... beauty: Nubar Diamont Seal and Shine Top Coat review...

If you have been reading my blog you will know that I am looking for  "Big 3 Free" top coat to rival the not so human friendly, but bloody brilliant, Seche Vite. Happily, this has proved to be one of my shorter beauty quests as I seem to have hit the jackpot on my second attempt.

Behold.......

I love this product. I managed to avoid the duff batch that did the rounds a year or so ago and what I received dried as quickly as Seche Vite, feels pretty much as 'thick' and protective when dry, is just as glossy and keeps my chip free for a good 5 days!!

The fifth day, regardez:

Over Nails Inc 'Hampstead Heath'

I bought this from Beauty Bay for £5.50. That's right, it is actually cheaper than the crappy Save the Nail top coat.

As far as I'm concerned the only bad point is that I now want to try more from the range....

... beauty: Save the Nail 45 Second Top Coat Review...

In a bid to cut out some of the more questionable chemicals in my beauty routine I have been on the hunt for a "Big 3 Free" top coat to replace my beloved Seche Vite.

The first candidate is Save the Nail 45 Second Top Coat.

I had never heard of this brand before seeing it in Boots on a quiet Thursday. Reading the blurb it seems to be some sort of offshoot of Nails Inc so I was quite hopeful when I handed my money over and excited to put it to the test.

Sadly, for me, this is not a keeper. Seche Vite is thick enough to makes my nails feel stronger while it's on, this one does not, I could still bend my nails a little while wearing it.

It didn't wear well either, my polish started chipping round the edges about half way through the week and, even on the first day of wear, the finish wasn't as glossy as Seche Vite.

I have seen quite a few good reviews of this on other blogs and the Boots website so obviously some people are having better luck with it than I did!

If you want to try it out yourself it costs £7.95 from Boots.