I love the look of a half-moon manicure. I love the convenience of nail polish strips - they last about a week on me and there's no dry time. I love Project Runway.
So I used my Ulta coupon on the Enchanted Queen Nail Stickers from the limited edition L'Oreal Project Runway Electric Fantasie collection expecting it to be exactly what I would do on my nails if I had any nail art skills.
These were a package of 18 stickers (9 sizes to fit each hand) in black, white, and red. The non-striped stickers had white half moons with the different card suit shapes. I really like the design of these stickers. Unfortunately, that's all I liked about them. My mistake was expecting the same results from polish *stickers* that I get from nail polish strips.
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| I'm not the best at the Claw Hand Pose, but I had to show off my cool striped thumb. |
The package says they'll last up to 10 days and this is what they looked like by Day 2. They don't have the formula nor flexibility to wrap and adhere to the nail edge. I used a coarse, fine, and glass nail file trying to remove the excess sticker. Nothing produced a smooth edge. Instead, all my nails ended up with ragged, scratchy tip wear. The edges kept catching on everything, so I had lint-like fuzzies hanging from at least one nail at all times.
I really liked the look of the design and didn't want the money spent on these to go to waste, so I tried to seal the edges with a clear top coat. The stickers rejected the top coat! I tried a thick, fast drying and a thinner, non-fast drying top coat - both dried with bubbles and peeled right off.
These nail stickers retail for around $8.99, which is way too much for nails that look frayed within a day. Looks like I'm going to have to work on my nail art skills and see if I can do a mani like this with real polish. Drat!
Did anyone have better luck with these stickers - this design or any of the others from the collection?
