Base and Top Coat

I have tried out a million different base and top coats. So many that my head spins. Some are great, some are horrible, and some just in between. I had always been a fan of Opi's nail envy. My nails within the past couple of years had been splitting on the edges peel a lot. I used nail envy for about a year and was pretty happy with the results. I still had peeling but not like I had before. I recently picked up something new within the last couple of months and boy has it made a difference. I had seen several people on Instagram talk about Duri's rejuvacote and decided why not. I picked it up in my local Wal-Mart. After a week of using it I noticed that my peeling had started to look so much better. I have been using it non stop since I purchased it and now I have zero peeling or splitting. As far as top coats everyone praises Seche Vite as the holy grail of top coats but I strongly disagree. Now don't get me wrong it is still pretty darn good but I have found something so much better. Glisten and Glow HK Girl Top Coat shines where Seche Vite falls flat. It dries super fast just like Seche Vite, doesn't streak nail art, but the biggest difference is that it doesn't shrink your polish like Seche Vite. In case you don't know what shrinking means it's when your polish pulls away from the edges. Even with capping the edges of my nails I would still see shrinking. It would be very frustrating to spend all this time painting your nails and doing designs just to see it ruined a few hours later. You can order their top coat off of their site here. I'm sorry for such a long post but I really wanted to give details about why I use the products I do.