With the autumn/winter season approaching us Essence have released a lot of new and exciting products ranging from nude eye shadows, new mascaras, lipsticks and lip glosses and oh course nail polish. I was lucky enough to receive two of the new gel polishes along with the base coat and top coat to swatch and review.
Now before jumping into my review I should point out that my experience with gel polishes is very minimal. I have only tried the Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Polishes and they didn't require a base coat as it's built in. Essence have released a base and top coat to go along with the new range of polishes. I haven't tried these with regular polishes but I am interested to see if they would extend the wear time.
I found the base coat to be very thick and lumpy. It did take a little bit of work to try and smooth it out (which apparently I didn't completely do - but more on that later). It dries relatively quick which I was surprised about given how thick the consistency is. It also has a matte finish.
The top coat was reasonably thick but easy to work with. I found that it was touch dry in about a minute but took a lot longer to be fully dry. It gives a nice glossy finish but not as shiny as Seche Vite.
Now onto the colours. 4 Ever Young is a bright red creme. It applies well and gives even coverage. It does dry slower than a regular polish so you really need to wait longer between coats. If you notice on my middle finger there appears to be lumps. This is from the base coat - I must not have smoothed it out enough. I used two coats for my swatch.
Our Sweetest Day is a really pretty light pink shimmery polish. It really is pretty but it is so sheer in colour that I needed four thick coats for my swatch. I probably should have done a fifth because I still have a slightly visible nail line (it's more noticeable in person). I found that this polish also seemed to bubble a lot which I am guessing is due to how thick my layers are.
Now to semi test the wear-ability of these I did leave 4 Ever Young on my nails for 24 hours. I went about my usual day of cleaning and running around after my daughter and didn't have any tip wear. So that was a good thing. I do change my polish daily so I can't actually comment on the length of time that these polishes will last.
I believe that these will be available very soon (if they aren't already out) so it may be worth checking out your local Essence stand.
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