Review: Orly Won't Chip Top Coat

You might have seen my little rave a while back all about the Orly Bonder nail polish, one of my favourite finds of the year so far, well imagine my surprise when this little goodie appeared on my door step.

The Orly Won't Chip* top coat is basically the big sister to the Bonder base coat. Together they aim to work as a superglue for your nails, ensuring they stay around for a decent amount of time, rather than just chipping off after a couple of hours.

Now, I have nails that for some reason nail varnish hates. I've never really had a manicure last longer than a couple of days, no matter what I tried, until Orly came into my life. 

They each promise to make you mani last for as long as possible and prevents chips appearing.

Both of these products really do what they say! I do think the nail varnish matters, for some I can make a manicure last for 3 days, but for some it can last over a week. Now I'm not going to say absolutely no chips appear, as I have very rubbish nails, but they make varnishes last so much longer than without them. I definitely couldn't be without these in my nail stash.

Have you tried this polish?

Laura xoxo

You can pick it up from LookFantastic here.

*This was sent to me for review purposes. All opinons and views are my own and I'm not being paid to write this post.

Manicure Must Haves

I love having freshly painted nails, however hate it when they start to chip after a few days. It got to the point where I just decided I couldn't be bothered with the up-keep and stopped painting them all together. But then I found some pretty awesome items that help keep my main fresh for a good 5-7 days, score! So today I'm sharing them with you.

Mavala Oil Seal Dryer - One of the most annoying things when painting your nails is the waiting time after. The number of times I've thought my nails were dry then ruined them is ridiculous. I did have a long standing relationship with the Sally Hansen Insta-Dry but it got to the point where that wasn't even cutting it for me so I decided to try this one, and boy am I glad I did. It dries my nails in seconds, and as it's an oil is really nourishing too.

Orly Bonder Top Coat - I would marry this little bottle if I could. The difference it's made to my nail lasting days is amazing. I honestly believe this is the reason my polish lasts for as long as it does. I can't sing its praises enough. I think everyone should try it.

Maybelline Super Stay 7 Days Colour in Clear - For me this top coat is the best I've tried. It gives a nice gel-like finish to the nails which I'm fond of and does help nail polish stay in place. It's not as good at keeping polish in place without Orly, but the finish is something I love.

Sally Hansen Instant Cuticle Remover - I find it quite soothing to push back my cutilces each time I paint my nails and I think it's great at giving me a good canvas to paint as my nail beds are quite small. You simply pop this on your cuticles and after 15 seconds they've dissolved and easy to push back.

What're your manicure must haves?

Laura xoxo

Review: Orly Bonder Top Coat

I love having painted nails, theres just something about it that makes me happy and feel better about myself. However I hate having chipped nails, which usually occurs after two days of wearing nail varnish and I don't have the time or patience to keep on top of my nail painting, so for a while I stopeed painting my nails altogether.

Then a couple of weeks back I was watching a video my MissGlamorazzi and she mentioned this Orly Bonder Top Coat and I became a woman possessed trying to track it down to test it out.

I painted my nails on a Tuesday evening and the picture above is the following Sunday. Pretty impressive considering I'm constantly washing up at work and had done some tidying. I hadn't noticed anything wrong with it until the Saturday either. Plus, this is a No7 nail polish which doesn't last long on me anyway.

Overall I'm really impressed with this basecoat, my only issue is the size of the bottle. Smaller than my little finger I think it could be bigger, however for a fiver I can't grumble too much. Also hopefully I'll be able to use the whole bottle before it goes gloopy.

Have you tried this? What do you think?

Laura xoxo