nail polish & removers

I finally broke down and ... see more

I finally broke down and bought this kit. I absolutely love it. I have NEVER been able to paint my nails at home with regular nail polish. However, I found a neat pin on Pinterest that showed the proper way to do it. So, I bought this kit and did my nails last weekend. It's five days later and my nails still look like I just did them and I was gardening for hours yesterday. I've washed dishes multiple times and even bleached and cleaned bathrooms. I believe one of the keys to keeping them from chipping is to make sure you apply the base and top coats under the tip of the fingernail and around the top like the instructions tell you to do. Otherwise, you aren't really sealing all of the nail color in. I love how the UV light beeps after 30 seconds and cuts off after 60. You don't have to time yourself. Those are the only 2 time intervals you need. I wish it were a little larger so I could fit my thumb in with the rest of my fingers, but I don't mind doing the thumb separately. see less

I am, by no means, great ... see more

I am, by no means, great at "staying in the lines" when I do nail polish. So my biggest complaint about this kit is that if I'm messy, I'm scraping it off my skin. But seriously, it works as long as your follow the directions to a T. Watch the official YouTube video, very helpful without being annoying. I just use a RCM polish with the kit last night and those need extra cure time so beware. A few weeks back, I used Sensationail Blue Yonder and the first chip came at day 13. I can't go back to regular polish, except for maybe my toes. I found it difficult to cram my foot under the light. Target- can you please carry this kit and polishes in store?!? It would save me a trip to your dreadful competitor [...]. see less

I was a little hesitant t ... see more

I was a little hesitant to spend so much on nail polish! But this is worth EVERY penny! The starter kit comes with smaller sized products but it lasts for quite some time right around 6 months and the essential kit does come with larger bottles when you run out of base/top coat, gel cleanser, and primer. I work in retail and it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep a manicure perfect for more then a day this seriously can last me up to two weeks. I would suggest you check out their tutorial videos they really helped me out. see less

The nail tips are difficu ... see more

The nail tips are difficult to line up on your own - especially on your dominant hand, using your non-dominant hand. At least two fingers on my dominant hand have crooked tips, the center of the arched tip is not in the center of my nail. The "downward motion" filing removal of the excess white tip still resulted in chips at the edges of the nails. I did continue the entire process, doing only one hand at a time. Then re-filed all fingers to remove the chipped edges. Then reapplyed clear polish to the edges and used the lamp again. Maybe this would work a lot better if you had a friend to help? Also - when peeling the nail tips from their protective double plastic covers some tips got pulled to the wrong plastic cover - and this made the process even more difficult. see less