base & top coat
Essie

Speed Setter Fast Dry Top Coat

Category
Base & top coat
Type
Quick-dry top coat
Key specs
Air dry
Formula
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Size
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Finds Essie Speed Setter works okay, but wouldn't go to bed soon after applying it.

“I'd definitely get a true base coat. I tried an all in one last year when I first started painting again, and my nails never dried! That was just with an Essie all in”
mixed

Calls Essie Speed Setter their favorite top coat for its thick hard shell, and mixed it with a Sally Hansen quick-dry top coat and thinner to also get faster drying.

“I was low on my fave Essie Speed Setter TC and combined it with an also low Sally Hansen red bottle, added about 10 drops of thinner, and wow! I got the benefits of both: it dried super fast like”
positive

Says Sally Hansen Insta-Dri top coat ruined every manicure they tried it on and that they prefer Essie Speed Setter.

“Hansen Insta-Dri (red bottle) QDTC here I decided to give it a try. Not to this extent, but every manicure I have used it on has messed up. I prefer Essie Speed Setter. I”
positive

Speed Setter is the only top coat they have finished; they get two full weeks on a manicure with it, more than with any other top coat.

“Speed Setter is the only one I've ever finished. I get 2 full weeks on a manicure with it and I can't say that for any other top coat I've ever used. I've never”
positivelong-lasting