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Boots 17 Black and Gold Glitter Crackle Topcoat

August 24, 2011 9 Comments

Hello girlies (and guys… any guys other than my boyfriend read this?), I saw this in Boots and absolutely HAD to get it, no question. Aesthetically a wonderful idea.

Layered over China Glaze Strawberry Fields, my new favourite ever polish (well, possibly..) Google it!
All pics shown with topcoat.
So here we are. I love it! I have a couple of pointers about this one though:
  • It looks best over a light colour such as white, silver, pale blue, pale pink, mint green or neon pink etc. – the gold glitter drowns out darker colours so the crackle effect isn’t as noticeable. Hopefully I’ll get a few pics up to demonstrate the light colours thing.
  • It doesn’t crackle as much as other polishes – I find the thinner you spread it, the more it crackles… but then you lose some of the glitter. It takes a bit of getting used to.
  • The glitter tends to all stay at the base of the nail (or wherever you start painting from) and I’ve gone over some areas with more than one stroke, which may account for less crackling.
  • It crackles more if you blow on it as it dries!
  • It dries matte, which can dull the contrast between the crackle and the base so it’s worth putting a topcoat on.
  • It is a typical glitter, it will take that extra bit of rubbing with the remover to get it off!
Despite all of this, it has an amazing effect, and it does look AH-MAY-ZING on le nails. I’ve never really been that excited about the crackle trend but this one I LOVE. Boots is onto a winner! I’m hoping for a black with silver or red glitter next 😉
The crackle retails at £3.99, and a little birdie (well actually, the Boots website) tells me that they also have a purple crackle in too! I have to say, I quite love the fact that Boots went for gold crackle then black & gold glitter crackle and purple crackle, rather than the standard black then silver, gold, purple and pink, like every other brand seems to have done. Thumbs up Boots!
How are you all? I have so many exciting (well, to me) polishes coming up. I just don’t want to overload you all haha.
Emma xxx
Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.