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If I were stranded on a desert island, the one thing I just couldn't be without would be my Hard Candy nail varnish. Hard Candy ranges from mad metallics through opulent opaques to pretty pastels. Since I put on "Haze" (a purpley metallic reminiscent of a new Nissan) I haven't taken it off. Some of the colours are a bit dodgy (when I wore "Taxi Cab", which is a garish yellow, people asked if I had a calcium deficiency) but it graces the fingernails of Pamela Anderson, so can you be seen without it? Marilyn Monroe was famous for saying that she only went to bed in her Chanel No5, but I'd feel naked without my Hard Candy. Sarah Jackson

Hard Candy nail varnish, pounds 9.95, available from Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge, London SW1; Harrods, SW1; Space NK, Neal Street, London WC2; and branches of Whistles nationwide. Enquiries: 0171 439 0443