I ordered a bunch of polish online the other day and got my first matte top coat. I figured, why buy the matte polishes when you can make any polish matte? Its also fun for nail art, so I played around with it. First, the regular swatch. 
This is Essie In Stitches from their Fall collection.
It's a pinkish creme with a bit of mauve and rose to it. I think it's quite chic and feminine. I love the color!Now I'm really trying to figure out the best way to take pictures of a swatch, so help me out here if you can.
Here are the polishes and tools that I used. First was Seche Base Ridge Filling Base Coat (which I just realized I left out of the pic haha), two coats of Essie In Stitches, one coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in Invisible, then I striped the manicure diagonally with China Glaze Matte Magic.
Matte Striped Mani
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So far I'm quite liking Essie polish, as this is my very first Essie. The color really stood out to me and I had to have it. I bought it online for cheaper than in stores. They sell it at Target now! The application was great. I felt like I could have almost gotten away with one coat, but two or three nails weren't quite perfect yet. I'm impressed by that almost though. It dried very quickly, as I bumped my nail on the rear view mirror when I got in the car just a couple minutes later and it left like 20% of the damage I would have expected with such a hard bump. After washing two loads of dishes, baking apple cake, and making ramen noodle salad (cook out tomorrow :P) I have tip wear on one finger and a wrinkle on my thumb. It isn't flawless, but I'm not scared away! I like Essie!
The matte lines aren't perfect, but they're better than they look. I'm learning more and more about swatches as I go, and I can tell some weird reflections are making the nails look a bit more messy on the glossy surface. All in all, I think the matte top coat is super cool! I've seen matte with glossy tips or vice versa, matte with glossy dots, all sorts of things. I haven't really braved making a meant to be glossy color all the way matte yet.
What do you think about matte?
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