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Hi friends! Today I am sharing some new custom polishes by Sweet & Sour Lacquer. When I saw Darlene’s post about needing swatchers for these customs I jumped at the opportunity! Like, look at all of that glitter!!
I am a HUGE fan of Sweet & Sour Lacquer in general but when glitter is involved? Um yeah, I knew I needed these. These are all available right now on the Sweet & Sour Lacquer website. If you decide to pick them up, be sure to use my affiliate code SweetNicole10 for 10% off! I’ll have links and more info at the end of the post!
Sweet & Sour Lacquer is a US based indie brand. Their polishes are in 15ml bottles, 5 free and cruelty free.
Back To The 90s
Description: a white crelly base with a rainbow of neon circle glitters, small white and black hex glitters
Back To The 90s had a fantastic formula. It was of course, on the thicker side as this polish is jam PACKED the glitter. I didn’t need to hold the bottle upside down or do any fishing. However, I did also run this through my nail polish shaker (Izen Pro Shaker Duo) prior to swatching.
It is no secret that I am a HUGE fan of this brand’s glitter crelly formula. This polish was no exception. The glitters do give this polish quite a lot of texture so you will want to double up on your top coat to smooth it out. I did opt to pair it with a glitter smoothing top coat (Colores de Carol The Leveler) before my quick dry top coat (KBShimmer Clearly On Top).
You get pretty good coverage with this polish in 2 coats. I do think it seemed to dry down *slightly* less opaque than it applied. Maybe if you have very short nails, it will be passable in 2 coats. I do think this looked best in 3 coats. But I usually feel that way about white glitter crellies.
My photos show Back To The 90s in 3 coats plus 2 coats of top coat. Removal will of course be incredibly difficult it you get it in your head to scrub it off. Soak this one off or use a peel off base coat.
P.S since the glitters in here are neon, they will also glow under blacklight!
Candy Cane Lane
Description: a clear based topper with red metallic shreds, white matte shreds and reflective glitter
Candy Cane Lane had a really great formula. The base was slightly on the thicker side but not at all overly thick or difficult to work with. The metallic flakies all spread out very evenly but they do give off some texture. I found I had a few of them that poked up off of the nail.
If you build this polish up in coats, it will require at least 2 coats of top coat to smooth it out. I paired this with a glitter smoothing top coat as well as my glossy top coat. I did have a few spots on my nails that still felt textured. In 1 coat as a topper, it’s not as textured so 2 coats of top coat should be good.
Since this is in a clear base, I wanted to try it out as a topper. I used OPI’s Sleigh Bells Bling (Jewel Be Bold collection review here) . I’m torn on if I liked it more as a topper or built up in 3 coats.
The reflective glitter gives this an extra bit of sparkle which I loved. Sadly it was overcast the day I was swatching this polish so I wasn’t able to get daylight shots for the reflective glitter.
My photos show Candy Cane Lane in 1 coat as a topper and in 3 coats on its own. Removal will of course be on the more difficult side.
Everyday Is Christmas
Description: a clear base with red and green matte glitters in a variety of sizes, gold glitter and gold reflective glitter
Everyday Is Christmas had a fantastic formula. The base didn’t feel overly thick at all and all of the glitters spread out very evenly and easily. This also had surprisingly minimal texture for a polish with reflective glitter.
Speaking of the reflective glitter, I had a hard time catching the reflects in photos. I could see the reflects in person, but all of my reflective shots came out way too fake looking and didn’t really translate to what I was seeing in person. There seems to be both gold reflective glitter and regular metallic gold glitter in here.
I had a hard time deciding what color base to use for these. I wanted something Christmas-y and definitely didn’t want to use black. So I used Essie’s No To-Do which is a ( (Un)Guilty Pleasures) as a base. I feel like brown complimented this topper really nicely. In hindsight, I would have liked to also build it up on one nail but I was loving how it looked on brown so much, I forgot.
My photos show Everyday Is Christmas in 1 coat plus 1 thick coat of top coat. You might need to double up on your top coat with this one for long term wear. Removal will of course be on the more difficult side due to all of the glitters.
Ooooo Lava Lamp
Description: a turquoise jelly base with neon green circle glitters in a variety of sizes plus glow in the dark pigment
Ooooo Lava Lamp also had a fantastic formula. I was a little surprised that it didn’t feel thick at all despite having so much glitter in it. This one is in a jelly base so you will want to build it up to get the most opacity. As this dries down a little sheerer than it applies, I do think it will likely be a solid 3 coater.
The glitters all seem to come out very easily without needing to do any fishing. I did also run this one through my nail polish shaker prior to swatching it. All of the glitters, give this polish significant texture. So you will want to double up on top coat to smooth everything out.
This polish also has glow in the dark pigment in it. However, as you can tell by my photos I didn’t get any shots of the GITD. I was so focused on swatching these quickly, I didn’t remember to get glow shots before I took this off.
I love the base color and glitter color combination for this polish! It’s bright, fun and beautiful all of the things I love in a nail polish.
My photos show Ooooo Lava Lamp in 3 coats plus 2 coats of top coat. Removal will be very difficult if you scrub this off, so use a peel off base coat or the soak off method for the easiest removal.
Final Thoughts
No one even needs to ask me what I thought of this release to know the answer. All of the polishes were so fun and the glitters made me very happy.
My only complaint is that it was very dark and overcast outside so I wasn’t able to see the reflective glitters out in the sun to really decide how I felt about them. It was too dark for me to be able to get any usable shots showing them. I love reflective polishes but I can’t say enough how much I hate photographing them, especially when I don’t have access to natural lighting.
So my clear top picks were Back To The 90s, I will never stop loving white glitter crellies with rainbow glitter! And of course Oooo Lava Lamp because I will never stop loving jelly bases with circle glitters.
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This batch of customs are available right now on the Sweet & Sour Lacquer website. Each polish is priced at $12 for 15ml bottles. Make sure to use my affiliate code, SweetNicole10 to save 10% off your order.
I do not know if these customs are limited edition or if they will be restocked so make sure to jump on them ASAP.
And since you clearly like glitter, check out my custom polish The Nicole that Darlene made for me a few months back. It’s also available and I can’t recommend it enough!
