Before I get to today's mani, I want to take a moment to say thank you. I don't have many followers through GFC, but I thank each and every one of you that does follow me. It's nice to feel like my swatches and manis are appreciated, and I love being able to share new polishes and nail art with you! I also want to thank my anonymous readers. When I started this page I was getting maybe 10 page views a day on a good day. This week my page views keep soaring, increasing by over 100 views/day! It's not much, not like the thousands some of you get daily, but to have page views sitting above 300 is amazing to me. Thank you for reading my blog, checking out my swatches, and generally deeming me worthy of a few minutes of your time.
Now, let's talk polish!!
Today I have Revlon's new Break Up Nail Art duo to show you. This is a brand new line of crackle duos, and Revlon's first foray into the land of crackle. I know, late to the party, but at least they showed up, right? I know alot of us are just over crackle, but I still enjoy it on occasion. I do think that's mostly because I've seldom worn crackle polishes, despite owning a slew of them. This little duo is called Ice Queen, and is a combination of a simply gorgeous Icy Blue foil and white crackle. White is the one color of crackle that I did not own, and wouldn't normally pick for myself. In fact, I would've skipped over this duo entirely had my 21 month old son not intervened! He loves to hold polish bottles while we shop, and he really wanted to hold one of these. I grabbed the one he was pointing at, and he held it happily while we shopped for other polish. Normally Dex will get bored since he can't open them (I crank the cap down as tight as possible), and either sets them on a shelf or throws them. When I went to pay, I didn't see the polish, so I figured he had set it down. Not so much! He had set it in his stroller, under his butt! I found it when I went to lift him into his car seat. Little Klepto! Since he obviously wanted mama to have this polish, I went back inside and paid for it. I figured it would just sit in my untrieds and gather dust, but I asked G over at Nouveau Cheap if there were any swatches of these and found out that she had not seen any. I decided that I would swatch it now so you guys can see at least one color. So let's get to it! Here is Ice Queen!
A few shots of the base color, Ice:
I love this color! I love foils in general, but I have a serious weakness for icy blues. Well, blue in general actually, but that's a whole 'nother post!
Here she is with the crackle:
Despite not being a huge crackle enthusiast, I really like this duo! It's a very fun look, and the color contrast really makes it look like a little icy wonderland on my nails.
Formula was less than stellar; Ice was a bit on the thick side, although it didn't glop up. I had a hard time getting thin coats, and despite using 2 coats, still had some minor balding and drag. I recommend keeping a few drops of thinner handy for Ice. Queen was very thick and gloppy for a crackle, and dries VERY quickly. I had to work lightning fast to cover the entire nail before it started to dry and glop even worse. It does crackle quickly and has a nice mix of smaller, spidery-like cracks and big chunky cracks. It dries to a very textured Matte finish, but I like my crackles to be shiny, shiny, shiny, so I used a good coat of SV to seal the deal. I love the overall effect, but the formula could be better. Also, check your brushes carefully! I didn't check mine before leaving the store, and the brush on the crackle side is wonky! Half the bristles are bulging out of a crack in the stem, which makes them wad up when I scrape the excess off my brush.
Overall, not bad for a first try, Revlon. The color combos aren't anything amazing, and I actually prefer the Pure Ice crackles over this one. I paid $7.99 on sale at Walgreens, but regular retail is around $10.00. Despite being very pretty, I think that's a steep price tag for the quality of the polish. Hopefully I just got a bad bottle, since Revlon's formula is usually much better.
Hope you're all enjoying your Friday night! I'll be back over the weekend with more Spoiled by Wet N Wild, and Julep.
Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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