Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Golden-I and Coral Reef

I have always had a mixture of success and failure with this line of Sally Hansen polishes, the lowest price point Xtreme Wear. In general, the metallic and shimmer polishes are very nice, but the glitters and cremes leave something to be desired. Today, I tried out two of these polishes for the first time: Coral Reef, a bright pink coral creme and Golden-I, a metallic, shimmery gold.
Coral Reef performed better than expected. The color is a bit too pink for my liking. Essie has a polish by the same name which is slightly warmer in tone and has more red in the color. Sally Hansen's is more poppy-colored and orangish. The formula was nearly opaque in one coat, but did pool at the sides of the nail a few times and was not very thick although quite pigmented.
My favorite of the two was definitely Golden-I. This metallic color was opaque with 2-3 coats and spread very evenly over the nail. Dry time was a bit long, so top coat application was sort of an issue. Overall, it had a beautiful finish and had lovely little gold flecks that looked really neat under bright light.

Also, these are not my hands. My friend Keri really wanted me to paint her nails these colors, so I did.