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Dead Inside

Dead Inside

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Final sale for the Summer 2026 season. This will not be restocked again until fall.

This unique shade shifts from a muted gray in warmth to a deep, dark purple as it cools.

*Disclaimer* This is a thermal reactive nail polish. It can several hours for the color transitioning effects to show once applied. The transition effects can vary based on your climate, body temperature and room temperatures.

Due to the nature of thermals, this lacquer will also have a thicker formula. Paint thin coats.

Dead Inside is a black purple (cold) to dark gray (warm) thermal.

Opaque in 1-3 coats depending on nail length.

Colors

  • Gray
  • Purple

Finishes

  • Cream
  • Crelly

Ingredients

Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Isobutyl Acetate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer, Silica, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, N-Butyl Alcohol, polyurethane 33, Benzophenone-1, Silica, Trimethylpentanediyl Dibenzoate D&C Red #Mica, Silica ,Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxide, Tin Dioxide, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite

Size

15ml / 0.5oz

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  • 5 stars: 69 (87%)
  • 4 stars: 10 (13%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
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Sophia K.
Very reactive, easy to work with, pretty!

Very reactive, easy to work with. Turns out super pretty. Only complaint is that the purple looks a lot more like black on the nail if you do more than one coat, so maybe in the future I'll try one thick coat instead of 3 thin ones.

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Elizabeth M.
Deeeeep gorgeous purple!

I got this as part of the 'How Would You Describe Your Relationship' collection. What a stunner! The "cool" is a super deep purple, almost black but with enough pigment to tell it's different. I LOVE it. My nails are rarely warm so didn't see the grey much...it does give 'dead inside' vibes, though! I'm not the biggest fan of thermals, in my experience many of them make my nails two-toned. But Dead Inside was pretty one-or-the-other, which I loved!

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Lena
Beautiful and very reactive

I don’t usually go for thermals and I haven’t liked most of the ones I’ve tried but dead inside looks great. It’s a cool grey to deep purple and shifts very easily. Usually there’s a clear warm and cool barrier but it also has an amazing ombré state. When my hands are a little cooler it’s all the deep purple and I love the color, hopefully it freezes in the cool state once it eventually dies. Opaque and even in 2 coats.

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Victoria D.
Reactive Thermal in Cracked’s Perfect Crelly Formula

This is a lovely, vampy, moody, thermal in a perfect crelly formula. Smooth and easy to apply, and still reactive a year after purchase. I used 3 thin coats and had VNL on some nails where I went too thin.

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Carley H.
Great moody thermal

Thermals are my favorite nail polish effect so I had to have this. It's very reactive and the formula is smooth. I like wearing it paired with Eggplant Emoji on some fingers because when it's in its purple state it's very similar to Eggplant and hard to tell which ones fingers are the ones that with change colors so it's like a fun little secret

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Rei
Yes, you need this

A combo of two of my favorite colors, so I had to have it. I can’t stop staring at my nails. It’s still cold where I’m at so it’s fun to see how often it changes. <3

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Jessica
Dead inside

I wore this with a layer of Hex Mix on top which added more purple.

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Mia G.
Hauntingly beautiful

I love the color combination of this thermal! Very moody and interesting. I especially love the ombré effect as it is transitioning and the mostly French tip effect on me

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Brooke J.
So much fun!

This is my first thermal and it works perfectly! I can't stop looking at my nails to see how cold I am - forget about mood rings, we're doing thermal polish now.

I typically do very thin coats when painting, but I recommend thick coats for Dead Inside, or else you'll need 3+ coats for full coverage.

I have a glossy top coat on in my picture, or else the polish is in-between matte and glossy

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Mer
Stunning

This transitions beautifully and it's formula was so easy to work with. Highly recommend 11/10

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Anonymous
Fun

Fun thermal

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Anonymous
Super reactive thermal!

Got this one during the summer sale, worried about it surviving the heat of travel and received the most reactive thermal I own! So moody and perfect for spooky season.

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Anonymous
Love it!

Such a fun Addams family vIbe thermal! Love wearing make it pretty over this one.

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Anonymous
Very cool thermal

Very cool thermal. I hope there are more Cracked thermals in the future!

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Isabelle
so fun!

starting to get into thermals and this is pretty reactive. it's fun to look at my nails!

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K.L.
Cool Thermal

This is a fun take on a thermal, my first dark one. I like the gray and purple, and when I get an ombre it's really pretty. Note that the purple sometimes looks likes black because it's pretty dark, and that it will be less opaque and slightly more crelly-like in the gray state (I did 2 coats and found that to be good). Dead Inside's thermal pigments didn't seem extremely reactive, more slow-changing, though I did wear this as a pedicure, so I wasn't paying a ton of attention to it.

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julie

This is a beautiful color. Dark and mysterious. Cracked has the best formula and the owner is super sweet. I definitely am proud to support this company.

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Mariah L.
Two therms up!

Cracked needs more thermals! This one is fun.

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Dawn K.
More THERMALS please, Cracked!!!!

And solars too!!! I am a thermal JUNKIE!!! And as soon as I saw that Cracked had one I LEPT to my cart with it!!! And it's in 2 shades that my dark little heart just adores!!! Absolutely FABULOUS!!!! Especially with a flakie or sparkly topper!!!

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Ash
More thermals please! This is an exciting foray

More thermals please! This is an exciting foray into thermal territory but I want more!

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Kelly
Cool Thermal!

This is my first thermal polish and i love it!! It's a bit thick, but it's fun to use and see the color change!

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K.S.
Lovely thermal

Transitions well and has a great formula!

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M.K.
Goth Dream

For when your mood is vacillating between gray and nearly black, this thermal will be perfect for you. It's an easy to apply formula and dries matte.

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Ash
So excited about the first Cracked thermal! Can’t

So excited about the first Cracked thermal! Can’t wait to try even more in the future.

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Dora

This is a fun shade. Its purple in the bottle but a grey color when at normal body temperature. Its summer here, so I never got cold enough to see it primarily in its purple shade.

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Anonymous
Dead Inside

Such an Addams family vibe with this one! Love a good dark & vampy shade.

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Jordan S.
So cool!

I love this polish alone or layered under a sheer magnetic polish.