As someone who is in one way or another addicted to doing her nails, and admiring her nail polish collection, chips to nail polish are a death sentence ! Working in the child care industry means I am constantly washing my hands, whether from cleaning toys, children or dishes, this results in nicely done manicures lasting all of two days once the weekend is over. Fed up, I ventured into my local Sally's Beauty Supply store to see if I could get any help and insight into what kind of top coat I could start using that would help prevent my polish from chipping too early. Now, if you've never been into a Sally's Beauty Supply store, you will not know that there are numerous different top coats and base coats. Being someone who has just gotten into doing her nails, you automatically go for the one's that are most expensive - this is not always the case. I have OPI and China Glaze top coats, that have cost me upwards of almost $10 a bottle. I have a bottle of Seche Vite quick dry top coat, that also ran me almost $10. I have used all of these, and unfortunately after a very careful weekend keeping my nails perfectly intact, I go to work and BAM ! I come home, and two or three have started peeling. This week, I was feeling discouraged, so I went into Sally's and talked to an associate, I simply asked her if there was a top coat that would last more than three or four days before starting to chip/peel. She recommended Seche Vite Ultra-V - a UV activated top coat, that as she says is suppose to make manicures last longer than the normal top coat. It ran around the same amount as the others, so I bought it and tried it out. So far so good. I will be posting pics in my next post with the manicure that I did on Friday, using the Seche Ultra-V top coat. I must note, that I did have to do a slight touch up, only because I was installing a car seat in my car, and well, those things are brutal to put in !
Happy blogging
Sarah Jane :)
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