Fly By Night

 Trying to give some love to some of my long list of unused polish! The random number generator chose a black crackle polish for me, Revlon Fly By Night. I paired this with the chrome Sally Hansen Purple Alloy. The different quality of the super chrome polish means that the crackle effect normally wouldn't work as well, so I topped it with a clear coat of polish before applying the crackle. For a little extra pizazz, I topped it with ORLY Shine On Crazy Diamond. Everything works with super bright scattered holo glitter!

 Revlon Fly By Night is a very good crackle polish! I love it when the spacing of the cracks turns out uniformly on the first try. I know crackle polishes are not really in fashion, but they're still fun for me!

 Colors Used:

 Revlon Fly By Night

  Sally Hansen Purple Alloy

 ORLY Shine On Crazy Diamond

Crackled Ombre

 I decided to go to my spreadsheet of polish for inspiration, and utilize the first polish I had listed as still untried. That turned out to be a crackle polish! For an interesting effect, I did a horizontal ombre under it and mirrored the gradient with teardrop studs. I love it!

 The ombre was created using SpaRitual Dreams Becoming Reality on my thumb, Nicole by OPI I Sea You and Raise You on my index, Sally Hansen Blue-ming Fast on my middle, Julep Bess on my ring, and Tea Beauty Mint Leaf on my pinkie.

 The crackle polish is Sally Hansen Star Burst, a black crackle with a generous mix of silver glitter. I was a bit worried that it was going to be a bit too goopy to work, but it cracked easily once applied. I really like the effect when paired with the changing shades of blue.  As a last touch, I used three colors of teardrop studs to mirror the ombre.

Colors Used:

SpaRitual Dreams Becoming Reality

Nicole by OPI I Sea You and Raise You

Sally Hansen Blue-ming Fast

Julep Bess

Tea Beauty Mint Leaf 

Sally Hansen Star Burst

Crackle and Sparkle

 I do enjoy the look of layered polishes! This was another evolving manicure with a fun end result. Sometimes launching into nail art with no idea in mind can be great!

 I started out with a base of OPI DS Glow, which is a lovely auburn-coppery color. I actually wore that color alone for a day before deciding to add to it. Next, I added the crackle polish Sephora by OPI White Blasted. That actually absorbed some of the polish below it and turned ever so slightly off-white pinkish. However, it still worked! It was a gradual change, and it might have been caused by layering glitter over it.

 The glitter polish was Sephora by OPI Come to Pappa-razzi. It's an interesting glitter that is a mix of small coppery glitter, gold hex glitter and small matte black glitter. It complimented the base colors well while also adding that extra oomph!

Colors Used:

OPI DS Glow

Sephora by OPI White Blasted

Sephora by OPI Come to Pappa-razzi

Shattered Gradient

 

I was in the mood for gradients, but wanted to add a Halloween twist! I'm really happy with these, probably my most successful foray into yellow nails!

 I started with a white base, just to save on layers and layers of yellow. Next, I painted on two coats of Color Club Almost Famous. Once that was dry, I grabbed a makeup sponge and created my gradient: Color Club Almost Famous, Sinful Colors Anchors Away, and Essie Fear or Desire. It took a few passes of the sponge on each nail to get the gradient as strong as I wanted.

 

 

 I then took small sections of masking tape and stuck them over the base of my nails, then proceeded to paint Sephora by OPI Blasted Black on my index, middle, and pinky nails. For my thumb and ring nails, I painted on a coat of Icing Shredded, which is a matte black flakie that I snagged on clearance and haven't seen anywhere since!

On my left hand, I toyed around with placing square green glitter as another accent. It's fun, but I prefer the contrast of the glitter-less version.

 Colors used:

Color Club Almost Famous

Sinful Colors Anchors Away

Essie Fear or Desire

  Sephora by OPI Blasted Black

Icing Shredded

Goosebumps

 I wanted to experiment a little more with crackle polish, but tried to do something to spice it up a bit. It turned out better than expected! The color combo reminds me of the Goosebumps book covers for some reason.

 I started with two coats of China Glaze I'm With the Lifeguard. It's such a fun, bright green, and it pops out so much under the crackle! I next applied the crackle polish, Sephora by OPI Blasted Black. I love the consistency in how it crackled - I didn't have any mostly black fingers!

 After that dried, I painted my tips freehand with China Glaze Flying Dragon. I did two coats to help fill in the crackle texture a little better. Then, I outlined the border using KISS Nail Art in white. It needed a little more sparkle, so I dabbed on some purple and silver glitter from Wet n Wild It's All In the Cut.

Colors Used:

China Glaze I'm With the Lifeguard

Sephora by OPI Blasted Black

China Glaze Flying Dragon

KISS Nail Art White

Wet n Wild It's All In the Cut

Day 8: Black and White

 There's something overly dramatic about black and white nails. These didn't turn out exactly as I'd hoped, but they're fun nonetheless!

 I started with one coat of Wet n Wild Black Creme on my thumb, index, and pinky nails. On my index and ring nails I applied two coats of China Glaze White on White. I then used KISS nail art brushes to draw a line in white swooping out from the base to the tip of each black nail, and a line in black from near the base to the tip.

Using that line as a guide, I applied Sephora by OPI Blasted Black and White Blasted crackle polishes to those sections. With the remaining empty space, I decided to draw in flowers and some abstract vines. I pulled out my little nail art pearls and some black faceted nail art beads to decorate the center of each flower.

 And as a last minute detail, I decided to mattify everything with Icing It's a Matte World. Woo!

Colors Used:

Wet n Wild Black Creme

China Glaze White on White

KISS Nail Art Black

Kiss Nail Art White

Sephora by OPI Blasted Black

Sephora by OPI White Blasted

Icing It's a Matte World

Shattered Neon

 

I've managed to collect a few crackle/shatter polishes from clearance sections, but I've never really messed with them. It finally seemed like a good time to put them to the test! I started out with a super bright neon green, China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard. I had mainly picked this color up because I didn't have anything else like it so far, but once trying it out I really enjoyed it! It's just so bright and fun. 

 After that dried (which didn't take long, since it's a matte polish), I applied a coat of Sephora by OPI White Blasted, which crackled beautifully. I wore it for a full day of work with just the white crackle and amazingly enough it worked extremely well - no chipping! Once I got home I decided I wanted to try putting a crackle coat on top of a crackle coat, just for fun. I love the end result! Reminds me of colored composition notebooks.

 Colors Used:

China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard

Sephora by OPI White Blasted 

Sephora by OPI Blasted Black