I tried Essie Top Coat on the Beauty Review Trial Team along with the Essie Gel Couture Polish 240 in the colour Model Citizen, a pink shade of nail colour. The glass bottle, jar it comes in is a cool, it's white so you can't see inside it and it's a twisted glass shape. It's white with 'essie' embossed on the front. The lid is a cylinder shape with a silver label that says, 'platinum grade finish' on it It also has a label with 'Top Coat' on it. This is applied after the 2 coats of nail colour to seal the Gel Couture. I applied it to my nails once I had applied the colour and it went on easy, didn't smell and it dried pretty fast. It's clear in colour like a clear coat of nail polish. This coat of Top Coat did seal the nail polish on well. I've had it on for a good few days now and my nails are still looking pretty even after having hot baths, hot showers, doing dishes in hot water aswell as other things that usually make my nails brittle and fragile. Usually, my nail polish has chipped off by now but this Top Coat is making my nail colour last.
I will use this until it's empty as I'm liking my results so far. I don't think I would buy it myself as it's a little pricey for me but if you're wanting to spend some dollars to stock up your manicure supplies this and the collection would be the go. I had a browse online at Farmers, this is priced at $18.99 along with the 19 colours in the Essie Gel Couture range.
Like the nail polish the top coat comes in a glass bottle that has a twisted shape which makes it easy to spot in my nail polish drawer. The glass bottle is a non transparent white which I also found handy as I knew automatically that it was my top coat because I do not have any other white bottles. The smell is intense on application but goes away as soon as you put the lid back on the bottle. The brush is flat and larger than I have used previously and I loved it ... it made application super fast and smooth and easy. Drying time was super fast and I didn't dent or ruin my nails within minutes of application like I normally would. I haven't even dented them a week later which usually happens - I am really happy with this top coat. A week down track it is just the very tips of my nails that starting to slightly chip away - but you have to look very closely to notice. My nails have been through everything punishing this week and they shouldn't be looking this good but they are - thanks essie gel top coat! The top coat gave my nails a beautiful shine and when I re-applied a few days later (as recommended) it made my nails look like I had just freshly painted them. They looked fresh and shiny once again! Impressive.
Tips: Apply the top coat to the tips and over the top to help stop the very tips from chipping over time