another crackle, but a lovely one!

I came across this crackle in a local boutique.  It's by a brand called Nabi, which isn't very well known.  I have used one Nabi polish before and was unimpressed.  This one, though, was totally different!!  Usually crackles and I don't get along, but this one was pretty easy to work with.  I also love this one because it's a charcoal metallic crackle, which makes it kind of unusual.  Even though it's metallic, it still shows up really well against most colors.  These pictures are crackle layered over Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and topped with Out the Door:

As you can see, this one crackles pretty well.  I just had some trouble with my pinky finger.

What do you guys think?  Is the crackle fad on its way out??  Or here to stay for a while longer?

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Water Marble Attempt #2

So I was bored last night and decided to try my hand again at water marbling.  I tried once before HERE, but it was my first time and my pictures were awful, but hey, I tried :)  Anyway, I thought this time was a bit more successful.  I still need practice getting my nails to be more uniform.  As you can see from the pictures, they all look really different.  This time I taped off the skin around my nails to avoid horrendous cleanup (a step I forgot last time).

left hand

left hand

right hand

right hand

For this mani I used:
Nail Magic Base Coat Therapy
China Glaze For Audrey (base color)
Nabi Rose
Sinful Colors Verbena
NYX Perfect Gray (got really sheered out, can't really see it)
Out the Door Topcoat

Let me know what you guys think!  What are your favorite color combos for water marbles?
Also, don't forget to check out my giveaway!  Link at the top right of my blog :)

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Nabi-Rose

Today's nail of the day is Rose by Nabi with OPI's I Juggle...Men on top.  Nabi is a brand of nail polish that I had never heard of before.  I found it at a local boutique here in Flagstaff, AZ, and I have no idea where else you can get it besides online.  Anyway, this color is a slightly cool toned medium pink.  Originally, the formula on this was EXTREMELY thick.  Like Konad "special" polish thick.  I had to add 15 drops of thinner to get it down to a good consistency.  Also, the smell of this polish is beyond strange.  Like no other polish I have ever smelled. After I thinned it, application was smooth and opaque in two coats.  Pics!

shade.  here you can really see the blue tones. and apparently
i cant paint the inside edge of my ring finger :)

sun.  nice medium pink.

I added the OPI on top to give it a little oomph.  The shimmers in it reflect blue which plays nicely off of the blue tones in the Nabi.  Indoors, this polish bends a bit fuscia.  Still very pretty.  Overall, I don't think I would reccommend this polish brand.  The brush on it is really nice, but unless you want to spend a ton of time thinning to a good consistency, I would pass.  I think I paid about $2.50 for it.

picture from Amazon.com

Another strange thing about this brand of polish is that when I searched it online all the bottles looked like this:

But my bottle looks like this:

It says "new and thick formula".  No kidding.  I probably would have liked the old formula better!
Anyway, tell me what you think!!! Have you ever tried a Nabi polish?