I hadn't been tempted to buy these as I was pretty happy with my old faithful polishes and had only had experienced Gel nails done in salons. I was happily surprised when a beautiful friend gifted me a stunning purple called Showtime and a Diamond top coat.
I applied this to freshly buffed and preened nails and found my first application must have been too thick as it just wouldn't dry... take two: I tried again with one single thin, yet well covered layer and allowed to dry. I didn't find the need to apply a second coat, but it does look better with two. Then after waiting a couple of minutes for it to dry I applied the Diamond top coat. It doesn't take any longer than regular polish to dry but I felt over cautious about my nails until I was certain they were hardened. Once I was sure they had set my nails were feeling a little odd, kind of tight feeling (I know that sounds odd but best way I could describe the sensation), and that settled down after a while too.
So longevity of wear.. days! 4-5 days before even the first sign of lift or wear, by day 7 I wanted to remove it and apply a new colour so off it came. I could have worn it for longer but then I might not have had the time to do my nails later in the week. It all came off pretty easily as well, just a simply nail polish remover & cotton rounds was all that I needed and came off like any ordinary lacquer. No damage to nail bed and no staining.
These are nail polishes i had to buy, after i had tried one from my friends nail polish stash. Initially, i had seen this around, and had never been tempted by them. I also used the sally hansen gel nail polishes instead, so didn't really have a reason to try another brand, but i am glad i did.
Firstly these come in an amazing range of colours and i think i have around 5 or 6 shades. The bottles are handy because you can see accurately see the colour of the nail polish. It comes in a circular based bottle, with a smooth black cylinder lid. The brush is pretty good. Its wide enough to cover my nail in a few swipes, so i like it.
My favourite thing about this nail polish is how long lasting it is, even without a top coat it last around 4 days before it starts looks bad. And when it starts looking bad, its not because the nail polish is chipping, but just because it is wearing.
After all these positives, there of course has to be something negative. Some of these shades are amazing, and two coats give amazing coverage. However some colours, such as sorbet need over 5 coats to create a non streaky look. 5 coats is a bit insane, and very time consuming, so this is why this polish 100% amazing