Hello my dear readers! I literally have not blogged in 5 years! 5 years! Anyway, I'm planning on changing that with this new and fabulous review of Glisten and Glow's Ridge Relief Base Coat! I was sent this polish by Jill from Glisten and Glow via her facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/240068879807751/ ) to review. Initially I was going to test this on my toes (which I still will, I just won't post photos of my feet!) But once I took off my acrylic nails I realized I had been plagued with some ridges on my beloved little baby nails. So I have ahead swatches of this on my natural nails.
So here are my naked nails before I did anything to them. I know nasty and dry. So sorry, if you hate nails that look like this, please keep scrolling.
As you can see I have some small ridges on some fingers, and yes they show through polish (I stupidly forgot to photograph that part *facepalm*)
So once I got this base coat on though.... it was magical. I'm not even kidding. It dried amazingly quick for starters and left my nails still looking that semi-matte natural look. So if you love having naked nails but, don't want to be fully naked and have ridges, well, this base coat is for you.
I also feel that this base coat made my nails look brighter. It filled into those ridges nicely. It also applied smooth like butter. This is one coat here and I'm positive it would work just well with one coat alone.
Next it was time for color and once I applied my polish it was clear that this base coat served its purpose well. I had gotten a manicure a few days ago and my manicurist mentioned how thing and ridgy my nails looked. I just laughed but on the inside I was crying :'(
My photos show one coat of this gorgeous nature republic polish over G&G base coat (also wearing a top coat)
Overall, I was happy with the results. I can't vouch for how long this base coat will keep my manicure on but I'll be sure to document the progress AND (fingers crossed) post back here to update you lovely people!
Thanks for reading and thanks again to Jill for letting me test out her wonderful base coat. It's not available on her website just yet but she's got tons of other stuff available on it right now! So head on over to http://glistenandglow.bigcartel.com/ , take a peek, snag some polish and things. Also, follow her on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/glistenandglow1/?hl=en and over at the facebook group mentioned above for updates and more details!!
Bye!!
*This product was sent to me on behalf of Glisten and Glow for my honest, unbiased review.*
