So in addition to my mix tapes, I’ve always had a special spot in my heart for press-on nails. They’re circa 1980, just like schrunchies, which makes me smile.
Luckily, I graduated from press-ons to real nail polish and then I made a brief (two-year, #shamerattle) foray into acrylics. Complete with air brush designs and gems.
I followed up with the whole gel manicure trend, but it just wasn’t for me.
Enter imPRESS. The latest innovation in press-on nails. But these aren’t the press-ons that I remember from the 80s.
Looks like real fake acrylic nails, right? Nope, just my press ons.
These are pretty easy to apply – match up the falsies to your real nails, then peel off the backs and press onto your real nails to activate the glue.
They stayed really shiny, which I like. This is day two.
What do you think? This is about day 5, while I was still learning how to type with nails at work. I wasn’t sure when I put them on that they would even last this long.
I left my nails on for about a week, and they didn’t get loose or fall off. Maybe a little loose around the edges towards the end, but never too the point where I was worried they would fall off.
I tried a different pattern a few weeks later. These were pretty sweet, except the pattern started to wear off the tips after a few days.
If you want to try your own pair – imPRESS nails cost about $7 – are sold at quality locales like Walmart and CVS, and are repped by various C-listers like Cheryl Burke and Alli Simpson.
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