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The formula is thin and easy to apply, but I think it is quite patchy to use alone. I applied two coats to use it as a basecoat, but I feel I can just apply two coats of ridge filler instead to have the similar color correct effect. But my nails are not seriously tinted.
I wore it as a standalone for a couple days, it’s very glossy and looks good by itself! It does a great job of neutralizing stains and brightening the nail. Pictures are of 1 thin coat and 1 coat over 1 coat of cracked ridge filler.
Not sure if I got a bad batch but the neutralizer is really patchy for me even after three coats. The non-patchy parts cover up staining but because it's so patchy it doesn't make sense to use it with sheer polishes. :( Pictured are three coats.
I have very stained nails and got this hoping that it would allow me to wear sheer polishes. The formula is thin, but you only need a thin coat. You don't have to apply over the entire nail, either! I put it over only the most stained portion in my first coat to see how it would look and it does great! Put a second coat over it to smooth everything out, but the most stained part got the majority of the effect which was exactly what I wanted. It's not completely even, but it's not meant to be a polish. Once you polish over it, the unevenness vanishes. Float thin coats for best results. Honestly, this stuff is just so amazing.
I love this neutralizer base coat. It covers the yellow of my nails from frequent polish in two coats and gives me a great base for polish. It’s a little streaky after one coat, but the second evens it out completely for me.
This is a terrific product; two coats provides not only a lovely, semi-opaque base for transparent/light-colored polishes, BUT ALSO - 2c provide great protection against green-base-polish staining. I'm a fan.
This takes away my VNL without significantly changing the color of the polish on top. It’s magic.
This stuff is SO good! My nails are really stained recently and I was able to almost completely hide that in one thin coat. I find it works best if I shake it before I use it. Dries super quick!
If I could give 4.5 stars I would. I didn't love this as a base coat, it went on a bit streaky for me in a single coat, and I had to do quite a bit of cleanup so that it didn't create a pale outline around my polish (which, fair enough, is true for any tinted base). However, it did a great job with neutralizing and with blurring vnl. Shown under Lone Star Rose, which is on the sheer side. You can see a bit of outline left on my index fingers. I think it will be great used over another base coat.
Great
I bought this more for the color than I did to neautralize my nails. I love the lilac purple color!
I get white spots on my nails occasionally, I have yellow staining from constant nail polish application, and I also have naturally ridged nails. This product helped with all of those, I bought it for the "neutralizing" part for my jelly polishes as I really do not like seeing the visible line, but using 2 coats of this helped other problems I didn't know I wanted a solution for as well. It's quick drying, and will now be a staple in my nail routine.
The formula is easy to apply but it’s bit streaky, so it’s hard to get an even coating on the nail. However, it does a great job at hiding any staining on the nails, especially when wearing jellies.
I really like the way the color neutralizes the color of staining and works as a smoothing basecoat, I'm not in love with how long it takes to dry.
I’ve started using this under almost all my manicures. It works so well to keep my polish from chipping and helps hide my stained nails so nicely. It also doesn’t make my nails peel like other base coats. It’s great!
Perfect when I’m on the go or under sheers.
Nice neutral base.
I love that this makes it so you can’t see my nail line when wearing a translucent polish.
Lovely base coat. Easy to apply.
I have some pretty nasty yellow staining on my nails, and this really leveled everything out in 1 coat! And it was a great formula to apply. Love it. Great value for the money.
The perfect base for all your polishes! The formula is a little tricky at first, but if you keep the brush parallel with your nail and float the polish on, it’ll have more even coverage.
it's a fair bit streaky on anything under 3 (very carefully applied) coats. i think it could've benefited from having a more jelly-ish formula than a crelly one, allowing some squishy pigment coverage at the cost of a bit more visible nail line.
Actually reduces the visibility of stains. Other similar products have been too sheer to actually cover anything. I did have some trouble getting it to be level, but I may just need to be more careful. I think it would also work as a subtle manicure worn by itself.
Works great to hide staining
Grabbed this when someone said to use this under jellies and it’s perfect!
Works so well for me as a vnl blurring base
Great for stained nails! I’ve been avoiding using jelly polish at the moment since I’ve been dealing with some orange tinted stains on my nails. This neutralizer solved that issue. Covered the stains like a dream. This is also honestly a pretty shade and can see myself wearing it on its own lol