Essie Gel Couture Nail Polish Review

The ted of this is beautiful and bright, would definitely buy for the colour again The brush is a round shape that I found a bit different to use so it bled a bit, bit I'm sure with practice it would work for me.

Lasted well on my toes, not great on kids hands! Smell.is low and bottle shape great!

I love the Essie Gel Couture range! The brush is nice and wide, and the formula is very smooth so it glides over your nails quickly and easily. I like how the bottle has a fun twisted design too. I find the formula to be a little on the sheer side so you definitely need to apply two coats to avoid any streakiness.

This polish does last longer than most others I've tried, usually my nails chip after about a day, but when I used this polish with its matching top coat I didn't get any chipping until day 3 and even then it was barely noticeable and only on the very tips of my nails. I do wish it lasted even longer but this is still a decent wear time and is easy to do touch-ups. I'll definitely be trying more shades from the range.

First off I LOVED the brush. The tip is slightly rounded helping you get close to the cuticle without going onto it. It spreads well enough to cover nail easily and fast. The colour is amazing and applies pretty opaque with limited product. It is pretty fast drying but i wouldn't say in 30 seconds like it claims, maybe 1 minute or so between coats. I am pretty rough and work with my hands and i did start to notice chipping after one week, which i think is still amazing considering how rough i am. Nearing two weeks whole sections of nail polish peeled off, I'm okay with that normal polish for me last a few days. I liked this polish and will definitely be purchasing other colours!

I really really loved the classic red colour I tried. It was so easy to apply- went on smoothly and neatly. As a mail polish it’s one of the better ones I’ve used, however it definitely didn’t last as long as it claimed

I've been wearing this polish for just over 7 days and it's lasted quite well. There's only a little chipping around the edges of my nails and for someone who works with their hands all day I can live with that! The colour I was using was "fairy tailor" (a light baby pink shade) and looks amazing as a 1 coat sheer nude. Using 2 coats was a hit and miss for me, some nails looked great but most nails the colour was patchy. Perhaps with some practice I would get better at applying this formula, I'm not used to working with a polish that's so thin and sheer. I did end up removing the polish from 2 nails and redoing them because they looked weird with streaky patches of colour, but I at least know that the polish is extremely easy to remove. Just requires standard nail polish remover (as much as I love the longevity of gel nails I just can't stand the loooong removal process), so this is a big plus for me! Overall, I like how this polish has withstood the day to day work I do that usually sees most other polishes chip within 24-48hrs. I think I'll stick to wearing this shade as a 1 coat and maybe look at whether there are less sheer shades in this range because I'd love to try them out!

Let me start by saying that I love wearing nail polish and painting my own nails. I’ve tried multiple brands of polish including gel type polishes so I was super keen to try this Essie one to see how it compares. I’ve only used it for one week but so far I love it. Continue reading below to find out why.

This polish has lasted really well. I have worn this polish for a week now and only one nail has started to chip (index finger on one hand). I’ve washed dishes my hand without gloves and I’m constantly typing at work too. There has been no tip wear or chipping or peeling around my cuticle area either. Please note that I have also worn this in conjunction with the Essie gel top coat.

The colour is really opaque. I only needed two coats and that was enough to get a decent application without streaks. The consistency is slightly thicker than the normal Essie polish but I like it better. I found that the normal Essie polish sometimes is too thin and you need to apply more layers. This polish went on smoothly and like I said did not leave any streaks or bubbles.

The brush is really nice to use. The size enables you to apply the polish on your nail with three strokes. The brush is quite dense which allows you to fan the brush out across your nail when you are applying the polish. The dense brush also means it holds the right amount of polish to deposit on to your nail.

The bottle is a standard glass bottle with a twisted rectangular shape. It’s easy to hold and use.

Overall I really like this polish and would definitely recommend this to everyone else. I am keen to buy more in different colours.

This is a great formula. The brush is flat with a domed tip which makes application quick and easy. The formula is thick and opaque and doesn’t rub off on the ends which I have found with some other gel nail polishes. The formula is long lasting but I wouldn’t say it lasts 12 days. For me it began to chip at about day 7. the polish still looks nice and majority has stayed on, other than some chipping on then end of my index and middle fingers

Wow I absolutely LOVE this colour. It looks so good on my nails and real gives it a nice shine. The texture is so nice and thin and slides so easy when applying to your nail. It dries really fast too so you dont have to wait or worry that its going to take long to dry. You can simply apply the next coat and continue from there and so you can go hang up your washing without it getting smudged in no time.

I chose the shade Pre-Show Jitters which is described on their website as an 'alabaster white'. I love the colour, it is an off white with a subtle pink undertone that still looks great against my olive skin with yellow undertones. On my nails it just looks white, without being as bright as a true white and in the bottle it almost looks like a pastel pink.

This shade took 4 thin coats to become fully opaque (I did thinner coats so they would dry quicker) and the polish has a slightly thicker consistency than the normal Essie polish. I found this consistency easier to apply. I had to work quickly, as it started to become tacky after if I tried to go over it twice to even it out. Once I got used to this, I painted my nails in two to three strokes and left them alone to self level which worked well for me.

The polish took about five minutes to become touch dry, ready for either another layer of colour or top coat.

The edges were more difficult to clean up than the regular Essie polish, it really did not want to be removed, which shows how long lasting it is but it was still a bit of a hassle. I used a brush with an acetone free remover initially but switched to a polish corrector pen (with the same remover in it), to be able to apply more pressure to the edges of the polish. This worked much better.

Without a top coat, it did not have much shine and it took several hours before it was resistant to dents and knocks, so I would definitely use a top coat with it. It lasted for over a week without chips used with the matching top coat.

Overall, I really enjoyed wearing this polish and I would recommend it to anyone who wanted a longer lasting colour with a more gel like appearance than the regular Essie or OPI line.