The colour of Lovie Dovie is undeniably gorgeous but the formula is different to all my other Essie polishes and quite hard to work with. It is thin and streaky, not particularly self-levelling and I did not enjoy using it. You will need to use very thin coats in order to work this polish, leave 1-2 minutes between coats and need 3 coats minimum, I did 4 coats the first time I did use this to reach full opacity but it did look a bit 'off' and a bit 'cheap' like another reviewer said. With 3 very thin coats I was able to reach almost full opacity (the nail line was only visible when up close and looking for it, no one else would notice it but you). It looked presentable and I did get compliments on the colour but it was such a pain to work with that I am not looking forward to using it again! I am giving 3 stars rather than 2 because I do love the colour and it lasted for 4 days without base and top. However you will need to get used to the formula before successfully creating a nice mani. Love the colour, but this is not the typical wonderful Essie formula. Not sure what went on here! Essie has much nicer formulated pinks to try over this one.