![]() ![]() OPI Shatter Polishes Available: Black Shatter, Silver Shatter, Red Shatter, White Shatter, Turquoise Shatter, Blue Shatter & Navy Shatter.Colors in OPI Katy Perry Collection: Black Shatter, Teenage Dream, Last Friday Night, The One That Got Away & Not Like the Movies.Collection: OPI Katy Perry Collection 2011.1 coat of Nail Tek Foundation II Base Coat.Unless stated otherwise, all swatches have: Is OPI Black Shatter polish worth all the hype? How easy is it to apply? There’s only one way to find out! She performed the miracle of miracles and located a store that still carried all the colors in the Katy Perry OPI collection! (Many thanks to her for feeding my addiction!) Had it not been for my co-worker, Karen, this review wouldn’t have been possible. On the day of its release, it sold out everywhere. I neeeeeeded it, but especially OPI Black Shatter, because I missed out years ago on CoverGirl’s crackle polish. When I first heard about the OPI Katy Perry Collection, I had an internal freak out. to Emm Gryner and The Raveonettes to The Kills. Scroll through the songs of my iPod and you’ll find everything from T.I. Lancome Maqui Miracle Foundation FOTD/Review: The.Evil Shades Dryad: Perfect Smokey Spring EOTD.Barry M Instant Nail Effects: Black and Silver Cra.Liz Earle Botanical Essence No 1: Perfect Summer F.Benefit Ultra Shine Lipgloss Swatch/Review/FOTD.Majolica Majorca Neo Automatic Eyeliner Swatches.Natural Purple Eye Look with Zuii Organic: Swatch/.Swatches: Love Alpha Summer Gradually Eyeshadow fr.Liz Earle Mother's Day Gift Set: A Quick Peek!.Kiss Me Heroine Make Essence in BB Cream Swatch.MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer: Stuff I'm Using Up!.Bright Summery Teal Eye Look on the Cheap!.Superdrug MUA Lipgloss Shade 4: Cheap and Awesome!.I'm really loving my shatter manicure, and I'm so excited to try this out on top of other colours! *Waves nails around in the air* Personally I prefer applying top coat, because the shattered bits can chip off quite easily without it. One of the last questions I faced when applying my shatter polish was - to top coat or not to top coat? Either way is possible, the topcoat just gives a glossier finish to the nails. It seemed a bit gloopy and clumpy instead of nicely crackling. Some people may like that, but for me, it's a bit too thin.Īnd here's the same shatter polish, applied thickly. As you can see, it shatters in to tiny pieces, especially nearer the tip of the nail, where the coat of polish was the thinnest. ![]() Here's Barry M Instant Nail Effects applied thinly. Whether you prefer your shatters smaller or larger is personal preference, of course, but for me, I strive for a happy medium. ![]() I've found that in general, thin coats tend to produce finer, smaller shatters, while thick coats tend to shatter in bigger pieces. One of the things about applying crackle/shatter polish is that the way the polish shatters/crackles on your nails is highly dependent on how thick or thin the coat of polish is. So they're really like an instant way to glam up your nails! Very, very fast, as in almost immediately. One of the things to note about applying crackle polishes is that they dry very fast. Yes, I said that Barry M's crackle polish beat out OPI Black Shatter! Now I'd better hide before the OPI fans come after me. (Unfortunately Covergirl missed out.) But between the two, I personally prefer the Barry M Instant Nail Effects to OPI's Black Shatter - it's cheaper, and it shatters better. There are many crackle polishes out there, of course, and Barry M and OPI were the first brands to have them out this time round. I'm sure you wanted to see the awesome crackle/shatter effects. Isn't it interesting how fashion - even nail fashion - seems to go in cycles? I mean, there were the Covergirl Crackle Laquers, and then the Sally Hansen Nail Prisms (holographic before holo became a trend), and the Maybelline Street Wears (all kinds of funky finishes and colours back in the day)! So you never know - that old dinky bottle of crap from 10 years ago might just be next trend!Īnyway, I'm sure you didn't want to hear a history lesson about nail polish (and yes, I am so much of a geek I know the origins of nail polish trends). ![]() The reason why these polishes are called crackle or shatters is because, once applied on the nail, they dry up and contract very quickly, producing the coolest shatter/crackle effects ever.Ĭrackle polishes actually first made an appearance in in the late 90's (the brand was Covergirl back then, and the polishes were called Crackle Laquers), but went out of vogue until the trend was revived. If you haven't been living on Mars, you'll know what Barry M Instant Nail Effects is - it's this (not-so) newfangled thing called crackle or shatter polish. ![]()
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