Nov 29, 2012

Do you really need Peel-off base coat?

Pretpostavljam da ste vec cule za Peel-off bazu koju je Essence napravio kao deo Ready for boarding kolekcije? Od skoro, ova baza je deo i njihovog stalnog asortimana (pretpostavljam da je u pitanju isti lak, ali druga bocica). Imala sam priliku da kupim ovaj lak i smatrala sam da ce mi olaksati muke prilikom skidanja laka kao i ustedi aceton... Ali koliko je bas tako? 
Na bocici pise da treba nalakirati nokte ovim lakom, sacekati da se osuci (kada predje iz bele u bezbojnu boju), a zatim normalno nalakirati drugi lak. Kada zelite da ga skinete, navodno, samo odignete malo gornji deo i povucete ceo lak sa nokta. A evo kako je to izgledalo kod mene...

I assume that you already heard about Peel-off base that Essence made as a part of Ready for boarding collection? Since recently, this base is also part of their continuous range (I will assume that it's the same polish, just different bottle). I had opportunity to buy this polish and I really thought that it will be easier during taking off nail polish and that I can save some acetone... But is it really like that?
On the bottle it says that you need to polish your nails with this nail polish, wait for it to dry (to cross from white to transparent color), then normaly apply another nail polish. When you want to take it off, reportedly, just push up upper part a little bit, and peel off entire nail polish from your nail. And here's how it looked...

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To nikako ne lici na jedan komad laka po noktu... Kada krenete da povucete lak, on lepo zapocne, ali onda se pocne truniti pa ponekad morate i da grebete po noktu da bi lak spao. Ono sto sam primetila da pomaze je odizanje laka ne samo od gore nego i sa svih ivica...

That definately doesn't look like one peace of polish per nail... When you start peeling off nail polish, it goes smooth, but then it starts to fall apart and sometimes you even have to scratch your nail so polish can peel off. It helps when you start peeling your polish not only from the top, but from all edges of nail...

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Posto su mi nokti dugacki, nije mogao uopste da skine lak sa vrhova noktiju...

Since my nails are really long, it couldn't peel off polish from tips...

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Mislite da je ovo do sada bilo lose? Cekajte da cujete sledeci deo. Ne smete uopste prati ruke/sudove/tusirati se (da ne pominjem pranje kose)... Cak i ako imate 5-6 slojeva laka iznad peel off baze, evo sta se dogadja kada dodju u kontakt sa toplom vodom.

You think that these information so far were bad? Wait to see next part. You can't wash your hands/dishes/take a shower (not to mention washing hair) at all... Even if you have 5-6 coats of nail polish on top of peel-off base, here's what's happening when they come in contact with warm water.

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Ako vec niste napravile gresku kupujui ovaj lak, nemojte. Ako jeste, ne brinite, moze posluziti za lakove sa sljokicama koji su muka za skidanje svakako. U koju grupu spadate? Imate li mozda razlicita iskustva sa ovim lakom?

If you haven't already made mistake and bought this nail polish, than don't. If you did, don't worry, you can always use it with glitter nail polishes because they are hard to take off anyway. In which group do you belong? Do you maybe have different experiences with this nail polish?

10 comments:

  1. Hm, I never had trouble with the combination of hot water and this base coat. I mostly use it for glitter polishes though. I found that it helps to buff my nails to high shine before applying this base coat and use a very generous layer.
    I wouldn't say that you need this base coat. It's helpful, but has its own twists.

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    1. If I ever use it again, that would be with glitter nail polish only. But otherwise, I don't think it's a well spent money. I will also try to buff my nails before applying it, maybe that helps :). Thanks for advise.

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  2. ti su uspjela oguliti super velike komade. ja sam se sinoć napatila, pola sata sam doslovno strugala lak. mislim da će ta baza u smeće, a kupila sam 2 bočice lol

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    1. Hahaha :). A taman sam se cudila kako se svima ostalima ogulio u jednom komadu :D. I ja sam kupila dve bocice, srecom, jednu sam poklonila :)

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  3. meni je on super. treba samo voditi računa da je stvarno deblji sloj laka, i da je apsolutno svaki deo pokriven. mada, opet, moji nokti su kratki. meni ta baza stvarno spašava život.

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    1. Drago mi je da barem nekome pomaze :). Ja sam stavljala stvarno velike kolicine laka na nokte, ali nikako nije hteo da "radi".

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  4. Odličen post. Jaz sem tudi pred časom napisala post o njem in je meni tudi bolj tako-tako. Včasih deluje super, včasih spet ne, včasih mi manikura zdrži 2 dni, včasih par ur ... Mislim, da je odvisno od znamke lakov, ki jih uporabim s tem podlakom, kar mi ni všeč, ker jaz hočem uporabljati vse glitter lake. Na srečo je vsaj cena nizka.

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    1. Zato i meni nije mnogo zao, jeftin je ako nista drugo :). A stvarno ne znam u cemu je fora, sto svima razlicito radi lak. Ako nista drugo, tu je za glitere :)

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  5. So I'm not the only one to be disappointed with this product ! I had exactly the same problems as you describe, especially polish remaining on the tips (and my nails are shorter than yours)
    The remaining "glue" was a pain to remove, even with pure acetone ...

    Byt he way, I didn't have any problem with hot water, my manicure was perftect during 4 days with showers and dish washing.
    It seems to react differently on every one ...

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    1. I'm glad I'm not crazy :). I noticed that remaining polish on nails can be easily removed under hot water and some scratching :). But, that's just me. Maybe it won't work for you since you didn't had troubles with hot water.

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