Sweet as Sugar

When shopping for polish and viewing various nail polish blogs I've noticed a trend recently. More and more polish companies are releasing textured polishes. Like the Julie G frosted gum drops collection these polishes have a totally different feel to them compared to the ultra shiny smooth feel of regular polish. I recently picked up Sally Hansen's Sugar Coat polish and fell in love. These polishes have a matte finish and have a super fast drying time with a sugary texture.

The sugar coat collection is made up of eight polishes, I ended up purchasing half of the collection. I did swatches of the four colors I purchased. I wanted to get a close up of the swatches to show the texture. The texture is almost like stucco but not at all scratchy. 

Sweetie is a buttery yellow

Sour Apple is a minty green

Cotton Candies is a hot pink

Lick-O-Rich is a deep black

I purchased these at Rite Aid for about $5.99 each. I believe you can also find them at Target, you can check online to see if your local Target carries them. I absolutely adore these Sugar Coats. I will be purchasing the rest of the collection soon. I do say that Sally Hansen Sugar Coats get a pretty polished thumbs up from me.

Sugar Coat in Sour Apple Accent nail Jesse's Girl High Intensity polish in Carolina Beach

What do you think? Have you tried Sugar Coats? Or do you have a textured polish you are loving? Tell me what you think in the comments below.

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<3 Pinky

The Claw!!!

On one of my last nail polish shopping trips my friend Lo (ig@Bruisedupdollie) purchased this little piece of awesomeness. This is the ASP Manicure Saver Cotton Claw

ASP Manicure Saver Cotton Claw

We've all run into this situation. You have a lovely manicure and you've picked the perfect outfit and some cute open toed shoes. That's when you notice *gasp* you are in need of a pedicure like yesterday. What is a girl to do? You can't possibly take off your toe nail polish and risk ruining your mani. That's where the cotton claw comes to the rescue. You can use the claw to pick up a cotton ball, dip in some acetone and say bye-bye to that old polish. While keeping your fabulous mani in tact.

This retails at Sally's Beauty Supply for $3-4. The ASP Manicure Saver Cotton Claw gets a pretty polished thumbs up! Be sure to follow fellow polish addict ig@bruisedupdollie she does some super cute nails and is just all together awesome.  

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<3 Pinky

China Glaze Trazitions

While browsing my locals Sally's I always check out the clearance section, this is where I stumbled upon this.

China Glaze Tranzitions in Split Perso-Nail-ity

This is from the China Glaze Tranzitions line. They are polishes that change color depending if a top coat is applied. The texture reminds me more of acrylic paint or a matte polish. The formula is kind of thick and there is a bit of a drag which can cause some bare spots if you are not careful. I was skeptical about the color change. I did not think that the contrast was going to be too noticeable. To my surprise the colors were very true to those on the bottle.

China Glaze Tranzitions in Split Perso-Nail-ity

As you can see from the swatches above without a top coat the color is a light creamy pink. With a top coat it is a berry color. I got this bottle for $3.49 typically China Glaze bottles run over $6. Overall China Glaze Tranzitions gets a pretty polished thumbs up. Next time you are at Sally's check the clearance bin who knows what bargains you'll find.

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<3 Pinky

Nail Polish Deal Alert!!!

This weekend I went to visit my very good friend Lo :) who is also a fellow polish addict. Of course we had to do some polish shopping together. One of our stops was to Sally's Beauty supply. I found some awesome deals. Of my finds were the China Glaze Ombre polish sets. These sets come with four full size polishes and ten sponges. The sponges are used to blend the four colors together to achieve a gradient look. Typically China Glaze polishes cost over $6 each so you can imagine my excitement when I discovered the sets were on sale for $10 each. I picked up two of the sets, Sweet Sensations (pink set) and Wait Teal you see! (turquoise set). The swatch of #4 Make an Entrance looked more red in the picture. the color is actually more like the color in the bottle photo.



1. Angel's Breath 2. Something Sweet 3. Dance Baby 4. Make An Entrance

 

1. White on White 2. For Audrey 3. Aquadelic 4. Turned up Turquoise

 

Turned up Turquoise with Orly Matte Top Coat

 

I love these sets, the nail polish colors look great together but they also look great alone. One of my favorites in the set was Turned up Turquoise. It was actually matte. 



China Glaze Ombre sets get a pretty polished thumbs up. They are a great deal on some great polish, even better when they are on sale.

 

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<3 Pinky



 

 

Jessie Girl Cosmetics: Julie G Frosted Gumdrops Nail Polish

As I was browsing some nail blogs I kept seeing Julie G Frosted Gumdrops nail polish. It is a ultra glittery nail polish with a textured feel. I then saw that Groupon was offering a deal of the set of six for the low price of $12.99. So of course I ordered them. They arrived as scheduled all intact.

Frosted Gumdrops Collection

Like the polish junkie I am I had to give them a whirl. When applying I noticed that the coverage is excellent. I started with a base coat and with only one coat and I had full coverage. I applied two coats and my nails were so sparkly. The texture is neat, you feel the roughness of the glitter. It isn't scratchy at all. Love it!

Of course with such high sparkle and the textured feel I knew that I was going to be in some trouble when trying to remove it. To my delight I was wrong. I used an acetone based remover and had no issues at all. I just placed a remover soaked ball of cotton on each nail and left them there as I removed the polish from my other nails. Viola!

Frosted Gumdrops: Crushed Candy

Of course I had to give the pink one a whirl but I wanted some contrast. Starting with Finger Paint base coat, I then applied Crushed Candy (color above) to the entire nail. The tips were done in a matte black. I purchased the matte black from Ebay and it came from Japan. I am not sure of the brand. 

Pictured Left to Right; Finger Paints base coat, Crushed Candy,  Matte Black

French Tip Manicure

All in all Jesse Girl Cosmetics Julie G Frosted Gumdrops nail polish gets a pretty polished thumbs up!

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<3 Pinky