Hi Goddesses
Today's mani is totally unexpected and unplanned and you have Beth to thank / blame lol. On Monday, she was painting her nails, and she was itching to try a Concrete, so I handed her a Nails Inc. She oooohed and aaahed as it dried, and then asked where the crackles were? Wincing, I pointed to a box "over there", and she picked my favourite crackle, Barry M Purple Rain.
As it dried, it looked AMAZEBALLS over the crackle. This particular Barry M crackle has a dry and dusty finish, and it looked like parched desert.
So, let's switch lanes - my plan for today was to show you some of the lovely KIKO Sugar Mat texture polishes, and I had one left to swatch - 634, a slightly dusty pale pink - but when I put it on, I didn't like it massively. My plan was to do a tape mani over it, but DUH of course the tape wouldn't stick to the texture (I so knew that even before I tried), so I sat back and wondered what to do .... and spotted the bottle of crackle.
I did a quick bit of splodging with the amazing KIKO 642 and 632 ... and then I crackled. It looked a big ole clumpy mess .... and then it started drying.
I absolutely LOVE the finished effect, even if I am a little embarrassed to be wearing crackle again lol. From a distance, it's looked a little like a purple leopard print, and up close, wow, it's dusty-burnt-ash-dessciated-lava.
