My New Barry M's with...yep more Crackle!!

So I received some Barry M polishes in my swap, and I have never used this brand before so I was so excited! I wish these were available in the US, but thanks to a new friend, Suzanne, I have my first 3! The third is the Barry M crackle, and I will be playing with that later on in the week. For this I started with Barry M, Cyan Blue. The formula on this was perfect!

Then I added Barry M, Silver Sea. I love this, it is very sheer, but has such pretty silver glitter bits in it!!

then because I just wanted to play, I added China Glaze Crushed Candy over top, but I didn't add a coat of SV.

Okay I promise to give you all a Crackle break after this, lol. I received my 2nd swap package and it contained some more amazing pretties that I can't wait to share with you all!!

More Crackle fun!

The other night I played a little more with my crackles. Man, I just love this stuff, lol. I also want to apologize for my late responses to comments and emails. I have just been so crazy with work lately. I am getting to them though. At least I have post for you guys, right? lol.  Okay back to the fun. For this I started with L.A. Girls Hot Pink Matte.

Then I used Cracked Concrete again over top.

with a coat of SV on top

 

Then for fun I added China Glaze Crackle Lighting Bolt over top. 

now with SV on top

Crackle Craze

So crackle polishes are everywhere now, and I'm thrilled. I know some of you just don't like the effect, and if you don't, you can skip this post and maybe tomorrows, lol. I just love the look. You also know how much I love my Funky Finger polishes, especially their glitters. Since I had finally received my China Glaze Crackles, I had to play, and like I mentioned, tomorrows post might be a few other manis I did with them. For this mani, I used China Glaze Cracked Concrete and Funky Fingers Blitzen, from the 2010 Holiday collection.

I started with 2 coats of Blitzen

Then added Cracked Concrete. This is pre SV

Now with SV

I actually kind of prefer it prior to my top coat. I think the effect and look is really cool!

Gold & Navy.............

Good morning everyone! If you missed my post last night, please make sure to read it.

Okay as you can see I decided to keep my watermark semi small, and hopefully not to annoying :) Some pics have 2, only because they were already ready to be posted, but only the middle one will be there after this post.

Anyways, I wanted to use some gold glitter, and had to reach for my China Glaze Medallion. It is by far my fave gold glitter in the world, and very hard to capture it's beauty on camera. Since I have also been on a semi matte kick, I decided to use my Claire's Matte Cobalt polish. I also just love navy and gold together :)

I started with 2 coats of Cobalt Blue

Then using tape, taped off half of my nail, and added Medallion

I then added a top coat to remove the roughness and so I don't remove layers of skin, since I tend to be accident prone.



Slick Slate, White Cap & Essie Matte About You= BFF's for life!

Another day, I just couldn't let my mani be....lol. So while at Rite Aid,  saw 2 Sally Hansen Insta-Dri's that I didn't own, and I love these for Konading, so I of course had to get them. Plus I'm a sucker for the shroom colors. Well this is Slick Slate, isn't she sooo pretty??? Now, I know there are TONS of dupes out there of this color, but I didn't have one that I could stamp with?!?! I can't wait to try it out.

Okay, well, this is where the boredom started, lol. 2 coats of Slick Slate

Then I added China Glaze White Cap over top. BTW, White Cap was the only one I had any desire to get from that colection.

Then I added Essie Matte About You. What do you think?! I am really liking this!

my little nub is trying sooo hard to blend in with the rest of the group, lol.

REALLY...... %^$#@!*!@#$#

Sorry for the screaming headline, but OMG, I'm convinced my middle finger hates me, I mean really hates me! Just as it's finally growing out, I ram it into the corner of our coffee table!!! I never break any other nail, just that one. Grrrr.....

*deep breathe* Okay, anyways, for this mani I used China Glaze Tree Hugger, which has been in my untrieds forever and China Glaze Cherish for the Konad.

Here is 2 coats of Tree Hugger, I love the green shimmer in this so much.

and for the Konad

More polka dots!!

** If you have emailed me, or plan to, I'm having trouble sending messages. I can open your message, and attempt to reply, but it won't send. I'm not sure why, but hopefully it will be fixed soon, I'm so sorry**

While I was at Sally's picking up some Gelous for a friend, I saw they still had the free China Glaze with SV top coat purchase!! YAY, so I picked up Secret Peri-wink-le, and I don't know why I never grabbed this before!! I love it!! After I did my mani with it, I just had to spice it up, I can't seem to leave any mani alone, lol. For the polka dots I used Sally Hansen Blue Blast :P

I just adore this combo and the subtlety of the polkie dots, from afar :)