The art of the manicure perfected from america's nail salon expert: high performance essie top coats, base coats and treatments, for every detail of your manicure, the perfect compliment to any essie nail polish color.bring the salon experience home with essie strong start, our strength boosting formula, infused with biotin, helps reinforce for less weak and brittle feeling nails. the result: a beautiful manicure due to strong nails more resistant to peeling, chipping & breakage. for the perfect manicure, apply one coat of strong start base coat on nails. follow with two coats of essie original nail color. finish with any of our essie top coats. use with essie apricot cuticle oil.