essie sugar daddy Swatches + Comparisons

essie sugar daddy swatch with bottle on L on gray background

essie sugar daddy swatch with bottle on L on gray background

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essie sugar daddy 160 is a sheer warm pink nail polish with light coverage that is currently one of essie’s best sellers.

sugar daddy is designed to be sheer so even if you add coats, it will show your nail bed and your nail line, if you have one.

Creating a done, but not overdone look, sugar daddy makes a great base for nail art like French Manicure designs, especially if you’re fond of pinker tones.

sugar daddy is often compared to other sheer pink nail polishes.

So below you will find essie sugar daddy swatches, followed by comparisons to essie ballet slippers, essie mademoiselle, essie hi maintenance and OPI Bubble Bath, all shown in two coats. 

So below you will find essie sugar daddy swatches, followed by comparisons to essie ballet slippers, essie mademoiselle, essie hi maintenance and OPI Bubble Bath, all shown in two coats.

Let’s start with swatches of sugar daddy, then we’ll move on to our comparisons.
essie sugar daddy swatch with bottle in hand on gray background

essie sugar daddy swatch with bottle in hand on gray background

essie sugar daddy swatch with bottle in hand on gray background

essie sugar daddy swatch with bottle in hand on gray background

essie sugar daddy swatch with upside down bottle in hand

essie sugar daddy swatch with upside down bottle in hand

sugar daddy provides even, sheer coverage in 2 coats and now let’s look at sugar daddy compared to other similar colors:

essie sugar daddy VS essie ballet slippers 096

essie sugar daddy swatch vs essie ballet slippers swatch

essie sugar daddy swatch vs essie ballet slippers swatch

essie sugar daddy (top in photo below) is a sheer warm pink compared to essie ballet slippers which is a milky light beige with pink undertones. 

essie ballet slippers is also a fuller coverage sheer when compared to sugar daddy. The main commonalities are: they are from the same brand and are both sheer by design.

essie sugar daddy VS essie mademoiselle 112

essie sugar daddy vs essie mademoiselle

essie sugar daddy swatch vs essie mademoiselle swatch

These two are really similar, especially in how sheer they are. However, sugar daddy (top in photo below) is a true sheer pink compared to mademoiselle, which is a sheer pink with milky tones.

Though they are so close, mademoiselle is a pink-white sheer, whereas sugar daddy is a truer pink next to mademoiselle.

essie sugar daddy VS essie hi maintenance 100

essie sugar daddy vs hi maintenance

essie sugar daddy swatch vs hi maintenance swatch

Compared to essie hi maintenance (bottom in photo below), essie sugar daddy is a peachy sheer pink nail polish, where hi maintenance is more of a cool candy pink. 

Both offer similar coverage and are in the sheer pink family of colors, though sugar daddy is a warmer toned pink and hi maintenance is cooler toned pink.

essie sugar daddy VS OPI Bubble Bath NLS86

essie sugar daddy vs OPI Bubble Bath

essie sugar daddy swatch vs OPI Bubble Bath swatch

essie sugar daddy (shown in top photo) is a warm toned sheer pink compared to OPI Bubble Bath which is a definite peach pink. 

OPI Bubble Bath is an almost neutral toned sheer when shown next to sugar daddy.

Which one of the above compared colors do you think is most similar to essie’s sugar daddy? Which one do you think is most distinctly different from sugar daddy?

All in all, these are all lovely sheer pinks and they range from whiter, pinker or peachier when compared to sugar daddy. If you have nothing like sugar daddy, simply love the name or want a great base for nail art, shop for your bottle of essie sugar daddy at Ulta.

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