This orange Hard Candy is from a 4-piece holiday collection, and unfortunately doesn't have a name ... it's very close to another from their normal line (that I don't remember the name of) but they're not exactly dupes. Still, it's a very lovely orange with gold shimmer:
Then I added a coat of OPI Black Shatter
- reminds me of like cooling lava:
- reminds me of like cooling lava:
The only downside to this polish - to the Hard Candy, not the shatter - was the removal:
Even after some attention with 100% acetone, my nails were ridiculously stained:
I can't remember ever wearing something that stained this badly. The patched nails fared better than those without, as you see. So if you're someone who doesn't always wear polish, like I do, I'd recommend staying away from this particular color, because you're not going to want to run around with naked nails looking like this LOL.
Thanks for reading.
~Colette
The color is so beautiful by itself. With the shatter it's just that much better. I'm sorry abt the staining of your nails /: That sucks .
ReplyDeleteI have this set as well and have yet to use any of them yet. I can't believe it stained that badly! Hopefully the rest in the set don't stain this way. If I ever wear it I'll have to do 4 coats of basecoat!
ReplyDeleteThis color with OPI's shatter looks great! Feel so sorry for all the stains you have on your nails now! I had the same with a blue polish, feels terrible doesn't it. :-)
ReplyDeletewoah! I have never seen any ones nails that stained before! good luck getting them back to normal!:/
ReplyDeleteWhoahhh I agree to all above :O Hope it will get better quickly! or else I recommand bleaching them......
ReplyDeletewhen I get bad stains on my nails I like to scrub them down with a whitening toothpaste (baking soda and peroxide)and a toothbrush, works pretty well so far =D
ReplyDeleteI love the mani you did, but so sad that it stained your nails that bad! Fresh lemon juice helps to remove stains, but you probably already know that! Good luck with getting them back to normal! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is some serious staining! Holy Moley! Have you tried "bubble white" nail whitener...I get it at sallys. Maybe it'll get rid of those stains.
ReplyDeletegeez!!! this is definitely some serious staining going on!!! thats pretty insane!
ReplyDeleteThis mani is so cool! I will definitely wear this as a Halloween look. The staining from the hard candy is cah-razy! I use the bubble white for staining, like Beata suggested, but that product can only do so much. Maybe if you use a little stronger mixture that the package suggests or something. I use that stuff religiously though!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you're think of Hard Candy's Lava as the like color from their regular line. I love that color!
ReplyDeleteLike Meg, I love the Bubble White (available at Sall's) for cleaning stained nails. It's very gentle and effective. Green polishes do the same thing. Good luck with it.
This look is great though, I really like it!
Wow, never seen a polish stain that badly. Loved it with the shatter on though.
ReplyDeleteYikes! Thanks for the heads up on that staining. :/
ReplyDeleteBut that crackle polish sure looks great! :)
That's some bad staining. Pretty polish. I love anything with the gold shimmer. Like the Black Shatter. You could use that for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteWow someone should tell the company!! Thats not good for advertising. "Awesome color, Awesome Stain" ?!?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteI noticed the same with a teal Hard candy polish - it was horrible!!!!
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