MaybellineEssie Gel Couture Longlasting High Shine No UV Lamp Required Nail Polish Dark Pink Colour, Shade 300 The It-factor 13.5ml

I was expecting this to be a shade of ‘hot pink’ but it’s bordering on red unless you’re in bright light. Still, it’s a gorgeous colour, easy to apply and lasts me a week before I need to do them again- much better than the couple of days most polishes last for me.

Fabulous nail enamel, stays on a long time, easy to use and excellent value. This brand will always be my first choice for nail enamels, oh and did I mention the colour choices! Phenomenal selection of colours.

I have two different colours of essie Gel Couture Nail Polish - The It-factor and Zip Me Up and I love one or quite like the other. I LOVE the It-factor - it goes on well, gives a bright pop of pink colour with a shiny finish and stays well on my nail. The other colour I have - Zip me up, is rather unusual. From afar it looks like an off-white/cream, but up close you can see that it has a green pearlised tint in the polish in the bottle, but it doesn't show particularly well on the nail. As a stand-alone colour, it doesn't work so well for me, it's okay and it stands out, but I have nicer off-white nail polishes.

Really love this gel formula. It’s essential to use the Essie gel top coat though. I no longer bother with my UV lamp as this formula really does look like gel.

For Essie I apply 2 or 3 coats of colour and 1 or 2 top coat, 5 mins between each coat (I’m not joking 😂). Quality product and I’m never disappointed. Cheers Essie!

Loved the ease of application, the colour , and the durability. Cannot recommend highly enough

The colour of this product is really pretty, however it is very sheer so you need a good few layers. Even though I used a base and a top coat nail polish it chipped within 48 hours.

Came off quicker than expected but nice colour and nice product