How do you call this type of nail polish?

[Fresie]

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry, I'm not a nail professional, but I'm in need of your expertise. I'm a translator and I work on a nail art book translating it into English. I get by no problem, but I've come across this particular type of nail polish the writer mentions and I just don't know how it's called in English.

It obviously creates what the writer calls an "antique china" effect: when you apply it it immediately starts to shrink, creating a net of thin cracks. Obviously it's something very artsy used in nail art. Do you happen to know what it's called in English?

Thanks a lot!

 

[twid]

Ive never heard of it as nail polish but there is something that sounds similar used in decorating, its called "crackle glaze".

Dont know if that helps at all.

Karaxxx

 

[jac extreme]

never heard of it either, but am intrigued to know more

 

[1999judy]

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry, I'm not a nail professional, but I'm in need of your expertise. I'm a translator and I work on a nail art book translating it into English. I get by no problem, but I've come across this particular type of nail polish the writer mentions and I just don't know how it's called in English.

It obviously creates what the writer calls an "antique china" effect: when you apply it it immediately starts to shrink, creating a net of thin cracks. Obviously it's something very artsy used in nail art. Do you happen to know what it's called in English?

Thanks a lot!

Do you mean this kind of effect??
Nails - MAC Cosmetics’ Antiquitease White and Gold Crackled Nails
Not sure if you are talking about a product or a technique hun? x

 

[Fresie]

Thanks a lot, everybody!

Obviously, it's a product. The author -- he's a nail art specialist -- gives in his book a very detailed list of nail polish types: from regular ones like transparent or pearly to heat-sensitive, UV-sensitive, etc, etc.... and he lists this one, as well. So looks like it's a product, not a technique. How very strange.

PS Whoohoo, I've found it! It's called crackle polish. Here:

BeautyNet Bulletin Board : CRACKLE NAIL POLISH

Thanks a lot, I would've never worked this one out without you.

 

[jac extreme]

was lkingf for a pic but didnt see any.

 

[twid]

Its by Cover Girl Cover Girl Crackle - Blue Moon on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - i found these piccies

Karaxxx

 

[1999judy]

All that kept going through my mind was NSI cracked ice!!! I don't think it exists anymore tbh.

 

[1999judy]

Cover Girl...ah at last I remember!!
Nobody cared for it much..didn't it chip??

 

[An*Gel]

Wow!! can't believe I've never heard of this before.. can't wait to get my hands on a bottle of it.. thanks a mill

 

[Fresie]

Oh yes that's right, turns out it was CoverGirl, I've looked up a few reviews and looks like everybody hated it.

Still, it obviously earned its fifteen minutes of fame in a nail art book