I am the ultimate girly girl!!! My favorite PJ pants have "I'm a girly girl" on them!!
Only other suggestion is to try double coats - then sometimes it will darken.
Usually I just buy at the Dollar Store/Dollar Tree because then if I don't like it - don't feel like I've wasted too much. But then with all the girls & granddaughters - fingernail polish & make-up is never wasted around my house - I don't like it; I just pass it on down to one of them.