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I have had artificial nails for so many years I cannot recall. For the last 14 years or so it was the full artificial nail from the nail salon. Prior to that for about 15 years I did it myself with nail tips (had to wear polish to cover up the place where the tip and my nail were glued together). Anyway, a few months ago we removed my artificial nails done by the salon, and found......not only fungus but a bacterial infection !! It was horrible. Had to have antibiotic treatment and such, my nails were green and brown and peeled like onion skin. Terrible terrible ! anyway, they have started growing out. I have used Nail Tec on them to try an increase their strength and taking Biotin. So, ok, they were just growing out. But, I was used to really nice looking nails. I tried the standard white nail pencil to try and whiten the nails as they grew out (sort of french look) but it didn't look so great or at least not as nice as I wanted. So I decided to try this. I just did not have the confidence that I could do this. I do have a disability which causes weakness in the arms) so I am not very steady. I have walked around for 2 days looking at my new French look nails. They are not long but ... they look so very nice. I went through alot of this information so that someone who has had problems with their nails, or who is not confident they could do this by their selves, would see that it is really worth trying. The first nail I did got a little weird at first, but I removed the white and redid it. I got the hang of it!!! But then the next trick was, could I do this on my right hand, using my self hand to put the strips on, put the polish on etc. Yep, I did it. Once you have the hang of it you are home free. They look really close to what I would have had done at a saloon at a whole lot higher price !! I am obviously very pleased. I had been waiting for my nails to grow out a little more so I could go to a salon to have the French look but not any more. I am a real "do it yourseler " now thanks to this kit.
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I like French manicures but don't want to spend $20+ every few weeks on one. So why not just spend $5 and get like 30 applications? My only problem with it is even though I put the clear coat over the white part, the white still chips in a few days which I have to keep touching up to keep it looking good. I guess you get what you pay for.Best Deals for Sally Hansen Hard as Nails French Manicure, Nearly Nude, 0.45 Ounce
As far as DIY nail kits go, this isn't bad. I do like the shades of white and nude polishes included, and the topcoat dries smooth and shiny. However, the stickers that are supposed to act as a barrier for applying the tip color aren't really effective. In my opinion, they don't stick tightly to the nail. No matter how careful I was when adhering, I would find that the white polish had run underneath the sticker. I ended up having to use a polish remover-soaked Q-tip to carefully remove the white that ran out of bounds. Also, although I haven't had the polishes very long (maybe two months), the nude color is already getting that tacky consistency to it, so it doesn't apply as smoothly as it had originally, which is disappointing, since I really do like the shade and want to continue using it.Overall, I would recommend it, as long as you understand that you will need to fix up the tip polish, even with the application of the stickers and that the polish may dry out fairly quickly.
