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So they sent me both the regular around-the-nail barrier and the french manicure barrier. I guess I haven’t really explained what Liquid Palisade is so let me do that first! Liquid Palisade is a liquid latex product specifically designed for nails. Effectively, this works as a liquid tape that allows super easy clean up when you to do messy nail art such as gradients. I’ll try to show more what I mean later in this post or you can check out Kiesque’s site.

So here’s the simple instructions provided on the back of the products. They really are this simple to use. Below is a photo of the regular, around-the-nail Liquid Palisade brush. It is a very nice width and length for the painting around the nail you’ll be doing.

I decided to test Liquid Palisade with a gradient since it seems like that is often the messiest nail art I get myself into. I started by applying two coats of China Glaze Sun Worshipper as normal and then applied a layer of Liquid Palisade all around my nails. I must say that it’s super easy to apply and dried very very quickly- just a couple minutes. As you can see in the photo below, it did end up drying bubbly but I believe that may be because it is very hot where I live and the fan was running in the room where I was working.

Next, I did the gradient as normal using a makeup sponge. (BTW for this gradient I used China Glaze Sun Worshipper (orange), Island Girl Diamond Head Breeze (light pink) and China Glaze Pool Party (darker pink)) The Liquid Palisade nicely stayed intact under all that polish around my cuticles.

Here’s what my nails looked like right after I peeled off the Liquid Palisade. I was definitely impressed with how easily it came off. They all came off nicely in one piece so I didn’t have to fuss with peeling a bunch of broken pieces. Clearly I’ll still have to do a bit of clean up on these to get them perfect but I think the Liquid Palisade did a pretty decent job of keeping the polish off of my skin. I’m sure with more practice I can get the clean up needed down to a pretty minimal level.

And then here’s what it looked like after clean up and a layer of top coat! 

I decided to also test the thin brush version of Liquid Palisade too. Unfortunately I didn’t get a brush shot but I can assure you guys it’s pretty thin- it surprised me by how thin and easy to actually paint very tiny details it is. 

In my opinion, there’s endless things you could actually do with this thin brush version. I think it’s great for super cool negative space designs or stripes or shapes or really anything. I decided to go with a sort of negative space design using glow in the dark polish. It’s pretty subtle in the photo above, but i used the Liquid Palisade to write “summer” in cursive across my nails.

Then I painted over my entire nail including the Liquid Palisade with glow in the dark polish. I waited just a couple minutes and then peeled the Liquid Palisade off. It surprisingly peeled off much nicer than I was expecting. Even with the quite thin pieces, it came off almost completely in one piece on each nail. 

You can almost see the word summer in the photo above but to really get the full effect, I have to show you the dark photo! 

Pretty cool, right? I actually gasped when I saw it for the first time because it turned out better than I thought it would. It’s kind of like a cool hidden surprise because since the glow in the dark polish is mostly clear, the writing is really only visible in the dark. 

Overall, I really liked Liquid Palisade! Compared to the basic school glue I used in the past, it definitely is an improvement. I especially like that it consistently peels off in one piece and it has a very quick drying time. Oh and no smell in case you were wondering! Since it is purple, it makes it pretty easy to see where you need to peel. The only negative thing I’d have to say about it is that it’s just a bit expensive. Each bottle does cost $14 and it is a pretty small tube. If you’d like to learn more or purchase this, be sure to head over to Kiesque’s site! Thanks for reading!