A number of days earlier than we left, I placed on this set from imPress known as Wash Away. It has mild blue strong nails, mild blue with tiny iridescent glitter nails, and lightweight blue with a turquoise and navy flower and butterfly design nails. These began out medium size and sq., however I reduce and formed them so that they felt extra snug and sensible for me, as I usually do with the longer faux nails.
Nonetheless wanting good on day 6 (with the restricted version “XP Flavored” Coke restricted version).
I had just a few nails loosen and wish new adhesive tabs in the course of the week I wore the blue set, so fairly commonplace.
The following set of nails I used have been from the Kiss Gel Fantasy Attract line. The field did not have a reputation on it, however I regarded on-line and these look like known as How Dazzling. They’ve multi-sized iridescent glitter on a translucent ivory base. (The field was a bit worse for put on after being stuffed in a pocket of my suitcase for every week at that time.)
I used adhesive tabs for these, not the glue that got here with them. I clipped and formed them as I had the blue set. On the left, as they got here from the field. On the fitting, how I wore them.
I wore the glittery nails for the entire second week of the journey. When it was time to vary, I reached for a set I might gotten off the Temu app, the place they have been described as “Press On Nails, Brief Sq. Faux Nails, Beige French False Nails with Glitter Design, Shiny Clear Full Cowl Acrylic Nails for Girls and Ladies; Shade: Beige Cat Eye, Type: Mild”. The image did not seem to match quite a lot of these phrases, however for $3.48 I used to be prepared to threat it.
These got here with adhesive tabs. They weren’t brief, so I clipped and filed them. They have been a bit sheer, so earlier than I shortened them, a touch of my pure nail ideas confirmed by way of the faux nails in sturdy mild.
Six days later, I hadn’t misplaced a single nail. These adhesive tabs have been sturdy. I am certain it helped that I did not have my laptop computer with me, so wasn’t banging my nails on a keyboard for just a few hours a day like I are likely to do at dwelling.
I might deliberate to vary my nails once more earlier than the subsequent part of our journey, a seven-night transatlantic cruise, however they have been holding up so nicely, I nonetheless had them on the day we boarded, every week after I might utilized them.
I figured I might change to the final set I might packed after I began to lose the beige cat eye ones because the adhesive bought weakened, however they simply stored hanging in there, so I ended up carrying them for the entire cruise and the multi-day drive dwelling from New York to Idaho. There was undoubtedly a spot on the base of my nails by that point, however given the impartial shade of the nails it wasn’t too noticeable.
On the journey, I used to be actually attempting to give attention to experiences moderately than shopping for issues, so though I noticed polish and faux nails I haven’t got quick access to at dwelling, I purchased none of them. I am sort of amazed at my self-control. I’ll have a show publish up as soon as I get by way of all of the images; hoping that will not take too lengthy.