Gelous & Ever Last Nail Polish Review

Hi everyone! So lately I have had the urge to paint my nails. But of course I forgot how easily my nails chip (because I type on a keyboard like a speed demon and work with my hands). No lie I will do my nails in the morning, and by the evening I am usually picking at the chipped pieces of polishes that remain on my nails.

I tried gel polish a few months ago, and sure it lasted a week or so, but it also made my nails really really weak. There was no way I could use that on a regular basis.

After watching some reviews on youtube (and finding most of them to be a bunch of bs) I decided to go to Sally's (beauty store). Lucky me I found two products:

• Gelous Advanced Nail Gel Coat, which a couple youtubers raved about saying it lasted up to 11 days (needed to see if that was accurate.)

• China Glaze Ever Glaze, which is a new product I decided to try because there was a sale of buy one get one free. 

First I decided to try the New China Glaze product. With China Glaze being one of my favorite brands, I had high hopes for this product.

Here were the instructions:

• There is no base coat for this brand, so clean your nails and apply 2 coats of the Ever Glaze polish of your choice. 
• Once your base coat is dry apply the Ever Glaze "Active top coat"

So here is my week of wearing China Glaze Ever Glaze:

Day 1: 

After prepping my nails, I applied two thin coats of the polish coastal mist (left) and NY slate of mind (right). I found it didn't take to long to dry before I could put on the top coat.

Also: The nails were soooo shiny! (in the pic's they may look a little matte. That is because stupid me out of habit I applied my opi nail envy in Matte ontop of it. ) So far so good.

Day 5: 

The polish is still standing! Besides some small, itty bitty chips that you wouldn't notice unless you grabbed my hand & held it to your face; It's still looking pretty good. I am pretty impressed considering all of the typing, sewing, and roughhousing with the dog I did in that week.

So on Day 5, I figured it was proof enough for me that this product really works! With that in mind, I cleaned my nails and tried my other option: Gelous Advanced Nail Gel Coat.

Because there are no instructions on the bottle (and it didn't come in a box) I assumed you used it like a regular base coat.

That's where I went wrong.

The polish I used was the quick dry by Sally Hansen and after applying a top coat, not 2 hours later, my nails chipped.

I was so pissed off! How could those people say this product could help your "mani" last up to ELEVEN days!? So I went back to my computer and found out that I was using the Gelous base coat all wrong!

So here is my new process. I cannot recall who's video I got this information from but thanks! 

1. 2 coats of Gelous base coat
2. 1 coat of regular polish
3. 1 coat of Gelous base coat
4. 1 coat of regular polish
5. 1 coat of a top coat of your choice.

So really, it's all about the layering.

Ok, here we go! Here is my week:

Day 1: 

Ok so I followed the instructions and topped my polish off with my essie top coat. The color of my polish is Mauvie Night by pop-arazzi (a new brand at CVS).

It's super shiny and they even survived my dog gnawing at my fingers for a good hour.

Day 3: 

So literally, all I did was pull on a pair of jeans and my nails chipped. my fingers were chipped along with the polish on my thumb came right off. I am not sure if it was the gelous that was weak or this brand of nail polish.

So either the Gelous base coat isn't as perfect as they claim, or I am so violent with my nails that I could be arrested for abuse.

The Verdict:

The winner is clearly the China Glaze Ever Glaze! In fact, after day 3 of the Gelous I got so upset that it chipped that I repainted my nails with Ever Glaze. 

Here are the pro's and con's of the products:

Ever Glaze:

Pros:

• Long lasting without any touchups.
• Very shiny
• Beautiful colors

Cons:

• Because it's a new product there is a limited color selection.

Gelous:

Pros:

• Very shiny
• you can use it with any regular polish.

Cons:

• Not long lasting for those who work with their hands.

 So here is this weeks "vocab":

Slang (As taught by Hyea: The Slang Master)

까불지마! - Don't get smart with me!

Romanization: gabuljima

Sounds like:gobble-ji-mah

Example: When a child talks back to their mother, the mother would say, " 까불지마!" 

Commonly Found Words in Kop

생각해 - Thinking of you.

Romanization:saengakhae

Sounds like:sang-gak-hey

Example: Thinking of you - Loco ft. Jay Park.

Well, thank you for reading! Later!

Happy Easter and Happy Passover if you celebrate ^^