This is such a girlie question... I apologize in advance...
Anyone know a really great product to keep nail polish from chipping for up to a week?
2007-12-17 08:04:09 · 8 answers · asked by mandy e 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Makeup
You're lucky I was researching a giftlist for a few ladies at Church (completed it, actually, as of 08:12 18 December 2007 (UTC) )--I have found that different factors contribute to chipping and require specific remedies.
Sally Hansen has several complete lines of nail finishing products: Base coats to compensate for almost any underlying condition, several complete lines of color enamels and lacquers for various environments and several types of topcoats. Both Diamond Strength No Chip Nail Color and No Chip 10 Day Nail Color offer good chip resistance for most conditions; Hard As Nails Hard As Wraps is their best severe-service color product at this time (I consider it the best available nail paint for the guitarist due to its integral acrylic and nylon reinforcement). In topcoats, No Chip Acrylic Top Coat is one of the best severe-service clearcoats available at this time (in my opinion, second only to Hard As Nails Hard As Wraps in #01 Clear/Topcoat Gloss); Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base and Top Coat offers decent chip resistance with some shimmer enhancement.
From what I found to date, probably Sally Hansen's best available basecoat for an oily-nail-bed situation at this time is Hard As Wraps acrylic brush-on gel; other basecoats are available for other preexisting conditions.
Sally Hansen's complete line of hand and nail products can be read online from:
http://www.sallyhansen.com/section.cfm?section=3
It never hurts to clean the nail beds with nail polish remover prior to laying down basecoat, of course.
2007-12-17 19:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by B. C. Schmerker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you clean the nail first before applying polish. You can use polish remover. Use a base coat, two coats of polish and then a good top coat. Applying a top coat every day or every other day helps the polish to last longer also. Sometimes it could just be the fact that you have oily nailbeds and the polish just won't stick well.
2007-12-17 12:45:38 · answer #2 · answered by nailpro91 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sally Hanson Mega Shine Polish. It's a clear top coat that hardens really fast and keeps nail polish from chipping for a longer time. Plus it makes nail polish SHINEY!!! You can also apply a bottom coat of Sally Hanson Diamond Strength nail hardener before nail polish to help and it helps your nails grow faster.
2007-12-17 08:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by Bel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all you have to do is apply a base coat of clear nail polish before you apply the colored nail polish and a top coat of clear nail polish after you apply the colored nail polish. Any type of clear nail polish will work just fine but feel free to use any specific brand of nail polish for just that effect.
2007-12-17 08:17:46 · answer #4 · answered by TarahOh! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several clear coat brands that you can put on top of the polish that keep it good for a long time (unless you are super-hard on your nails -- then nothing will work). Go to Sally's or other beauty supply store and ask them about clear-coats.
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2007-12-17 08:08:16 · answer #5 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Seche Vite top coat is the only one I use. I use Chip Skip on occasion as my base, but Seche Vite works the best to preserve the color. I apply it on the fresh color, then reapply every other day for the first week.
You can get it at Trade Secret, Ulta, several salons. I usually get mine at Trade Secret so I can use the coupon. It costs about $10 but lasts a while.
2007-12-17 08:33:04 · answer #6 · answered by M G M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a top coat and a base coat. or, you can go to a nail salon and get a certain clear polis to put over it to prevent chipping for a while.
2007-12-17 08:08:28 · answer #7 · answered by supermodel0129 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a product called chip-skip from OPI! I <3 it!
2007-12-17 08:07:32 · answer #8 · answered by Lindsey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋