In today's post I will show you PUPA's new Lasting Color Gel nail polish in Acapulco Bay and Gel Top Coat from this collection.
This collection consists of 50 creme colors with gel-like glossy finish. So let's get to the swatches and review.

Acapulco Bay (036) is a bright tropical pink creme with a neon hint. It has a glossy gel like formula, very similar to Barry M's Gelly Hi-Shine collection. PUPA's Lasting Color Gel collection isn't a real gel nail polish that you need to cure in UV or LED lamp, but a regular nail polish with a super glossy finish similar to a real gel polish.

The formula was on the thick side but easy to apply, very pigmented and provided a great coverage with just one coat, but I applied two coats to smooth it and get a perfect coverage.

Drying time was fast and within a few minutes it was completely dry and ready for a second coat / top coat. The finish was very shiny and glossy as promised, so I was pretty pleased with it. 

I've been wearing this nail polish for the third day now and it's still in pretty great shape and very glossy, and this color is just great - I've really missed wearingbright pinks and neons.

Apparently the Lasting Color Gel line has a new wide brush which I wasn't really fond of at first. PUPA's regular nail polish line has a long and slim brush (right) and the new Gel brush is shorted and wider, with a curved edge (left). I have to admit I didn't like it a first because I'm used to applying nail polish with slimmer brushes and I really love these, but for those of you who are having a hard time dealing with nail polish application, the new Gel wide brush will probably be just perfect.

The Gel Top Coat actually was a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect much from a top coat which is not a fast drying top coat, taking in mind that I've tried several top coats in the past but nothing compared to Poshe. PUPA suggest to apply the Gel Top Coat over a completely dry nail polish, so it will not dry through the coats of polish, but it provides a super glossy finish, as impressive as does Poshe and Seche Vite.

Apparently a wide brush combined with a top coat is a great idea and it worked great for me here. It even has a huge plus when it comes to using top coat over stamping and nail art, which totally minimized smearing. I will be telling you all about this in my next post, featuring these two products in a new nail art I did.

The Gel Top Coat has a great shine, it's durable and preserved my nail art in a great shape for the third day now (and going), and it dries fast with a beautiful glass like finish. I really liked this top coat and will probably use it mostly over stamping to prevent smearing, since the bottle is quite small and I tend to finish my top coats fast.