8 Best Base Coats Tested and Rated in 2025: Expert Recommendations

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• Complete Gelish Manicure Kit: This kit includes everything needed for a salon-quality manicure: pH Bond Nail Prep, Foundation Base Gel, Top It Off Sealer Gel, and Nourish Cuticle Oil, all free from carcinogenic, chemical, synthetic, and toxic substances.
• pH Bond Nail Prep & Foundation Base Gel: The pH Bond Nail Prep balances the nail's pH while removing any surface oils, ensuring a perfect foundation for the gel to adhere. The Foundation Base Gel creates a strong bond between the nail plate and the gel product for long-lasting results.
• Top It Off Sealer Gel & Nourish Cuticle Oil: The Top It Off Sealer Gel delivers a glossy, chip-free finish that maintains the gel manicure's shine. Nourish Cuticle Oil deeply hydrates and nourishes the cuticles, keeping them soft and healthy.
• Smooth, Streak-Free Application with Improved Brush: The unique, laser-cut bristles of the improved brush allow for a smooth, streak-free application, providing better control, especially near the cuticles.
• Ergonomic Packaging for Comfort: The newly designed monogrammed cap and ergonomic bottle fit comfortably in your hand for hours of strain-free application.

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• The Art of the Manicure, Perfected: Extend your essie manicure with this nail care essentials trio kit, including a nail polish longwear base coat, high shine top coat and conditioning cuticle oil
• Even, Professional Application: Our exclusive easy glide brush fits every nail size and allows for quick, streak-free, even and professional application at home. Flawless nail color coverage and durability with every brush stroke
• The Perfect Manicure: Apply 1 coat of any of our base coat polishes on nails, follow with two coats of essie nail polish, and finish with any 1 of our top coat offerings. Follow with essie apricot cuticle oil, a nail care essential
• Iconic and Trendsetting Colors: from the essie collection, which has produced over a thousand nail polish shades and counting. essie nail polish takes from fashion and cultural trends to make manicure possibilities endless
• America's Nail Expert: essie is a leader in nail luxury, committed to high quality standards. Our nail polish has a vegan formula with no animal derived ingredients and no animal testing. essie nail polishes and nail care products make life colorful

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• No UV or soaking needed! This ultra-glossy collection delivers gel-like wear and shine, and is cured by natural sunlight. Set includes GEL Genius base and top coat duo. Vegan & Cruelty Free
• Base Coat - A fast-drying base coat formulated to create manicures that last. The breakthrough technology, activated by sunlight, is what makes this one of our toughest nail primers yet: it creates a strong, gel-like foundation that grips onto color for up to two weeks of wear. The polish dries down to a smooth finish to ensure that lakurs apply flawlessly.
• Top Coat - A top coat that transforms any polish into a gel-like manicure. Specially formulated with breakthrough technology and nourishing kur care, this sunlight-cured formula helps extend the life of any polish for up to two weeks. One coat delivers high-shine gloss and a plush, cushion-y effect—and because it dries quickly into a smooth, streak-free shell, Gel Genius Top Coat is the perfect topper for a salon-quality finish.
• How to use - Start with clean nails. Apply one thin, even coat to bare nails. Follow with 1-2 coats of lakur enhanced nail polish and finish off with a coat of high-shine, streak-free Genius Top Coat for a perfect, salon-quality finish.
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