I'm back much sooner than I'd planned because I have swatches of the upcoming China Glaze Crackle Glaze Metals to show you. China Glaze sent them for review and they arrived this morning, and once the bottles had cooled down to room temperature, I got to swatching.
I used them all over a charcoal shimmer - I figured charcoal would let them show up well and show us their opacity, and I thought shimmer would work better with the almost-chrome finish of all six Crackle Glaze Metals. I did just single nail swatches for this preliminary test drive and look at them - in addition to the fact that I was racing predicted storms for sunlight and didn't want to change lighting conditions halfway through, all six are gorgeous and I'd rather put a little more thought and effort into full manicures with them than just pairing them with charcoal.
Since I used three colors on each hand I split them up as I figured you'd want to see them, putting the true metallics (silver, gold, bronze) one one hand and the others (teal, pink, lavender) on the other so you can see how they look relative to one another. They all have top coat, and this is in good sunlight.
First, we'll look at the true metals. They are, from the top down, Cracked Medallion (bronze), Tarnished Gold (gold) and Platinum Pieces (silver).
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| China Glaze Crackle Glaze Metals Swatches, Round I |
I think you can see how well these apply, and the application was the same for all six shades in the collection. The consistency of the polish is like normal polish, and so it was easy to apply a thin coat. With crackles, I pay no attention to how even or opaque the crackle is during application - when it splits up, the pieces become much more opaque and things even out. When applied, these looked somewhat sheer, but you can see that all three broke up beautifully and are opaque enough to completely cover the charcoal base between cracks. Here's the same picture with the polish names added - I find labels on pictures can be distracting, so I figured I'd let you get a first impression without them and tack on the labelled version for reference.
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| China Glaze Crackle Glaze Metals Swatches, More Round I |
As for the colors, I really like them a lot. I've always loved metals and chromes, but the fact is, a chrome finish isn't the most forgiving. If there's one ridge in a nail, and I have many, a chrome finish pretty much places a neon sign flashing "RIDGES" on that nail. These have the same overall effect as regular chromes without that shortcoming, and they are really solid renditions of each color.
For Round II, also from the top down, I have Oxidized Aqua (teal), Haute Metal (pink), and Latticed Lilac (lavender).
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| China Glaze Crackle Glaze Metals Swatches, Round II |
Here, you can see that these three are as opaque as and broke up just as well as the first three, and the colors are stunning. These three will require a little more thought to pair up with good bases. Here's the labelled version of Round II.
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| China Glaze Crackle Glaze Metals Swatches, More Round II |
All six swatches have just the one coat of top coat, and you can see that the crackle layer isn't terribly thick, which is nice. I'm a huge fan of this collection, and I'll be trying them out individually this week.
That's really all I have for today, Dear Reader, so until tomorrow, love and nail polish to you!
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