essie gel couture rock the runway Review
essie gel couture rock the runway swatch
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rock the runway is a bright, warm-toned red jelly sheer nail polish, very similar to OPI’s Art Walk in Suzi’s Shoes. You get even, medium coverage in two coats.
The steps to apply this, and all essie gel couture polishes, are:
Clean and prep the nail bed
Apply two coats of the gel couture color, giving each coat 5-10 minutes to dry in between coats
Apply one coat of the gel couture top coat, wait 5-10 minutes for it to dry
Clean up, admire your work of art and you’re done!
There is no base coat with this line, which adds simplicity to the manicure process.
To get the longest wear from base coat-free systems like gel couture, make sure the nail bed is oil-free, dry and clean of all debris before you add the first coat of color.
essie gel couture rock the runway swatch
essie gel couture rock the runway swatch
essie gel couture rock the runway swatch
essie gel couture rock the runway swatch
How long does essie gel couture last?
In the color swatches above, the tips were touched up with color and the gel couture top coat was reapplied on days 3 and 6.
By the end of day 7, it was simply time to switch up the color. The tips still had light wear on the edges, but there was no major chipping or peeling, and the color was mostly still intact.
This wear is impressive, especially given that many regular wear nail polishes today provide only 4 days of wear, at best.
Depending on the usage of your nails and what you are doing with your hands while wearing this color, your results may vary.
You could realistically apply it at the start of a week and it could last you until the end of the week. In the swatches above, the color was applied on a Thursday (shown) and removed that following Thursday.
It’s sheer enough to give the color some depth, but full enough coverage that you still feel like you’re wearing a bold color - and it lasts at least a week with light maintenance.
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