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Crackle Overcoat
I like the purple over red. The lighter colors don't look good.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
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Not as good as China Glaze.
I've tried two brands of crackle polish, China Glaze (in Cracked Concrete [grey creme] and Heartbreaker [pink creme]), and Sally Hansen (in Snow Blast [white creme], Distressed Denim [blue creme] and Ink Splatter [black creme]). Sally Hansen's polishes are so so: Snow Blast is moderately pigmented, Ink Splatter is decently pigmented, but Distressed Denim is a transparent blue. The texture is a lit...read moretle runny on all of them. The price is okay--$6.99 is a bit spendy for a drugstore polish, especially given the mediocre quality, but at least it goes on sale sometimes. The length of wear on these is just alright. I was very disappointed by the performance of these polishes. Crackle polishes are not created equally--I'm sticking w/China Glaze! ***Notes about crackle polish in general: It's easy to apply, and you can vary the size of the crackle by varying the thickness of the crackle coat--a thicker coat means fewer but bigger cracks, a thinner coat means many but very small cracks. Definitely make sure your base coat layer is COMPLETELY dry before applying the crackle top coat. This means the whole mani takes a bit longer than average, but not too bad. The greater the contrast between the base coat and the crackle coat, the better it looks. Also, crackle polish might not be okay for some office places. But fun for the weekend! It might not be a good product for gals who want their mani to be absolutely perfect, because the crackle is a little unpredictable, and it adds thickness/texture to the nail. Lastly, by changing the direction of the brush stroke, you can kind of change the direction of the crackle.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 10 of 10 people said helpful
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At first I was not impressed with it, but I tried again with dif colors. The red is not good, It looks like someone threw a tomatoe on your nails. I also tried the pink, which looked horrid on me. I then tried the silver, and that looked really good. So then I came to the conclusion that a sparkly nail color works better on me than a matte color would. I did however end up purchasing another one (...read morepurple) because my daughter puts several shades of crackle overcoat on together. She first puts a color on with strokes going one way, and then after it dries she uses another color going in a dif direction. It is really cute on girls, it gives it an abstract look. It is not a look that I would be able to wear everyday to the office, but it's a fun change. Also I did purchase a few China Glaze colors (because they have more of a variety) and I found that China Glaze is just a better product.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 2 of 2 people said helpful
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not impressed
I tried a bottle of the gold color. It didn't "crack" as well as other crackle/shatter polishes I've used. It also took forever to dry. I definitely won't be getting another color of this.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 4 of 5 people said helpful
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Disappointing
I bought this in the purple and used it once, with decent results. It didn't crack quite as well as I hoped, but it was ok. But then a couple months later when I went to use it again, I opened the bottle and it was almost completely dried up, the brush was stuck in this weird curve shape and the polish was almost unusable. I know I had closed the bottle tight. I poured a tiny bit of polish remover...read more in and shook it up to thin it out, but the crackle results were still far from awesome. And I bet it's all dried out and funky again.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 0 people said helpful
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Disappointing
I bought this in the purple and used it once, with decent results. It didn't crack quite as well as I hoped, but it was ok. But then a couple months later when I went to use it again, I opened the bottle and it was almost completely dried up, the brush was stuck in this weird curve shape and the polish was almost unusable. I know I had closed the bottle tight. I poured a tiny bit of polish remover...read more in and shook it up to thin it out, but the crackle results were still far from awesome. And I bet it's all dried out and funky again.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 0 people said helpful
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Mediocre at best
I got this in star burst, a black with silver glitter, to use over orange for a halloween look. It is difficult to apply, need to go on pretty heavy or it looks very watery. I find it to be crackly enough, although OPI shatter is much easier to apply and looks much better.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 0 people said helpful
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Okay
I got this in fractured foil. I found out that you have to do a very thin coat or it won't crack very well.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 0 people said helpful
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What was I thinking?
I generally prefer a more "polished" look, but decided to give this a shot (it was on clearance). The crackle effect was very minimal, and was just looked strange! My 7-year old asked if I "had smudged my nails or something". Not for me...This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
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Love the ink splatter and sliver foil
I have used both and I love them both, but i have heard from friends that some colors are really not that great. Being the kind of basic girl that I am, i stuck with the black and silver because I know I would get the most use out of them/This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
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