Candy Shop Dupe? (Not Quite)

If you've visited Hummingbird before, you'll know that I love Deborah Lippmann, especially 'Candy Shop'. Now, I have to be honest, I got a bit excited and ahead of myself with this post - I really thought I had managed to concoct a dupe of 'Candy Shop' but upon uploading the pics and having a look at piccys online I realise that I was slightly mistaken.

But, before this I had been over the moon, like deliriously happy because each time I looked down at my nails it looked like 'Candy Shop'! Yay for me!

So how did I make this beautiful nail? The base was 2 coats of Barry M Strawberry Ice Cream (See my post about that here) and on top I put my housemate's New York Colour 'Lights, Camera, Glitter' - but I think it's quite old because I've not seen in around. (Sad face)

However, as I said - on closer inspection it just doesn't look the same. The pink needs to be more of a dusty rose pink and the sparkles just aren't magic enough!

'Dupe'

Real

The real thing is just sooo much better

So I had been super excited about these nails (hence all 12 photos - sorry!) but I've got to hand it to Deborahh Lippmann, she's got the magic touch.

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Red Glitter Nails

I've had Barry M's Red Glitter nail polish for a while now and I can't quite make my mind up about it. 

I find it quite tricky to apply and it can be a pain to take off too. It takes about three coats to get it looking good, but it's hard to cover the whole nail (although that might just be me!). Also it chips easily, even with a few top coats.

Overall, I do quite like it but if you're looking for a sparkly nail polish there are some much better ones out there.

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What do you think?

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