another salvaged mani with crackle

I added a thin coat of black crackle over a nail fail - then a coat of a sheer shimmery polish. The bright green base was taking way too long to dry, and needed way more coats then I had the patience to apply. I think this turned out really nice. Normally when nail art isn't' working out I just sponge on glitter to my nail tips and call it a day.The next time a mani doesn't work out I will be reaching for a crackle and a sheer cover instead.

usually I research my own blog to see when was the last time I wore a polish, how it applied etc, below is a photo with 5 coats (my mani today is 2) I totally forgot that his was sooooo sheer and needs a million coats ( and dried slow, too )

this is an older photo 5 COATS!!! hope I remember that next time I think of wearing this

stuff i used  Avon electric green, Adene crackle and old skool Maybelline lime spritzer

thin coat diagonally across nails

2 coats & I quit 

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Joe Fresh Copper

 This evenings mani is 3 thin coats of Joe Fresh Copper ---- Joe Fresh has a pretty extensive line of polish. These are 3 for $10 @ Loblaw's/Superstore. Most of the newer polishes have removable caps - I suck at applying polish with those big round handles.......

In the bottle this polish has an amazing colour shift, but didn't show up as strong on my nails. I still really love this colour, it is a beautiful strong metallic copper. This was 3 coats, no TC.


Next time I wear this I will be layering it over a dark Forest green or even Wet n Wild Black, maybe that will make that pretty green appear.

 Joe Fresh Copper ---- 3 thin coats

 

 ..........and thank goodness - these newer bottle have removable caps with a thinner brush handle

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--- I can see some of that green ---

 I used a crackle/shatter polish from Ardene to dress this up. To get this look I painted it on the diagonal, I like how it turned out.

 ....... and a few more glamour shots

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Ardene Gradient

 

 Here is cheerful sponge gradient using Ardene Matte About Blue and Appletini. This colour combo is very bright and eye-catching. I've seen 2 colour sponge gradient's all over the blogs last week and every single one of them looks awesome!!!! - you really can't go wrong with spong'in. Its so easy to do!

 I BRUSHED on the two colours first, 2 coats of each......

 Then blended the two colours together and sponged that on

 .... after the first sponging

and finished with top coat

 Ardene Matte about Blue                                                                     Ardene Appletini

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Black Crackle

Today I was lazy, so I slapped on a lovely blue franken I made with Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost and a bright white creme. I added 1 coat of Ardene Black Crackle and a coat of TC. I like how this is a stringy crackle...... and not a chunky crackle. I am really not a fan of the whole crackle look.

I was very happy to see so many people put the effort into 'fish egg mani Friday'. When I checked the cost to purchase and ship the real Caviar Mani from Sephora Canada I was flabbergasted! = but soooooo proud of my frugality and bargain shopping.

Check out what I'm trademarking.... The Golf Ball Mani

I had to scrape off those little balls after 3 1/2 hours..... and this is what my nails looked like after.....neat huh? I used a scrape-ey manicure tool to scrape them off then used the nail polish remover I always use. I only spotted a few of those pretty copper microbeads around the house ( for those that were asking ) They hung on for a surprisingly long time considering I just applied top coat then poured the microbeads on my nails......

Here is the franken I made with Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost and a white creme

Tha last time I was in the mall they were stocked up with at least 50 of these in black.

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9021Orange Crackle post & run

This is a coat of Sally Hansen Amber Chrome ( discontinued old skool polish ) , 2 coats of Wet n Wild 9021Orange, and a coat of Ardene ( Canada ) black crackle...... I thought that 9021Orange would be very sheer and so I layered it over a chrome polish, just to save myself from needed 3 or 4 coats.

I swept it on my nails on an angle and very lightly to get this effect..... while there is still some big chunks of black, most of my nails ended up having very fine lines which I think looks cool.

stuff i used; Sally Hansen Amber Chrome, WnW 9021Orange and Ardene Black Crackle

top 1 coat of Sally Hansen Amber Chrome with 2 coats of Wet n Wild 9021Orange

bottom, just 1 coat of Sally Hansen Amber Chrome

Even though it is sheer, this is a very pretty polish - there is much better photos out there, so google it - I think the chrome base was messing with my camera but the gorgeous gold flecks showed up in photos.....

 2 coats of Wet n Wild 9021Orange layered over Sally Hansen Amber Chrome

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LA Colors Treasure Island with Ardene Aruba Wave

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The base polish is from a new collection at Ardene Stores in Canada called Aruba Wave - 3 coats. One day I will round up all of my teal polish's and do a comparison...... I added 2 coats of LA Colors Treasure Island and a coat of TC.

The formula on the 2 new Ardene Polish's is good, the pigmentation is on par with most other brands and the colour selection is pretty vast. I think that they released 20 or more colours in the fall collection. At 2 for 6 bucks its an all around good choice.

I didn't know this was the same nail polish as the stripe polish until I applied it to my nails! I love the teal glitter stripe polish from la colors and have used it for full manicures by dipping a clean nail polish brush into the stripe polish...... the teal glitter and the grass green glitter work well together IMO and  I was delighted to find that there is an actual polish of the same glitter!!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!!

LA Colors treasure Island and LA Colors Art Deco Strip polish Teal Glitter

LA Colors treasure Island is LA Colors Art Deco Strip polish Teal Glitter

Finkle is Einhorn

This is 3 coats of Ardene Aruba Wave with 1 coat of TC

These polish's at Ardene Stores are 2 for $6 bucks.... Aruba Wave & Black Crackle

..... and a few more photos

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the floor is Lava!!!! - Klean Color Bite me and Ardene Crackle

 of course I waited to find black crackle nail polish for as low priced as I could........I'm not paying 9 bucks for half a polish job lol.....

 this is gonna be a quickie post & run =  I started with a base of 2 coats of Klean Color Bite me and added 1 coat of Ardene Crackle in black. It dried matte which looked really cool -  I added 2 coats of TC to this. I found this crackle polish at Ardene Stores ( Canada ) for 3 bucks.

My pinky nails I added a coat of clear and the the crackle immediatly after and I got random shaped crackles while the rest of my nails have long random crackels.

WARNING - holy craaaaaap! I tried to remove this tag on the crackle polish and black polish flicked EVERYWHERE all over my nail polish area and my hands/face!!!!!! be careful removing this ( or it might just be that I am a major clutz! )

2 coats of Klean Color Bite me no TC

This polish stained my nails badly. Both my real nails and the artificial nails in the photo. It dried shiny and quickly for me.

 indoor flourescent

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