Sally Hansen Crackles: Fuchsia Shock and Snow Blast

I have been on a quest for a while now to find a great crackle.  While I was out hunting for polish, I saw that the Sally Hansen Crackles were out. I emailed them to see if they had any samples and I was lucky enough to have 2 sent over: Fuchsia Shock and Snow Blast.  I was skeptical about the white one, Snow Blast, because of the La Rosa white that failed and was too chunky and thick, but I was pleasantly surprised.  :)
Let's start with Fuchsia Shock; it's a super pretty pink that is not a neon but not a boring color either.  I put down a coat of Sally Hansen's Lavender Cloud first which is a super super pale purple... more like a white with a hint of purple under tone. It's a great alternative to white because it doesn't stand out as much and still looks clean. I'm thinking of doing a french manicure with this when my nails grow back out. Ok, back to crackle...

We had some sun today so I went outside to take a picture.  You can see the true color in this outdoor shot. It's such a great color.

Let me tell you about the formula because I am most impressed with it.  If you enlarge my pictures you can see that the crackle does not look bulky or thick. As a matter of fact, it applies like regular polish, dries matte like crackles do, but with one normal coat of clear to seal it, the entire mani was smooth on top.  I have never had this happen with OPI shatters or La Rosa, with the exception of the purple one I think.


Moving onto the way it cracks: yes it does!! I didn't play around too much with pressure when I did this color, but I did with the white one. I used just normal pressure, not a ton of polish and just watched as it cracked.

Let me show you the white one..



 First I started with a base of Sally Hansen's Black Diamond (will post more about this another time because it's such a pretty polish)




Ok so remember the white La Rosa I did recently and I hated it? Well, Snow Blast has redeemed my faith in white crackle.  I applied different pressures and amounts to each finger, here's the break down:

Index: light pressure, thin coat
Middle: Light pressure, thick coat
Ring: normal pressure, thick coat
 Little: normal pressure, normal coat


Check it all out, they all cracked wonderfully! Even though you can see the black underneath my index finger (which I purposely chose black to put under to test the opacity), it looks great. I was looking at this mani and it really didn't bother me at all, I actually liked looking at it. I don't think it bothered me because with a top coat, it comes out all smooth and it still doesn't look cakey or thick like other crackles I've tried. 
These are a total win for me.  I think I'll pick up Vintage Violet, they come in 8 colors and can be found at Walgreens. If I remember correctly they retailed for around $6.99. Here's more info on colors and also, they dry in 60 seconds which is a huge plus too!
What do you guys think? I think this makes the crackle trend fun again :D

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