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Today I have an exciting post that may change the way you polish your nails forever!
If you are like me, when I started polishing my own nails I ended up getting polish all over my fingers. The CreaNails product will forever change this!
** Please note I just came back from the cottage and my cuticles are in rough shape, trying to get everything back in order **
You get a total of 25 and 10 sizes for each hand. As you can see in the image above they give you more than one of the popular sizes such as 5,4 and 3 because some of your fingernails might actually be the same size.
Also I will be using my first ever Dior Polish and Illamasqua polish which I am super stoked about!
My favorite colour is purple and I am soooo in love with both of these shades that I couldn't resist using both of them at once! The Dior polish is called "398 Lilac Colorvision"... as you can see on the bottle and the Illamasqua is called "Harem". Both of these polishes have a very nice creme consistency, but I really don't like the Illamasqua brush, its really tiny.
First you want to find the size you need for each finger and on the back of the packaging for the Crea Nails there is a chart so you can write down the number for each finger on each hand incase they are different and so you can always remember which sizes you are! I thought this was really handy because I don't wanna have to try them all on everytime I use polish.
After you have found the correct sizes (it should fit snugly but not too snug or it will cover up part of your nail), now you can go ahead and paint your nails as usual. In my case I wanted to do a gradient so I put my two colours on a cosmetic sponge and sponged right onto my nails and the CreaNails product.
As you can see here, all of this polish you see on the Crea Nails product would have ended up all over your fingers, and sure you could tape them up but this is so much more convenient, you just slip them on your finger and paint and slip them off! Thats it, theres no placing tape on your fingers and cutting it off!
These are really easy to clean as well, just take a q-tip with acetone or nail polish remover and clean off the polish.
Of course you will still have some mess to clean up if you used a sponge like I did, but this is nothing compared to what I would usually have to clean up all over my fingers. You can even see here a little, my thumb nail has nearly no polish on it and that was because I layed one strip of tape at the cuticle over top of the Crea Nails product and it worked like a dream, even less clean up!
After the very quick and easy cleanup this is how my gradient turned out and couldn't be more happy with these two colours!
Also The Crea Nails came with the French Manicure strips and you just put them on top of the Crea Nails product for the perfect french tip!
In this photo I used some FakeTattoos, These are tattoos you put on with water, just like the ones from when you were a kid, but these ones are for your nails! Genius right?!
Click on these images to see some of the nail tattoos I got and how to apply them.
There is also a exclusive VIP code 'Disco Fever' for you to use at the checkout for 10% off!
1. Paint your nails with a base coat
2. Paint your nails with a base of white to make the colors pop!
3. Take a cosmetic wedge and put one color at the top and the next color underneath, overlapping a little, and make sure there is enough polish soaked into the sponge.
4. Sponge on the polish and let it dry (it should dry quickly because the layers of polish are very thin) and repeat this process until the polish is opaque.
Hint: Try placing the sponge up or down rather than in the middle to blend the colors better.
5. Take your fake nail tattoos that you can get at http://www.faketattoos.se/en/ and cut out the letters or image you want to put on your nail, remove the plastic coating and take a wet piece of sponge or towel and place the tattoo on your nail and place the wet sponge on top.
The paper from the tattoo will start slipping off when its ready to come off, don't force it.
6. Do this for all your nails and wait 5 minutes for the tattoos to completely dry.
7. Apply your top coat. (Should not affect the tattoos.)
Overall Thoughts
I'm pretty sure I will be using these every time I polish my nails and know I'm going to have a big mess to clean up such as this gradient.
These are SOOO handy because I'm not good at painting my left hand and as you can see in the picture above here, that is my left hand and it came out just as good as my right hand!
Another handy thing is that you don't have to apply any harsh chemicals to you fingers all you have to do is remove the polish from the product not your fingers! Remember the only reason that I still had to clean up a bit was because I used a sponge and did not use the finger nail polish brush.
What do you think of the idea of CreaNails?
What set of tattoos would you pick from FakeTattoos?!
What set of tattoos would you pick from FakeTattoos?!
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5 comments
Sorry, but I just don't see the point of these.. I mean, you're still left with a big mess anyway, right?
ReplyDeleteloving this! I might have to find some and purchase them :D
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interesting but i just use tape and get a similar effect. and then do you have to use np remover on the plastic things to get them clean again? i mean, i get it, but i'll probably stick with tape. thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteI guess there will be a market for this. But if I touch I tiny spot of cuticle my remover will do the job in a second, which is less time than putting on these. But for those who are making a mess anyway I think it will be great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a helpful post! :D
ReplyDeletePlease let me know what you think!!