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Your skin tone/coloring: above with freckles, green/gray/blue eyes, warm brown hair.
What’s your go-to nail polish top coat? HK Girl Topcoat from Glisten & Glow ( I think it’s just Glisten & Glow Topcoat now). It’s seriously the best. The only topcoat I’ve ever used that dries fast and actually makes the nail polish underneath it set faster. It’s fantasic.
What’s your go-to nail polish base coat? Glisten & Glow Base Coat.
What’s your go-to nail polish remover? Zoya nail polish remover.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light neutral skin tone, green eyes, s&p hair
What’s your go-to nail polish top coat? Seche Vite
What’s your go-to nail polish base coat? Orly Bonder
What’s your go-to nail polish remover? I usually have a bottle of Cutex on hand.
Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name (blue-green eyes, dark hair).
What’s your go-to nail polish top coat? Nail-Aid 1 Minute Artificial. It’s a gel top coat with acrylic in it, so depending on the quality of my nail polish, I usually get between 6-12 days without significant chipping or wear when using this.
What’s your go-to nail polish base coat? Nail-Aid Keratin 3-Day Growth. After just 4 or 5 uses, my nails became much stronger. It worked. Either that or the water here in Glendale is hella softer! Before using this, my nails were constantly breaking way down into the quick. And it HURT. One day while food shopping up on the Rez at Walmart, I overheard a conversation between two young ladies concerning the one girl having very weak nails, her friend told her that this was her cure for that issue, and now she actually has to trim her nails. So, I grabbed one, too. Guess what? I now have to cut or file down my once puny nails, too!
What’s your go-to nail polish remover? Basic Walmart brand n.p. remover. The “nourishing” purple formula. All I’ve worn for just over 5 months has been base and top coats. Usually just that base coat I extensively extolled the virtues of above.
Thank you so much for this info, Nancy!! I have super soft nails and am excited to try this base coat. Yay. I’ve been painting my nails a lot more since COVID, and would love to have longer nails.
Thank you for the Nail Aid recommendation! My nails are also super flimsy so, i’ll definitely give this a try.
I haven’t owned or used any nail product in like… 4 years… ?
I used to be the girl who painted her nails every 2-3 days (mine always chipped fast) sand enjoyed it. Then suddenly I lost interest. I simply file them as needed and that’s it.
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair with neutral undertones and deep brown eyes, grey hair.
What’s your go-to nail polish top coat? Seche Vite
What’s your go-to nail polish base coat? OPI Natural Base Coat
What’s your go-to nail polish remover? Any of the brands that I can stick my nail into and swish it clean. I hate removing nail polish and there isn’t any thing quicker than swish and go, LOL!
Your skin tone/coloring: Light
What’s your go-to nail polish top coat? Holo Taco Super Glossy
What’s your go-to nail polish base coat? Maniology Calcium Rich Base Coat (right now anyway)
What’s your go-to nail polish remover? pure acetone!
Your skin tone/colouring: Porcelain with pink undertones
What’s your go-to nail polish top coat? A Clinique top coat the my sister recommended and it is very good.
What’s your go-to nail polish base coat? Hmmm – probably an OPI one.
What’s your go-to nail polish remover? A Sally Hansen one.
Your skin tone/coloring: above with brown eyes, blonde hair.
What’s your go-to nail polish top coat? I used in the past Seche Vite, however I moved towards one that does not contains Toluene (CDC and EPA have warning about it). I switched to Hardware Shine UV from Butter London as it does not add formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, DBP, toluene, camphor, ethyl tosylamide, or xylene to any of its nail formulas. These chemicals can be harmful for people inhaling them and are not good for the environment.
What’s your go-to nail polish base coat? I switch between Nailtiques Nail Protein Formulas 1 and 2 (these are treatments that can we used as base coat as well). Love them. My second preference would be Mavala Protective Base.
What’s your go-to nail polish remover? Mineral Fusion nail polish remover ( acetone free) and Pure Anada Soy Nail Polish Remover . The latter is oily, it may take a bit more work to remove the nail polish but it does not dry out your nails.
Your skin tone/coloring: light to medium (MAC NC 23ish) with moderate yellow undertone, hazel eyes, brown and blond hair.
What’s your go-to nail polish top coat? Sally Hansen Super Shine
What’s your go-to nail polish base coat? Holo Taco Long Lasting base coat
What’s your go-to nail polish remover? ZOYA Remove or pure acetone