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\"Essie<\/a><\/p>\n

If you’ve read the blog for any length of time, you know I love salon gel nails and nail art.\u00a0 I wore them for about a year straight and there are a ton of great things about them.\u00a0 The one thing I hate about them though, is the difficulty in getting the gel polish off without a trip to the salon.<\/p>\n

For the last couple weeks, I’ve needed to be able to take my polish off with very little notice.\u00a0 Since it is difficult to do a last minute appointment\u00a0via the salon I prefer, and taking gel polish off a home is a giant PITA, I’ve opted to not have my nails done lately.<\/p>\n

I looked for an alternative and thought you might be interested in my experiences.\u00a0 My first try was the Essie Gel Couture system.\u00a0 It’s a two step process, one being the color gel polish and the second being a clear gel top coat type polish.\u00a0 The big selling point for me was that you are able to take the polish off with regular nail polish remover.<\/p>\n

Since my nails were pretty beat up after stopping my salon gel, I opted for a pale pink color.\u00a0 The consistency of the polish was pretty streaky for the first coat.\u00a0 I actually had to do 3 coats to get a solid color and it showed every bump in my nails.\u00a0 The brush is a bit larger than I was used to and is rounded, which some feel makes it easier to apply with. I personally found I needed\u00a0a couple minutes to get used to the brush.<\/p>\n

I thought the 2nd step might smooth out the polish a bit and it did to a certain extent.\u00a0 I applied one coat of the clear gel like topcoat. No light is needed to cure the gel.<\/p>\n

It dried fairly quickly considering I had to put on 3 coats of color, plus a top coat. I couldn’t wait to see how long it lasted.<\/p>\n

I painted my nails on Sunday and this is what they looked like on Wednesday with very little abuse.\u00a0 I am pretty easy on my nails in general and these absolutely did not hold up.\u00a0 By Tuesday, I was noticing wear on my first two fingers on my left (non dominant) hand and as you can see, but Wednesday they were chipping.\u00a0 You could also see every bump or knick in my nail bed through the polish.<\/p>\n

\"Essie<\/a><\/p>\n

I left the polish on til Friday just to see if they got worse.\u00a0 It stayed about the same, but of course, my nails started shredding where the polish had worn off.<\/p>\n

The polish did come off really easily with regular non-acetone nail polish remover.<\/p>\n

Overall, I wouldn’t spend the almost $25 to buy both steps (each bottle is about $11.50 on average).\u00a0 I had much better results with my Shellac Hack method I explained previously here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’d love to hear if you’ve tried Essie Gel Couture and how it worked for you in the comments!<\/p>\n

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