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Sunday, June 5, 2011

FAQ: Crackle/Shatter Comparison

It's really too bad that I don't have any of the crack polishes from back in the day, live Revlon, but I do have 4 different brands (China Glaze Crackle Glaze, OPI Shatter, Sally Hanson Crackle Overcoat & Kelier Crack Polish) & I finally got around to shooting this on Friday, editing yesterday & now uploading today =)  Enjoy:
 
 
Crack polishes are not my favorite, but they're kind of growing on me.  What do you think of them?
 
Thanks for reading.

~Colette
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21 comments:

  1. rebeccaJune 5, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    do you know what color you used under broken hearted? my stash needs an orange like that! haha.
    nice video :)

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  2. PrettyJune 5, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    wow. thanks for all you work! I love this post! I like how you showed that slanting brush strokes make slanted crackle. That was kind of cool.

    I dunno though I don't really get the whole crackle trend... but I might get the sally hanson gold one, It's on sale.. (lol) just to try it. I don't really buy things I don't like, but I kind of like the gold one. I will try.

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  3. Olivia C.June 5, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    I really like the way the Kelier polishes cracked! Really different from what I've been seeing.

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  4. MangoDaiquiriJune 5, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    I like crackle polish, but it really depends on the brand, the opi and china glaze crackle makes for me too long stripes. I used LCN crackle polish and this one works for me best as it makes different crackles :)

    The Kelier is nice, it has a different crackling, but it takes bit too long. I thing crackling is good if u do not have much time and need quickly a nail design :)

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  5. Sarah B.June 5, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Excited to try the Sally Hansen brand crackle. I have OPI black shatter and silver shatter but unfortunately, OPI and China Glaze are limited in my area. The closest Ulta is over a half hour away, so I can't always just take a quick drive there like I can to CVS or Rite Aid. And my local Sally Beauty is pretty small, they rarely have things like the China Glaze crackles or limited colors in stock.

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  6. KimJune 5, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    I'm very interested in the silver crackle now. I didn't think it would look that good but I LOVE it over the black. Thanks for making this awesome vid!

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  7. UnknownJune 5, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    Thanks for the comparisons!!
    I have a kelier, but i gave up before it crackled completely!
    Thank you I didn't, know I just thought it didn't work!!
    Finaly, my favorite pattern is linear like when you put polish naturaly.

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  8. jazzqueen64June 5, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    I love the Kelier crackle the best as it's finer and reminds me of giraffe print, great tutorial, really interesting and great that you've got so many crackle makes & colours, thanks for sharing your expertise!!

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  9. StaceyJune 5, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    This was very informative! I wanted to share a crackle manicure that I did a couple months ago :)
    http://impassionatevanity.blogspot.com/2011/03/manicure-of-day.html

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  10. The RingleaderJune 5, 2011 at 4:34 PM

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  11. The RingleaderJune 5, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    Thank you so much for this FAQ. I love love love crackle and shatter polish on other people, sadly not on me :(
    However, out of all of them, I am drawn to the China Glaze Crushed Candy. Might just have to experiment on my friends!

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  12. AnonymousJune 5, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    I like crackle polish. I use the crackle polish from Essence, although I think OPI has the best cracking pattern. Too bad it's just too expensive for me :)

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  13. Chrissy *NailUtopia*June 5, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    Great comparison Colette!! I am a picky crackle/shatter person, don't really care for big cracks I prefer the tiny cracks type. But I love seeing your video comparing them next to each other. And I think I will pick up the one from born pretty since it does crackle differently then the others. :D Thanks heheehe

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  14. Nails and ThangsJune 5, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    I felt the same about crackle until I started using them... I kinda like them even tho I only have 4, im thinking of picking up some more

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  15. fuwariJune 6, 2011 at 3:01 AM

    I've been going mad looking for these Kelier polishes... Does Born Pretty not carry tehm anymore? Because I can't find it anywhere on the site...

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  16. ErinJune 6, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    I stood in line at Ulta for new crackles yesterday...got the OPI silver and white and Sally Hansen's pink. I have the pink on over a cheapie Sally Hansen white polish I picked up and it looks GREAT! My first grade girls were obsessed with it today!

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  17. Sarah B.June 6, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    I meant to mention in my other post (and realized that I forgot to), that I've used polish thinner on my OPI Black Shatter before when it started getting thick and it helped it a lot and did not affect the shatter effect at all.

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  18. AngelaJune 6, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    Great vid. I admit I loooove crackle/shatter. I didn't get all the sally hansens but I do have all the china glazes and i have all but white of the opi's

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  19. UnknownJune 6, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Thanks so much for this comparison. It was extremely helpful.

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  20. MaijaJune 14, 2011 at 1:07 AM

    The good thing about crackle polishes is that they can mask crappy polishes with huge streaks and ugly colur. :P I just might have to get some more, right now I only have black by OPI and pale pink by Isadora (the latter looks great over Essie Mint candy apple BTW).

    I don't know if you mentioned this, but does Kelier stay wet the whole time it takes for the crackles to form? o_O I love their sophisticated crackle pattern but couldn't stand it if it takes forever for them to dry...

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  21. UnknownJune 16, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Thank you for this video! I can't understand everything beacuse my english is a bit poor, but your tips are very useful for me anyway, thank you!!!! My favourite is the Kelier crackling style. I guess it's similar to new Kleancolor crackles, isn't it? :D

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