Normally, I would never paint my own nails.  I like to go to the professionals for that.  Invariably I am in a hurry, and it looks as though I dipped my entire fingertips into the polish rather than painting on my fingers. 

Occasionally, you just have to bite the bullet and do it yourself.  Recently I tried Cover Girl's Continuous Color nail polish because it claims to contain a base coat, polish and top coat.  And I am very lazy.

Well, I still had to be patient to apply it.  Sadly, no matter how advanced makeup is these days, it still doesn't clean up your mistakes.  I was impressed with their large color selection that looked like it had actual adult women in mind rather than fourth graders.  I was also impressed with the consistency of the polish.  Not too thin and not too gloppy.  Juuuuust right.  It looked reasonably good on my nails and toenails (especially my toenails), but I don't think I could have passed it off as coming from a nail salon.  That may have more to do with my poor nail polishing skills than the actual polish.

I wish I could say I was just as impressed with it's staying power.  Unfortunately, I got chipped nails within a day or two of wearing the nail polish, whereas I get at least a week out of a paid manicure.  The toenail polish did appear to have pretty good staying power that was pretty comparable to a professional pedicure.

I probably won't keep trying to polish my own nails if I don't have to, but this is a reasonably easy and inexpensive at-home option that I would definitely try again.

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Reviewed By: Jen