I was pleasantly surprised on Black Friday to FINALLY find the Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Houndstooth at Wal-Mart! I had been looking for a few months to try them out, but everytime I looked they only had the ugly ones left!
The instructions are fairly simple and straightforward:
In reality, it's a bit more difficult than they make it out to be (isn't it always though?!) I had a really hard time getting the backing off without messing the strip up. I found that you just kind of have to play with it to get it to come off.
Placement was a little difficult too- I had to peel it off once or twice to get it in the best position. I was a little concerned that the adhesive would be not as good, but it has stayed on fine. Just to give it a little more shine and stay power, I put a coat of Julep Topcoat on it.
This is how the end result looked though:
Overall, I was pleased with them and will definitely try another design. It was not extremely difficult and as I am not very good with doing designs, it definitely is much better than anything I could do myself!
I took them off 8 days later, but they could have lasted much longer. There were minimal chips, but they held up much better than regular nail polish. To get them off, I soaked my nails in polish remover for a minute and scrubbed them off.
Be sure to check out my NARS Danmari cheek palette giveaway!
The instructions are fairly simple and straightforward:
In reality, it's a bit more difficult than they make it out to be (isn't it always though?!) I had a really hard time getting the backing off without messing the strip up. I found that you just kind of have to play with it to get it to come off.
Placement was a little difficult too- I had to peel it off once or twice to get it in the best position. I was a little concerned that the adhesive would be not as good, but it has stayed on fine. Just to give it a little more shine and stay power, I put a coat of Julep Topcoat on it.
This is how the end result looked though:
Overall, I was pleased with them and will definitely try another design. It was not extremely difficult and as I am not very good with doing designs, it definitely is much better than anything I could do myself!
I took them off 8 days later, but they could have lasted much longer. There were minimal chips, but they held up much better than regular nail polish. To get them off, I soaked my nails in polish remover for a minute and scrubbed them off.
Be sure to check out my NARS Danmari cheek palette giveaway!
are these made of paper or something? because there are also foil versions of this and i feel like the foil ones are so fake, i always have a hard time with putting them and making them sick haha.
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funny!
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these look fun, havent tried them yet
ReplyDeleteVery winter appropriate:) Love the hounds tooth design on this one.
ReplyDeleteAm loving ur nails&e houndtooth design so pretty
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They're having a sale at my local rite aid, and I picked a few up, I loooove these! They're so awesome!!
ReplyDeletecute nails! great job!
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Ahhhh, I love the design! Black and white color combinations are so classic, especially on the nails.
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I love this look.! and you did a great job on them .. I bought them suckers and gosh I just couldn't get the hang of them... maybe I was rushing through ... but seeing this again I want to try LOL
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woweee looks so good will have to try these myself !
ReplyDeleteThat's a fun pattern! Looks great on you!
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I love Sally Hanson, I tried a cheaper substitute and did not compare... so now I'm back on Sally Hanson and I actually picked up that pattern :) great minds think alike ;)
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love the houndstooth pattern!
ReplyDeletethey came out nice! i love houndstooth.
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