Hard Candy Sweet Tooth & Pixie Pink

Today I have the last group of my Hard Candy Candy Sprinkles polishes to show you! They are Sweet Tooth and Pixie Pink, the most girly shades of the bunch.

Sweet Tooth is a Nails Inc Sweets Way dupe. It is a milky white base with pink, white, and blue glitter. It was the most sheer out of the others, but I don't care, I love it! Aside from Gummy Green, it is my favorite from the collection. Pixie Pink has the same colored glitter in it as Sweet Tooth, but instead it's in a light milky pink base. I like it, it's pretty.

Formula wise, they were as good as the others. Easy to apply and fast drying. Since Sweet Tooth was more sheer, I used three coats. I only used two for Pixie Pink.

So that's all of the Candy Sprinkles polishes that I have for you! I love them and I highly recommend them.

Hard Candy Sugar Rush & Jelly Bean Blue

Today I have more of the Hard Candy Candy Sprinkles polishes to share! This time the colors I paired together are Sugar Rush and Jelly Bean Blue.

Sugar Rush is a white polish packed with black and silver glitter. It totally reminds me of Cookies & Cream ice cream. Jelly Bean Blue is a light blue base with blue and black glitter. I love both of them!

As with the two other polishes from the Candy Sprinkles line that I've worn, these ones were easy to apply, fast drying, and I was able to reach opacity in just two coats. I only needed two coats of top coat to make them smooth.

I have yet to be disappointed with the Candy Sprinkles polishes! If you want them for yourself, all 9 shades are available at Walmart and retail for around $4.

Hard Candy Gummy Green & Cocoa Smore

Some of you might already be aware that the brand Hard Candy, which is available at Walmart, has released 45 new polishes! I recently picked up 9 of them. Six are from the Candy Sprinkles collection, which I'm crazy about. They're very similar to the Nails Inc Sprinkles Lane collection, but they're only $3.97, compared to $9.50, and they offer a wider range of colors. Nails Inc does offer more product at 0.33 oz, while Hard Candy is only 0.26 oz. I can deal with that. I wanted to conserve what I have, so I paired two colors together. Here is one of my favorites, Gummy Green, and Cocoa Smore (Nails Inc. Sugar House Lane dupe).

Gummy Green is a mint base with black and silver glitter. Doesn't it make you think of mint chip ice cream? Cocoa Smore is a brown base with black and silver glitter. It definitely makes me think of chocolate. I love the two together.

When I saw the press release, I assumed the Candy Sprinkles polishes were going to be top coats, but I can happily say that they're not! Both were opaque at two coats and fast drying. They were a little gritty when dried but top coat fixed that.

Are you loving these Sprinkles polishes as much as I am? I'm assuming the others are just as awesome, I can't wait to wear them. I'm not sure if this collection, or the others, are limited edition, so don't hesitate to get them!

Milani Hi-Tech

Lately I can't get enough of my holos! Today, I have another from the Milani 3D Holographic collection and one of my favorites, Hi-Tech.

Hi-Tech is a bright, springy green holo. Sigh, it's gorgeous! It has the strongest holo effect out of all the others in the collection. I love it. My pictures had to be slightly color corrected. The originals did not do justice for this polish. It's so much better in person though.

The formula and application were good. It had a few dragging issues but nothing that couldn't be fixed. It was also very fast drying. It was thin so three coats were needed for it to be opaque. Top coat didn't seem to affect it. 

Maybe now you can see why Hi-Tech is one of my favorites! It's not only gorgeous but unique too. If you love green and holo, then this polish is for you.

Milani Hi-Res

I've been wanting to to wear a holo but it hasn't always been sunshine here in California. Finally the gloomy, rainy weather is gone and it is now sunny! Normally I usually gravitate toward untried polishes, but I made an exception today with the holo, Milani Hi-Res, which I wore before my blogging days.

Hi-Res is a scattered purple holo from the Milani 3D Holographic collection, which consists of 6 polishes, all of which I own. I love purple so I'm very biased when it comes to Hi-Res. While the holo effect isn't as strong as other holo polishes out there, it's still very evident and gorgeous in the sunlight and indoors. It's much better in person. The best apart about this polish is that it only cost me $4.

The formula was really good. It was thin, easy to control, and fast drying. It can get a little patchy, as some holos do, but it has yet to cause a problem for me. It is sheer but for me, it was good at two coats but I did three just to be sure. 

I recommend Hi-Res, as well as the rest of the collection, to anyone who wants a holo that is both gorgeous and affordable. I believe you can still find them at CVS, but if not, they're on the website, Cherry Culture and retail for $3.99.

Pure Ice Private Show (Butter London The Black Knight dupe)

Pure Ice recently released 29 new polishes to their line and there's a lot of glitters in that mix. Just the other day I picked up three of them, one of which I'm showing you today. It's Private Show, a mix of multicolored glitter in a black base.
 

And yes, Private Show is a Butter London The Black Knight dupe. This is perfect for me because I've been lemming after The Black Knight for a while. I just haven't been able to bring myself to spend $14. However, a $1.97 is very doable.

Formula wise, it's good. Sometimes you get what you pay for, but in this case, you get good quality. I have actually never had a problem with my other Pure Ice polishes. This was two easy coats and two coats of top coat.

I'm really happy with Private Show. It's gorgeous and it doesn't make my wallet sad. I'd suggest picking it up while you can because I'm not sure if it's a permanent color in the Pure Ice line. You can find it at Walmart.

Revlon Girly

Happy Valentine's Day to those who are celebrating! I personally don't have any plans, but I couldn't pass up the chance to do my nails for the occasion.

I've been looking for a good time to wear Revlon Girly and I couldn't think of a better time than today. It's one of the prettiest glitters that I own. It's a light pink jelly with light pink, fuchsia, and darker purple hexagons, and smaller light pink and purple hexagons which are holo. Girly is a super unique polish from Revlon and it reminds me of an indie. It's sheer, so I layered it over OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender which ended up being the perfect underwear.

I did two thin coats of the OPI and then layered two coats of Girly over it. It wasn't as dense as I would have liked on the first coat, but it was perfect after the second. It was thick so it took a while to dry. Two coats of top coat made it smooth.

Girly is amazing, I love it! It might be one of my favorites from Revlon. I'm happy to see them coming out with original polishes. I look forward to seeing what else they have in store. Hope you all have a good day!

Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker

For Christmas, I received indies that I've been wanting for a while now. Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker was one of them. It was one of the first indies that I had a big lemming for, so I'm very excited to have it.

Jawbreaker is a creamy white base loaded with blue, green, yellow, red, and purple glitter in various shapes and sizes. It's also a jelly sandwich without the need for a bunch of layers. I just love looking at it. It perfectly resembles the hard candy that it's named after.

The formula was really good. It wasn't streaky and it didn't give me any problems when applying. It has great glitter payoff but I was hoping for more of the red squares. A third might have given me some but I was happy at two coats.

I absolutely love Jawbreaker! I completely understand the hype surrounding it. I'm incredibly happy to have it in my stash and I recommend it to everyone.

Jawbreaker is available in a full size bottle for $9.

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