Poshe Topcoat Challenge: Day 4

At the end of four days, my right hand is definitely suffering. The initial lack of tip wrapping on my middle finger is showing badly, my thumb has started to fray, and my index finger came out horribly after I had to wash some dishes this evening. My left hand's faring better, but the huge gouge from the dishwasher incident at work looks horrible!


Left hand:


Right hand:


Overall I'd say Poshe held up pretty well. After four days, the worst of the chipping was caused by a lack of wrapping, and an incident that would have taken off any topcoat! For $7, I'm pretty impressed, and I enjoyed wearing this holo purple a lot.

But it's definitely time for a change!

Next week: Seche Vite.

Poshe Topcoat Challenge: Day 3

It begins!

Left hand:


Right hand:


At the end of two days, things are starting to fray. An unfortunate run in with the dishwasher at my office took a huge chip out of the middle finger on my right hand, and the lack of tip wrapping is taking a toll on the right hand. Otherwise, things are holding up nicely! I'd say if it wasn't for the lack of wrapping and the stupid dishwasher, we'd still have a perfect mani.

Poshe Topcoat Challenge: Day 2

After a full day of wear, Poshe is holding up nicely! I see very little chipping (in fact, I didn't see any til I saw the close up of my thumb), but I did notice some shrinkage.

Left hand:


Right hand:



Here you can clearly see where I missed a spot wrapping the tip of this nail. The center and far edge were fine, but this edge shrank back a LOT, leaving the polish even more open to chipping later.



These next two pictures clearly show the difference between a wrapped and unwrapped tip. The first picture is properly wrapped on every coat, giving an even colour right to the edge of the nail.



The second picture shows the one nail I didn't wrap because it was a bit short, and you can definitely see a lighter, almost white edge at the tip. The shrinking wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, but it's definitely there!



This shows just how important it is to wrap your tips when using a quick dry topcoat! The difference is just night and day.

Poshe Topcoat Challenge: Day 1

This week's contender is Poshe! A bit of an underdog. Loved by some, but I hadn't heard of it til I saw it at my local Sally Beauty. Retails for ~$7




The methodology:

I cleaned and buffed my nails, then applied three thin coats of Hits No Olimpo in Dioniso. This is a great sparkly purple linear holographic polish, and something I figured I could stand looking at for almost a week.

Application was quick and easy - this topcoat is not as thick as Seche Vite, nor does it smell quite as bad. The shine factor's definitely there, and it dries very quickly!

Here are my nails right after I finished applying Poshe:

Left hand:


Right hand:


Side note: isn't that purple linear holo fantastic? I LOVE the way it looks!

Now we wait and see how this goes...