Hopefully the past 12 days gave you, if not valuable, at least interesting information. Alot of top coats were tested. Some well known, some not so well known. Perhaps some that might change your normal nail regime. And if nothing else, perhaps your own personal holy grail was validated. It is important to remember that [...]
When the request for volunteers went out for the blind top coat study, I jumped at the chance. I hadn’t been into polish for even a year by the time the study was set to start; my knowledge of the nail polish world was at the toddler level at best. Up until the top coat [...]
Do you see the label on the bottle to the left? No? That’s because there isn’t any. No label. No name. No brand. Yes, this is the $.99 per bottle top coat that instigated this whole test. Too good to be true? Not in this case (or bottle). I was delighted that this top [...]
Seal N Set is the last and best of our American International Industries (which also owns China Glaze) company top coats. This was not only an unexpected winner, it was a rather unexpected top coat. I had never heard of this gem before, and to be perfectly honest, I don’t think alot of other women [...]
Lippmann Addicted to Speed was one of two top coats that spurrred me on to have this top coat test. I had purchased one bottle several months ago, but due to the price, I could never seem to find an occassion that warranted its use. Polish fiends RAVE about this top coat – as if [...]
Rock, another product from American International Industries (which also owns China Glaze – they had a lot more than you thought, didn’t they?), was a solid performer. While all the scores were good, there didn’t seem to be any stand out areas that pulled it ahead. There was just nothing that made any of [...]
Okay, we’ve rounded the corner and are now into the top five! Seche Vite, an American International Industries company (which also owns China Glaze) under the Seche Label, seems to be one of the two best known fast dry top coats in the polish community. Seche Vite, along with felt, are the two best [...]
China Glaze Fast Forward is another top coat made by a major polish manufacturer that doesn’t seem to get much press amongst polish fiends. Everyone knows it’s there, but I don’t think I’ve heard one person tout it as part of their regular regime. So I was happy this was included in the testing. Fast [...]
Zoya Armor ranked 8 out of 12 polishes. Now, before I continue, I think it’s only fair to state that Zoya markets Armor in it’s Color Lock System and encourages the use of their Hurry Up speed dry drops to quicken the dry time. So I was not surprised to see that the rating [...]
