Holos and Crackle Mani

Some people are surprised that crackles have survived the hype-then-burn roller coaster, but I'm not.  Crackles are an easy way to add funk to a boring mani or to hide chipped nail polish.  You can also save your mani with a glitter topcoat, but sometimes it turns into a pain to remove that pesky glitter.

 On this last picture the golden/orange light that the holo catches shows a little.  I tried different camera and light settings but this Kleancolor Holo is difficult to catch. In person I was able to see even a bit of green.

What I used:

• Sinful Colors Social Ladder (base)
• Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana
• China Glaze Black Mesh
• Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple & Bluebell (on top of the crackle)

 

Mani on my sister-in-law

I like doing other peoples nails.  I'm not big on freehand design, so I like to play with colors, finishes and decorations.  This is the second time doing my sister-in-law's nails.  Her nails are very short & cute :) and if where not for her, my crackle polish won't be receiving much love.

She saw a similar design on an Avon catalog and wanted me to duplicate it.  The model in the catalog had 3 colors under the crackle, but since her nails are so short, we decided to try with just 2 and do a accent nail in a total different theme: holo and hearts

used:

China Glaze Solar Power

Sinful Colors Timbleberri

Wet N Wild Blue wants to be a millionaire

Kleancolor Twinkly Love (hearts) & Tiara Gold

China Glaze Black Mesh

More crackles from china glaze

Maybe is old news for hard core nail polish lovers, but I just read on Temptalia that China Glaze will release metallic crackles this June or July! Woop Woop!!!!
I'm getting addicted to crack! Lol

    

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