essiegel couture gel-like nail polish-sheer fantasy

My new favourite brand of nail polish. Great value, doesn't chip lasts a week and the colours are pretty.

Love the colour, covers well with two coats, or one coat with sparkly top coat!

Great colour and looks lovely once you master how to apply it and by ensuring you allow it to dry fully.It’s hard to apply smoothly as it goes rubbery and tacky as soon as you apply it. You can’t really smooth out gaps, errors, had to take off and re apply. I found loading the brush and getting each coat on in one swoop worked best. Loving the subtle pink, and the final look (once I’d mastered how to apply it). I didn’t realise there is a special top coat, so used my Orly one. It needs a top coat as it’s not shiny at all, I’d like to try the actual top coat as wonder if that helps it dry better, quicker as it’s prone to marking for quite some time after application .

I'm so happy having this product just before my holiday! It came fast and in combination with the step 2 my nails lasted for almost 3 weeks. Normal nail polish doesn't dry easily on my nails but this one dried quickly and even while I was at the beach playing with my son it didn't scratch out come off. It's a bit pricey but considering the results I would say it's a good value for money. It is recommended to apply 2 coats but I think 3 coats looked better. It's a good quality product that I would recommend!

Lovely colour, lasts well, I use with their top coat. Even if it chips slightly, it is not really visible because of the sheer colour.

Not as pink as shown and chips easily

Lovely nail varnish to work with. You do need to put on at least 3 coats if you want your nails to look exactly as advertised. But l used to do this with ordinary nail polish to get a good finish. I do agree with others it’s takes a while longer to dry than ordinary nail polish. However l feel that with smoothness and ease of application, out ways the extra time.I did purchase the top coat and always use this. So far my nails look great for at least 5/6 days. I used to pay a lot to have my nails done professionally with gel and uv lamp. This however has been a games changer. No longer have nails that start to lift within week to 10 days. Realistically having them done professionally recked my nails. Now within just 4 weeks my nails are healthier and stronger. No more expensive breaks that then need a tip put on plus file my natural nail again. No need to file my nails to get this product to stay putYes l have to do it myself but l still feel the product is worth it.Give it a go you might be suprised.

Essie is usually good and I prefer natural colors, my only issue is that the polish becomes very thick after using half of the bottle or so.