Showing posts with label hard candy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hard candy. Show all posts

16 July 2013

Simple Glitter Gradient

I have a simple glitter gradient manicure to show you today. I used OPI Don't Burst My Bubble as a base, and it was so soft and elegant!


To make the gradient, I just dabbed on some ORLY Dazzle to the tips of my nails, and then added Hard Candy Celebrate Sequins to that. I really like this look!

Would anyone be interested in a tutorial? This was an easy one. As much as I enjoy video tutorials, I might try my hand (ha! get it??) at pictorals, where I just give you step by step photos. Which would you prefer?

What do you think?

13 May 2013

My First Jelly Sandwich With Hard Candy!

Well, that's a strange title for a manicure! I went to Wal-Mart today and got a couple of Hard Candy polishes and I knew I would have to try a jelly sandwich. (For those of you who don't know, a "jelly sandwich" is when you sandwich a glitter polish between coats of a sheer polish.

I used OPI My Pointe Exactly as my jelly polish, and layered it with Hard Candy Party Central.


I am so excited about this glitter bomb! It's got 4 different size white glitter hexes, and medium sized blue, purple, orange and yellow hexes. I think I also see pink and green little hexes!


You can't make a jelly sandwich without mattifying it! I added Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love.


I am pretty excited about this manicure. The gliter was easy to grab and the look was easier than I thought it would be. Here is a super macro shot of the mattified sandwich:


Wowza! I love it. What's your opinion on jelly sandwiches?

10 August 2012

Hard Candy Beetle Swatch (Photo Heavy)

I know I promised more nail art and I have been doing a lot of swatches lately, but today I was in Walmart and I came across a brand I'd heard about but never tried, called Hard Candy, so I picked up a few colors, including today's swatch and an incredible matte top coat which I will be showing off soon ;)
Here is three coats of "Beetle" - the name kind of put me off but I couldn't resist the color!


What a gem! This shimmery multichrome looks purple at first, but in the light it becomes a prism of purple, orange, yellow, and green!

Let's take a look at the bottle -


It actually came with this silly little heart shaped ring on the bottle. But it was too small to fit any of my fingers, so I took it off.


Look at the edges of this bottle! Beautiful.


The formula was easy to work with, but the brush was a tad small for my liking. I think it would have been fine with two coats, but I wanted another just to be sure. I think the multichrome would be stronger with a black base coat though.


Just starting to look greenish gold here -


And here is another shot of that beautiful spectrum. I wanted to take pictures outside but it is pouring so my lightbox was the best I could do.

Isn't is just so pretty? And it was only four dollars. Exclusively at Walmart.