SecheRestore Nail Polish, 0.5 Fluid Ounce

This is by far my favorite topcoat! If you’re one who is doing their nails on the fly like I am and don’t have time to sit around waiting the appropriate amount of time for it to dry… This is a must have. Not only does it look great but it dries quickly so that you can proceed with your day.* To be fair, you can’t be doing anything crazy, but it will help set the earlier coats, allowing you to do more without messing your nails up.

My review is entitled "Another one..." for two reasons:1. I am also on the "what was the first reviewer thinking?" list.2. I have found another product I know I can never live without.I recently ordered a lot of older, discontinued (or, as Essie.com states, "no longer available") Essie lacquers from Amazon. Since I knew they were older, I also knew some of them would be thicker than others. My solution: Seche Restore.The Restore is amazing. I use it every time I do my nails to thin the polish to go on smoother and thinner, as one review suggests. It did awesome thinning out 3 of the older Essie polishes (Blanc, Golden Nuggets, and Garnet).Here are general steps I used to gauge the amount of Restore to use:1. Get a newer polish and just twist and pull the brush out of the polish. Watch how many drops of polish fall off within a few seconds. For example, I usually had 2 drop off within 5 seconds with a new, fresh bottle.2. Compare that "drop time" with the bottle that needs restoring. My Essie Garnet, for example, had 1 drop fall off within 5 seconds.3. Fill up a WHOLE STOPPER FULL of Restore and drop HALF into the Garnet / older polish.4. Spin the Garnet between hands (shaking polish bottles introduces air into the polish which will cause bubbly nails, leading to chipping), for about 20-30 seconds, then check the consistency.5. If it had 2 drops within 5 seconds, I knew I was good to go. If not, I added the other half of the stopper to the polished, and repeat step 4.That's what I've gathered from reading other reviews and from my own experiences. I hope that helps others that are unsure how to use this wonderful product! Happy manicures to everyone!!

When I first started shopping for nail polish thinner, I was really just looking for whatever was cheapest. But I quickly noticed that some of the more frugal buys contained acetone, which is absolutely the last thing you want to put in your nail polish. Sure, acetone will thin it down or restore it, too -- temporarily at least. The problem is that after acetone seemingly fixes your old, clumpy polish, it doesn't stop working. It continues to break down the polish well after you've declared it a success, and soon enough, your polish is pretty much ruined again.I picked up this Seche Restore thinner for a few reasons... First, the reviews were great; almost everyone was more than pleased with how well it worked. Second, it contains no acetone, so it's definitely a better quality than a lot of cheaper thinners. And finally, it comes with a dropper, making it easy to control exactly how much you add to thin your polish. And sure, it's not like droppers cost a fortune or are hard to find, but why go to the extra trouble when this one just comes with one?So far I've used this thinner to restore one rather old polish in a color I absolutely love, and to thin several newer polishes that are just a tad too thick to dry quickly. This one little bottle is going to save a lot of polishes for me!

Okay so I had a bottle of Seche Vite and it had been goopy for a while before (for some reason Seche Vite always dries up really fast). The other day, I pulled my brush out of the bottle and it was giving a lot of resistance. I touched the brush, and it was crusty. Turned the bottle upside-down, the Seche Vite was completely solid.I was going to buy a new bottle, but someone on here said that a bottle of the Seche Restore lasted a long, long time and that I could also use it to thin my polishes. I had another bottle of goopy top coat, Essie's Good To Go, that could use some thinning so I bought this.It actually takes quite a while for the Seche Restore to take effect. Once it arrived, I tested it on the crusty, dry brush from the Seche Vite bottle. Since I'd pulled it out of the solid Seche Vite, it had been sitting on top of the Seche Vite and had been bent quite out of shape. I put a couple of drops in a bottle cap, and with some massaging and soaking, it was good as new in a few minutes. So I put a couple of drops in my Essie and Seche top coats, spun them around.It actually takes quite a while for the Restore to mix in with the top coats -- I could see swirls from the different consistencies of the Essie/Restore for quite a while; I just let it sit for a few hours, then spun it between my hands and added some more Restore, repeating until I was satisfied. For the Essie, it took about a day to get it to a good consistency. I went from so thick that it wouldn't drip off the brush and would leave little dry strands wherever it touched (like hot glue or spider webs) to like-new consistency.For the Seche Vite, it took a lot more time and effort, which was expected since it was COMPLETELY SOLID. Since it couldn't really mix together, I just let the Restore sit on top of the Vite (the bottle was about half-full when I started). A few hours later, a few millimeters of the Vite had softened enough that the brush could sink through that part. It was still extremely thick, but it was progress. I added more, let it sit, and spun it in my hands when the non-solid part of the Vite was thin enough for me to do so.3 days and 3/4 a bottle of Seche Restore later, my Essie Good to Go and Seche Vite top coats were good as new.4 stars because that took A LOT of time and Seche Restore, but it worked and I have enough left over to somewhat thin out a few polishes (assuming the Restore doesn't dry up by then -- if it eventually dries up when mixed in with the Seche Vite, I don't see why it wouldn't do the same in the bottle of Restore). But then again, it got my completely solid Seche Vite to a useable consistency, so that's honestly pretty impressive.