Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Strips in Groove

During the CVS beauty sale, I picked up a bunch of these Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Strips. Usually retailing around $10, got these for $3. This isn't my first foray into the nail sticker business, however, this has to be one of the worst. 

As you see on the package, it tells me that with proper preparation, this lasts up to ten days. It's been three days since the. Tell me if you think that it has lived up to its c;aim. Comes with a mini nail file along with a cuticle stick. As the directions instructed, I buffed and cleaned my nails to ensure proper stickage. Now the strips were for people with a tinier nail bed because I had trouble finding the right sized one even with 15 strips. Now unless you are ambidextrous, it is extremely difficult to find the proper point to place these in the middle where it has to over lap your nails on both sides. I tried doing my pinky, but angrily started to rip the nail sticker into tiny pieces after several futile efforts. Now after my sister observed my angry gnomish temper tantrum, she offered to help.

 See my left hand? The suckers are very hard to rip properly. The sticker over lapped onto my cuticles, and it didn't rip cleanly off. It left a jagged edge that threatened to rip the whole sticker off my nails if touched. So after that threat, I just had to live with the sticker on my cuticles. Now here is the other thing, if the sticker hangs out because your nails aren't long enough, they tell you to use he gentle side of the file to take off the excess. Do you know what that leaves you with? No nail on the tip and outer rim of your nails. Let me tell you a secret. Do you now the trick to keeping your manicure for a long time without having it chip  from the base? Painting the rim of your nails. Without that extra sealant, the nails are prone to chipping and since this is impossible to fold under my nails without leaving the I think I have gunk under my nails feeling; I was unable to keep this polish from chipping ever after one day.

 SEE WHAT HAPPENS!

Now my sister became a pro after doing the right hand, and the left came out nicely. Geez, I have a whole stack of these to go through. The non drying part is really convenient, but the time it took to apply these is similar to painting your nails and applying a fast dry top coat, provided that you didn't apply a think coat of polish. Unless you have a bored sister like mine that took mercy upon my pitiful, stocky frame, I really don't recommend this unless you are doing the fancy designed ones. Those take forever to do and only then are these worth it.

Totally unrelated story. Do you know that I got myself the gift that keeps on giving? My sister wanted a espresso machine but guess what? She doesn't drink a lot of coffee but guess who does? So for her gift, I ended up getting her a espresso machine but who will reap the reward of delicious extra espressos? Little ol' moi. Unbeknownst to her, I will drink all of that foamy coffee goodness without the labor. BWAHAAA. Next stop world domination. Happy Holidays.