OPI Nail Envy Matte Review

Few months ago I decided to do acrylic on few of my own nails to make them stronger as they were about to brake and I didn't want to cut them down ,stupid idea. As you can imagine it was very hard to get my nails back to their healthy state. I have heard in the past good things about OPI nails envy so I decided to give it a try. The reason why I opted out for the matte version is that I've read few reviews that stated that the original nails envy stained their nails. So now let's move on to the review...

When I first tried it I wasn't really excited with the result, though back then I didn't used it for more than a week and a half  so my opinion wasn't 100% accurate. When I stopped using OPI nail envy I was using a strengthener from a Greek brand Erre Due hard attack and I was quite pleased with it. Few weeks ago that I ran out of the Erre Due I went back to the OPI one. So now I've been using OPI Nail Envy for good 3 weeks and I must admit I did changed my first opinion about it. It does strengthen your nails on a good level although it doesn't help that much wth splitting, at least for me it doesn't .

So overall as nail strengthener I would give it a 4/5

I must say that I really love it as base. It smooths the nail which helps with a better nail polish application and it also does protect your nails and help to prevent staining

Overall as base coat I give 4.5/5

Now as a mattefying top coat. I wouldn't say that it gives a completely matte finish to the polish but it gives rather natural matte finish . By natural matte I mean that it isn't glossy looking but has a light sheen. 

Overall as mattefying top coat 3.5/5

Overall rating: 4/5

Would I buy it again?:  I would if I could find it at a good prices as here it retails at around 20+ euros

Have you tried it? What's your opinion? Do you have any good nail strengtheners to suggest?

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