Essie Here to Stay Long wear Topcoat Review

I've been painting my nails and watching True Crime. The most recent one being the case  JonBenet Ramsey. I watched the Netflix documentary and I definitely think it was biased. I went digging through the case..which I was surprised I hadn't done because I definitely grew up seeing her face on the tabloids while shopping and was very aware ...I knew a little bit about the case but not really. I definitely think it was an inside job- the facts of the case are just way too bizarre. I also don't think it's a case that will ever be solved though. The police officers and their many blunders in the initial investigation saw to that. But back to the purpose of the post...

Essie claims:

a premium longwear top coat that keeps your essie color mani smooth, bright, and shiny while protecting against chips for an up to 7 day salon quality manicure.

Made in Spain 

I have a lot of Essie top/base coats to get through. I saw them in the store and grabbed a bunch. I figured since I like Essie polishes so much, the top coats would do well on my nails.  

I bought this one expecting my nail polish to stay longer. Not necessarily seven days which I think is  impossible on my nails. But three days. Possibly four days. That's all I really ask for. Unfortunately this doesn't deliver. I get a day before I get a small chip. And that chip always comes off like it didn't want to--- but it chipped anyway. My nail polish does seem to still chip but the majority of it does stay...

It does seem to work best with the newer Essie polishes and just OK with the older ones.

So it's not my HG top coat.

Some top coats can go over your nail polish and smooth out smudges or mistakes...and this doesn't. 

But it does have decent shine. It also dries relatively quickly. As long as I am not doing thick coats or too many coats....or dealing with a polish that already has a hard time drying. 

I did buy mine in the German store so my bottle was made in Spain. But I think Essie usually made in the US. 

Almost forgot to talk about the brush. Essie used to have the worst brushes but they updated to a wide/curved brush and I have to say they are my favorite. Even over OPI- which was the original wider brush that made me love wide brushes.

Overall, not a repurchase but I will use this one up...

It's OK. I probably would not purchase it again. But I will use up the bottle.