I've never purchased any Hard Candy polishes before this line came out, but when I saw the Deborah Lippmann Staccato line, I knew my wallet would be happier if I just went with the Hard Candy look-alikes.
"Sugar Rush" is a glitter with a jelly white base. The base itself is very sheer- what I presume to require 3 coats for opacity. So rather than waste the polish itself, I layered a white (China Glaze's "White on White") underneath.
The glitters themselves are all the same small round grade. From what I can tell there are only 2 different glitter shades: black and silver. However, the jelly sandwich affect of the jelly base makes it look like there are varying shades of grey (a really nice affect).
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| (1 coat China Glaze "White on White," 2 coats Hard Candy "Sugar Rush") |
I do want to emphasize that in order to get that lovely depth of the "jelly sandwich manicure" look, you should apply at least 2 layers of the glitter polish. So don't use an opaque white base and 1 only coat of "Sugar Rush" or else the final look won't be as nice. I hope that makes sense.
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| (1 coat China Glaze "White on White," 2 coats Hard Candy "Sugar Rush") |
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| (1 coat China Glaze "White on White," 2 coats Hard Candy "Sugar Rush") |
What a fun polish. It looks like you have Cookies 'n Cream ice-cream on your fingers.
I'm very happy I went with the Hard Candy line over the Deborah Lippmann. I can't imagine myself wearing this manicure enough to justify the $18.
I also picked up "Cocoa Smoke," which looks exactly like "Sugar Rush" but with a grey-brown base.
Pretty!!!! �� Definitely a wallet saving must have! Now to get my bum to a Walmart...
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