Simple Pleasures Nail Polish - Unnamed

This polish was one of a set that I found at Ross a few week ago. I bought it because I thought the colors were pretty (they are mostly pinks and corals, which I don't have that many of, and they're all cremes, in which my collection is also a bit lacking. I didn't use to care for cremes very much, but these days I find myself kind of drawn to them.) They were also a really good price - I think they were $4.99 for a set of six colors, plus a clear polish.
This is the first one of the set that I've tried and I must say I'm kind of torn about them. On the one hand, I really like the color and finish of this polish. It's a beautiful medium-pink creme, almost bubblegum or Barbie-like but a little more sophisticated (or so I like to think, anyway. Feel free to disillusion me.) It also works fairly well with my skintone, which usually does heinous and unappealing things when combined with the color pink...
That being said, though, there is one problem with this polish - the application, and that is entirely due to the brush. The brush is...well...pretty atrocious. Imagine going outside, selecting a nice-sized twig from a nearby tree, chewing on the end of the twig until it's all frayed and bristly and then trying to use it to polish your nails. That's kind of what using this brush was like. It's so coarse, stiff, and unruly that it made the polish streaky (which I don't think it would have been with a different brush), caused tons of cuticle drag, and took off whole strips of color when applying a second coat.

With careful handling and some patience, I managed to get a nice, smooth, even finish with this polish in three coats...and then, after all that effort, I went and put a big, noticeable ding in the polish on my second finger! Arrgh! I seem to be smooshing up every manicure I do lately...

Pics are three coats plus base and top coat.
If you're willing to work with the not-so-great brush, it's a really nice creme polish for not a lot of money. I'm looking forward to trying out the others in the set, and if I see another set from Simple Pleasures with different colors, I will be very tempted to get it.