I was recently contact to do some reviews for Born Pretty - you can check out their shop at http://www.bornprettystore.com/ and they sell a variety of both cosmetics, nail polish & nail art supplies. They sent me a variety of fun things to play with & the first thing I'm going to review is the Crack Polish.
A lot of you probably remember cracking polish from back in the day, and it recently has been making a comeback. Jessica from Born Pretty sent me 2 colors, black & blue:
And I decided to give them a try over a variety of colors - I started out with each over red, green metallic & silver chrome:
I love the cracking effect, both with the big chunks & the one silver where I got a really fine crackle. It seems to depend both on the application & the underlying polish - I gave it another try over gold & purple (although the purple looks pink in the pic) - the left nail of each had a pretty thin layer of the Crack Polish, the right nail had a slightly thicker coating:
So you can see, I would say the thinner the better. Definitely would take a little bit of practice to get an even coat on all your nails, so that the whole manicure had a uniform level of cracking & not one nail with big chunks & the next with little bitty ones - unless that's a look you were going for. Born Pretty has Crack polish in a variety of colors that you can check out HERE.
Only downside was when I tried to just apply over my existing mani, when it cracked it started to totally flake off before I could put a top coat on. I think maybe my nails weren't quite clean enough? Next time I try that I would make sure they're squeaky clean with alcohol or vinegar beforehand.
I also received some rhinestones & some stamping plates, so stay tuned for those reviews! Thanks for reading =)
~Colette
(These products were sent to me for review)
wow, this cracking thing remind me when i was younger and i was crazy about it, never had one tho.
ReplyDeleteI doupted if I want to buy this crackpolish..
ReplyDeleteI saw her on ebay..
but now I saw your review..
I love it!!
I am going to buy this!!
thanks for you review!!
I'm one that is looking forward to trying crackle. And I will stay tuned for rhinestones and stamping. :)
ReplyDeleteI bought one of these polishes on ebay. It chips and flakes really quickly. A tip I can give you is that you don't want to put it over a clear topcoat. It's need to grab hold of the polish lying under it, even so I think it would do very well over a matt polish.
ReplyDeleteLike the effect of these. Very interesting look. Can't wait till the OPI crackle polish comes out.
ReplyDeletei like the look of these kind of crackles better than the patchy separated ones. next time i place an order im definitely going to get one of these.
ReplyDeleteI like crackle polishes.. think I'm going to buy some this week.
ReplyDeletei loved all the cookies n it is great to c that u all make it a family thing every thing looked so yummy. :-)
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I wish I could find these Kelier polishes ANYWHERE!
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