O.P.I RapiDry TOP COAT 0.5oz

by OPI

Product Features

• Rapi Dry Top Coat 0.5 fl.oz/15ml

Product Description

Dries to a tough, long-lasting, non-yellowing, high-gloss shine in minutes. RECOMMENDATION For fast-drying nails with a high-gloss shine.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000O3GQ1A
• UPC: 619828378408
• Item model number: NTT74
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #601 in Beauty (See Top 100 in Beauty)
  • #12 in Beauty > Makeup > Nails > Top & Base Coats

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE OPI, but this?, February 1, 2010

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DCtoMI (detroit, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: O.P.I RapiDry TOP COAT 0.5oz (Health and Beauty)

I'm not in love. For a while, the Rapidry works great. But halfway through the bottle, it starts getting gloppy and makes spider web-like threads when you use it. And because it's not cheap or available at drugstores, it just wasn't worth the money or time I spent getting it. Although I bought OPI exclusively for years as I LOVE the quality of their polish, I tried another brand and have found my dream quick dry. Now I use Sally Hansen Insta-Dry in the red bottle. It's affordable and it works fabulously... down to the last drop!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sally Hansen does the fast dry top coat better and cheaper, September 12, 2010

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Aurania - See all my reviews

This review is from: O.P.I RapiDry TOP COAT 0.5oz (Health and Beauty)

I got a bottle of this free when I bought two regular OPI polishes. I love the OPI polish.

This top coat, however, is a real disappointment, and I would be furious had I paid the regular $12.00 retail for it.

The biggest problem I have is that if you attempt to use a normal sized coat on top of your polish, the top coat's thickness, in conjunction with the brush, ruins the actual manicure! I wind up having noticeable marks on my nails where application of the top coat actually removed my regular polish. The first couple times it happened, I just assumed I didn't wait long enough for the regular polish to dry. The next time I tried it, I waited a full five minutes and it still removed layers of polish (I had two coats applied - no base coat). What this means is that in order to avoid removing, and ruining, your polish, you have to apply a really thick coat.

Which leads us to our next problem. Using a thick coat inevitably leads to air bubble formation underneath the top coat, again ruining my manicure. Any attempt to apply a thin coat leads to the aforementioned polish removal, or streaks.

Tonight, for example, I applied two coats of regular polish, and one of my regular top coat (more on that later). After an hour or two, I decided to apply the OPI rapid dry top coat. Now I have bubbles all over my nails, whereas before I applied the polish, the manicure was fairly perfect. The bubbling is not an isolated problem.

The last problem is that it honestly doesn't dry itself, or the under layers, as fast as it thinks it does. My usual top coat dries faster and allows me to use and touch my nails within about a minute.

Especially given the price tag on this one, I would skip it. It really doesn't deserve to carry the OPI label, to be honest. It doesn't hold a candle to the quality exhibited in their other products.

Instead, try Sally Hansen Mega Shine. It applies smooth, shines like crazy, and actually dries within the minute it claims to. It leaves no streaks (and actually seems to self-correct streak mistakes I have made), it has never bubbled on me, and it even helps the undercoats dry quickly as well.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product, February 4, 2010

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Kimberly J. Owen "KImberly J. Owen" (Atlanta TX.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: O.P.I RapiDry TOP COAT 0.5oz (Health and Beauty)

It's great it works and generally dries your nails within 2 min or less.
Perfect for the girl on the run.

Thanks for your prompt business.

Best Wishes,
Kimberly J. Owen