This stuff stays on for weeks! My nails grow before this polish chips! Admittedly I am not too hard on my nails but this held up for 16 days during a busy period of cooking, baking, candy making, and lots of dish cleaning. It goes on like regular nail polish (I find it best to give it a 2-3 minutes between coats) and dries fast. My hands shake (I’ve had tremors since my late teens) and so I tend to ‘color outside of the lines.’ This polish peels off my skin without affecting the dried polish on my nails. It even comes off easily with acetone polish remover.