To matte or not to matte, that is the question

I've always been a fan of Lindsey of Wondrously Polished. Her designs are always flawless, and just plain beautiful. When I first found her blog, I was amazed. Her floral manicures (well, all her manicures actually) are just to die for. I thought to myself, if I could just make my nails look half as beautiful as hers, I would be so proud of myself. So I went through her blog and found a design that wasn't too complicated for me, but has something I've never done before. I chose to try and remake her primary colors rose nail art that can be found here. Although I've done rose nail designs in the past, I thought this was different simply because of the white dots that I like to think are an abstract form of baby's breath. I loved the way it turned out after I put 2 coats of Seche Vite to get a smooth texture. But since her seemed to look matte, I decided to make mine matte as well.

Speaking of matte top coats, I got myself a bottle of Essie Matte About You maybe a year or two ago. And I liked it but after some time, it became thick and just hard to use and so I figured I should just get a new matte top coat. I've been reading different blogs trying to see which one is the best, but yesterday I was at Target and I saw that they had a few bottles of the NYC Matte me Crazy top coat. I was scared that the finish wouldn't be the kind of matte that I like, but to my surprise it's exactly what I was looking for! And for the price of $2.04 (+tax), I think it's a great steal! It dries quickly and is very smooth to touch. In less than 15 minutes after applying one coat, I found myself wearing gloves and washing the dishes. I'm not sure how long the matte finish will last but as of right now, I am totally in love with this polish. I hope it lasts at least a week. But I'll be happy if it even lasts for 4 days. LOL

The pictures above are with 2 coats of Seche Vite, while the pictures below are with 1 coat of NYC Matte Me Crazy.

Polishes used: 
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat, Essie Da Bush, CraftSmart acrylic paint (crimson, light pink, dark yellow, pure pumpkin, orchid, violet, blue jean, white), Seche Vite, NYC Matte Me Crazy