Powder Perfect Despair swatches - Melancholia coll.Powder Perfect Foreboding swatches - Melancholia c.Liquid Sky Lacquer Tripindicular swatches.Dior Bonheur 661 swatches - Collaboration Saturday.

Orly Beautiful Disaster and Pink Your World - a bi.Liquid Sky Lacquer Walk On The Wild Side swatches.Rococo Nail Apparel: Smitten and T-Cup swatches.Emily de Molly Where Boys Fear To Tread swatches.P2 swatch spam: so cool, who cares?, artful, fever.It's a great way to get more out of polishes you probably already have. I sandwich it between layers of Orly Nailtrition for a slightly shimmery natural look. Also, Essie ridge filler is the BEST french manicure color I have ever used. Do not buff the top layer as you might see swirl marks in your polish. Basically, with this technique, use the fastest drying filler you have, and do 2-3 coats. This takes the peaks off of the ridge filler (do not buff into the nail), and then a second coat smoothes it right out! My current manicure has lasted 2 days longer than average, and it is just as smooth as can be. The trick I discovered is to put one coat on, let it dry, then take a 240 buffer to smooth the peaks. I am 28, but have ridges almost as bad as yours, and if I buff them, my nails peel apart. The base colour is The Body Shop Green.Ĭolorful polishes are definitely more glamorous, but base and top coats are definite necessities and when it comes to these Nail Essentials there are lots of great offerings from Essie.Thank you so much for your review! I am currently shopping to see if there is anything better than the Nail Tek and Essie fillers I am currently using. In the above photo the ring nail is obviously using Matte About You, while the other nails are Good To Go. I don’t wear matte polish often so I definitely prefer a top coat to naturally matte polishes (and even with those, using a matte top coat helps extend the wear). In the years since, there have been many more matte top coats added to the market, but I still think this is a fantastic one that gives a truly matte finish to any polish. I purchased it after doing a lot of matte top coat research and Essie came out on top. I also like not having to wait too long for my nails to dry!įinally, I have the Essie Matte About You Top Coat, which I actually have previously owned and have about a third of a bottle left although it’s getting very old. I don’t find it does an amazing job extending the wear of my polish, but the end result is really nice shine-wise. This is a very nice, quick-drying option that gives a great glossy finish. In terms of top coats, I have two options to share from Essie, and the first is the Essie Good to Go Top Coat. It also still dries quickly despite being thicker (for obvious reasons) than a usual base coat. My nails are quite ridged, and using this base coat the colour polish goes on so much more smoothly and looks more even. It dries clear and gives such an even finish perfect for slightly damaged (or ridged) nails.

I know this post features three different base coats, but if I’m honest my personal favourite is the Essie Ridge Filling Base Coat. I haven’t been using it long enough to tell if it makes a big impact over time, but I have noticed that my nails feel sturdier when I use it and, after some moving-related causalities, I’m hoping this helps them recover soon! If you’re looking for something a bit more protective for your nails, there’s Essie Grow Stronger, which is a bit thicker but still dries to a nice glossy finish which is also slightly creamy, helping to make my nails look a little healthier. Although it isn’t a ridge-filling base, it does give a fairly even layer for the polish to adhere to.

Although it looks green, it dries clear and extremely quickly. The first product is Essie First Base, a base coat with rubber adhesives that bond polish to them. Here’s how these five Essie products help do that! When you polish your nails as frequently as I do (sometimes ten times in a day if I’m swatching) having a good base and top coat are key to avoiding staining, maintaining nail health, and keeping your manicure looking flawless. I also have a glossy top coat, Essie Good to Go*, and a matte one, Essie Matte About You*. The base coats I have are Essie First Base*, Essie Grow Stronger* and Essie Ridge Filling*. One of my very favourite polish brands is Essie, and today I have three different base coats and two different top coats from the brand to share with you. I recently shared four of my OPI Nail Essentials (you can check out that post here) which inspired me to share nail care products from other brands as well.

Essie fill the gap base coat