Today I'm wearing China Glaze Haute Metal, the pink from the China Glaze Crackle Glaze Metals I swatched for you yesterday. I paired it with Man Glaze Hot Mess, which until I ran into it in my living room yesterday, I would have denied ever owning. I just wandered around looking at some polishes I hadn't used in a while until I came across one that would go well with one of the Crackle Metals, and Hot Mess was the winner.
Hot Mess is a glittery whitish silver matte, and very pretty. I used three coats over a completely dry base coat, and this is Hot Mess on its own.
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| Man Glaze Hot Mess Nail Polish, Three Coats, No Top Coat |
As you may recall, I recently discovered with OPI Turquoise Shatter that the crackling happened oddly over a matte with no top coat, so even though the surface of Man Glaze mattes feel more like powder than that weird rubbery feeling of many mattes, I top coated it. That made it sparkle a bit more and gave it some depth. I'd wear this one alone easily (I wish I'd known I had it sooner!).
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| Man Glaze Hot Mess Nail Polish, Three Coats, with Top Coat |
My original plan was to pair this with Oxidized Aqua, which I still think would look cool, but somehow the notion of Haute Metal, the pink, over this made me think "futuristic ice princess." I don't know what that means either, but I ran with it. I added Haute Metal and two coats of top coat to make it nice and glassy smooth.
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| China Glaze Haute Metal Crackle Glaze over Hot Mess |
This one's odd and it's hard to see what's going on without looking carefully, but it's sparkly silver pink so I'm happy. I like it a lot.
That's what I know this morning, Dear Reader. Until next time, love and nail polish to you!
