This was one of my favourite suggestions from my Nails Supreme giveaway a couple of months ago. Zara suggested 'I'd love to see you do a manicure that looks like lava with a cooling crust on top'. Awesome idea!
She provided a link to a photo, and I'm gonna link you to it as well... Click here. Sorry for the extra effort of having to follow a link to see a picture, but Sunday night's #bbloggers Twitter chat and Helen's new post about copyright have got me scared! So just click it, okay :)
Whilst this might not exactly like the photo, I'm sure you can tell the inspiration. I started with one coat of Revlon's Mad About Mango (one of their scented ones... not super impressed with them, would you like a review?). Mad About Mango actually needs at least two coats for full opacity but I knew I'd be covering it with other stuff so I didn't bother with a second coat. Then I randomly splotched on Barielle's Lemon Drop and Orly's Haute Red. Naturally, the 'cooling crust' was achieved with Barry M's black Instant Nail Effects.
Overall, really easy but really effective I reckon. I know we're all getting pretty bored of the whole crackle/shatter thing now, but this has made me realise that using multiple colours underneath the crackle polish makes it much more interesting! I don't know why I'm surprised - I did it once before with these rainbow ones.
So, what do you think to the lava nails? Thanks again Zara for such a brilliant suggestion!
this looks really cool! i might try it someday :)
ReplyDeletethis looks really good!! :)
ReplyDeleteit looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteLooks great, I haven't used my black Barry M crackle in ages, maybe it's time to get it out again!x
ReplyDeleteIt looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteLove this!!
ReplyDeleteThat is sooo cool!
ReplyDeleteYep, simple, effective, a winner.
ReplyDeleteLOVE this. Very imaginitive!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I'm going to have to try some multiple colors under crackle now!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Totally looks like lava!
ReplyDeleteI love this, you're so creative! I think it's about time I bought a crackle polish now, I'm so behind! xo
ReplyDeleteThat looks brilliant! xxx
ReplyDeleteWow that's awesome! You have so many style possibilities with the Barry M nail effects polish, it's super cool!
ReplyDeleteI'll try this look in autumn if I don't forget! Thank you for sharing :D
Love,
Emily
http://www.thestyleexplorer.blogspot.com/
Wow, this is gorgeous, I love it!
ReplyDeleteWow, I love this look! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really cool! Thanks for using my suggestion, haha.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, the effect is amazing! Nice work :)
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Ohmygosh, they actually look exactly like lava! I really like this, so creative <3 :)
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This is the best reason to buy crackle that I've seen! I used to have hair that looked like that. x
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ReplyDeleteHi! I just found your blog because I did my nails with lava in mind recently and today when I posted I thought it would be fun to try a Google search for other lava manicures! I found you and I'm following! :D The splotches of colour is such a good idea! It really brings it to life. I linked your lava nails on my blog post, I hope this is okay!
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