Valentine's Day Nails with an Edge!

Hey Loves! Valentines Day is Just around the corner so its time for cute V-Day nails!  Have a look angel faces...

I used Sinful Colors 'Black on Black', and on the ring finger Sinful Colors 'Snow Me White' . These colors are amazing, the best black and white polish ever and for only two bucks a piece at Target! What a Bargain!

I used China Glaze 'Broken Hearted' for the Crackle effect and a random shimmery pink from a Migi Nail art pen to draw on the heart and polka dots.

I was going to use tape to make the pink have a cleaner line but I didn't want to wait for the black to dry completely. Hey, Don't judge me hahaha it still came out pretty good. What do you guys think?

I love this crackle!

Thank you so much for reading! Have a great weekend friends!

Don't for get to enter my Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette Giveaway if you haven't! It closes on Valentines Day! Click HERE to enter!

Alaina xoxo

Guys....I have a problem...

I think I am addicted to Crack....le. I love playing with these polishes. There are so many amazing combinations that work. Check out this manicure with the China Glaze white Crackle in Lightning Bolt. LOVE IT!

Two coats of Orly Goth my favorite black (I just bought 2 more bottles of it  because I love it so much!) and then one coat of China Glaze Lightning Bolt. 

I like to call this one..Cracked Cow.  ha!

What do you guys think? I wanted to do a black and white crackle combination for a while and I am really happy with the way this turned out. Sorry for the excessive crackle manis...I lost my Konad scraper so I had to order another one. The stamping will be back soon! Thank you for reading sweeties.

Alaina xoxox 

LAVA in the Streets!

Hey friends...You might need to put get your shades out again for this manicure.

This Manicure is the entire reason I wanted the grey crackle. I loved the idea  of a neon orange lava breaking through the Cracked Concrete.

Three coats of Sun Worshiper and One coat of Cracked Concrete. Pretty cool!


I hope you guys like it! Thank You all so much for reading, following and leaving comments!

Peace, Love and HOT LAVA!

Alaina xoxo

Candy From Strangers

Hey Loves! Sorry if you are sick and tired of seeing Crackle polishes everywhere you look ha ha. I am just having such a fun time playing with these. The last few times I have been to Sally's Beauty Supply there has been one lonely China Glaze Crackle Polish. I feel so sorry for it that I just HAVE to take it home to be a part of my Polish Family ha ha.

Crushed Candy on top of two coats of Orly Goth. Hmmm...Crushed Candy looks VERY familiar..oh wait thats because it China Glaze For Audrey in Crackle Form.

Basically, EXACTLY the same ha ha. I'm ok with it though because For Audrey is one of my favorite cremes and it's awesome to have a crackle version of it. Crushed Candy cracked great. I tried something different on my pinky and I put it on horizontally. There is a slight difference nothing too huge.

I love the pale Tiffany & Co. blue with black. It is really cool.

So far I am really loving the China Glaze Crackles..It's great having the color options. There are so many awesome combinations that will work together. I want to try them ALLLL! Ha ha. Thanks for reading, following, and commenting!

Peace, Love, and Crushed Candy!

Alaina xoxo

Toxic Manicure featuring China Glaze Crackle Review

Hello Friends! The other day I went into Sally's trying to find China Glaze Hologram polish for my lovely friend Mackenzie . They were all sold out of the it but I did find one last lonely China Glaze crackle! They were having a sale on CG polish 2 for 10 bucks! So I had to pick another one..DUH! :) I had no idea which one to choose so I actually let my little one pick for me. Celtic Sun it was! That was the first one she went for..ha ha. You might want to put on some shades for this post. This is the BRIGHTEST Manicure I've ever done. Check out this Borderline Nail Fail/Cool Funky manicure.

China Glaze Celtic Sun (Neon)//China Glaze Crackle Glaze in Fault Line

THREE coats of Celtic Sun yellow/green jelly

They were NOT kidding about the neon-ness. WHOA! I would wear Celtic Sun by itself  only if  my nails were super short. By itself it is way too much with long nails. It's like toxically bright yellow green slime..ha ha. My Boyfriend said it reminded him of something from Ghost Busters.

I have been reading a lot of reviews where people said they had an issue with Fault Line not crackling very well but I didn't have an issue. It worked quite well for me. I kind of did a serpentine pattern so the crackle wasn't so vertical ( like it was in my O.P.I Black Shatter Mani). I really like how the China Glaze crackle applied. I am super stoked on it. I want all of the colors!

No lie, my eyes really are starting to hurt a bit after working on this post. Ha! This is brighter than a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper! 

Yeah I took it back to my child hood ha ha...people born in the 80's don't try to act like you don't remember this. How did we NOT go blind??

What do you guys think? Over the top or Edgy?  Thank you so much for reading, following, and leaving comments! I appreciate it SOOOO much! You guys are awesome :)

Peace, Love, and Blindingly Bright nails..oh and 80's/early 90's stationary.

Alaina xoxo

O.P.I Black Shatter Review!

Hey loves! Here is yet another manicure floating around on the interwebs featuring O.P.I Black Shatter...hahaha. I am sure most of you have seen or used this polish or something similar but here is my take on it!

Two coats of Not Like The Movies..a pretty silvery..green..purple duo chrome. This polish changes colors depending on the lighting and angles. It's really pretty, it reminds of dolphin skin..ha ha I know that sounds weird but it does...and I am pretty weird so what ever. :)

One coat of the Black Shatter from O.P.I  on my completely dry manicure. It is so cool to watch the shatter take effect I watched almost every nail..ha ha. I was fascinated. It happens almost instantly and dries quickly too! I have seen where people have left it just like this with the Matte Shatter effect..But I wanted to seal everything in and make it SHINE!

I added TWO coats of Seche Vite top coat because I like my nails to feel smooth and 1 coat wasn't cutting it..I could still feel the texture of the Shatter polish. The top coat makes everything pretty and complete. I can't stop looking at my nails ha ha.

I will admit that I have said in the past I wasn't a fan of  the crackle or shatter look but I completely take it back! I had never done it on my nails until this post and I am a fan. I think it looks really cool. I will try it with other bases but I am pretty sure I will prefer it with a base that changes colors. This with a Holographic!! OH MY! I am sure it looks amazing! Hmmmmm..Now I am thinking of which Holo I want to try it with. ha ha. What are your thoughts on this effect? What combinations do you think would work? I am pretty sure I will be picking up the China Glaze Crackle polishes in all of the colors. Thanks for reading!

Alaina xoxo

Close up!

POLISHGASM!! China Glaze Tronica Collection

Today the Polish blogs were all in a tizzy over the new China Glaze Collection Tronica...and rightfully so...these polishes look amazing!! All beautiful "futuristic and Edgy" holographic. This drool worthy collection of 12..that's right TWELVE polishes is set to come out in Jan/feb through BSG (which is some kind of affiliate of Sally's from what I've seen online) and feb/march at Sally's Beauty Supply. Some of the names included in the collection are "Hyper Haute"and "Gamer Glam" I love the gamer one since I play video games! I plan on getting them ALL because my collection of holos is very small and this would be a great collection to amp up my selection...that rhymed and I DID NOT mean for that to happen..I promise I am not that cheesy. Ha! Check out the Amazingness that is China Glaze: TRONICA ( I also love the Silvery Shadow the Model is wearing..*swoon*)

Pretty exciting huh? I can't wait!  I am way more excited for this collection then the crackle collection that is set to come out. I tried that once and wasn't really feeling it but I am willing to give it another try..I've seen it look great on other nails. Also the term 'Polishgasm' comes from my lovely and beautiful and funny friend Mackenzie, @Makeupsexx on twitter  (you can follow her here..super awesome Mackenzie face!)

Thanks for reading Beauties! I hope you all had a fabulous day!

Alaina

UPDATE:: Thanks to the lovely Leanne at http://www.donotrefreeze.com/ for posting the names of all of the polishes and descriptions in her Blog!

Techno Teal – Turquoise Holographic
 Virtual Violet – Violet Holographic
Electra Magnenta – Magenta Holographic

 Gamer Glam – Purple Holographic
 High Def - Blue Holographic

 Hologram - Silver Holographic
 Hyper Haute – Raspberry Holographic
 3D Fantasy – Peachy Pink Holographic
 Digital Dawn – Dusty Rose Holographic
 Cyberspace – Taupe Holographic
 Mega Bite – Gold Holographic
 Laser Lime – Lime Green Holographic