Crackle nail polish - vintage style

Since the middle of the last century vintage style has come into vogue, which is now at the height of popularity, and therefore decorators really want to grow old. The word craquelure, translated from French, means cracks. Ancient paintings have in the upper paint or varnish layer cracks, formed from time, but with the help of a varnish lacquer, you can artificially age any surface. Special craquer varnish for nails appeared in 2011 at the annual international exhibition of professional cosmetics Intercharm, held in Moscow, where a furor.

Supermodern crakery nail polish is called graffiti and lacquer python, because with it you can achieve the effect of snake or crocodile skin. The collection of lacquer originally contained eight colors, and in the summer a new super popular collection of cracks lacquer, including 17 shades. The new collection also came out in mini-bottles, so it's very convenient to take it with you on a trip.

A new varnish has one feature - it glows with UV light. The colors of the varnish are selected depending on what should happen. For example, to get the effect of the old Gzhel, you need to use blue-and-blue and white colors, and to create the effect of antique porcelain you need to use white color or a shade of melted milk. Crackle lacquer for nails in combination with ordinary will create the effect of the kid's skin.

Craquelure varnishes are produced by various leading companies, for example, China Glase, OPI, XD, Crackle and others. The question that worries many fashionistas is where to buy a lacquer varnish? Cracked varnish begins to go on sale, you can buy it in specialized stores, or cosmetic departments of supermarkets. In large cities, you can buy it in the transitions, and you can buy craquer varnish for nails and through online stores that offer management services, who will consult on all issues and help you choose the right product.

A fashionable manicure made in the style of "Vintage" can be done even at home. To do this, in addition to the colored varnish and the base for the varnish, you will need a varnish lacquer application technique which consists of three stages. First, as usual, the nail plate is covered with a base lacquer. Then the nails are covered with varnish, which will be visible through the cracks. After the colored layer has dried, it is necessary to apply a lacquer varnish. If the lacquer-python is applied to the non-dried layer, then the desired effect will not work. Krakljurnyj a varnish to put or render it is necessary for a thin layer that the bottom layer was slightly looked through.

If you want to get the effect of deep cracks, the colors are chosen opposite, for example, black and white, purple and orange, blue and yellow. Complementary colors will give a not very impressive effect and the manicure will look more natural. Using the stretching technique with the help of several lacquer-pythons, you can create a unique pattern for each nail. When the cracelier lacquer dries, cracks appear and a pattern is obtained.

Now a few small secrets of the competent use of effective lacquer. For some reason, manufacturing companies are shy about this, and the suggested advice is based only on the practice of application.

After applying a layer of colored varnish, it must be carefully dried, otherwise the craquelure layer will turn out to be tuberous. The craquelure itself must be shaken for a long time before use. The fact is that this kind of varnish is very liquid, and when stored, many solid components and pigments simply settle to the bottom. Therefore, you need a lot of shaking. And the varnish, in spite of its liquid consistency, after drying on the nails very quickly dries up - just instantly. Hence, it should be applied with one thick brushstroke, and not the way varnishes are usually applied. If he has a little time to dry up and at the same time continue to brush along it for smoothness or to add smears, the cracks will turn out to be too regular and too flat and boring.
Lucky different firms give their own, unique pattern - some cracks are smaller, others have larger ones.

If desired, a universal transparent coating can be applied over the resulting pattern. In this case, the manicure will get extra shine and will last longer.