Monday, 4 July 2011

Cracking Summer Manicure



Sorry, but I'm still not quite bored of crackles!

I wanted to wear something BRIGHT on my nails (despite my ugly index finger stump which I keep constantly breaking..). Out came Sleek's nail polish in Florida (how appropriate!). It's a BRIGHT one!



I mentioned a few posts back that Superdrug bargain brand MUA had released some crackles but that I failed to get them that day. I picked up a couple the following weekend, and I actually really like them! They are very thin in consistency compared to other crackles I've tried, so I can't forsee them drying out too quickly like the others often can.

If you apply the MUA crackles in a thin layer, you'll get a very 'stringy' crackle with thin lines close together. I wanted big chunks of colour over my neon orange nails, though, so I applied the shade Shiver quite generously to achieve biiig crackles. Awesome.



Oh, and I should also point out that MUA Nail Quake crackle polishes are £2.99 each, not £1 if you were assuming that!
at 07:00

17 comments:

  1. Lois4 July 2011 at 07:08

    I love this! I'm not bored of crackles either :) My latest purchase is a W7 Silver crackle from Savers at a bargainous £1.99!!

    Lois xx

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  2. GretalRabbit4 July 2011 at 08:13

    These are the exact colours of fruit salad sweets!
    xGretalRabbitx

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  3. Unknown4 July 2011 at 09:38

    I love the MUA crackles, they look like how the China Glaze one's crack, but much cheaper! Can't go wrong :)
    Hx

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  4. Beauty's Bad Habit4 July 2011 at 11:35

    Love! They remind me of sour sweets, or party ring biscuits. Need to get me a pink crackle...

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  5. Olivia4 July 2011 at 14:44

    I want my local Superdrug to stock these already! I'd buy the whole set! haha much better colours than Barry M or Models Own!

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  6. Sandra4 July 2011 at 16:54

    I love the color combo :)

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  7. Deborah - Love. Varnish, chocolate and more...4 July 2011 at 17:49

    Very pretty and colorful <3!

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  8. Audrey- The Nail Affair4 July 2011 at 18:03

    Wow that is a bright mani and they remind me of those sweets called fruit salad! Lovely crackle, hope they stock it in irish superdrugs:)

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  9. Lucy5 July 2011 at 13:00

    I love these colours!
    So bright and summery :)
    I'm yet to try crackle nail polishes, which is probably very strange coming from a beauty blogger :')

    I think I was put off by the array of dark colours that first came out.
    May have to try it now they have lots of lovely brights.

    New Follower.:D

    Make-Up for Biochemists

    xx

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  10. Laura (Montpellier Beauty Blog)5 July 2011 at 14:45

    I love this combination - so summery! I've not been the biggest fan of crackles but I think this has convinced to give some of the coloured one's a try :)

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  11. Anonymous6 July 2011 at 12:20

    These crackle pretty nicely!

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  12. Anonymous6 July 2011 at 22:41

    That crackles really cute! Lovely for Summer! Guessing you are from Essex from on Twitter, nice to find another Essex Girlie!
    Mel xxxx

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  13. Rachel8 July 2011 at 20:35

    This looks amazing, very tutti fruity!

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  14. Zara14 July 2011 at 00:30

    I really like this combination! I'm not tired of crackles either. :) And I'm not sure why, but my index fingernail is the one that breaks the most as well...I suppose because I use it more.

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  15. Ruth14 July 2011 at 13:15

    Oh wow, this is a cute combination. Like GretalRabbit said, like fruit salad sweets xD

    Also, just thought I'd let you know that I've given you a blog award: http://floamia.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-award-from-esper-makeup.html I've been following your blog for a while now, and I still really love it, so I thought I'd just send you a token of my appreciation :)

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  16. liloo22 July 2011 at 14:58

    Sleek Florida nail polish: this one is a corker!! love love it xx

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  17. Ellie M24 July 2011 at 01:40

    Love the colour combo xx

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