Sally Hansen's Big Peel Off Base coat.

I absolutely adore nail polishes. Unfortunately they need to be taken off every few hours for wudu purposes.

I don't know if it's only me but red nail polish is a big mess to take off! 

So the Sally Hansen Big Peel Off base coat seemed like a boon from heaven for someone who adores wearing nail polish.

The Sally Hansen website describes the base coat as:

Just paint on the base coat, apply polish as usual and enjoy the manicure. When it’s time for a new look, simply peel off the polish in one fluid movement! No scrubbing, soaking or fussing – just a clean, healthy-looking nail.

The base coat goes on an opaque white, but dries  to a clear base coat. The first whiff you catch smells more like craft glue but the smell immediately goes away as the base coat dries down. 

After two coats of nail polish including Essie's Gel Setter top coat, the nail polish did come off easily in one fluid movement, without requiring excessive scratching or scrubbing. The base coat is brilliant especially if you're in a hurry to remove your nail polish, and the non-requirement of polish remover is a relief, especially if you need to remove glitter nailpolish.

However, here come the cons.

1) The consistency is slightly more runny, thus the fingers need to be absolutely straight for the base coat to dry, or it almost always does bunch up in the corners, though that wasn't very visible after a couple of coats of nailpolish on top.

2)A thicker coat than usual is to be applied, and the base coat needs to dry completely, before applying nail polish on top, otherwise it takes a little more work to peel off the nail polish as it doesnt come off as easily.

3) The  The base coat was not very long wearing, and a couple of hours of constant use of water caused the polish to slip right off a couple of fingers.

The short wear time isn't a problem for me, as I have to take off the nail polish anyways for wudu after every few hours, but it is an annoyance for those who want a longer wear time. Though, it does last for up to 2 days without chipping.

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