Wednesday, November 26, 2014

notd: broadway impress press-on manicure in night fever (updated)


hey guys! i got super duper lazy this time and got press on nails. i haven't used such a thing since i was in elementary school, but hopefully these'll last a lot better and longer than barbie-esque "toy" ones. i got this brand because i was watching someone on youtube talking about them and i wanted to try them out. i also bought another pack that i'll use and post about around christmas time. ~Lin-chan ^.~
edit: i was at walgreens and i saw a toe version of this. really?! toes do not have that much surface area...


initial impressions:
  • i'm pretty sure the prep pad is just an alcohol pad....but i could be wrong.
  • some of the nails have sharp edges, like maybe they were on a nail wheel, decorated, and clipped off? something like that. but after the 30 minute set time, you can file them down. (or maybe before you even apply them..?)
  • there is also a tiny emery board on the little card insert. it's about a good size for the sharp edges on the nails.
  • these nails do have a little weight to them, like to the point that i was very aware of them at first. but i did start getting used to them.
  • the length was different and hard to get used to, since my actual nails are quite a bit shorter than these.
  • at first i had difficulties when using the bathroom, mostly because i thought they were going to pop off. but they actually stayed really well.
failures/mehs:
  • it's easy to get gunk between my natural nail and the fake, so i constantly had to use a nail brush whenever i did anything
  • even the "right fit" isn't perfect, i suppose this is so that the set is universal for the different nail shapes, because if you look closely at my nails, you can see my natural nails along the edges (you can kinda see what i mean with my thumb in the above picture).
stress testing, all PASSED:
  • showering
  • eating lobster, including cleaning out head/gills area (mmmm. drago's.)
  • cooking; making a casserole, making pie crust by hand
  • unearthing kitchenware from the depths of my room at my mom's..aka the storage room..........
  • washing hands multiple times
longevity: 
  • [to be updated later.] 
  • at the time of this post, marks 24 hours of wear-time. as of now, i have had no problems with any popping off or feeling loose, etc. 
  • the package says that it lasts up to a week, so we shall see!

update:
so i applied these late tuesday night and on sunday, only one of them really popped off. then monday morning, they all slowly started to come off...so i just went ahead and took them off. i'm quite pleased that they lasted nearly a week on me. they did fade a little bit, like the black and glitter design slowly wore off (not so much the french) and they started showing signs of wear around the tips/edges. if you do just pull them off, they do take off a bit of the top layer of your nails, so be careful, but i'm not sure if you remove them "properly" if it will do the same or not.

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