topic Re: Question on Seche Vite in Beauty

Question on Seche Vite

Daysdee — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:52:40 GMT

In regards to Seche Vite top coat and base coat--can these be thinned with polish thinner or best to toss and buy new bottles? Thank you.

Re: Question on Seche Vite

CeeCee — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:41:36 GMT

Seche Vite has their own thinner that they recommend to use for thinning.

CeeCee

Re: Question on Seche Vite

lulu2 — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:53:02 GMT

My girl use to use Seche Vite but said it just wasn't the same when she used their thinner. She ended up switching to Out the Door because she was wasting close to half of every bottle.

Re: Question on Seche Vite

Shelbelle — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:55:42 GMT

I have never been a SV fan. I much prefer Poshe, Sally Hansen Mega Shine Extended Wear or Duri Brush and Go

Re: Question on Seche Vite

ChynnaBlue — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:23:10 GMT

I thin and refill my bottle and I've never had a problem with it going bad since I started using thinner. You can use the Seche thinner (Restore) or you can use any generic thinner. Beauty Secrets thinner is available at Sally Beauty and it works in Seche Vite or in any nail polish color. You can also use Restore in any nail polish color, but if it is a Big 3 Free polish (free of formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP) it won't be after you use the Restore - it will have toluene.

I have big bottles of Restore and Seche Vite I got from a local beauty supply store (not Sally) and I use that to restore and refill my .5 oz SV bottle. I've also used Restore on my polish colors. I also have a bottle of Beauty Secrets thinner and have used that on both my Seche Vite and my colors.

Base/top coats and treatments always need more thinning because they're most often open and exposed to air and evaporation, so I thin those pretty regularly.

Re: Question on Seche Vite

Shelbelle — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:27:14 GMT

I use the Beauty Secrets brand from Sally's, also works great if you have some polish that gets on the skin, just rub a drop on it, and it disappears.

Re: Question on Seche Vite

birkin baby — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:31:42 GMT

On 3/12/2014 lulu2 said:
My girl use to use Seche Vite but said it just wasn't the same when she used their thinner. She ended up switching to Out the Door because she was wasting close to half of every bottle.

""My girl""???

Re: Question on Seche Vite

Daysdee — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:56:33 GMT

Thanks to all that posted answers.

Re: Question on Seche Vite

lulu2 — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:24:38 GMT

On 3/12/2014 birkin baby said:
On 3/12/2014 lulu2 said:
My girl use to use Seche Vite but said it just wasn't the same when she used their thinner. She ended up switching to Out the Door because she was wasting close to half of every bottle.

""My girl""???

The girl who has doing my nails for 10+ years. I am not the only poster who uses the term.

Re: Question on Seche Vite

WhateverLolaWants — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:43:48 GMT

I've used nothing else since discovering Seche Vite, and I always thin it with Seche Vite Restore, and am able to use it right down to the bottom of the bottle.

Just an interesting note, I saw a nail blogger demonstrate "restoring" a bottle of completely dried-up-solid bottle of silver nail polish using Restore. She even showed the result by using it on her nails -- just like new! I was impressed!

Re: Question on Seche Vite

birkin baby — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 01:10:00 GMT

On 3/12/2014 lulu2 said:
On 3/12/2014 birkin baby said:
On 3/12/2014 lulu2 said:
My girl use to use Seche Vite but said it just wasn't the same when she used their thinner. She ended up switching to Out the Door because she was wasting close to half of every bottle.

""My girl""???

The girl who has doing my nails for 10+ years. I am not the only poster who uses the term.

Roger that.... and term noted! I wish I had a manicurist period!

Re: Question on Seche Vite

Clearsunshine — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:37:42 GMT

For anyone interested, I was in Sally's yesterday, and they had a buy one get one free on Seche Vite - I bought the top coat and received the base coat free. I believe this special runs until the end of this month.

Re: Question on Seche Vite

ChynnaBlue — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:25:10 GMT

On 3/12/2014 WhateverLolaWants said:
I've used nothing else since discovering Seche Vite, and I always thin it with Seche Vite Restore, and am able to use it right down to the bottom of the bottle.

Just an interesting note, I saw a nail blogger demonstrate "restoring" a bottle of completely dried-up-solid bottle of silver nail polish using Restore. She even showed the result by using it on her nails -- just like new! I was impressed!

Beauty Secrets toluene-free thinner will also do that. I had to do it for a bottle of polish I had that wasn't sealed correctly and was a bottle of putty when I realized it. I would have tossed it out, but I'd also seen a blog show a restored polish, so I tried it. It took a lot of thinner, a lot of shaking, and some time, but it did work just the way she showed.

Thinner is a nail polish lover's best friend.

Re: Question on Seche Vite

birkin baby — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:48:54 GMT

I just bought and used this for the first time...wow! I was blown away.I will just get that ""restore"" when it thickens