I painted my nails today, for the first time in years. I really screwed it up. I put too many coats on so it didn't dry properly. I'll leave it anyways. I feel self indulged, and I like the colours, even if they aren't perfectly manicured. The colours are a bit girly, but I was drawn to them, and wanted some heart chakra symbolism going. Pastel metallic green and pink. Alrernating nails, solid colour.
i'm thinking of looking for sally hansen "kwik dry", hopefully it's cheap. It's supposed to make the coats dry and set faster.
i found some tips online. next time i'm going to blow dry between coats, and set with cold water.
O.P.I.
The thing about this stuff is that it's really good quality (and they have some awesome colours), so it goes on very well, in a pinch you'd only need one coat, and it doesn't take long to dry. I'd never heard about the cold water tip though...sounds useful :)