Cool new nail polish

ree-Xi · #1 02-08-2011, 05:14 PM

http://www.polishgalore.com/2011/01/...k-shatter.html

OPI's "Black Shatter" - the person who writes this blog posted a demonstration of how it works. Not sure if I'd use it enough to justify paying OPI prices, but it's neat.

lovespink88 · #2 02-08-2011, 05:27 PM

I remember my friend had some of this stuff a few years back (sorry, not trying to rain on your parade!!

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It was a little different though--I think the product was called "Crackle", and it wasn't OPI brand.

I do agree, it does look cool!

Alumiyum · #3 02-08-2011, 05:52 PM

It's so hard to get though! A couple of friends and I have been trying and can't get it anywhere.

Kappamd · #4 02-08-2011, 06:54 PM

This type of thing has been around for a long time. I remember being less than impressed when I tried it, but then again it wasn't OPI.

And Alumiyum, I saw this at Ulta last weekend (if you have one of those).

DSTRen13 · #5 02-08-2011, 07:52 PM

If you've got a Trade Secret around, they had a ton of the stuff when I was in there the other day. Personally, the whole shatter thing is just not my style. I love nail polish, but I don't like my nails to have a lot of texture like that. Same reason I don't wear glitter polish.

jessica.lanelle · #6 02-09-2011, 01:23 PM

Cover Girl used to have a version of that type of polish, as well. I think it looks really cute, but I could not pull it off.

Alumiyum · #7 02-09-2011, 04:53 PM

Yeah Ulta is where my friends have checked...they told me they were out and asked the clerk who said they only put out 8 bottles at a time. Booooooo.

Munchkin03 · #8 02-09-2011, 04:59 PM

I haven't been able to find it ANYWHERE. I've gone to a bunch of places here in NYC, which usually sell all of the new OPIs...they don't have it. Completely cleaned out. I'm going to ask my niece if she can get it for me in Florida.

Alumiyum · #9 02-09-2011, 05:04 PM

Is there any retailer that sells it online?

DSTRen13 · #10 02-09-2011, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Alumiyum

Is there any retailer that sells it online?

I buy nail polish off Amazon all the time. (I buy almost everything off Amazon ... I think I have a problem.)

kfraz811 · #11 02-09-2011, 11:14 PM

I wanna try the shatter polish too! I also want to try Sally Hansen salon effects nail stickers. Has anyone heard of those? I want them so bad

Alumiyum · #12 02-10-2011, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by kfraz811

I wanna try the shatter polish too! I also want to try Sally Hansen salon effects nail stickers. Has anyone heard of those? I want them so bad

^Thanks for the Amazon suggestion above! I found it on there, gonna order it next week.

And I have the Salon Effects on now...houndstooth. I HIGHLY recommend them. They were super easy to put on. The strips were far bigger than all of my nails because I have such small hands so I was worried at first but then found it was extremely easy to get the excess off. I put one layer of top coat on them (which you don't have to do, but I did it just in case) and have had them on for a few days and don't have one single chip. I freaking love these things!

DSTRen13 · #13 02-10-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Alumiyum

And I have the Salon Effects on now...houndstooth. I HIGHLY recommend them. They were super easy to put on. The strips were far bigger than all of my nails because I have such small hands so I was worried at first but then found it was extremely easy to get the excess off. I put one layer of top coat on them (which you don't have to do, but I did it just in case) and have had them on for a few days and don't have one single chip. I freaking love these things!

This is good to know - I've been debating about trying these!

33girl · #14 02-10-2011, 09:18 PM

Let us know how long it takes before they chip. I was looking at those too, but the price kind of put me off.

Alumiyum · #15 02-11-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Let us know how long it takes before they chip. I was looking at those too, but the price kind of put me off.

I actually have to switch to something a little less...noticeable...because I have a cocktail party to go to tomorrow night but I have had exactly one tiny chip, and it was on my thumbnail and caused be a scraper (printmaking tool). Since I spend a lot of time cutting, sanding, carving, working with chemicals, etc. this amazed me. Even with a really good top coat nail polish usually goes 3 days max on my fingernails before chipping, and badly. I put these on Monday I think, so 5 days and essentially no chips. I'm betting they'd be chip free for at least a week on most people, 10 days even.