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MY
STORY I first
discovered Hard Candy in 1996. I was reading US magazine and saw a
small article about the company. At that time, they only had a few
pastel nail polish shades to offer. The blurb said that this nail
polish had "swept Beverly Hills" and that it was a
favorite of Alicia Silverstone and Pamela Anderson. The color names
were equally intriguing... Sky, Bubblegum, Sunshine... I was
instantly infatuated with the idea of "colored" nail
polish with funky sounding names. See, at the time, pink & red
were the colors du jour. Trés boring! The Hard Candy line promised
to be cool, hip, funky, chic, expensive, haute, & all things
good.
I immediately
began scouring the web for any information I could find on Hard
Candy and their products. The pickings were slim. I was able to find
a couple of articles about them that included a little background
info, a phone number, and some color names. I distinctly remember
placing my first order. I lived in an area that didn't carry Hard
Candy, so I had to place all of my orders over the phone w/a credit
card. When I called the company, a guy answered... I said I wanted
to order Sunshine & Sushi (I wasn't even sure what the colors
were but I thought the names sounded cool.) Here's the rest of the
conversation...
Me: "Do
you have any purple shades?"
Him: "Yup, Violet, Pimp, Fetish..."
Me: "Is Pimp a medium shade of purple?"
Him: "Yes."
Me: "Okay, I'll take that."
Him: "I knew you were a Pimp kind of girl..." (ha, ha)
Me: "Oh..... ha, ha, ha..." (huh?!)
I eagerly
waited for my new nail polish to arrive. When it finally did I was
so excited. I took it out of its package and I was instantly hooked
for life. These polishes were so CUTE! After that, I was placing
orders every other week until I finally had the whole line. I had a
pretty good job and not a lot of expenses. It seemed worth it to me
to blow all my dough on Hard Candy. People would always ask me,
"Does Hard Candy pay you to promote their products?" My
answer has always been and will always be a resounding NO! I have
only been in contact with Hard Candy peripherally. I swore
around 1999 or so that I was done with Hard Candy for good. Why? Because one
day they just seemed to stop answering their phones... I had placed
some orders with them directly (back when they were taking direct
customer orders) and they never sent them. I was charged about $65
and never sent anything. I waited and waited for my Rock Star Eyeshadow Quad, and a bunch of other things that I ordered. I know
now that they were having some sort of distribution problems. I
guess I can't blame them for growing too big too fast. A while ago,
they were acquired by LVMH (the luxury goods goliath...) Now it
seems, they have the resources to provide product to their customers
again. Yippee!
The point of
this website? Hard Candy updates mostly... and any fun news or
gossip related to them. Hope you have fun. I will be updating this
site on weekends. If you hear any news relating to Hard Candy and
want to share it with me...
send
me an Email.
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