Maybelline Superstay Strength Primer Protecting Base Coat

Excellent, I have now bought this twice it's so good. One coat straight onto the bare nail and then another as a top coat after applying varnish. My nails have really strengthed and the varnish is staying put. I previously had get nails which were good but expensive this product in my opinion is equal at least for staying power.

Easy application and dries quickly

One of my favourite base coats. It has a funny brush you need to get used to or you can end up using way too much, but it applies lovely, and super easy to do the edge of your nails. Only downside I find with maybelline is the design of the bottle and the brush, it's difficult to use the last of your bottle, only reason why I knocked it down 1 star.

Purchased this after becoming very vexed with gel nails, I can never get a gel manicure to last more than a few days before it chips or a nail pops off. A home gel pedicure is fine and lasts the course but can never get a gel manicure to stand the test. Decided to go back to the traditional method and use this with seche vite. Got 8 days out the manicure lasted a whole holiday of in and out of pool and not taking much care of it. Could not believe it. Two coats of this, two nail polish and then seche vite. Some slight wrinkling issues with the seche so I might try a different top coat but will definitely stick with this base coat. It is almost sticky when it is applied and dried so more like a binder. I have tried orly bonder in the past for five times the price and this is just as good if not better.

This product is excellent l have bought it 10 times but it is now double the price l paid in 2024 so will not be buying again!!

I personally find this base very odd. Not the product per se, that seems fine although so far I haven’t noticed a benefit, but the applicator brush has a very odd shape. It’s flat like many others these days but it’s also bowed and very wide. I think the idea was good, as it’s meant to fit the bowed shape of the nail directly before you even apply any pressure, but it’s so wide that for half the nails I ended up with it all over the side of my fingers too. It’s not easy to apply it any other way unlike a normal brush so if your nails beds aren’t wide you’re pretty stuck.

This strength primer really surprised me. I didn’t expect Maybelline to have such a good nail primer. The base coat is really strong and lasts up to 2 weeks and protects your nails really well. It also has a curved brush which makes applying it to your nail extremely easy. 10/10 would recommend

The media could not be loaded. This is the best nail varnish brush I have ever used. The curved brush makes for effortless application even with my left (non-dominant) hand. As it's a base coat, once dry it is matte rather than shiny. My only slight issues is that I have tiny pinky finger nails and the brush is too big for that one but that's easily rectified with a cocktail stick and still better than any other nail varnish brush I've used, I wish every brand would adopt this style. Nail varnish usually doesn't last a day on my fingers but I bought this on a recommendation. I will try to update this when I know how long it lasts.