Valentine's Day Nails--Day 14 (Happy Valentine's Day!)

Happy Valentine's Day Everybody!!! I hope everyone has had a great day, whether you had a "valentine" or not :)

Today I'm going to show you the last of my OMG NailStrips...and I've got great news!

Remember how I talked about adding base and top coat when using the real nail polish strips by OMG NailStrips?? Well, it works...and really helps keep them on!

These pictures were taken right after I applied them. On the OMG NailStrips website, this design is called the "pink kisses" design.

Before I put them on I did one coat of Cult Nails Get It On base coat. Then, once I got them on, I added one coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast top coat.

My nails strips stayed on for three days!! (see the "after" pictures below)

These pictures were taken after three days of wear. You can tell there was tip wear, but it's not bad at all for three days, in my opinion. I was so happy to see that the nail strips lasted longer when I used base and top coat.

OMG NailStrips are available for sale on their website. They cost $4.29 each and have lots of designs to choose from. While visiting their site, I saw that they offer free shipping for the US and international orders! Nothing beats free shipping!

*These products were sent to me for review by OMG NailStrips. All opinions are my own.

OMG NailStrips real polish strips review

As promised, here is my review on the OMG NailStrips real polish strips. The difference between these and the strips I reviewed recently is that these strips are real nail polish and the previous ones were nail foils (think nail sticker family).

For these polish strips I followed the directions on the packaging of the strips themselves. Therefore, I did not do any of the tricks that I know of to make them last longer. Please keep reading so that I can explain what I mean later on in the post.

These are the two designs that I received. I chose to use the Tiger stripe design first, because I wanted to save the Kiss design for closer to Valentine's Day!

Once I opened the packaging I noticed that the polish strips were double wrapped--meaning when applying them, I peeled off a protective backing from the front and back of the strip. I thought it was really nice that they were protected like that.

Here is how they looked after I applied them.

I thought they looked so cute, of course, I'm a sucker for anything animal print!

I wore these strips for a good 12 hours and saw no sign of the strips coming off until I woke up in the morning. See below:

During the night, all of the strips had pulled up on the tips.

Now to explain what I was talking about above: No where on the packaging did it suggest using a base or top coat with the strips to make them last longer. I know that with other brands of nail strips, using this technique sometimes works in really bonding the strip to the nail...just like base and top coat do with real nail polish.

When I wear the Kiss design strips I am going to use a base and top coat and see if it helps keep the strips on for longer. I will make sure and do a post about my findings!


My final thoughts:

-I love the different designs that OMG NailStrips offers
-The price point is very reasonable!
-Without base and top coat they didn't last that long
-They lasted long enough to be able to wear them to an event or special occasion


OMG NailStrips real polish strips can be purchased from their website. They retail for about $4.29 each!

Stay tuned for my post on the Kiss design strips!

*This product was sent to me for review by OMG NailStrips. All opinions are my own.

OMG NailStrips nail foil strips review

Back in December I was contacted by someone at OMG NailStrips to ask if I'd review some of their products. I had never heard of the company before so I did some searching online and decided I'd give them a try! OMG NailStrips offers a wide variety of nail foil strips and real nail polish strips.  Today I am going to review one of their nail foil strips.

On the website this nail foil strip pack is the "zig zag silver and black" design.

I apologize for the quality of these photos. I had to take them without the flash because the flash was causing a glare and then you weren't able to see the design in the pictures.

These strips were easy to apply. After I stuck them in the position that I wanted them on my nail I cut the excess off and then filed the rest off in a downward motion to get it exactly at my nail's end. The directions for application state to apply heat and then smooth out the nail foils once they're on. I couldn't tell a difference in the application after I applied the heat, so I personally would skip this step next time I used the nail foils.

I planned on wearing these strips for as long as I could to test their wear, unfortunately only after a few hours they started to peel up. In those few hours I went about house work as I normally would (cooking, dish washing, etc). These strips did not hold up during those chores. Here's some photos to show how they looked:

Once they were peeled up like that I had to remove them because they were driving me crazy.
All in all, I loved the design of these nail foil strips, but I would not use them again unless I had a special occasion where I'd only be wearing them for a night. I just feel like they aren't for everyday use.

OMG NailStrips retail for about $4.29 per pack and they are available for purchase at www.omgnailstrips.com

Here's a short summary of what I found using the OMG NailStrips nail foil strips:

Pros:

-Strips come big enough for toenails

-cute design choices for all occasions

-removes easily with nail polish remover

-very affordable price point

Cons:

-not enough small size strips for my nails

-it's slightly inconvenient to use heat

-only lasted a few hours

I still have the real nail polish strips to review and I'm hoping to have that review up by next week at the latest...I'm excited to see how they compare to these nail foil strips!


*These products were sent to me for review by OMG NailStrips. All opinions are my own.