Essence 'The Gel Nail Polish'

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Evo mene opet malo k Vama s novim postom . Fotke doduše nisu najfriškije, ali zato ću Vam reći par riječi o friškim essence 'The Gel Nail Polish' lakićima, te bazi i nadlaku iz iste linije.

This time I'm bringing you photos and more than few words of essence 'The Gel Nail Polish' polishes, base coat and top coat. 

 essence 'prince charming'*, dva sloja, bez nadlaka, vani / two coats, no topcoat, outside

essence '4 ever young'*, dva sloja, bez nadlaka, vani / two coats, no topcoat, outside

'Prince charming' i '4 ever young' su lakovi iz nove linije essence lakova za nokte - the gel nail polish. Ovi lakovi obećavaju sjajan finiš poput gela, nanošenje poput običnog laka, bez upotrebe lampe i dugotrajnost na noktima. Dolaze u prepoznatljivoj essence bočici od 8 ml, sa širokom i zaobljenom četkicom. 

'Prince charming' and '4 ever young' are polishes from new essence line - the gel nail polish. These polishes promise you gel alike finish, application without the UV lamp, like an ordinary nail polish and durability on nails. They come in recognizable essence bottles of 8 ml, with wide and rounded brush.

Moram priznati da su meni u posljednje vrijeme draže ravne i uže četkice, no ni s ovima nije problem baratati. Lakovi su pristojno pigmentirani i nokti super izgledaju s dva sloja, iako bi 4 ever young mogao proći i s jednim. Čak ni vrijeme sušenja nije loše. 

Ispod sam ubacila fotke sa sličnim lakićima. Zadovoljno konstatiram da nemam dupliće .

Lately I prefer flat and narrower brushes, but these didn't make me any problems. The polishes are good pigmented and look great with two coats. Drying time is not bad either. 

Down bellow you can see few similar polishes, but no dupes in my collection.

Essence uz ove lakove preporučuje i upotrebu 'the gel nail polish' baze i nadlaka.

With these polishes, essence recommends use of 'the gel nail polish' base coat and top coat. 

Essence the gel nail polish baza* i nadlak* nalaze se u okruglim, obojanim bočicama, baza u bijeloj, a nadlak u srebrnoj bočici. Obje su bočice od 8 ml, a četkice u njima ravno rezane i srednje širine. 

Na prvu me iznenadila baza, odnosno njena formula. Baza je prozirna i rekla bih gelaste strukture, no aplikacija teče bez problema. Kako je gusta nešto se sporije suši od baza koje sam do sad upotrebljavala, konkretno od Eveline 8u 1 koje se držim već par godina. Dok nalakirate svih 10 noktiju, prvih par je već suho tako da se lakiranje može nastaviti bez čekanja.

Nakon nanošenja baze stavljam lak, uvijek u dva tanja sloja. Kad je lak skoro ili potpuno suh (zavisi od mog strpljenja) zatvorim manikuru nadlakom. 

Nadlak iz ove linije nije tako gelast kao baza i nanosi se bez problema. Ima iznenađujuće vrijeme sušenja, skoro isto kao i brzosušeći nadlak iz linije 'better than gel nails'. 

A što je s trajnošću? Je li ona zbilja tako dobra kao što essence kaže?

Essence 'the gel nail polish' base coat* and top coat* comes in rounded bottles, base coat in white, top coat in silver. Both bottles containing 8 ml, with flat and medium wide brush.

The base coat looks kinda jelly, but the application is flawless. Since it's thicker it dries bit slower than my regular base coat (Eveline 8in 1). But when you're done with all ten nails, the first ones are already dry. 

After base coat, I'm applying two coats of nail polish. When the polish is completely or almost completely dry (depends of my patience) I finish the manicure with top coat.

Top coat from this line is not as thick as the base coat. It dries surprisingly fast, almost as fast as quick-dry essence 'better than gel nails' top coat.

What about the durability? Is it really as great as they say in essence team?

 Manikura s the gel nail polish bazom i nadlakom, prvi dan.

My manicure with the gel nail polish base and top coat, day one.

Manikura nakon tri dana.

Same manicure after three days.

Manikura nakon pet dana, neposredno pred skidanje. 

After five days, right before I finally removed it.

Manikuru s bazom i nadlakom iz linije 'the gel nail polish' nosila sam punih pet dana. Moram reći da meni manikure rijetko traju dulje od tri dana, bez obzira na pripremu noktiju. Isto taku ću reći i da je ovo bilo preduskrsno vrijeme pa sam tih dana držala ruke jako uposlenima. Nakon tri dana linije na vrhu nokta su bile jedva primjetno vidljive, no nakon pet su bile već prilično upadljive. Onda je uslijedila katastrofa uz slomljen nokat na prstenjaku, kojeg sam za potrebe fotkanja s istom manikurom zalijepila scotch trakom .

'Prince charming' sam šetala tri dana, uz bazu i nadlak iz iste linije. 

I drugi lakovi, ne isključivo essence, s ovom bazom i nadlakom imaju isto vrijeme nošenja.

Sve u svemu, s ovom bazom i nadlakom sam dobila isti rezultat kao s kombinacijom kojoj sam vjerna već par godina - bazom Eveline 8u 1 i nadlakom essence 'better than gel nails'. No, kako je ovaj nadlak teško nabaviti i često ga na policama nema, drago mi je što se novi 'the gel nail polish' nadlak pokazao dostojnom zamjenom te ću ga svakako nastaviti koristiti.

A Vi, jeste li probale što iz ove linije? Jeste li zadovoljne isprobanim?

Manicure with the gel nail polish base and top coat, I wear for five days. I must say that my manicures hardly ever last more than three days, no matter what I do. These were days before Easter, so my hands were pretty busy too. Anyway, after three days you could see discreet tip wear, but after five days it looked pretty bad. I even broke the nail on ring finger, so I taped it with scotch tape, just to take a photo .

I was wearing 'prince charming' for three days, with base and top coat from the same line.

I tried to combine the polishes from the other brands.

The results with 'the gel nail polish' base and top coat were the same as with the base and top coat I usually use - Eveline 8in 1 and essence 'better than gel nail' top sealer. So, for me, this is yes, I'll continue using these base and top coat in future too.

What about you, have you tried anything from this line? Are you happy with it?

*PR proizvodi