Review - China Glaze Real Nail Polish Appliques in Cherry Blossoms

Hey Ladies, 

Back today to do a review on the China Glaze Real Nail Polish Appliques in Cherry Blossoms.  I purchased these from Sally Beauty Supply.  They were on the reduced table with a red sticker for $3.49, and they were on sale for half off everything on the table so I paid about $1.73 each for them.  I purchased seven of these in all in Loop Hole, Sneaky Snake, Jane Loves Tarzan, Beyond Baroque, Ferr-Ocious, and Seeing Stripes. The retail price for these are about $6.99 average.  I originally placed these appliques, carefully following the directions on three fingers on each hand.  As you can see from the pictures below, that did not last long.  I found these to be not as higher quality as some of the cheaper brand nail covers.  Within the first two hours of regular wear, one of them was wearing off.  I had a difficult time with one trying to peel off and one began popping up.  Finally, I peeled those off and reapplied a thick top coat on the two nails left.  These did not last more than four days without significant wear.  My personal opinion is I will use them as an accent nail every now and then when I want something special, but they really did not live up to the hype, or the quality of the Sally Hansen ones.  I would only purchase again for variety and if they were on sale at a great price.  Nails shown below are with Zoya Lisa, which is an older Zoya but simply beautiful.

photo courtesy of www.byple.com

My Apologies

First off I want to say that I am really sorry that I have not posted lately, life just sort of gets in the way you know. I have been taking a small break from doing my nails weekly because it was just causing too much stress on them. They started cracking, peeling, breaking. Using all that nail lacquer and acetone can really dry them out. I have been using Sally Hanson Hard As Wraps nail gel hardener and it is fantastic. I am going to take pictures of them naked starting this week so you all can see the progress.

In the meantime, I did this manicure a couple of weeks ago, it is one of the all over nail tattoos (stickers) from Art Club I think and I really did like the look, however it did not last a day before they started to peel off. I hope everyone is doing great and still keeping those nails looking sweet.

Pretty Kitty

Cute little manicure I did last week with basic french with colors, orange and pink. Then I used nail art decals of kitty items, paw prints, bones, kittens. I thought it was cute but decals never last long on my nails and can be very frustrating as they snag on things are pop up often.

Quickies

Hey Ladies,
I first want to apologize for not posting as often, things get hectic and I have really, really been neglecting my nails lately. For this reason, I have trimmed them all down and will be restarting my care for them. I did a quick fix manicure last week. I keep a drawer full of manicure stickers and stripes, etc just for times when I want a quick little look but don't really feel like going through a lot of effort.

This new nail length will give me a change to do some short nail looks for those with short nails. I am going to start back doing my weekly manicures.

Black Star Power

Hey here is my black stars look that I created. I wanted something dark and different but did not want too dark because of working in an office environment. I originally was going to do the weave on all fingers but it was a bit overwhelming looking so I toned it down. The stars are stickers and they stayed on really well. I got them at Big Lots for like .79 cents on clearance. The black polish is just Wet N Wild fantasy makers and regular silver nail art polish striper.

Did a mile and a half on the treadmill today, plus started with 10 minute trainer last night. Tried to get my husband to do it with me, he is so skinny yet uncoordinated. Could not even finish nor did he try but nevertheless I did and my thighs burn like you would not believe today. Pray for me. I have like 20 pound to reach a personal goal. Lord have mercy.

Sticker Drama (no thank you)

I had purchased some stickers from Ebay and various other places and have tried several times over the last week to create some cute looks with them.

It did look good though for like a day, hehe


So this was the first look and I liked it but those stickers are cumbersome. I could not do my hair, put on clothes the stickers kept snagging on everything. I put two top coats and you could still feel them when rubbing across the nail.

Second try was mostly striper but I added some little money stickers and was trying to do my "plenty money" look, but those darn dollar signs got hung on everything and I ended up pulling them off before I got where I was going.
Stickers are a pain for me, I would much rather do the free hand art and enjoy the benefits even though it takes longer to do.

Diva Nails

Well I was trying to achieve some sort of diva greatness with this manicure but it did not last long at all. I kept having problems with the kiss me words and my black ends began to creep up quickly. It was a cute look for 2 days though. Took way too much time and patience though. Sorry for the messy edges had not cleaned up yet.

Also I broke a nail all the way down to the flesh right after finishing this and it was a horrific ordeal. My hand looks quite retarded now.