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Hello lovelies!!!! Happy Friday! Although it's Flakie Friday (and I assure you I will be back with some awesome Flakies today) I want to talk about something other than pretty polish today. I know, I know...perish the thought!
A few months ago I was on a quest. We've all spent a ton of time and money searching for the perfect top coat, am I right? Most of swear by Seche Vite, but let's face it. SV has issues. Like shrinkage. ANd it doesn't play well with dry polish. And using more than one coat without waiting all day to let the first coat dry cause insane wrinkles. Not to mention that SV thickens up terribly about 1/3 of the way through the bottle, and regular thinner will not work - in fact, it jut makes your SV cloudy! SO, if you want to use more than 1/3 of your bottle, you get to spend another $9 or so to purchase Seche Restore, the only way to keep your SV usable and clear. Sounds like alot of aggravation, right?
Despite all of the evil associated with SV, I swore by it for almost 2 years. I've tried other top coats, Essie Good To Go, Orly Second Dry, and Orly's drying drops were all decent - they did the job but they just weren't as fast, shiny, or as solid as SV. I moved on to Sally Hansen Mega Shine as well, and I really loved that top coat - it's super fast drying, shiny as all get out and dries rock solid. I really thought I had found my Holy Grail there, but I kept hearing about this incredible, better than SV top coat that played well with all polish and well - curiosity won out. And let me tell you, I am so glad it did!
The top coat I'm referring to is the infamous HK Girl top coat. I had heard so many wonderful things about HK Girl - no shrinkage, intense shine, dries hard but doesn't chip, dries faster than SV, no wrinkling with multiple coats, and it plays well with every polish out there. Pretty big claims, right? Well, I am here to tell you that THEY ARE ALL TRUE!
Check out this awesome bottle - is this not the best looking top coat bottle ever? Black and clear rhinestones with bright pink curled ribbon. So cool! I love this stuff so much that I'm ordering the gigantic 2.5oz bottles now. The bottle alone is worth the money!
*Note - HK Girl top coat is not cloudy at all. What you see here is a result of my lighting.
The bottle is adorned with black and clear rhinestones and a hot pink curly ribbon. Gorgeous looking top coat, right?
But let's talk about performance for a moment. I was skeptical when I first heard that HK Girl was actually better than SV. I'll admit that. So when my first bottle arrived, I used SV on one hand, ad HK Girl on the other. I really wish I had had the presence of mind to take photos, but I had no idea that I would end up so in love with HK Girl.
Dry Time- Hk Girl dries lightning fast. We all know that SV dries to the touch within minutes, but the polish underneath is still a touch moist for awhile. HK Girl dried faster than SV by about a minute, and was dry enough that the polish underneath didn't wrinkle or dent within 20 minutes. I have a tendency to whack my hands against everything in sight right after I polish, so this was impressive. HK Girl is also completely self levelling, and requires only a thin coat.
Shine - SV is no doubt one of the shiniest top coats on the market. However, HK Girl manages to outshine SV somehow! I was born with glitter in my veins (In case you haven't noticed, I love me some glitters and it's rare that I don't have glitter on my nails), and I use Glitter Food to smooth out my glitter manis. Glitter Food dries very matte, and HK Girl restores my nails to ultra-shiny with a single, thin coat. If you haven't noticed that my photos always have some glare from my top coat now, well I don't know how you could actually miss it. When I used SV, I had some minor glare, but not as blinding as with HK Girl. Some people may find this detrimental to photos but I'm not one of them. I want shine. Alot of it. I want people in airplanes to be blinded when the sunlight glints off my nails. HK Girl delivers!
What about shrinkage, thickening, and polish compatibility? I can honestly say that I've been using HK Girl exclusively for about 4 months, and I have had zero shrinkage, even if I don't wrap my tips. I'm on my 4th bottle of this stuff and have yet to experience any thickening, even at the bottom of the bottle. If it were to thicken, regular thinner would do the trick, but I have a feeling that I'm never going to need it. If it hasn't thickened up after 4 bottles, it isn't going to! I also want to mention the formula - SV is notoriously thick to begin with, and despite being self leveling, I'd always end up with some top coat that spilled over the side of the nail. I have yet to experience this little annoyance with HK Girl. The consistency is always perfect - thin but not watery. perfect for nice thin coats. HK Girl also plays well with every single polish that I have used it with. We've all had those few polishes that SV just did not like and ended up never drying, bubbling, or shrinking like mad. Not an issue with HK Girl.
Have I raved enough? If all of that isn't enough to convince you that you need to try HK Girl, then let me mention one more thing. I actually threw away all of my other top coat, including my SV, when I started using HK Girl. I have one bottle of SH Mega Shine in case something horrible happens to my HK Girl (in which case I will cry and throw a gigantic tantrum), but that is it. Not a single bottle of SV to be found in my house. That's a big deal for me, since even when I used other top coats, I always kept SV on hand just in case.
Have I also mentioned that HK Girl doesn't dull holos? Bonus! I cannot say it enough - if you only try one new product all year, make it this one. You will do the dance of joy, seriously.
If you would like your very own bottle of HK Girl top coat, head on over to Glisten & Glow! The standard 0.5oz bottle sells for $6.95, and the giant 2.5 oz will run you $25.95. Jill also carries polish bath and body products, cuticle oil, and of course, Glisten and Glow Stuck on Blu Basecoat (review coming soon!), which is a sticky basecoat that rivals expensive Aqua bases for your precious holos!
Be sure to check back later today for Flakie Friday! I'll also have some more Daring Digits, BG Cosmetics, 27 polish and Polish TBH coming up!
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Top-Coating!
-Kimber
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