LA COLORS PRO GEL TOP COAT REVIEW SERIES
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So now you’ve chosen a top coat… but that doesn’t ensure that your nails are going to be shiny chip-free pretties. I’m currently using (and loving) Quick! Gloss Me Up! from Peita’s Polish.

Matte and satin: Essie Matte About You, OPI Matte Top Coat (if you’re being budget conscious, you can also make your own matte top coat) Glitter-smoothing: Essence Gel Look, old gloopy Seche Vite Quick dry, dent-minimising: Seche Vite, Poshe, Cult Nails Wicked Fast, HK Girl Glisten & GlowĬhip resistant: Sally Hansen Insta Dri, gel top coat Here are some popular top coats for various purposes: It can also depend on your base coat – some top coats don’t play nice with certain bases, and your choice of base will depend a lot on your body chemistry and needs (strengthening, stain resistance, easy glitter removal, ridge filling – more on that later). The most appropriate top coat also depends on your climate – moisture can fog up top coat, so if you live somewhere damp, fog resistance might be a priority.

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It’s also super shiny and photogenic! And if you’re changing your polish every few days, longevity isn’t a must – Seche Vite is a notorious chip monster, and can shrink from the free edge, which combined with tip wear can look raggedy after a few days. That’s why Seche Vite won by a mile – when you have a mischievous toddler or impulsive cat, or you’re trying to cram your obsessive polishing around work and a reasonable amount of sleep, you need a top coat that dries fast and lets you smooth out dents (this is one of the biggest pros if you don’t have time to wait for polish to dry – you can massage out dents in the Seche-Vited layer cake). I know it seems like I’m contradicting myself when I say this, since I wrote this post on Lacquerheads, but the poll would have been more accurately titled, “ What’s the best top coat, according to Aussie ladies who fucking love polish, paint their nails four times a week and frequently have children, pets, or both?” It would be nice if there were a top coat which ticked all the boxes, but at the moment, there is none that I know of, so the “best” top coat really depends on your needs. There’s no such thing as “the best top coat”

Smoother finish (useful for smoothing out gritty glitter polishes, as well as transforming textured polishes into regular ones).Glossier finish (neon polishes and no-name brands frequently dry matte).Some are designed to have their own special finish (textures, mattes), but by and large, the standard glossy polish will be improved with the addition of a top coat. Ideally, every polish is designed to be able to be worn without top coat. I hope it helps some of you, and maybe even the experienced amongst you will discover something new – happy polishing!

LA COLORS PRO GEL TOP COAT REVIEW SERIES

So this series is my small contribution to helping everyone get the manicure of their dreams.

I’m sure there are widely known tricks I haven’t heard of too! I didn’t know most of these in the first 6 months of my blogging life. Many of us will instinctively clutch our pearls, but we realise it’s entirely unfair to expect everyone to know all the ins and outs of cleaning up their cuticles or removing glitter. They don’t even seem to be common knowledge in many of the nail interest groups I’ve come across.įrequently a newbie will stumble into one of the nail communities I’m in, and ask about these. But for some reason they haven’t filtered out into the wider online beauty community yet. The techniques aren’t secrets, and it’s not just bloggers who know them – they’re used by IG nail artists, and general members of the nail community (it’s just less clumsy to use the term “nail bloggers”, but I’m including all the awesome IG artists and nail lovers I’ve met over the years in that label – yoohoo Aussie Nails ladies!). The title of this series isn’t entirely accurate. Of course, practice still helps, but just knowing a few things helps. There are tons of nifty little tricks that you can use to make polishing a breeze. it takes a lot of skill or special equipment to get nice nails.the only reason our nails look good is an ungodly amount of Photoshop and/or.Like many other nail addicts, I’m a bit sick of people assuming that: Here’s a series I’ve wanted to write for a long time.

La colors pro gel top coat review