Long-Lasting Fall Manicure at Home using Essie Nail Polishes | Wear Test

In this video We are Doing Fall Manicure at Home using just One Nail Polish Brand - and it is Essie.
In the End of the Video, We will See How Long-Lasting this Manicure is going to be.
I always start with prepping the nails – soften the cuticle and pushing the cuticle back. I stop cutting the cuticle more than a year ago and now it is way easy to take care of my nails.
The next step is always dehydrating the nails – it will help your manicure to last longer.
As a base coat, I am using Essie base and top coat – 2 in 1. Base coat gives you the smooth foundation for the color coat.
And then we are going to use the color – I choose one of my favorite nail polishes for fall – beautiful dark purple color. I love Gel Couture collection because a lot of the color nail polishes which I’ve tried lasted for about a week some of them even longer.

Let me know in the comments What is your favorite top coat and if You have any tips how to use Fast Drying Top Coat, please share your ideas

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Prepping the nails
01:28 Dehydrating the nails
01:48 Applying base coat
02:54 Applying first color coat
05:20 Applying second color coat
06:57 Using drying drops
07:34 Applying top coat
10:08 Applying cuticle oil
10:35 Final Results
10:54 Wear Test - Day 4 and Day 6

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[amymalo]

For Essie Gel Couture (never base coat, they don't require it), I always do 2 or 3 coats of the nail polish, letting it dry very slightly between layers. Then I let the final coat dry for 2 or 3 minutes, then apply the Gel Couture Top Coat. I let that set for a minute or 2 then I go over everything with my SecheVite quick dry top coat and it looks fantastic and lasts just as long

[lillyb]

That color is beautiful! Looks like wicked from Essie.

[margaretmcquade]

I love your videos, you have such lovely nails! 😍 Thank you for sharing your beautiful manicures 🥰🍂🍁🧡 xx

[LXS]

This color is lovely. It applies more burgundy than purple, though in the bottle it looks purple! lol. Beautiful!

[jia.wang]

Do you have any tips on how to keep your nails from staining yellow? I heard people use whitening tooth paste to scrub their nails, or baking powder with hydrogen peroxide. What’s your opinion about these?

[gladysward]

TYFS this video! QUESTION: What product did you use for hydrating? I don’t see it in your notes or I somehow missed it. This video is excellent. I am glad I subscribed!

[eBellykinz]

Do you find that the fast drying drops cause any shrinkage?

[catalinadgallagher]

Beautiful hands bauls and lovely voice i started following u!

[becik]

Hello Irina, did you ever use Essie Gel setter top coat? If so do you find it as good as Gel Couture top coat? I'm also wondering if Gel Couture is in any way similar to Seche Vite (Seche Vite looks beautiful, but comes down in paches on first day after application...). Thank you very much in advance for your response ;)

[kapkarakedi]

Добрый день, скажите, а вот это топовое покрытие подходит ко всем лакам essie или только к серии кутюр ?

[leopold]

Very nice video and very well painted’ where are you from??

[luciechalou]

Oh yeah, I have another way how to use guick dry: totally flood your cuticles so it attaches to the skin and then cut it of the skin with a cuticle nipper like a complete loser! I'm the author of this method 😎

[asboukcomfortable]

Very disappointed in Essie Here Stay basecoat, it chips off, Essie Blanc mini 5ml polishes, wouldn't dry and smudged, Essie No chips topcoat, it chipped...Nice shades but no durability. But Essie polishes strengthened my soft nails, only had 1 yes 1 torn nail in 6 weeks! Still like Essie, didn't work for me!
I just bought Zoya Anchor topcoat,
gotta wait! And Glisten & Glow topcoat is a good fast drying topcoat, can't wait! UK 🇬🇧

[queenieevergreen]

Doing all that to your cuticle’s are just You don’t need to do all that, it’s just silly. No one sees that. No one cares. People are hardly ever going to even notice you wear nail polish, to begin with. Absolutely ridiculous and horrible for your nail health.