Sophy Robson inspired nails: Dripping tips
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Lately I've been totally obsessed with Sophy Robson's blog. Robson is the "Nail Queen" of London, and her designs are just amazing. She's known for doing the nails for a lot of designers on fashion week runways and a whole bunch of Vogue covers as well. She is a trendsetter, and an inspiration. You can check out her blog HERE.
This look is inspired by one of her designs, the "blood dripping" nails. I used China Glaze's For Audry, and Finger Paints' Black Expressionism for the tips. I used my dotter tool for the dripping and I just started drawing random patterns, and a dot here and there. With the same dotter tool, I finished off the whole tip. I thought about using the polishes' own brush, but I decided on the dotter tool because I thought I'd give the tips more dimension, and I was right.
I waited for it to dry a little bit before applying my top coat because I didn't want my colors to run or mix.
This is the final product, I hope you like it.
The Christmas Season has officially begun!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Christmas spirit took over the minute I laid eyes on China Glaze's Party Hearty. What a GORGEOUS glitter! I really didn't wanna mess with it, since it is so adorable and almost overwhelming.
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What's new in my stash
Hey there! I just wanted to share the polishes that I've bought lately and haven't used yet.
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| Konad Special Polishes in Green and Dark Purple. They are much darker IRL |
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| OPI in Tease-y does it and Simmer & Shimmer, from their new Burlesque collection |
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| SH Xtreme Wear in Red Carpet and Emerald City. SH nail art pen in White. I wish you could see the tiny glitter on RC, it's beautiful! |
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| Icing- Sparkle me Happy, Icing-Bedazzled, Unnamed Orange Glitter from Hot Topic, CG Boundless Color - Amethyst Mist and NYC In a New York Color Minute - East Village |
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| I saved the best for last… China Glaze - Party Hearty from their Holiday 2010 collection |
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