Kiesque: Liquid Palisade Polish Barrier Review

Happy Saturday lovelies! Today I’m reviewing Liquid Palisade from Kiesque. This is a latex barrier that we’ve seen a lot of lately in the polish world and I believe this brand was the first of it’s kind, if not the original liquid latex barrier that started the trend. Let’s take an in depth look at the Liquid Palisade products!

I have 2 products from Kiesque to share with you today.

The first product is the plain polish barrier, intended for use around the nail bed to prevent polish from getting on your skin while painting your nails or doing nail art. It contains 0.08 oz. of product. It has a thick brush that has stiff bristles which makes it really easy to get the Liquid Palisade right where you want it. It’s a milky pale purple in color when wet and a translucent darkened purple with slight pink sparkle when it dries.

It’s made of Rubber Latex, Aqua, BHT, Sodium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate, Glycerin, Sodium C12-15 Pareth-12 Carboxylate, Aminomethyl Propanol. May contain/ Peut Contenir+/-: Zinc Oxide (CI 77947), Fragrance, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Mica, Ultramarine Blue (CI 77007), Aluminum Lake (CI 45410:4). Since it’s comprised mostly of Latex, if you have an allergy to it, you should steer clear of this product.

To use this product, simply apply it around your nail bed (or really, wherever you need nail polish to not adhere), let it dry. Then proceed with your manicure! When the Liquid Palisade dries, it has a tacky texture and sticks to itself really easily, so make sure to not touch your fingers together or it may come off.

I created a stamping marble which can get quite messy and you can see here, the Liquid Palisade helps the excess polish lift away without effort. You may need some additional cleanup with acetone and a cleanup brush but just in the nooks and crannies around your nail.

The second product is the Liquid Palisade French, intended to create a French tip manicure or to use as nail tape to create designs. It contains 0.08 oz. of product. It has a very thin brush that has softened but still somewhat stiff bristles which allows you to paint it over the top of a polish without pitting or smudging it (as long as the base color is mostly dry.) It’s a milky pale purple in color when wet and a translucent darkened purple with slight pink sparkle when it dries.

It’s made of Rubber Latex, Aqua, BHT, Sodium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate, Glycerin, Sodium C12-15 Pareth-12 Carboxylate, Aminomethyl Propanol. May contain/ Peut Contenir+/-: Zinc Oxide (CI 77947), Fragrance, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Mica, Ultramarine Blue (CI 77007), Aluminum Lake (CI 45410:4). Again, because it’s made up of mostly Latex, if you have an allergy, this is not the right product for you.

To use Liquid Palisade French, first paint your nails the color(s) you like as your base. Once that is dry or at least mostly dry, apply the Liquid Palisade French wherever you’d like it. You can create lines for a striped manicure or use it for a basic French tip as I did here. Once the LPF is dry, paint another color over the top in the areas you’d like and simply peel the Liquid Palisade away. For best results, peel it away while the polish on top is still wet.

Overall

First off, this is one of, if not the, best polish barriers I’ve tried. The Liquid Palisade peels off in one motion so you don’t get pesky little bits that stay behind. I think there is an Instagram account that calls this peel porn? Maybe I’m making that up. Either way, it’s very satisfying to watch that purple stuff come off in one piece. I also love the pink sparkles that appear when it dries down. It means absolutely nothing since you peel that off your fingers when you’re done but it’s pretty and I like pretty things (don’t we all?) I also LOVE the brush on the basic Liquid Palisade… definitely the best brush on a polish barrier that I’ve tried. You can get so precise with it. Another thing I loved is that it dried SO. FAST. Like almost instantaneously it seems so you don’t have to skip a beat with your manicure. Also, a little bit of product goes a long way. Just a thin layer is enough so there is no need to cake it on.

What I didn’t like, is that the bottles are tiny. I mean teeeeeeny tiny. Like I’m really curious how long it will last because it seems like it would last all of 2 manicures if you use it on all 10 fingers. That’s possibly an exaggeration, but also, possibly not. For the $14 price tag, I’m not sure that I can justify the benefits when other products can do the same thing, albeit not quite as well but almost. The other thing I didn’t like is that it’s hard to get a straight line using the Liquid Palisade French brush. The brush is sooooo fine, which is great but I don’t have the steadiest hands when it comes to getting things that precise. It could just be user error but I don’t see a lot of people being able to get it perfectly straight and if it’s not perfectly straight, your lines or french tip are not going to be perfectly straight, as you can see here:

I read that you can shape the Liquid Palisade with an orange stick after it dries if it’s not perfect but I couldn’t get it to work. It may just take a bit more time and patience to get the hang of it.

These also have that signature dead fish smell that all liquid latex’s have. Let’s be real, it’s not pleasant but we deal with it when a product is this genius. Just be aware, if you haven’t smelled a polish barrier before, it’s not fun, even when they are scented (which these ones are not, or not that I could tell anyway.) The good news is that it dissipates quickly once it’s dried. Lastly, there was no issues with this staining my skin or leaving any remnant of itself behind. :)

Liquid Palisade by Kiesque can be purchased on their website! You can also click here for a list of retailers from which to purchase from! Don’t forget you can also follow them on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date and for great nail art ideas using their products!