Yellow and Black Crackle Tips

Hello my dear readers, sorry my slim blog posting lately. Life has been crazy!!!! Between my little sister being in the hospital, school, dance lesson and getting ready for prom, I have had very little time to write. However, I do have a few blog posts in mind. I just have to find some time to write them down lol.


Anyways, Back to the reason you all read my blog...Nails!! This week I wanted something Yellow and Black. After tossing around a few ideas I decided on something quick and easy but still cute! 

Colors I Used:
(Nameless) and honey yellow from L.A Colors, "Excuse Me" from Pure Ice and "Strobe Light" from Pure Ice Crackle

How I Did It:
Since I didn't own the shade of yellow I needed, I painted two coat of  the polish from LA Color under two coats of "Excuse Me" from Pure Ice. Once, that had dried completely I painted the tips of my nails in a diagonal shape using "Strobe Light" a crackle polish from Pure Ice. On my Index and pinkie finger I add a small cross-hatching design below my crackle tip. Over all the manicure took about 30min including drying time. It was super easy and turned out really cute.

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Crackle Tips

When I did this manicure, I wasn't sure how it would turn out. But I ended up loving the way it looked.



For the blue base coat in this mani I used "Hottie" from Sinful Colors. Since the color was a sheer it took about three coats to show up good. After, the blue dried I apply my new white crackle "Flash" from Pure Ice. I was concerned the white wouldn't crackle as well since I was layering it over a glitter polish. The polish crackled a little slower than normal, but it did turn out correctly. To add a bit more sparkle I decide to add a sideways gold stripe. For the gold I used "Flower Girl" from Sinful Colors Fine Tips.  I love the way the color combination turned out in this mani. One of my friends said the colors reminded her of the Disney movie "Cinderella" so now I can’t help but call these my Cinderella nails. Over all this mani was sure cute and very easy.

XOXO's
Love and Nail Polish,
Sierra

Glow N' The Dark Mani

My nails now GLOW in the DARK!! I couldn't wait any longer, I had to see the way it would turn out.

For this mani, I used "Rescue Me" from Pure Ice which I talked about in a previous post. It took about 4 coats to get this polish to really show up because of how sheer it is. For my index finger I decided to see how the polish would do over another color. So I painted both of my middle fingers "Wild Thing" from Pure Ice. When I layered "Rescue Me" over the polish it applied easy and only took about two coats instead of four coats. Layering the polish didn't change how much it glowed but it did tint the polish slightly.

After, wearing the regular Glow for a day or two I decide to add a black crackle. The crackle I used is "Strobe Light" from Pure Ice. I decide to do both sideways and regular crackle for a little bit of a different look.
 After, painting the crackle I realized my nails were not going to glow as much because of the black polish. So I added another coat of "Rescue Me" over the crackle. It made the black a lighter shade. But it did not change it much at all and it glowed just the way I was hoping it would. I loved turning off all the lights and watching my nails glow with a greenish light.  Over all this manicure was easy and very cute.



 

Pure Ice Crackle

 

I am probably up way too late typing this, but I just couldn't wait! In my last post I wrote how I finally found the new Pure Ice Crackle polish at Walgreen's. Well I used it tonight!!! This was the first time I have ever used a crackle polish, and so far I really like the way it turned out.
Before I painted my nails I looked up some sites about how to do the crackle polish. I was assuming there was a trick to get the crackle to turn out as cool as it looks in the pictures. When I brushed the polish on I was shocked how it just instantly crackled. I was surprise how easy it was to apply and I think my nails turned out great.

For this Manicure, I used "Blue collar" from Orly, "Dream On" from Sinful Colors, "Sunny Side Up" from Wet n' Wild, "Wild Thing"  and "Cream Flirt Alert" both from Pure Ice. I decide to paint each nail a different color for a more playful effect. It also gave me a chance to see the how the crackle polish would do on different brands of polish. I thought the polish did the best on the nails with the Pure Ice polish as a base coat. It turned out the worsted on the Wet N' Wild polish. I am not sure if it was because I ended up putting two coats on crackle polish on the orange or if the was just the base polish. I also learned the thinner coats look better; at least that is what I think. I love how the polish gives my nails a punk-ish look but still looks clean and pretty. I am hoping to get more crackle colors and try more brands in the future

                      

XOXO's                                                                                                                                                 Love and Nail Polish,                                                                                                                            Sierra.