Arden: We're suddenly trying out new products left and right here at the Casa de Polish! Today we have one of Sally Hansen's new Sugar Coat polishes. These are being marketed right along side the new Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coats, which we swatched here. This was the first texture coat I've ever tried (other versions include OPI Liquid Sand and Zoya PixieDust) and I didn't really know quite what to expect.
I'd always assumed before that these kinds of polishes contained some sort of special chemicals that bubbled up as the dried, but it turns out that there's actually some kind of grit in the polish in the bottle. It applies just like normal, but then other things in the polish evaporate as it dries, leaving a rough texture.
This is Sally Hansen Sugar Coat Sour Apple, two coats, no top coat. The sugar coats come in a variety of colors, but due to our love of greens, we opted to get the mint green one first to try out and see how we liked it.
I'm not gonna lie, the reason this was the first gritty texture coat I've ever tried is because they never really appealed to me. "Why would I want gritty nails?" I would ask myself every time I saw an OPI Liquid Sand polish discounted at the local beauty supply store.
