I have used this brand for their base coat and top coat as well as to 'revive' old nail polish. It does fine as a base and to revive but I have to disagree with most about how great a top coat it is. My absolute favorite is China Glaze. It's a hard super shiny finish that dries in half the time of Seche Vite and stays on longer. You can also use it to refresh the color and add additional shine every few days until you use a new nail polish or decide to take it all off. I will use nothing else anymore, even OPI, though they just came out with a spray through Sephora that is impressive and that I'm hoping to find in a sample size sometime soon. However, the bottom line is don't waste your money on Seche Vite top coat, use China Glaze instead. (it's also cheaper by a few dollors, you can usually find it for about $4.99 or so on sale, so when I do, I stock up because I use it constantly.

I love fast drying action so I won't have to sit around doing nothing while my nails dry

I really wanted to like it, but I think it just doesn't work with my nail chemistry. Seems like it never dried. I do use it for craft projects to seal colors in.

Pricey top coat, but it works really good. Dries super fast and leaves your nails looking really shiny. The only issue I had with it was that after I had used a little more than half of the bottle it began to get thick and gooey.