Hello everybody! So I'm a cheap bugger and wanted some French, acrylic nails. :) I decided to give some of the do-it-yourself kit thingies a go. I remember when I was a youngin' that I would use similar kits as well, but being the age I was they turned out covered in glue and looking quite ratchet. But I decided to give them a go again!
I bought the Kiss Everlasting French Nails from my local Walmart. At Walmart they were only about 6 dollars (this including tax). I recently have seen some at my local CVS and those were about 7 dollars.
There is plenty of styles and I believe 2 lengths (haven't seen a 'long' length yet). Short and Medium are the two lengths that I have seen and I decided to go with the medium. There is also different styles to choose from including what shape you want the nail to be (mine was the squared shape)
The preparation for putting these bad boys on is very simple. If you think you're natural nail is long enough to be longer than the fake nails (wow!) obviously you need to file them down. You also need to lightly file the top of top of you're nails, just so the glue can stick to them easier.
After that is done, you simple find whatever nails fit your specific fingers. The particular box of nails I bought didn't have little tabs on top of them like some other Kiss nails unfortunately. I noticed this when I came home. The little tabs that are on some of the other nail styles have numbers on them to help you with choosing what nail will fit and also makes application a little easier, but even though these didn't have a tab it wasn't much more difficult so it was alright.
After finding what nails will fit you, you apply them. (obviously >.<)
And here is the final result! (after I applied top coat and a glitter coat)
I personally really liked the way that they turned out! They were very simple and easy! This is coming from somebody who can't paint her nails worth crap...... I'm not hand-eye coordinated at all but these were incredibly easy to apply.
They come in a very wide variety of styles, as well as sizes (they do make specific styles for petite nails). I would definitely recommend them! Nobody could even tell I didn't get them at a professional nail spa. :p