Crackle polishes' battle

This a perfect opportunity to compare all of mine and borrowed crackling top coats. I used Essence I love Berlin in 02 I'm a Berliner as a base for all of them.

p2 030 golden rush, p2 020 silver blast, p2 010 black explosion, Essence 02 crack me! white, Essence 01 crack me! black, claire's crackle polish

Thumb: Essence crack me! black, index: Essence crack me! white, middle: p2 black explosion, ring: p2 silver blast, little finger: p2 golden rush

 

claire's crackle polish

Essence nail art cracking top coat vs p2 crack link vs Claire's crackle polish

Seeing is believe and I believe that p2 crack ling is not only the cheapest, but also the best option for crackling effect. See for yourselves:

 

 

 

 

P2 crack ling top coat 010 black explosion

It is my pleasure to report that P2 crack ling black top coat is equally effective as its silver and gold variants! At the price of 1,75 EUR, there is not much to think about...LOVE!

 

I applied it over one layer of Essence What do you think? nail varnish and I was really happy with the result.
And the other hand:

Here you can compare it with Claire's crackle nail polish, see how different the patterns are?

And the final picture is the confirmation of just how great P2 crack ling top coats are:

P2 crack ling top coat / Claire's crackle pictures

Once you get a hold of these cute top coats, you will want to explore ALL of your options:

From the left:Manhattan lotus effect 45P, Essence 020 I'm a Berliner, Essence 02 Copper rulez, Essence 002 stamp me! black, Essence 76 Cool and the gang

From the left: Essence 01 I love this city, Manhattan 11A, Catrice 490 Iron Mermaiden, Essence What do you think?, Dermacol 1

Black and golden top coats...beautiful! The golden colour really stands out on a darker base coat.

Can you say CRACKLE?

Soft pastel colours with a silver top coat, equally beautiful, albeit to a different effect.

Sorry for the messy bit, I was just too excited :-)

Claire's crackle polish pictures

It has been such a lovely day today that it inspired me for a colourful test of Claire's crackle polish and here are the results (the more I test it, the more I like it). My personal favourites are combinations with silver base, any neon colour and violet.

p2 color victim 010 glamour, claire's crackle polish

Claire's chip resistant nail polish

A short trip to Claire's resulted in me getting yet another nail polish - a sort of fluorescent yellow nail varnish. I had to apply two coats for it to look so so.

I applied a cracle nail polish over it, but I am not over the moon with the result, maybe I should have waited a bit longer for the base to dry. The morals of the story, dont buy this particular nail varnish!

Claire's cracle polish

A miracle happend today! After two fruitless trips to Kruidvat, I happened to be looking through Claire's accessories shop (there is one at Porte de Namur) and my friend found a little surprise for me! Give it up for Zuzka, who spotted the cracle nail polish - 4,50 EUR, 9 ml!

I bought two polishes, so I got a nail buffer for free, how good is that?

Immediately, I wanted to try it out, so I applied it over my red nail varnish - Manhattan - lotus effect, in 45P (BTW excellent long lasting nail polish). And I love the result!

Claire's makeup

It's not everyday that you go shopping for makeup to an accessories shop, but rest assured that Claire's a good choice for beautiful palettes (smokey eye kit is my favourite), colourful nail varnishes and even brushes! I visited their branch at Porte de Namur and I was in awe as to what a variaty of makeup they offer (glitters all over!).