{"id":4798,"date":"2020-04-23T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2020-04-22T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:21:13","slug":"essie-gel-polish-favorite-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/essie-gel-polish-favorite-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Essie Gel Polish: Favorite Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I went back and forth trying to decide whether or not to attempt my own gel nail at home during the first few weeks of quarantining. After talking to a bunch of y&#8217;all, I decided against it! However, I have been trying out Essie&#8217;s Lightless <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgj7F\">Gel Couture Polish<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as an alternative, and I absolutely love it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I might even scale back my nail salon trips (*gasp*) when all of this is over (and after <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wedding-wednesday-no-17-were-postponing\/\">the wedding<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!) because I feel so confident using this polish on my own! It usually stays on without chipping for around a week, just depending on how harsh I am on my nails.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve been doing 3 coats of lightless Gel Couture color, then 1 coat of the lightless <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgkiA\">Gel Couture top coat<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to finish! The white color I&#8217;ve been using is &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgj7F\">First Fitting<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.&#8221; A few of you recommend the <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Essie<\/span> <strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgkiR\">Base Coat<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and I have that in my Amazon cart right now to try! For something fun, I wanted to share all the other polish colors I have my eye on right now that I&#8217;ll probably start collecting over the next few months!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Click the links below to shop each polish color!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4800 size-full\" title=\"Essie Gel Polish Color Favorites\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design.png?resize=780%2C975&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Essie Gel Polish Color Favorites\" width=\"780\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design.png?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design.png?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design.png?resize=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgj7F\">FIRST FITTING<\/a><\/span><\/strong> \/\/ <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgj7F\">PRE-SHOW JITTERS<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \/\/ <strong><span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgj7F\">WEARING HUE?<\/a><\/span><\/strong> \/\/ <strong><span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgj7F\">LACE ME UP<\/a><\/span><\/strong> \/\/ <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/bgkhU\">POLISHED &amp; 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