Hi ladies!
Today I have something
that will change your polishing life FOREVER. I mean it, its big stuff. How
many of you love glitter? How many of you hate removing said glitter? Well I’m
here to tell you NO MORE aluminum foil, NO MORE dried out sad acetone soaked
cuticles, NO MORE wasted cotton balls! For the special introductory price of
$1.25 (on sale at your local Walgreens), I present to you: GLUE!
Lol, but seriously you
guys. You might have already seen a couple of blogs mention the Essence Peel-Off
Basecoat and how it’s really good for removing glitters since you just peel
them off without any damage to the nail (Oooh Shinies has a good post*clicky*). Well, a lot of these blogs also mentioned that it just seemed like
glue. Cue LabMuffin and other smart ladies who did some research and found out
that yeah, it’s basically PVA glue. Then Pretty Purple Polish did this post and
shit got real.
Cue to present day, I
decide I can wait no longer to try this myself and I run to my Walgreens where
a 4oz. bottle of glue is on sale for $1.25, then I run back home to grab the
Nails Inc. sprinkles polish I’d been neglecting for fear of removal. I do my
little PVA glue basecoat and polish normally. Ain’t it pretty?
I took these pics
on day 3 of wear and it’s exactly the same as when I applied it. I do have one important tip though: make sure to apply your top coat as fast as possible after doing your nails. I did 2 coats of Pudding Lane and went to bed. When I showered the next morning I saw I was missing little pieces on 2 nails, so you definitely have to protect them from water! Now, for the
good stuff- the removal.
So easy! All you have
to do is lift up a little corner (some people start at the cuticle line) and remove it! I used a
rubber cuticle pusher to lift it up and it all came off in one piece! And you
can see there is no damage to the nail at all. There was no tugging or anything
that made me feel like I was removing the top layer of the nail like I would if
I was peeling off polish. FUN FACT: I used to almost exclusively remove my
polish by just peeling them off before I learned that it’s really bad for your
nails. I believe that’s the main reason my nails have grown.
I know I might
exaggerate but this really changed things for me. I absolutely LOATHED glitters
like you have no idea. Sure, I could look at swatches and think wow that’s
pretty/sparkly but I would never bring myself to do a full glitter mani. Only problem is now I want
ALL THE GLITTERS!
What do you think?
Will you be trying this out?
Have a good day and
enjoy the weekend! I’ll see you tomorrow for blue nails!