Playing with generic Halloween polish

I have nothing to disclose.

Last year I tried out some Halloween generic black nail polish and got really angry about how awful it was. I can't remember now if I even blogged about it or not.. regardless, I can't seem to find it among all of my old posts. Anyway, you live and you learn and awhile ago I decided to try it out again.

This happened:

That's right, it cracked. It's not supposed to be a crackle, and I'm almost positive it did not do this last year. So I don't know if the formula is going bad, if it was just the rainy weather or what happened. I did this over a glue base so that's another consideration. I guess I will have to try this one again sometime and see if it does it again.

This is what the polish looks like. My sister in law & her husband bought it a couple of years ago, and I think they probably bought it at Walmart (though it does say Funworld on the back of the bottle, dated March 2010. Not sure if that means anything.)

Here's a few more quick shots which I'm not even going to bother to edit.. just so you can see, it wasn't just that one nail that cracked.

Pretty weird, right? Definitely not the solid black polish I thought this would be!

Claire's Cosmetics: Candy Shop

I won this polish.

Today I am finally getting started with some Halloween themed manicures.. I may just have to write a few posts when I get a chance to get caught up :P I thought it would be fun to use all of my candy themed polishes this month, so the first one I'm doing is actually a pink based glitter by Claire's Cosmetics called Candy Shop. This is an entirely obnoxious glitter bomb I would have to say.

This one I think I would use layered next time.. I did 3 coats, I believe, for this.. with the glue method and it was still kind of a pain to remove. This is a fun glitter but it's a bit too much for me. I think I'd be happier with it layered instead.. maybe a fun jelly sandwich will be instore the next time I decide to use this.

I think you can also tell from the pictures, even with multiple coats, this one is pretty sheer.. so layering is definitely a requirement for those of us who typically prefer more opaque polishes. It could also make a great accent nail, and I do think it would be a fun polish for birthdays.

My label says this was $5, which I suppose isn't terrible but I'm not sure I personally would have paid that much for this one. In my opinion it's more on lines with some of the cheaper polishes, such as Sinful Colors or Wet n Wild. This is the only Claire's polish I own, so I would kind of like to get my hands on some others by them to try them out.

edit: I forgot, this is supposed to be a dupe of Deborah Lippmann's Candy Shop. judging by some of the swatches I've seen, it looks awfully close!  Much more affordable than Deborah Lippmann, for certain!

Have you tried Claire's polishes? If so, any favorites?