pots are kinda messy no base top coat or brush glitter is pretty [SEP] you will need base and top coat and a scooper brush tool they are not included it took coats of the black polish included to get full dark coverage the pots are messy to open and quite small but colors are pretty and sparkly lots of glitter effect with multiple coats you will need a brush as well the finish feels bumpy you can feel the glitter maybe multiple top coat would help but i did not want more layers since i already had base layers of color layers of glitter and a top coat