My friend April was looking at My Nail Fairy Tale blog and said something to the effect of "How come I'm not in your blog?" (her most recent trip to see me at school) so I looked in my phone and lo and behold, there are several pictures in there of April and her daughter's fingers and toes that I never blogged about! Uh oh! The busy life of a Nail Tech, I guess... :P
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| Hannah's Nail Art from their Mommy-Daughter Pedicure |
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April after her Mommy-Daughter Pedicure
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Next are pictures of my first experience applying, for lack of a more imaginative designation, Sticker Polish.
The Pro: They are beautiful! Amazing Nail Art with no design experience necessary and there are soooo many designs to choose from - when April picked out these pink ones she found me some fantastic butterfly ones (but I want longer acrylic nails before I try them on myself). We got these at Cosmo-Prof Beauty Supply store but they're available at nearly all box stores now and it a clever, relatively simple idea. Peel the sticker off and stick it to the natural nail - how hard can it be, right?
And that was the Con: I had a hard time getting it to look as great as the pictures, lol! The Sticker Polish is thin and flexible and I think my biggest problem was that the sizes were not exactly the same size as their finger and toe nails and the only way to trim the Sticker Polish was while it was till on the plastic sheet it comes on in the box. You could hold the stickers over the nail to estimate the size but it was difficult to get the sticker just the right size. Another Con is that you have to be really careful about filing the extra sticker off the end of the nail. I ruined the very first one because I tried to file it off at an angle, which cut the sticker shorter than the nail, grrr... I wound up having to try and file it off at an angle going under the nail to be sure that the entire end of the nail was covered and the toes were especially tricky along the edge of the cuticle and sidewalls. Oh look - one more Con, the stickers are flat in the box and the natural nail is curved so two of April's fingernails were left with most unattractive creases in the Sticker Polish :(
All in all I don't think that Sticker Polishes are a product I will be encouraging anyone to buy, it took a lot of time and I don't think either April or I were sure it was worth the effort, which is sad because there are so many beautiful designs out there and it looks like it should be super easy. Not!
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| My first experience with Stick-On Nail Polish |
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| April and Hannah after Sticker Polish |
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| Close up of Sticker Polish |
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