First sponged gradient mani

I did my first sponge mani yesterday.

I used a base coat of Skin Food BL509.

I sponged on WnW I need a refresh-mint, LA Color Craze Atomic and Orly Le Chateau. My accent nail is a base coat of Skin Food BL509 with a Sinful Colors Nail Junkie on top.

I topped it with a coat of Seche Vite. The SV seems to have broken down the Atomic and made the color spread more. I am not a fan of this. Anyone ever had a similar experience with SV?

These were quick shots after a day of shopping and swimming and the sun was just starting to go down, but I wanted to make sure I got a few pictures at least. See the chipping on my middle finger? My pinkie was worse, which is why its not included. And yes, I'm holding a lighter, but in my defense I didn't have a bottle of polish with me and just grabbed something! 

Review and Swatch: Skinfood Nail Vita Apple Milk (BL509)

This is my first experience with Skinfood since they aren't readily available anywhere around me. At least not that I know of. I do tend to stick to drug store brands because I live in a small town and that is what we have available. However, I seen this color and I needed it. 

The formula of this polish was good, it covered smoothly in 2 coats. For me, 2 coats is expected of new polish, I've found it rare to get a polish that only needs 1 coat. I had no problems with application, the first coat was quite sheer, but the second made a world of difference. When I originally bought the polish online, it looked much greener, but when it arrived, I could see more of a blue tone to it. Either way, I'm happy with it and like the color. I have another Skin Food polish to review, and that will probably be next. 

Basecoat: NutraNail Strengthener with Green Tea Antioxidants

Polish: 2 coats of Apple Milk

Top coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

My hands are in rough shape.  Standard disclaimer: I work in a warehouse, my hands and nails get a lot of abuse. I also took acrylics off about a month and a half ago and have had tons of breakage issues since then. Anyone have any good suggestions on how to deal with this?

Nail Mail

Quick post for right now. I got these in the mail and can't wait to try them out tonight.