YouTube Star Kandee Johnson Reveals Details About Her SinfulColors Nail Polish Collab

Courtesy of Sinful Colors
Courtesy of Sinful Colors

Vlogger Kandee Johnson is known for personally trying out every transformation imaginable — from Kris Jenner to Effie Trinket. But this Winter, she's offering you a way to revamp something that requires minimal commitment and skills: your nails.

Kandee teamed up with SinfulColors (the same brand that worked with Kylie Jenner on a lacquer line) to release a 24-piece collection. There are two lines, Pretty Vintage (featuring matte and "sugar" textures) and Vintage Anime. Everything launches this month for a limited time through April at drugstores like Walgreens and Walmart, for $2-$3 per bottle. The shade range is as bright, trendy, and textured as you'd expect from a colorful personality like Kandee.

"We wanted it to be like a vintage, Candyland," Kandee told POPSUGAR via email. "Fun, dreamy, candy shop colors with a mix of vintage velvety [textures], like old matte hot rods. They wanted it to be about colors I love. We used everything from pictures of vintage decorations I liked to patterns and prints. We even looked at pictures of things I like, such as my jewelry, closet, and house. Since I love sugared everything, they created a 'sugared' finish that literally looks like colored sugar on your nails!"

Though Kandee is mostly known for makeup, nail polish is still an essential category to her. She said, "I've loved nail polish and nail art for years. I actually did some of my first nail art video back in '09. It was how to do zebra print and leopard print on your nails. Nail polish and designs are so much fun, and they're an extra way to express your creativity and style. Even when you wash your makeup off and change out of your outfit, your nails are still there to look at and think, 'oh they look fun!'"

The vlogger also described her method as perfectionism, so she was truly hands-on when creating the range. "I'm so glad they love me, and I didn't drive them nuts with my perfectionism and millions of emails and texts and the slightest changes — from the shape of the sticker to fonts to hues of the polish and last-minute polish name changes."

Speaking of, we have an exclusive look at seven of Kandee's favorite colors, the story behind the names, and her tips for wearing them. Keep reading!

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Whipped Frosting

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Whipped Frosting

The shade: "I've been obsessed with white nail polish on hands and toes (and still am) since I was a teenager, so I had to have a white polish! And there's just an essence to this white that makes it look the perfect white vintage milk glass and icing on the cake of your fingertips."

The name: "With a name like Kandee, I knew I wanted as many names as possible to sound like yummy treats, and when I saw this I was like, 'whipped cream?!? No . . . whipped frosting sounds way more delicious and like frosting for your fingers!'"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Whipped Frosting

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Whipped Frosting

How to wear it: "I think white nails look chic, modern and can be cool and edgy. White goes with everything and can be fun to do a striped nail art look with, too."

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Strawberry Milk

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Strawberry Milk

The shade: "This shade is the perfect dreamy pink — not too cool, not too warm. We really worked on it the most to get it to perfection. My nails were white and after I washed my pink hair. Then, I got my nails done, and they turned this perfect pink shade. Everyone kept asking what my polish was, and I said, 'we need to create this pink shade because I love it!'"

The name: "When I was describing the shade of pink that my nails were and that I wanted to create I actually said, 'like the color of strawberry milk!'"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Strawberry Milk

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Strawberry Milk

How to wear it: "It's a pink that's perfect for every skin tone and is soft and dreamy. The velvety matte finish makes you just want to stare at it or touch it!"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Candy Hearts

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Candy Hearts

The shade: "I love this blue and it took a lot of re-working in the lab to get it just perfect. It reminded me of the blue I used in my Queen of Hearts video, which is one of my favorite costume tutorials."

The name: "It reminded me of the old-school candy hearts that you get on Valentine's Day. It also reminded me of the Queen Of Hearts, so I thought, 'Candy Hearts' is perfect!"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Candy Hearts

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Candy Hearts

How to wear it: "This is a fun color for your nails, and it's the right blue hue that looks great on all skin tones. Have a little fun and be daring with this on your toes and hands . . . you'll feel like 'sky's the limit' with your blue sky nails, too!"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Kanfetti

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Kanfetti

The shade: "This glittery fun color is like sprinkles on a donut! It has sprinkles of all my favorite colors, minty green, pale pink, turquoise and iridescent bits of magical shimmer."

The name: "I thought it would be fun just to do a mash-up of my name and confetti: Kandee + Confetti = Kanfetti."

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Kanfetti

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Kanfetti

How to wear it: "You can put this on top of any color — just like sprinkles on a donut or cake — or you can apply it alone to look like a vintage lucite clutch with glitter inside!"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Mint Chip

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Mint Chip

The shade: "This is one of my all time favorite colors — pale, minty, delicious turquoise. Anyone who knows me, I love a minty, pale turquoise. So this was my must-be-created shade! I had to create the perfect minty-turquoise — not too green, not too blue, not too dark."

The name: "When I saw it, I just felt like it should be named after something in an old ice cream parlor, and my sister's favorite ice cream growing up was mint chip."

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Mint Chip

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Mint Chip

How to wear it: "Once you try this color nails — whether it's your fingers or toes — you might have a hard time wanting to use another color. It's just so happy and delicious! It's bold, yet fun and it looks great on every skin tone."

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Pin Up Pink

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Pin Up Pink

The shade: "This shade is the perfect matte Barbie pink. I had a couch, lipsticks, my hair, shoes, everything this shade of pink, and I love it! It hollers at you, 'hey, I'm glam and I'm fun! Wanna come join this party!?'"

The name: "I love vintage pin-up makeup and style from the '40s and '50s. I imagine all the accessories in a dreamy pin-up bedroom — a phone this pink shade, lipsticks, luggage, heels and in my case, even my hair! So Pin Up Pink seemed to fit perfectly!"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Pin Up Pink

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Pin Up Pink

How to wear it: "This pink is sweet but with an edge. I love this paired with Strawberry Milk. When the colors are striped together, it looks amazing — like a vintage pink, party invitation!"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Pink Velvet

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Pink Velvet

The shade: "It's pink sugar for your fingers! The color is like pink velvet cake and the texture is just like actual sugar."

The name: "Red velvet cupcakes are my favorite, and this color looks like pink velvet cake and sugar."

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Pink Velvet

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish in Pink Velvet

How to wear it: "Wear this for a decadent treat for your nails and the texture you just want to keep touching. You can also just wear it on the tip of your nails — like your favorite sugar-rimmed glass of pink lemonade!"

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish

Kandee Johnson x SinfulColors Nail Polish

Kandee Johnson Wearing SinfulColors Nail Polish

Kandee Johnson Wearing SinfulColors Nail Polish