Polish Addict: Sugar Plum Fairy

Walking down Memory Lane with Polish Addict: Sugar Plum Fairy
Lavender crelly with a mix of pink, teal, orange, lavender, plum, and yellow glitters in a variety of shapes, finishes and sizes.

Lots of nail polish makers in the indie world have popped up and lots of nail polish makers have vanished after a short period of time.

I blogged about "Sugar Plum Fairy" by Polish Addict in February 2014. I have got three different polishes from this brand and all three of them are crellies with glitter. I have always really liked glitter in and on my nail polish. I am generally not a fan of crellies though.

But anyway, back to today's nails. The formula is still good and easy to work with. The colour seems to have faded a bit over the years so I decided to apply three coats to make my nails look pretty. The drying time is good.

The stamp is from Moyou London's stamping plate "Princess Collection-14". I stamped with a dark purple stamping polish from Born Pretty Store. I topped it all with the holo glitter topper "Northern Lights" from Out The Door".

Here's my final result including topcoat:

Polish Addict: Sugar Plum Fairy

I have always liked to stamp over glitter because it gives a nice effect.

Polish Addict: Sugar Plum Fairy

Here's "Sugar Plum Fairy" alone; three coats and a layer of topcoat. It dries up a bit bumpy because of all the glitter bits.

 

Polish Addict: Sugar Plum Fairy

Here are the things I used today.

 

"Sugar Plum Fairy" is a nice polish with a good formula. I like the amount of glitter in it and the colour mix is sweet. It has faded a bit over the years but the lavender is still nice looking.

                           

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Good
Finish: Crelly with glitter
Overall impression: Nice formula and effect
Buy again: Not quite sure

Polish Addict ~ Sugar Plum Fairy

Polish Addict ~ Sugar Plum Fairy

Lavender crelly with a mix of pink, teal, orange, lavender, plum, and yellow glitters in a variety of shapes, finishes and sizes.

Today I’m going to finish my little trilogy of Polish Addict polishes.

I saved the best til last! I’m such a sucker for purples, so when I saw Sugar Plum Fairy I knew she was going to be the one to finish the series.

This is a crelly like its two sisters, and she is easy to work with and covers well. Two coats is what it takes to make this little beauty opaque. Drying time is pretty good too. Sugar Plum Fairy has also got a lot of small glitters in various colours and shapes, and I must say that I love the way that looks on my nails. No chunkyness or dominant glitters here, no, just cute, small glitters in all the colours of the rainbow. And you should know by now that I love rainbows!

Anyway, enough talking already, I guess you want to see what I’m on about.

Here’s two coats and a layer of Poshé topcoat:

Polish Addict ~ Sugar Plum Fairy

The purple is such a sweet shade, perfect for the upcoming spring.

Polish Addict ~ Sugar Plum Fairy

I’m actually somewhat amazed at how much glitter she managed to stuff into the bottle, and then still have it look like a “real polish” and not “just a glitter”. I like that.

Polish Addict ~ Sugar Plum Fairy

And one last shot on its own.

Polish Addict ~ Sugar Plum Fairy

I decided to make some stripes on it. I used a black striper from Claire’s and a pink one from NYX Ink called Hot Pink. I made two stripes of each colour on each nail, and topped it with another layer of Poshé topcoat, and here’s my final mani:

Doesn’t that just look fantastic?

Polish Addict ~ Sugar Plum Fairy

The pretties:

In all modesty: I love this because it looks cool!!  

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Pretty fast

Finish: Well covering crelly

Overall impression: Great mix of glitters in a cool purple coloured base

Buy again: Yes

Polish Addict ~ Chillin’ in Autumn

Polish Addict ~ Chillin’ in Autumn

light pink shimmer crelly with green, black, brown, orange, yellow, blue glitters in a variety shapes, finishes and sizes

Here’s the second Polish Addict polish in my little trilogy. This one is really light pink with a ton of different coloured glitters in it.

The formula is good for a crelly: The polish applies easily and covers well. Two coats is what it took to make this opaque. Drying time is average. The polish dries up a little bit gritty because of all the glitters, but personally, I don’t mind a little bit of bumpiness on my nails.

Here’s two coats plus a layer of topcoat:

I like that none of the glitters are huge!

I think this is a fun and festive glitter – it’s like there’s confetti on my nails.

It looks as if there are a teeny bit more reds and oranges than the rest of the colours.

So what I did was to choose an orange and a red polish from Sally Hansen Insta-Dri to stamp with: Orange Impulse and Rapid Red. I used a motif from a the Moyou London stamping plate Princess-13. I applied another layer of topcoat before I took these final pictures:

I am really liking the two-coloured stamp!

The polishes:

Verdict:
I was surprised that Chillin’ in Autumn only needed two coats for full opacity – I had expected at least three. I think the mix of glitter is fun and different from other polishes.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Average

Finish: Good covering crelly

Overall impression: When I first saw this polish I thought the base was white, so it was a surprise to find out that it’s actually baby pink. It suits the glitters perfectly!

Buy again: No, baby pink is not a colour I wear as a rule.

Polish Addict ~ Winter Fantasy

Polish Addict ~ Winter Fantasy

Grey crelly with stars, circles, hexes, half moons and glitter in various colours

It’s time for me to try yet another new brand: Polish Addict. I love the name, it suits me just perfectly!

All the various colours of glitters in various sizes and shaped fascinate me a lot. I was curious to see how much of the glitter would actually transfer onto my nails. You know the rule: One dip in the bottle per nail and see what comes up.

The formula is a bit sheer, and it does take three coats to build up to full opacity. I was almost satisfied after two coats, but seriously, the third coat made such a huge difference! Drying time is good, and so is the amount of glitter that comes up. I’m amazed because of all the colours: turquoise, pink, blue, white, silver, green, yellow, orange… it’s like a shredded rainbow on a cloudy sky!

Take a look for yourself, here’s three coats, and a layer of Poshé topcoat:

Pretty amazing, don’t you think?

I like that the polish has so many small glitters! My nails aren’t particularly big, so small is good for me.

Like I said: I didn’t fish for the glitter. I got quite a lot of stars on the nails on my other hand, but not on my right hand here.

I wanted to do something with it, I just wasn’t quite sure what. I ended up with stamping. I used a motif from a Bundlemonster plate called BM-313 and I stamped with a cheap Chinese copy of Suzi skis in the Pyrenees.

Here’s what that looked like:

I like the way the stamp “surrounds” some of the glitters.

I still wasn’t quite finished. I added a layer of holographic microglitter from German P2 called “Just Fantastic!”. And here, sweet girls, is the final mani:

Do you like it? I must admit that I really like this. It reminds me somewhat of granite. Glittery granite! Not bad, in my opinion. What do you think? Do you know Polish Addict polishes? Can you recommend some?

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Pretty fast

Finish: crelly, sheer on the first couple of coats

Removal: Tough - I recommend the foil method

Overall impression: I love the various sizes, colours and shapes of glitter. It makes the polish festive, which is unusual for a grey polish. It's sheer though

Buy again:I don't think so