OPI's Just Tea-sing

This is SO sheer! It's dainty and pretty, but the extreme sheerness makes it hard to apply.

Distressed Lace

Konad's m57 plate over Revlon's Gray Suede:

Review: Burst Crackle's Pretty-N-Pink

I've seen Burst Crackle colors offered on Transdesign, but I haven't heard anything about them and there's hardly anything about Burst Crackle online. I decided to order Pretty-N-Pink and try it out.

If the rest of the Burst Crackle line are anything like this one then I am SOLD. It crackles so quickly and mostly in square/rectangle shapes. I didn't have any of those tiny, long strips that I often get with OPI's Black Shatter. Burst isn't as finicky as Black Shatter either... BS always felt like a struggle to get to crack and I never felt like my nails were dry enough, while Burst shattered on not-completely-dry nails (dry to touch, but bumping them did damage). The Burst Crackle range has more colors than anyone else at the moment (including metallics) and the price was the cheapest I've found yet.

This particular color isn't 100% opaque, but it's pretty darn close.

Here are some samples:

Purple Shatter

Purple gradient using the Shrek Collection purples by OPI, with OPI's Black Shatter.

Abstract Pattern

Here's my attempt at a pattern from The Illustrated Nail:

It's so hard to get the border lines consistent!

Nude Leopard

Leopard print over Revlon's Gray Suede

Black & White Marble

Swatch: Revlon's Gray Suede

A perfect nude with a slight shimmer...

The Mighty Monarch!

Yellow (China Glaze's Happy Go Lucky) → Orange diagonal gradient (China Glaze's Sun Worshipper) done with a sponge, Flexbrush's water-based black for the stripes, and OPI's Alpine Snow for the dots (applied with the rubber end of a bobby pin).