seche vite – my first foray into top coat land. Better than non quick drying and much better than no top coat at all (and a good easily available option) but has shrinkage issues for me.
Kbshimmer clearly on top x 2 – a favorite of mine, I like to use it on my right hand because of how fast it dries and how hard it gets, but I haven’t really used it over nail art ever and I just feel like it would smudge it.
Vibrant scents fast and hard quick dry glossy top coat in rainbow sugar, rainbow snow cone, jolly ranchers, mr mint and sweater weather – my ride or die top coat. I love it so much. I love the scents I love that it dries so fast I love how long it goes without chipping and I love that depending on what the art is sometimes if I’m feeling brave I don’t even have to use a water based top coat I can just use this. When the bottle gets like halfway full I combine it with another bottle that is also halfway full. I always have another. I also always have multiple backups in stock because clearly, I go through a lot of it lol
(Right after the rainbow sugar before the rainbow snow cone) vibrant scents double bond double bond ridge filling sticky bond base coat – I had high hopes for this because I love the top coat so much but alas it was not it for me. The scent is great and coordinates well with the top coat but it just doesn’t cooperate with my nail chemistry and only lasts for about half a weeks wear for me on my left hand (right hand wear test is not applicable as it is my workhorse hand and chips when you look at it) when I usually get a week at least out of my normal combos.
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