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.
• We have more to offer, look for more exciting and professional, luxury beauty products from LONDONTOWN including nail polish, gel nail colors, nail concealers, nail care tool kit and much more.

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• SMOOTHER APPLICATION & PROTECTS NAILS: Clean and prep your nail plates for the perfect application with Dazzle Dry Nail Prep, the first step in Dazzle Dry's award-winning nail care system. Give your nail color a flawless base with Dazzle Dry Base Coat. Part of the 4-Step System, this base coat will make nail plates smoother and allow polish to adhere better for longer-lasting results. Designed for use on natural nails, this nail base coat will help protect your nails from yellowing and peeling.
• LONGER LASTING RESULTS: Formulated for better results, the nail polish base coat will help your manicure last longer and look better the fast drying top coat nail polish will protect your polish from chipping and peeling with results lasting up to 2 weeks.
• FLAWLESS RESULTS: When used with Dazzle Dry's nail system, Transform nail ridge filler provides flawless, salon-quality nails at home. Adding this one simple step to the nail system will elevate your manicure and give your nails a professional look.
• FAST DRYING & HIGH GLOSS FINISH: Part of the Dazzle Dry 4-Step System, this quick dry top coat will add the perfect finish to your manicure. The fast drying formula makes application quick and easy. The top coat has a gorgeous high gloss finish that will make your polish shine. It's non-yellowing so your nail color will always look its best.
• REVIVE: The Dazzle Dry System kit also comes with Revive nail polish thinner (0.17 fl oz / 5 mL) which features our signature formula for restoring the consistency of Dazzle Dry top coat and nail lacquers.

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• This six-piece manicure set includes everything you need to mix, match, and achieve a salon-worthy manicure of our most-loved neutrals at home. Our kit includes everything you need for an easy, quick mani, just prep and prime your base, apply the care-infused polish of your choice, then lock it in with a gel-like finish.
• Our nail polish lakurs deliver gel-like wear and shine paired with effortless application. Made with our signature 21+ free formula, our lakurs are formulated to provide nails with the perfect balance of strength, moisturization, and high-impact color.
• This set includes full-sized bottles (0.40fl oz) of: 1x Nail Hardener & Base Coat, 1x Chelsea Porcelain lakur nail polish (Milky Off-White Creme), 1x Plie lakur (Classic Pink-Peach Ballet Slipper), 1x Pink Sands lakur (Rosewood Pink), 1x Cafe Au Lait lakur (Milk Coffee Taupe), and 1x Gel Genius Top Coat
• How to Use: Start with any kur base coat and allow to dry. Once the first layer has dried, apply 1-2 coats of lakur as needed. Let the polish dry for 10-15 seconds and seal with our Gel Genius Top Coat by applying a thin, even layer.
• Clean should look as good as it feels - At LONDONTOWN, beauty is skin deep, and clean is always done effectively, effortlessly, and thoughtfully because you can have it all: An elevated experience, effortless application, and good-for-you ingredients. From our 21+ free, vegan, cruelty-free/paraben-free nail polish, our professional level manicure nail care tools, to our pampering body care, we look for and deliver forward-thinking formulas with unparalleled results.