Good morning, everyone!! China Glaze has kicked off 2014 with a new take on texture in the form of Crinkled Chromes, meant to emulate crinkled up aluminum foil on your nails (I guess, haha). I feel drawn to unusual, polarizing, and envelope pushing textures (like
Essie Belugaria) but the first swatches of this collection did nothing for me, despite the absolutely beautiful shades. Then,
Cris at Let Them Have Polish had the brilliant idea to wear these in one coat and it made all the difference. Two looks like a paint job gone wrong, at least in photos; one looks cool and futuristic-- the sleek chrome finish isn't completely obscured and the texture pieces aren't the least bit sloppy when not layered on top of each other. I decided I had to have one.
I chose the aquamarine shade, Don't Be Foiled. I used one coat and didn't use as light a hand as I probably should have-- mine still looks a little too thick and rumpled. These are extremely pigmented and one thin coat will give you perfect coverage and the less you can get the glitters to catch on each other, the better. Still, I daresay I
like this! I thoroughly enjoyed wearing this on my nails and I'm kind of excited to wear it again.
