I'd worn this strip design before, way back in summer of 2011, when I was not pleased that the navy stripes showed a lot of wrinkles/puckering. This box of Ay Ay Captain was better on that score, although the navy stripes still weren't as crisp and flat as I'd like. Here's a shot that shows the issue more clearly:
I did get some compliments on my nails at the game, so perhaps the flaws were not as obvious to casual observers as to my camera and my critical eye. I didn't have time to change my nails last night, so I'm still wearing this look today.
Since I subjected you all to a raggedy naked nail photo in my last post, I thought it appropriate to show you what my nearly bare nails looked like before I put these strips on. This is after my treatment coat (pretty sure it was Starting Over After Artificials this time, though I didn't write it down because I did this mani on the fly, not all organized-like—I actually put the Mango Mamma on in my car before I pulled out of the garage to head to work yesterday, knowing I had an hour-ish commute for it to dry). I've got a spot on my middle finger that looks ready to peel and another tiny one on my ring finger, but that's so much better than where I was three months ago that I'm delighted.
The only drawback to my nails getting healthier and longer is that it's a bit harder to get two manis out of one box of Sally Hansen strips (traditional packaging with two strip packets in the box); I had to cheat a bit and leave a bigger gap at the base of some nails in order to be able to cover the tips with half a strip. I'll take that problem over rampant peelies any day.
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The top pic isn't loading for me. Love the stripes! They do look a bit wrinkly, though. How weird.
ReplyDeleteLizzy, I tweaked some things and hope you can see it now--it's the best one. :) Yeah, the visual wrinkles on the blue stripes are very odd; it seems like maybe that layer of the strip is too thick and formed a bunch of tiny cracks.
DeleteI have the same problem with the first photo - it's weird how the colors seem to wrinkle, but the strips are cool.
ReplyDeleteYour nails really looks healthy - but I never would dare using strips, I would be afraid that removal also would remove a bit of the top of the nail...
Maria, hope that photo is working for you now, too. Thanks for letting me know; I guess I could see it in preview because I had a local copy or something.
DeleteI almost always wear a treatment coat under strips to protect my nails, though with ones like these SH that come off with remover like regular polish I don't worry about damage even if I go bare underneath. The peel off ones do concern me on that score, so those always get treatment under.
I had the same problem when I tried nail polish strips with wrinkling puckering :( never tried Sally Hansen ones though
ReplyDeleteLovestruck, the odd thing is, these wrinkles are there even before I put this design on (more like little cracks in the blue parts). I do sometimes get actual wrinkles when I apply but never all over like this looks. It's very strange, and I don't recall seeing the problem with any other design besides these stripes.
DeleteYour nails are certainly looking good now. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm hoping they'll stay this way for a while now. :)
DeleteSuch a cute mani, I'm all for matching the mani to the fave sports team ~
ReplyDeletelovely mani <3
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