Maybe it's the sad state of nail polishes today that this impresses me... but it's 4 days and there is nary a chip on my SH Xtreme Wear Grey Area! It kinda feels like a waste to take it off before it starts looking bad! On day four, I'm champing at the bit to get some new colors on there so maybe I'll get over that whole "being patient" thing someday. In the meantime I decided to change up the look without removing the Grey Area. Enter Essie's Matte About You! :D Tape my hands up and give them a new chic look! Seriously... scotch tape :)
Scotch tape is great because you can see if it's pressed firmly up against your nail. I have it pressed down right where I'm going to make a line with my Matte. Throw some Matte polish on the untaped part of your nail... and peel that tape off just as soon as you're done applying!
My pinky finger's matte eeked under the tape a bit so I rubbed ever so lightly with a pointy q-tip soaked with polish remover and it worked pretty well I think.
And only if you want your polish gloriously shiny do you top it off with SV, so not this time! xo
