Nail Art: Crackle My Corals Manicure  

This is Barry M's latest Instant Nail Effect crackle varnish in Black Magic. It promises instant nail art with crackle effect on any nail varnish.

Here is a closer look:

Lacquer Used:

Thumb:		L.A. Colors	NP419	Shock	3 coats
Index Finger:		Misa	136	Too Much Gossip	2 coats
Middle Finger:		Revlon	093	Tropical Temptation	2 coats
Ring Finger:		Barry M	296	Coral	2 coats
Baby Finger:		Revlon	990	One Perfect Coral	2 coats
Crackle Colour:		Barry M	311	Black Magic	1 coat
Topcoat:		Seche Vite	83005	Dry Fast Top Coat	1 coat

For this manicure, I've selected a close range of analogous colours Orange-Yellow to Coral-Red sort of like a Gradation Manicure. Then paint each nail with selected colours. Somehow, my camera couldn't capture the colours well. I always find coral colours are always hard to photo to the true colour.

Application for L.A. Colors Shock was a bit disappointing despite its vibrant almost orange-yellow colour. It applied like a jelly and it dries semi-matte. It needed 3 coats to make opaque. Next time I would definitely build the colour with a yellow varnish first as a base colour.

For best result, let your nails dry first before you put on a thin layer of Barry M Black Magic Instant Nail Effect. If you put on too thick it might not crackle. The most fun of part of the manicure is watch the nails crackle before your eyes! It dries matte and apparently easily flake off if you don't put a topcoat on top.

Barry M Black Magic Instant Nail Effect available now for £3.95.

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Do you own any crackle polish? What do you think of this come back? 

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