I was using my own DIY peel-off base coat for a while. But when I saw this Essence product in a store while on vacation I just had to grab it since I have a hard time finding essence stuff where I live. I think this Essence Peel Off Base Coat was only maybe $1.99 if I remember correctly. Sorry to say, not a fan of this product though. I don’t think it works well. I’ve tried it twice and didn’t have good luck either time.
First off, before application, your nails must be squeaky clean with no oils on them. This formula has a tendency to retract and bead up on your nail. Even with freshly washed hands this happens. So you may need to wipe your nails with acetone before using Essence Peel Off Base Coat.
One thing I liked is that you can see when it’s dry. The bottle says to wait ten minutes, but I don’t think it even took that long. FYI- Essence dried much faster than my diy stuff.
When I first tried it out it took a lot of work to get off. I used an orange stick and had to pick a lot! It was not fun. Second time I had many more layers of glitter so I thought it would work much better- I was guessing the glitter would peel off in one stiff piece. But it totally didn’t. I picked so much (and I used my nails this time, not an orange stick) and it was a hassle. My nails looked crappy and damaged since it was peeling off the surface of my nails. Also, it didn’t protect them well as you can see in the last pic above- I got wicked stains! And I didn’t even think that Zoya Zuza was a stainer.
In essence, I would skip this essence product. White craft glue (elmers) works better! Plus, there’s a whole bunch of other products on the market you could try. Lindsay over at NAIL THAT ACCENT just did a great comparison of a few of the top brands of peel-offs.
What kinda peel-off stuff works best for you??
Craftynail 
Great review on this! Too bad, it didn’t work that great.
I’m using Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter A-Peel now – I love it!! It’s fantastic 🙂
That sounds good!
Ugh, that sucks. I’ve never tried a peel of base coat before, just stuck with straight up elmer’s glue 😀
This is weird but I got my polish poping off in one piece with Seche top coat and that’s not even a base coat. I will have a moment of truth tonight, I hope the green I have on didn’t stain (since I added 2 layers of base coat and 2 layers of white) but I can never be sure. Some of the weirdest colours stain my nails when other people don’t have any staining problems with them and vice versa XD
Yeah that avon jade you mentioned before didnt stain for me. ??
Avon shade? When did I mention it? :O
I was wearing an avon color for st patty’s day and you said ‘I got this mint color and it stains’, so I guess I thought you meant it was the same one that I was wearing LOL. But it musta been a different polish hehe
Yeh, sorry, should have told that it was Barry M Mint Green 😛
Now how well does this peep off if you apply a top coat
Im pretty sure that i used seche both times. I wonder if that affected it?
Aww that sucks. I have a peel off base coat a friend sent me from Korea that I love. Not sure how I’ll get another bottle when I run out though since she’s not living over there anymore!
I agree! Don’t like it too.
That’s so weird, I love this peel off base! It works really well on my nails? I’ve no idea why it was worked so badly on your nails! 😦
i wonder if it’s because i always use seche vite topcoat
It could be actually? Because I find a lot of new polishes don’t react well with Seche Vite as they’re all eco-friendly and safe now 😛
I didn’t like this either, I got the same problems as you did, getting it off is a hassle (foil method is faster) and I had horrible blue staining as well. I haven’t dared try others after my experience with Essence.
dang!
I’ve only tried Elmer’s glue and it works great, I just wish it dried faster. If my polish doesn’t peel off immediately I just get my nails wet and that does the trick. I’m still open to trying out some store bought product if it dries faster.
yup- I use straight up elmers in an old polish bottle and mine takes forever to dry too! but i think it worked okay 🙂
I also really hated this base. It hardly felt like it was ‘peel off’ but rather a ‘pick off’. I chucked mine.