I picked up another thing from Dior Fall 2012 – Golden Jungle Crocodile Effect Nails. When I first saw the promo pictures of this nail effect, I thought “this is cool, but is this only a photo editing effect?” At first I thought this would turned out to be like other brands’ crackles or shatters which only cracks without any patterns. Then I see swatches online and I thought again “this is awesome and I must get it!” 
This nail polish duo is sold at S$47 (can’t buy separately). It comes with a glitter gold base and with the green croc effect. The pricing for this is reasonable. Each Dior nail polish costs S$36 (correct me if I am wrong here) and this duo is being sold at S$47.
Now I am going to show you step by step on how I am doing it:
Step 1: Paint your nails 2 coats with the gold glitter as a base. The SA recommend me NOT to use any base coat but I used a base coat anyway.
Step 2: I applied croc effect nail polish while it’s still half wet (about 1 minutes).I didn’t apply a very thick amount of polish. The croc effect takes pretty long to show the perfectly shaped ‘croc’. I waited about 8 minutes to see the final result.
Step 3: You can see that it doesn’t show a very big croc effect in my nails. I guess I need to apply a thicker amount of polish You need to wait until the nail polish is completely dry, then you can apply top coat. For more tips, you can take a look at The Make Up Blogette’s post on this. She writes a very helpful step by step
By the way, One of Dior SA told me that I this croc polish will not show any croc effect if it isn’t paired with the gold base. I don’t trust what she said and immediately try it at home. The base that I used here is OPI Just spotted the lizard. It shows that this croc effect works on other nail polish too! It crocs perfectly! I am a bit disappointed with the SA comment saying that this croc effect will only work when paired with Dior Gold base coat which is sold together in that duo set. I mean.., If you’re not sure the answer to my question, you can say that you don’t know. I will be totally fine with that. Please understand what you’re saying or else don’t need to answer. Well this is not a complain from me, just a simple thought on the service from one of the SA.
So that’s the final picture!
Final thought: For those of you who loves a unique nail design, this is certainly a MUST HAVE! it’s unique and one of a kind, I don’t think this ‘croc’ design nail polish is available in the market before Dior launched this. I like this polish a lot and since this is a limited edition, I think I have made the right choice to get it
I have reviewed Dior fall collections: Dior Golden Savanna and Dior Golden Khaki . Both are gorgeous and this little addition complement my Dior Fall collections
Do you like croc pattern nails?
The croc effect is really interesting. Something different from the shatter effect from OPI.
I can understand your comments abt the SA especially when consumers rely on their advices. We can understand if they do not have ans to our qns but don’t mislead us. ????
yes this is a unique creation from Dior! Are you getting it too
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agree with you on the service. Please do not mislead us.
These are so cool-looking! I have never tried crackle polish before, nor did I want to…until now.
Hello Becca! Are you getting this too? This is very unique and I think this is a must have
Very interesting nail polish. I like the “croc” effect, but I can imagine myself start peeling and scratching it all the time with the uneven surface. Lol.
Hi Coco, I topped it with a fast drying top coat. Surprisingly it’s very hard to remove with acetone, I need to stick my cotton to my nails for about 3 minutes and it start to peel.
Love this! looks so chic on u
Thank you Joy
I’m not sure if I’m going to get anything from this collection. Pull factor not strong yet, lol
It’s good for your wallet Ruby, I felt the same with you during summer collections.
I don’t really fancy the croc effect or the shatter effect anymore, prefer sticking to cream or glitter finishes =)
Agree with you that SAs shouldn’t try to make stuff up if they don’t know for sure! Really makes me doubt their credibility on their own products..
I prefer cream finish too but this one is too unique to resist.
yes thank you for supporting my thoughts