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Seche Vive ruined several of their magnetic manicures; other fast-dry top coats don't disturb magnetics as much.
“Seche vive ruined several of my magnetic manis before I figured this out! Other FDTCs don't mess with it as much. And seche vive penetrates through everything lol”
Seche Vive dispersed their magnetic manicures; their magnetics improved immediately once they switched to a toluene-free top coat.
“Seche Vive contains toluene, which causes magnetic particles to disperse! OP, I had the exact same issue until someone here pointed this out to me. My magnetic manicures improved immediately once I switched. Any”
Was gifted the Seche gel-effect top coat and loves its quality, but the smell is like spray paint.
“I'm on a no buy rn, but my coworker just gifted me a seche gel effect topcoat and I love the quality of it, but MAN the smell!! Like spray paint! Eventually I'll get”
Finds Seche Vive okay but sees little difference from the red-bottle Sally Hansen or Seche Vite, with about the same shrinkage.
“It is okay. I don't super see a difference between it, red Sally Hansen, and Seche Vite. I've seen some people say they get less shinkage with Vive, but it seemed about the same”
Loves Seche Vive: very glossy, none of Seche Vite's shrinkage, dries fairly quickly, their favourite top coat, though it gets gloopy and needs thinner now and then.
“I love Seche Vive. It’s very glossy, doesn’t have the shrinkage issue that Seche Vite has, and dries fairly quickly. My favourite top coat of all the ones I’ve tried tbh (not that I’ve”
Seche Vive is great, and at about $5 at Marshalls it's definitely worth it.
Has used Seche Vive and Vite: both have very strong fumes and contain toluene, so are bad for magnetics; they work well and are well priced, but they prefer others like Essie Gel Setter.
“Seche vive and seche vite both have *very* strong smell. Not a weird smell, just very strong nail polish fumes. I have used both. Idk why the other commenter said they aren't advertised as”
Seche Vive lasts much longer than Sally Hansen for them.
Calls Seche Vive a good plumping gel-effect top coat; such top coats make their manicures last a lot longer when added the day after a quick-dry top coat.
“I’m not totally understanding the dichotomy here - it’s neither “all that” nor “another thing for us to buy, buy, buy.” It’s a good plumping gel-effect top coat. Nothing more nothing less. There are”