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Minicure Monday: Shatter my world

So, the shatter/crackle trend has officially taken over. All it took was this: the color purple. See, my little princess has a certain obsession with purple (followed only by her obsession with pink, and topped only by her sweet tooth.)

We were over at Mommy Does Her Nails' house, so we stole a few of her colors for this one. On the bottom is Zoya "Apple", a blue LA Color Glaze glitter polish, and then China Glaze Fault Line crackle.

So, for mommy's matching manicure, I pulled out my China Glaze "Cracked Medallion" and slapped it on over Sally Hansen "Crushed". It's wild, and a totally perfect look for summertime. Hope you enjoy!

Lighten up, already. It's just sushi.

I never use yellow. This is the only opaque yellow I currently own, and I only grabbed it because it was on super clearance. It is NYC "Taxi Yellow Creme'", and it is streaky even after 3 coats, but it's ok for layering. This presents a different look for China Glaze's "Cracked Medallion" crackle polish, and I was surprised to be happy with the final product. But I am. Kind of like sushi...except I'm still too afraid to try that. Really, people, raw fish?

Quit peeing on the floor.

So, I know I said I wasn't into the whole shatter thing. But then an unnamed friend of mine ~~peed on the floor a little~~ got a bit excited when we got exclusive early access to some of the new China Glaze metallic shatter polishes, and I borrowed hers...and like a fungal infection, it kind of grew on me. So now, here I am, getting all worked up about them too. This is Zoya "Ibiza" with China Glaze "Cracked Medallion". It's a really lovely bronze shade, kind of awesome. I painted the crackle horizontally here, in case you care.

Then, on the rarely seen right hand, I decided to do it over another new find of mine, LA Girl "Punk", which is a really OSM teal/indigo/purple holo. I painted the crackle in a diagonal pattern this time, you can see the difference:

It looks pretty teal here, but I'll swatch it for you later. It's a pretty neat color for a cheaper line.

OK, one more showing both, just for kicks.

Actually, for kicks and nail polish. You already looked, now you owe me a nail polish. Send that right in, K?

Friendly Friday: Mani's and Pedi's and Crackle...oh my!

Sorry for the hiatus, bloggers,but I had an anniversary that entailed a much needed vacation that went all kinds of comedic wrong. Ask me, and I'll tell you all about it later.

But for now, to make up for my naughty blog sin of a week of no posts, I bring to you without further ado: Friendly Friday! Onto the nails:

This is the mani I had when I headed over for Friendly Fridays at my friend Mommy Does Her Nails' place.

I used Zoya Shawn,and once it was fully dry, took some old scrapbooking stickers I had and used them to create the squiggly border,then painted Sally Hansen's Crackle in Distressed Denim. I'm not usually one for the shatter/crackle thing, but my she has a ton of them so I decided to do it for fun. It didn't last long, due to my nail change withdrawls, but I did like it. If I purchase a crackle for myself, this is probably how I'll usually rock it.

Moving on, I decided to try another crackle mani this morning for Friendly Friday:

But,since I don't tend to feel the shatter thing, I took it off before moving to my final manicure of the day. I'll reveal that one at the end of this post.

This is my dear Melissa's art today, featuring OPI's "Not Like the Movies". I fid it to be very similar to Zoya "Ki",but a bit less deep, and with a really pretty shimmer.

Even though my mother lovingly tells me I have hobbit feet, I'm sharing my pedi with you, because I really liked how it came out. I used Zoya "Breezi",China Glaze "Seduce Me",and Sally Hansen "Crushed"