Best long lasting nail polish

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I used to have gel nail polish but can't seem to find time

What polish will last longest chip free?

I use all sorts of polish brands and they all last the same length of time on me - 4-5 days max. I think a good base and top coat is more important than the colour polish itself. I use Revlon base coat and Leighton Denny Crystal Finish topcoat (available in M&S).

Thanks lotta

I find that Sally Hanson complete manicure lasts quite well, though I do use a top coat too.

Seconding Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure, its really easy to apply too, always seems to look brilliant despite the fact I'm not great at doing my nails. I put Seche Vite over the top, but SV seems to be a bit of a marmite product. Its a holy grail for me though.

Well, a Mavala dark grey lasted two weeks on me recently, I only took it off because I was bored of it.

Conversely Nails Inc new one put on Sat pm was chipped yesterday, repaired and another one has chipped this morning - that was a LOT more expensive than the Mavala one (admittedly bigger though, but who ever uses up nail varnish, might as well be small).

Essie last well too.

Nail polish, even salon applied normally lasts a maximum of 2 days on me. I don't bother with the more expensive brands as they just chip/flake/never dry.

I've started using Barry M Sunset varnish (£4.99) and it lasts about a week. You apply 2 coats of colour followed by the topcoat which supposedly 'cures' in daylight. The colours aren't that exciting but it's really glossy and lasts a 4-7 days which for me is really good going.

Rimmel (£5.99) have a similar daylight curing one which says it lasts up to 14 days and has a better range of colours which I'm going to try next. I wonder if the topcoat is interchangeable with the Barry M - it must be the same technology.

Nail polish never fully cures, or dries, that's why it's prone to chipping.

Try CND vinylux or OPI.

I use Bourgeois quick drying drops, they really do help make it at least not get bed sheet marks on it.

And I now also have Seche Vite, which makes it shiny. Orly base which makes a kind of rubbery base the varnish sticks to really helps too.

Curing in daylight wouldn't work for me, I do my nails before bed. :)

Essie gel type. It's in the twisty bottle. You need the top coat for it. It lasts perfectly a week (fingers) on me and 10 days with a few chips. Toes it lasts until I've cut my nails a few times and my nails look really stubby because there's so little polish left on so I need to take it off!

Thank you

Body shop is good

I find most polishes last a week or more on me so long as I use a good base and top coat, and either buff or patch any peels or splits in the nail. I use OPI Nail Envy for a base coat and Poshe for a quick drying top coat.

Essie, Sally Hansen and Revlon Colourstay

Have you tried seche vite? Dries quick, gives a hard gel coat, and lasts around 4-5 days on me.

I like Maggie Anne.

Any cheap one plus Rimmel top coat
I get 5 days
Mavala are also good

Always use a base coat.

I use OPI Nail Envy then a Barry M

Rimmel and their range of colours are very good too.

Sally Hanson or OPI but I always use a base coat and top coat, two thin layers of colour rather than one thick one and if I want it to last a long time or I have a cheap varnish I put a thin clear top coat on every day.

I use Essie or Barry M then Revlon gel envy diamond top coat,lasts over a week chip free

I bought the Rimmel gel ones, that don't need a lamp. So far am 4 days in and it hasn't chipped and I am not very careful , although I do wear gloves to wash up.
I also bought mavala quick drying oil, which I think is helping to stop me chipping it before it dries.
On toes, I find most varnishes last, so long as I use seche vite top coat. The sally hansen all in one colours seem to stay noce and shiny on my toes, but again, I do use a top coat even though it is an all in one.

I love Essie too - it's amazing compared to other brands.

I use a base coat, OPI for colour, and a Models Own gel top coat which works for me

Oh and Barry M Plumpy topcoat

I've pretty much given up on any polish as even when I wear it for one night it chips. I have crap peely nails cause of medication.

I'm sold on jamberry though. At the risk of sounding like a rep I've got a set on my fingers that is just looking ropey now at over two weeks old, and my toes still look brand new.