These just arrived yesterday and I'm already IN LOVE with this product! They didn't take more than 20 minutes to apply and were very "forgiving" of my fumbling. This isn't to say I could apply them with a toddler jumping up and down on the couch next to me, but my "large" dog did plenty of wriggling around against me. :)
These aren't the first appliques I've tried, I've also used Sally Hanson just because they were more accessible. After the Sally Hanson one's seemed to go ok, I decided to bite the bullet and settle in for a wait for these. And they were well worth the THREE day wait (*pshew* that was rough, lol).
These are "thinner" than the Sally Hanson type nail strips, if you have ridges in your nails, they do show through. Now this is fine for me, I'm fortunate enough to be able to grow my nails out pretty long naturally; so showing off my good genes is a-ok with me. Curious to see if these would masque deep ridges, like I have on one of my big toe nails, I did apply two appliques directly on top of each other. I just wanted to see what would happen and how it would look, the out come was a perfectly smoothed and buffed acrylic nail. This was also a bonus, as I worry about buffing too much close to the free edge of my toe nails. (if you've ever over buffed a finger or toe nail, you know exactly what I mean.) Like I said before, I'm fortunate to be able to grow my nails out pretty long on my own, but I've always been able to get them even longer if I can keep them polished. But as most seasoned polish users know, polish doesn't flex with natural nails very well. My hope is that by using a wrap, the applique won't get as brittle as regular polish does, and last much longer. If this review is more than two weeks old by the time you're reading it, then my plan was a success... should it fail, I'll be sure to update.
*** note: don't put a top coat over these within the first 24 hours, it doesn't seem to be necessary or beneficial. In fact, all I accomplished was making the strips bubble a little; just like regular polish would if you put on too many coats too fast. My bad, but they still look great and I got a lot of compliments on them!
DAY 6
Nails still look great! They've stood up to hand washing some dishes, lots of typing and even WASHING a super dirty large dog. (someone got into a nasty bog of rotting plant material on a hike, but I'm not naming names...) Not a crack, chip or any lifting in sight!
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