EssieExpressie Quick Dry Nail Polish, Strong At 1%, Coral, 10 ml

Lovely summer colour petect

Die Farbe ist schön . Nicht deckend bei einfacher Lackierung , man sollte schon zwei Schichten machen . Allerdings ziehe ich einen Stern ab weil das für mich nichts mit express Trocknung zutun hat .

Super deckend, leicht zum auftragen, schnell trocken und haltbar.Habe mir jetzt in vielen Farben nachbestellt und ich liebe es!

I have tried a lot of nail varnishes, quick dry, standard, fast dry top coat.....I’ve had limited success. Either they don’t dry after the 2nd coat, the whole nail smears even after 10 mins drying, or they dry but chip really badly.I was excited to try this as Essie is such a good brand, and coral sounded quite cheery.Good points: it goes on easy, the angled brush works extremely well. It dries so quickly you can apply the 2nd coat as soon as you finish the first coat. It’s a low smelling varnish that doesn’t linger or bring on asthma!Average points: the colour is less coral and more ‘autumn leaves’. It’s not a bad colour but I was after something a bit brighter.Bad points: sadly it chips quite easily, not as badly as other quick dry brands but it still only lasts 2 days. The picture I took is after 2 days, including making Sunday lunch (peeling potatoes etc) and 2 days on the laptop.All in all it’s still much better than most quick dry varnishes because it does dry extremely fast but the colour and wearability don’t quite cut it.

I generally quite like most of Essie’s range of polishes, this is the first quick dry I have tried of theirs and was genuinely surprised how easy it was to get a quick nice finish. I did use a base coat and it made the application really smooth, the brush is flat which is great for my wide nail beds and minimal flooding so there was virtually no clean up. The strokes are opaque so no messing around with trying to flood the brush with more polish. It does look great even after one coat. There’s some streaking if you look up close, so ended up with two thin layers to get the best finish. I’ve had this polish on for about a week, although it claims that it doesn’t need a base coat and a top coat. I think a top coat would helped to prevent some chipping I had after a few days. Really pleased with how quickly it dried, from start to finish it took less than 10 minutes to do my nails.