I’m in looooove! My partner has some competition for most loved, because my Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat and Ridge Filling Base Coat have arrived!!!!
Very hard to get a pic of the top coat because it’s so shiny!
Goodbye, BYS Base Coat and Orly Sec n’ Dry Top Coat. You have served me well. Especially the BYS Base Coat, because even with the darkest nail polishes, my nails have never been stained. I stain the crap out of my cuticles, but my nails have always been perfectly clean. The Sec n’ Dry was pretty good, but it doesn’t compare to Seche Vite. I have no thinner at the moment so it was hell to get on my nails because of how little was left. I was also getting major shrinkage. I didn’t get any of these problems when I had a fuller bottle, though!
The Seche polishes are both amazing. The base coat is a pearly colour, which I’m really not used to, but it really does make my nails nice and smooth and ridge-free. I have these weird ridges on the very side of my thumbnails, and it sorted them out no worries. The top coat is just … perfect! I made sure I applied it neatly and not over any mess I wanted to clean up, because I’ve heard it’s hell to get off in clean up. The result? Perfect, glossy, hard nails without a wrinkle or dent 
I’m so happy!!!
I’m currently putting together an order from 8ty8beauty.com for some China Glaze and Colour Club polishes … any suggestions?
Em
Lovely, lovely, lovely colour! A gorgeous aqua with a hint of silver shimmer. Divine.
The photos don’t even do it justice. This is two coats.
Sadly, a mere few minutes after I took these photos I smudged three fingers on my left hand and two on my right. Arrgh!!! And I got major shrinkage almost straight away because my Orly Sec n’ Dry is on its last legs. Thank god my Seche Vite arrived today!!!
I got a couple of comments even with the smudgies, so it’s a beautiful eye catching colour. Would be amazing on the toes, I think! And it would be such a fun summer colour.
Coming up … my review on Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat and Ridge Filling Base Coat!
Em
I’ve been looking for the perfect green polish, and I think I may have found it.
I give you, BYS Fern.
Look at the pretty silver shimmer through it! The shimmer is a bit lost in the shade but it’s still a gorgeous shade of green which seems to suit me really well. I kind of don’t want to take it off my nails!! I can tell it’s going to be a bitch to remove, because it even stained my fingers while I was doing clean up!!!
I’ve been wearing it for two days now, coming on for three, and it’s worn really well. Only minimal tip wear which I’m pretty sure is my Orly Sec n’ Dry ‘shrinking’ it a bit. I’m almost at the bottom of my bottle of it and waiting for my Seche Restore to arrive in the post so I can thin it. I’ve also ordered Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat and Ridge Filling Base Coat. I can’t wait to try them. Everyone raves about SV!
In the next few days I’m going to place an order for some China Glazes and Colour Clubs … now that I have a job 
I was offered the job I interview for on Thursday a mere 3 and a half hours after I finished the interview, and I couldn’t be happier. What an excuse to splurge on some pretties!!! Once I start working I’m going to buy some Nfu Oh’s because the flakies look amazing.
This is Nfu Oh #51. I got this image from The Polish Addict’s awesome blog.
Seriously, how could you not love that?!
Anyway, that’s enough from me. See you soon with some more greenies!
Em
Behold, naked nails!
Something you won’t see too often. In fact, my partner comments every time he does see it 
Yesterday’s mani was BYS Pink Manicure. I had high hopes for this polish being a pretty, feminine, interview-safe colour. Well, meh. It was okay. It was really hard to apply, streaky as hell and took three coats to get anywhere near the bottle colour. It’s still not 100% but I just lost patience with it.
It is a pretty colour, but it doesn’t suit me. It brings out the red in my fingers, yuck. It also took ages to dry, even with my Orly Sec n’ Dry top coat over it. I got a couple of wrinkles which I tried to smooth out and failed. Meh, it did the job in my interview because I kicked ass and I’m pretty sure the job is mine. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself.
Look at the pretty roses on my thumbnail! My friend Amanda is a professional nail technician and has recently learnt folk art for nails. Looks awesome!
Til the next mani, I will leave you with the first “It’s Almost Friday Funny Video”. This is a hilarious video:
Em
