China Glaze Fault Line Swatchs

Now here is one polish I was so excited for, China Glaze Fault Line. Me? Love a PURPLE crackle coat? nawwwwww.......

Now I want to say a few things before I post the photos. After having these for a bit, and playing with them, I must say they feel, thin. A nuber of times it has reminded me of water paints that have been wet down just a bit to much. BUT some how it makes the polish so much easier to work with compared to the OPI Shatter. You have more time with them it seems I  love these polishes and I know all of us are going to have a blast learning the ins and outs of this. Some like big cracks, some like tiny ect.

Now on to the pictures.

I hope you enjoy!

Thats all for now folks,
Peace,
Lady M

China Glaze Cracked Concrete

Okay fist in my review and sample mani of the China Glaze's contender for the crackle polish this season is called Cracked Concrete. Now the color at first glance in the bottle is a odd grey, murky almost. After having it for a few days, I have grown fond of the color and it does in fact look darn close to concrete in the sunlight. As for formula, well its a crackle coat polish, so it has problems from the first go, but it is much better than OPI's Shatter in my opinion. The Shatter seems to harden instantly around the threads of the bottle and along the neck of the brush, the China Glaze just gets a bit...goopey. And it also does not harden to the point you almost need pliers to open the bottle after a few days in storage like my bottle of Shatter did. I didn't know to wipe the threads down before storage the first time I used it, and its not like I messy or anything ya know. 

Well enough chatter, Now for some pics.

Now these were taken in full sunlight and I personally love them. I had a French inspired outfit to wear out on Sunday and this is the look I came up to match. The pink in OPI's Flower to Flower from last years spring collection. I used the first clear coat I grabbed from my pile of clear coats so I can't tell you what that one is. Once my package comes in I am going to do this mani again and top it with some konad, Pics will be posted Promise. One thing I love about this is the fact it is much easier to work with than shatter, You have a bit more leeway before it begins to crack, so if you coincidently brush a bit over an area you already covered, you don't screw up the mani, word to the wise, have a good bit of polish on the brush, too little and it looks thin and watery, to much looks thick and plastic. (middle finger in the pics folks) 

Bottom Line: IS CRACKED CONCRETE WORTH IT? In a word....maybe. It does crack something pretty. but you need to have some creativity to come up with useful colors to pair it with. If you are not brave, go with on of the other colors in the selection, collectors and those brave for color, (like me) get a bottle now

Thats it for now folks,

Peace,

Lady M

Tomorrow : Purple Cracks

Opi Shatter "Splatter Paint Crackle"

Now I know Opi's Shatter coat has been around for a month or so now, but I wanted to wait to do a review. When I went to get my bottle, I had to go to my local ulta before it was open, and ended up standing in line with 20 other women and had a mad dash to get a bottle, it was like Black Friday, sooo odd....

And how, first I like the Shatter Coat, I have been wait for about 10 months or so for a crackle coat to come on the market that I did not have to send away for. The one thing I hate about it is the fact the bottle nearly cements itself shut if you do not wipe the neck down before closing the bottle. 

And way this is more about on of the manis I came up with than about the shatter its self.

I call is Splatter Paint Crackle

Epic win right?

You can follow My You Tube Video for a visual how to, or in laymans terms, stipple your nails with high contrast colors and smear shatter over it. VaVAVoooom! You have Paint Splatter nails. 

Tomorrow we start our review and sample manis of the China Glaze Crackle line (I got ALLLL of them!!! we except the black, sorry have a black crackle polish, don't need more lol.

Thats all for now,

Peace,

Lady M