Hey guys! My blind mani bucket has been overflowing lately, so I went a little bit crazy on this one to help clear it out a bit.
First up is Sally Hansen Sugar Coat in Sugar Fix. I know I’ve said so many times here that I prefer to have smooth nails, but I had seen a bunch of reviews that all said that the grittiness isn’t too strong in the Sugar Coat polishes. Plus, I had a coupon that made this polish only $1.
Anyway, Sugar Fix is a pure white textured polish. The first coat is a little bit uneven, but a second coat evens out the “sugar” bits and brings it to full opacity. This polish also dries really quickly, which is always nice. And the other reviewers were right– this doesn’t have an extremely rough surface. I have had no problems with it snagging on clothing or hair.
On the opposite end of the color spectrum is an Icing polish in the color Twilight.
Twilight is a black polish with silver microglitter. It dries to a semi-matte and somewhat gritty texture because of the glitters.
Next is a polish from Forever 21’s Love & Beauty. I really wish they would print the names of the polishes on the bottles, but after looking it up online, I think this one’s called First Snowfall.
First Snowfall appears to be a linear holographic top coat. It never gets fully opaque, but you get a full coverage of holographic glitter in two coats. It also has a slightly gritty texture when dry from the glitter bits.
After that is another Love & Beauty polish. I can’t find the name of this one online though. If anyone knows what it’s called, please leave me a comment and tell me!
This one is a silver scatter holo with small and medium glitters. The consistency was a little thinner than I would have liked, but definitely not the end of the world.
Next is this unnamed Rue Beaute polish from Rue 21.
This is a mix of small, medium, and large silver glitters. The consistency of this polish was super thin– I’d shake up the bottle, and by the time I had painted one nail, the glitters had all settled to the bottom again. Not the most fun to apply, but the actual glitters were awesome.
Lastly is another Icing polish, Milky Way. I had actually used this one before in the Black and White day of OMD, but I never showed the bottle…so here it is!
Milky Way is a black and white splatter polish with small, medium, and large black and white glitters, as well as black bar glitters. It’s quickly become one of my favorite toppers!
Whew, that was a lot of polishes. Ready for the final look? Please excuse my nail nubbins, it bothers me when my nails get so long that I can’t text properly, and this was right after I cut them.
Like I said, I went a little bit crazy here. Thumb is two coats of Sugar Fix topped with two coats of the Rue Beaute glitter. Index finger is two coats of Twilight. Middle Finger is one coat of an old polish, Sinful Shine Steel Reserve, topped with two coats of the Love & Beauty holo glitter. Ring finger is 3 coats (although it’s as opaque as it’s going to get in 2) of First Snowfall, topped with two coats of Milky Way. Pinkie is two coats of Sugar Fix.
I got massive amounts of bubbling on my middle finger because I got a bit impatient and globbed on the glitter, but I’m sure I would have had better results if I just brushed the polish on like a normal person. And why did I decide to use a holo topcoat as a base? Because I’m dumb and didn’t realize it was meant to be a topcoat I CAN, that’s why. I do kind of like the effect now anyway.
So which nail do you like best? Glitter, holographic, textured, splatter– so many nail trends to choose from lately! I know holo will always have a special place in my heart.
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