How To: Beauty Secrets Nail Polish Thinner for Seche Vite + review

Hi there! For all you nail polish lovers, I wanted to post a quick tip.

Since my Seche Vite top coat was getting thick and unusable (happens every time halfway through), I decided to invest in a nail polish thinner.

Buying another Seche Vite for $10 is so lame when you have so much product left!

So I looked up some reviews online and saw a lot of love for Beauty Secrets' Nail Polish Thinner.

It was $4.29 for 4 fl. oz. at Sally's Beauty Supply, which I think is amazing. OPI's thinner costs $9 at ULTA.

The bottle cap is quite convenient. Some people complain about the packaging, but I thought it was really easy to put a few drops of the thinner right into the bottle of Seche Vite.

I put in about 8 drops and shook the bottle.

After moving the brush around, I could tell the consistency of Seche Vite was much like it was when I first purchased it.

I love this polish thinner! Can't believe I didn't get it sooner.

So if you're having the same problem with your polishes, I highly recommend this thinner from Beauty Secrets. I'm looking forward to reviving some of my older polishes next!

Sunday's post will be on Fall Nail Polish Pick #4. See you then!

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Fall 2013 nail color idea: OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know

Hi there! More fall nail picks... I've been looking for a great milk chocolate brown polish for fall.

OPI's Wooden Shoe Like to Know ($9) is a nice brown, but it's not what I've been searching for. It's more of a dark chocolate with a purple tone.

Either way, it's still pretty so I wanted to blog about it.

It has very, VERY subtle gold shimmer. It's not really evident on my nails, actually.

Wooden Shoe Like to Know went opaque in 2 coats, and it wasn't streaky at all.

I topped it off with Seche Vite.

Ulta has a 2 for $15 sale this week for OPI, so I may try out a couple more.

Please let me know what polish you're loving lately. I'd love some recommendations. Thanks for reading!

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OPI Bubble Bath nail lacquer: Review + photos

Steering away from my usual love for bright nail polish, I've been keeping an eye on nudes.

I already have some nudes, but they tend to be a bit more beige and brown than what I've been wanting.

Here comes OPI's Bubble Bath. I've seen this swatched quite a few times with high reviews on Makeupalley.com, but I didn't go out and buy it right away.

Now that I'm noticing a ton of my stuff is bright pink and coral (clothes, accessories, etc.), I'm trying to tone it down to show that I am, indeed, an adult!

So OPI's Bubble Bath does the job and is what I'm loving right now. It brightens up my hands without going the light pink route. It's not too obvious to anyone but me, and that's OK. It also looks quite pretty on my toes!

It has more pink than other nudes, but it stays modest. It's one to sport to work, for sure.

It is a little streaky for the first couple coats, but the third coat came out really smooth for me. I also wait about 10 minutes after each coat so I don't end up with air bubbles. With the third coat, it came out opaque.

The base coat I love right now is Revlon Colorstay Longwear Enamel Base Coat and my top coat must-have is Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. I'm linking to Makeupalley.com because I live by the reviews on there!

Seche Vite is a must for me because it really makes my nail colors LAST. They turn out glossy and hard as a rock. I started using cheaper ones again for a while, thinking it wouldn't be a big deal, but I realized the $10 is so worth it.

As for the OPI this time around, I got Bubble Bath and Mod About You (light pink) since ULTA has their 2 for $15 OPI sale lately. Plus I used the $3.50 off $10 coupon I love dearly, so I ended up with two OPI polishes for just over $12.

Love. It.

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