essieNail Care, 8-Free Vegan, No Chips Ahead Top Coat, chip-resistant nail polish, 0.46 fl oz

This is the best top coat I have ever used! I don’t wear gloves when I wash dishes or do much to protect my polish but I have been trying to get a top coat that prevents chipping. This surpassed my expectations and protected my polish for 5-6 days without reapplying! I’m sure if I did what’s recommended and reapplied the top coat every 2-3 days I could get more than a week without chips! The rounded brush makes it easy to apply and the formula is very shiny once dried. It also is fully dried (not sticky) within 10 minutes if the previous coats are almost dry when you apply. Overall I love this and am now a permanent customer of Essie!

Great product!

Pretty good, but still got a couple of small chips.

So my cheap nail polish collection is not the most durable. This stuff makes my garbage polishes last 3x longer. PLUS I have really dry, flaky, peely nails. And this stuff really helps seal in my nails so they're less breaky. I bought one and then bought a second one to keep at work. And then bought another one to send to a friend. Like.... Buy this.

This is my second time applying. The first time, they chipped within a day… I wanted to give it another chance though since I was assembling furniture the day they chipped. But the pictures are 3 days after application. I also applied the Essie Ridge Filler base coat so I’m not sure which one is responsible for this. But my nails are certainly chipping and there’s crack or crease lines all throughout the top half of the nail. Would not recommend this product as a solution for chipping.Also, even if it did prevent chips, it goes on weird. After it dries (which takes forever btw), it almost feels like it soaks into the nail polish instead of sitting on top of it.

It does work as it says, but it kind of takes longer to dry than other top coats. It does what is intended, though, and does help to prevent chips wayy better than others I've used. It lasts about 3-7 days before starting to chip, but of course, that really just depends on your application process. My issue is that I have a gel allergy, and for some reason, this top coat seemed to irritate my skin as well, making it quite itchy and uncomfortable. I don't have this with other Essie polishes so it may just be an ingredient in this polish itself.

Love the quality, price , and the absolute glossy shine.

My hands are in water all day and this top coat really helps to keep my nail polish from chipping as soon.