The Hit List: Worst Top Coat (for Nails)

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Date: Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Author:

What’s the Worst Top Coat for Nails…?

What brand/product wins this category? Any particular reason it wins?

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27 thoughts on “The Hit List: Worst Top Coat (for Nails)”

  1. firepail says:
    March 11, 2010 at 10:02 am

    I love Poshe–it dries super fast, it lasts, and is big 3 free. [Seche Vite has the big 3, so it has been demoted in my book--plus it gets thick fast.]

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    • Julia says:
      March 11, 2010 at 8:18 pm

      This is supposed to be WORST top coat, not best.
      For me, NYC is the worst. It’s runny and takes forever to dry!

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  3. Kelly says:
    March 11, 2010 at 10:12 am

    Anything Sally Hansesn, sorry.

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  4. jamie says:
    March 11, 2010 at 10:14 am

    worst:
    sinful colors. Once i got it home…i realized it had the consistancy of water. it actually REMOVED polish from my nails. I resorted to using it to de-thicken some old shades in my stash.

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  5. sai says:
    March 11, 2010 at 10:26 am

    worst: OPI Raipdry topcoat
    super easy to get bubble in it
    plus it ain’t really dry fast

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  6. Andrea says:
    March 11, 2010 at 10:26 am

    I’ve only tried OPI and some vague Japanese brands. but I’ve got to moan about how hard it is to remove anything with the OPI topcoat on!

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  7. ellie says:
    March 11, 2010 at 10:28 am

    sephora by opi worst it never dryed at all best is fast dry opi or seche vete

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  8. Catherine says:
    March 11, 2010 at 10:58 am

    Sally Hansen Mega Shine. Shiny, yes, but also bubbly, thin, and actually encourages my polish to chip faster.

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  9. Leidy says:
    March 11, 2010 at 11:00 am

    E.L.F topcoat. It made my nails look dull and it actually seemed like an oil and wiped off after it dried! Super weird.

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  10. kpenn09 says:
    March 11, 2010 at 11:41 am

    Anything but Seche Vite…everything else drags colour and doesn’t have that same amazing sheen.

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  11. Erin K says:
    March 11, 2010 at 11:44 am

    I am also going to say sally hansen hard as nails because it peels right off! Horrid stuff!

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  12. Lauren says:
    March 11, 2010 at 11:54 am

    Sally Hansen is absolutely terrible. It bubbles, takes forever to dry and peels. Big waste of money.

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    • macladync50 says:
      February 22, 2011 at 3:29 pm

      it seems to bubble if you don’t let the color that is under dry a little bit. just experimented with this technique and it seems to work. give it a try.

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  13. Make_up_maven says:
    March 11, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    Orly fast dry top coat. Peels polish in a flash! LOL

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  14. verybecca says:
    March 11, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    Seche Vite was great til I read the bit about ‘birth defects’ in pregnant women. Um…wow.

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    • Anitacska says:
      March 11, 2010 at 2:32 pm

      I just bought one on eBay and was shocked to see it written on the bottle when I received it. I’m not planning on being pregnant again as I already have 3 kids, but I still find it scary and unsure whether I want to use it. :S

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    • Diana says:
      March 12, 2010 at 9:35 pm

      omg thats so scary!!! i just read that…i’m only 20 idk that i want to keep using this now!

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  15. Bridgette says:
    March 11, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    Sally Hansen’s Double Duty and Insta-Dri top coats. Both take forever to dry especially the Insta-Dri one cause it doesn’t finish fully drying until hours later!

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  16. Bonnie says:
    March 11, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    Definitely the regular OPI tocoat, for me. I used it once and it literally never dried. My polish was still dentable the NEXT DAY, it was awful.

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  17. Casey says:
    March 11, 2010 at 5:44 pm

    Sally Hansen without a doubt! I bought some last week and now I’m giving it away.

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  18. danii says:
    March 11, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dry top coat is horrible! Definitely sticking to Seche Vite!

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  19. Curiositydidit says:
    March 11, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    I am really starting to dislike my OPI start to finish because any time I use it, my nail polish just peels up all in one piece after a day or so. Terrible! And it doesnt alway leave a nice shine. I’ve used Sally Hansen Instant Dry and it doesnt wear long but it does dry super fast and leaves a high shine finish. It does like to take the color up from below it if you stroke too many times over the same spot though.

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  20. Luisafer says:
    March 12, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    used to love OPI but got one (don’t know the name but is bright neon pink) and it chips the same day you apply it!!!

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  21. Diana says:
    March 12, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    i hate poshe…it randomly peels off by the second day!

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  22. Kelsey says:
    March 13, 2010 at 9:38 am

    HATE elf polish

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