I've pretty much paired my nail kit down to all Essie products for color and care. My nails seem to respond poorly to most nail color products. Doesn't matter whether the manicure is done by a technician at the most chic expensive place in town, or done in my bathroom. That said, Essie products seem to be the only ones which put up a fight to stay put on my nails for at least 2 or 3 days, and not have the awful results other brands do on me. After decades of trying, I've given in to being satisfied with having a manicure last 2 or 3 days. Usually my manicures are lucky to last through the event I got the manicure for. My nails are in decent condition as am a regular user of moisturizing and strengthening nail creams and brush on liquid formulas.