Twinise Tuesday - Crackle Polish mani

It's time for another Twinsie Tuesday post! This week our theme is crackle polish. When crackles first came out, I had to get my hands on them but I didn't have easy access to them. Time passed and soon they were available everywhere, by that time I was over it but still wanted a few in my heap of polishes.

My base color is Pure Ice Lilac Mist it's a very sheer pink with shimmer, probably better for layering than as a base color. Then I intended to use 2012 Cherimoya Sanctuary but I remembered I had OPI Superbass Shatter so I opted for Sanctuary as an accent nail like last week. My pinky had the worst outcome.

For the most part, I am still over the crackle trend, but every now I wouldn't mind pulling out the crackles for an accent nail. I have a feeling that some of my Twinsies aren't feeling the crackle on their nails. What's your opinion on crackle polish??

I'm curious to see which of my twinsies were not to fond of their crackle manis. Check them out too!

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Cordia at Srsly Swatched

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Tara at Polishy of Truth

NOTD: Teal Nail Project

So today is October 16 and that means it is National Feral Cat Day. (to be honest, i didn't know anything about this until last night on twitter or tumblr.) Find out more about Teal Nail project and National Feral Cat Day

So there was no question of what color i should paint my nails today. The only problem was deciding what shade of teal I wanted to use. That turned into me wanting to do a whole post dedicated to the teals I own, so here it is. My teal mani and all the teal polishes I currently own.
I decided on WnW Teal of Fortune and SC Nail Junkie. On the accent nail I attempted to do a gradient with a cosmetic sponge. It appears more teal in person.


On the other hand, I decided to just use the rest of the teals and do an "ombre" affect. Starting from the pinky is CG Shower Together, SC Love Nails, Cherimoya Sanctuary over SC Mint Apple and CG For Audrey.






This random nail was SC Mint Apple before I used the Cherimoya crackle. I felt like this shade fits better in the green family. It was before clean up and please excuse the dry hands.


When I get the rest of my polish collection sent from my dad's I'll update if I have any other teals.

Do you own a lot of teal polish? Would you be interested in seeing more posts like this?

current nail polish - Trinity Junkie

My crackle nail polish collection is growing. I received 2012 Cherimoya Cracked Nail Polish in Trinity from my "mother-in-law" for my birthday. (She also got me a black crackle from Pure Ice. I was so excited because I wasn't expecting anything :).) The 2012 Cherimoya collection has 24 colors, and it's a big range. It was so hard to choose a polish. Trinity (in the bottle) seems a little darker than Pepto Bismol, but since I love pink I'm okay with that. I paired it with Sinful Colors Nail Junkie (which I absolutely adore) and I like the results.




The Cherimoya polish has a REALLY strong odor to it, like enough to knock you out. Well not literally but it is intense. The brush is short and thick and I prefer this brush over the SH crackle brush. The polish itself isn't too runny. It dries fast and has a matte finish (although I added a top coat) I would purchase another bottle from this brand because they have such a wide variety and it's in my price range.