Glisten and glow ridge relief base coat Testing Part 1

So yesterday, I decided it would be an awesome time to dye my hair. I had a fresh new manicure on so I would be putting this basecoats lasting power to the true test. I'm gonna list all the things I did before I post photos of my manicure 

-Washed dishes (4 times) 

-Washed my hands themselves 10 times (yes i counted)

-Messed with some flour 

-Dyed my hair 

-Washed my hair and conditioned it (I also flat ironed it which needs the use of oil and you guessed it MORE WATER!) 

Aside from my fingers looking blue and me looking like a murdered a smurf, this basecoat really helped my mani stick through all the abuse my hands endured. 

So here are my hands: 

2 chips on my left hand 

2 chips on my right hand

only 1 thumb chipped! 

I could've easily gotten away with my nails in this condition another 2-3 days but, lets face it, chipped nails bother me! I think for the amount of water I used all over my hands AND blue hair dye this is amazing and aside from those few chips no other nails were peeling or lifting. The polish was basically glued and stuck just where it was. 

I decided to sleep with the nails as is and when i woke up they looked the same as they had the night before, no further chipping and no peeling, alas, I took them off and just reapplied the basecoat after some tender love and care to my poor abused babies. 

Excuse the blue staining (if you can still see it) 

I'm happy to say this basecoat helped lessen the appearance of the blue thats on the tips of my nails. 

Sorry for the awkward hand pose, its so hard to pose with my right hand XD

I love the almost milky color this basecoat gives and it makes my nails look super healthy. So aside from keeping polish on your nails where it belongs it also brightens and lightens your nails in a lovely way. 

I am about to start a new manicure using this base coat again and hopefully tomorrow we'll see how my nails held up with a little less damage. 

Thanks for reading! Bye! 

Glisten and Glow Ridge Relief base coat review

Hello my dear readers! I literally have not blogged in 5 years! 5 years! Anyway, I'm planning on changing that with this new and fabulous review of Glisten and Glow's Ridge Relief Base Coat! I was sent this polish by Jill from Glisten and Glow via her facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/240068879807751/ ) to review. Initially I was going to test this on my toes (which I still will, I just won't post photos of my feet!) But once I took off my acrylic nails I realized I had been plagued with some ridges on my beloved little baby nails. So I have ahead swatches of this on my natural nails. 

So here are my naked nails before I did anything to them. I know nasty and dry. So sorry, if you hate nails that look like this, please keep scrolling.

As you can see I have some small ridges on some fingers, and yes they show through polish (I stupidly forgot to photograph that part *facepalm*) 

So once I got this base coat on though.... it was magical. I'm not even kidding. It dried amazingly quick for starters and left my nails still looking that semi-matte natural look. So if you love having naked nails but, don't want to be fully naked and have ridges, well, this base coat is for you. 

I also feel that this base coat made my nails look brighter. It filled into those ridges nicely. It also applied smooth like butter. This is one coat here and I'm positive it would work just well with one coat alone. 

Next it was time for color and once I applied my polish it was clear that this base coat served its purpose well. I had gotten a manicure a few days ago and my manicurist mentioned how thing and ridgy my nails looked. I just laughed but on the inside I was crying :'( 

My photos show one coat of this gorgeous nature republic polish over G&G base coat (also wearing a top coat) 

Overall, I was happy with the results. I can't vouch for how long this base coat will keep my manicure on but I'll be sure to document the progress AND (fingers crossed) post back here to update you lovely people!

Thanks for reading and thanks again to Jill for letting me test out her wonderful base coat. It's not available on her website just yet but she's got tons of other stuff available on it right now! So head on over to http://glistenandglow.bigcartel.com/ , take a peek, snag some polish and things. Also, follow her on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/glistenandglow1/?hl=en and over at the facebook group mentioned above for updates and more details!! 

Bye!! 

*This product was sent to me on behalf of Glisten and Glow for my honest, unbiased review.*