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The hard as steel line contains a blend of fruit and flower oils including pomegranate and purple vipors bugloss seed oil. They also include oxygen carriers. These were designed to be strengthening and ridge filling to hide imperfections. 

I have 9 colors to show you so let's get started. 

Kiss Me Like Hue Mean It

I Have The Painters Hues

2 coats + top coat. 
2 coats + top coat. 
2 coats + top coat. This one was tricky it's a bright almost orangey red and i just couldn't quite capture this bright beauty.
 2 coats + top coat. 
3 thin coats to cover vnl + top coat. 
2 coats + top coat. 

The formulas on these are really nice. I will say as with any hardener or strengthening base coats or colors, I wouldn't wear these consecutively for weeks on end because they can make your nails brittle. Or at least that's been my experience while using too many strengthening products. 

My favorite: My Best Self-Portrait. I love a good delicate shade! 

Oh by the way, I'm also one of those picky whiners who doesn't like to wear a white base under a neon. Still, I wanted to see what these were all about. In my opinion this base coat is just a two coat white creme. It's not a hot streaky mess, it's opaque in two coats. I'm not sure if it has any base coat properties, or if it's just a normal white creme. I didn't do any testing time or anything. The top coat has that slight blue uv tint to it, here I held my gel curing lamp up to it so it would give off a glow. Sadly like an airhead I didn't actually take a picture of this top coat on the nail over a neon this way. Sigh. Best blogger ever.
This is 3 thin coats and brighter in person. It has a shimmer running through it also so I decided to skip the neon base coat. I'm sort of wishing I had used the base coat though. This is not quite a highlighter orange but it's still pretty bright. 
So back to that whiny about neons needing white bases..... If I have to use 2 coats of white I draw the line at 1 coat of neon...so this is 1 coat over 2 coats of base + top coat. Definitely bright but slightly uneven. Would have been great with two coats of color I'm sure but 4 coats.... *cue the whining* 
1 coat over 2 coats of base + top coat. This one is definitely highlighter worthy in person. It's also more forgiving in my opinion with only one coat of color. I'm wondering if these marble. Hmm. 
Oh me oh my, this one has my heart. Slightly more green in person. 2 coats + top coat. I've heard some had some slight staining with this one. I used a pretty thick coat of base coat so I didn't experience any staining but just in case, better safe than sorry. I'd double up on a base if you need this one in your life. 

1 dabbed coat over TMOTS + top coat. This glitter is base heavy but totally worth it. Next time I use this one I'll be using a sponge for sure. It's freaking gorgeous!
2 coats + top coat. I'm dying over this one. It's so delicate but sparkly. It's like a magical sand that I can't get enough of. 

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