Matron of Honor!

My best friend got married and I forgot to upload my nails!  

NOTE: I did NOT do these myself. 

Her bachelorette thing was all the ladies in the bridal party and in the family went a salon together the day before the wedding and get all painted and pedicured. Honestly, it was hard for me to pay someone else to do this when I can do this myself, especially for the prices they charge. She even picked out my polish color for me. It was a very vibrant blue that I would probably have never picked out for myself (I know, she's the bride). 

I've only been to a nail salon four times ever in my whole life (not even for my own wedding!) so it was definitely out of my comfort zone.

The nails are acrylics, just painted plain boring blue (she didn't want designs). 

My big toes are silver glitter base with a blue-accented leopard print. 

Firecracker

Happy Fourth of July! 

A little late, I know, but I realized I forgot to post this one over the summer. My nana needed her toes painted so she could wear sandals. She liked the idea of a crackle polish so I got to try it out again. 

It's a bright red base with a coat of white crackle polish (which broke and split up beautifully, best one yet!), topped with a coat of red and blue glitter.  

 

Birthday Explosion

Happy Birthday to my friend Margaret! 

She wanted her nails painted so this is the design we came up with.

It's a white base with multi-colored streamers and swirls, topped with glitter. The accent nail is a bright blue base with three candles and rhinestone "flames."

REVIEW: JamBerry?

JamBerry nail wraps are the next
little trendy nail thing.*

I got some samples in the mail. What the heck? I'll try them. They come in lots of designs and various sizes. You get 2 manicures per sheet. Each sheet is $15+ for 18 wraps. The samples I had were a pretty floral print with a white base. 

You clean your nail. Heat half the wrap without touching it with your fingers (to avoid oils). Then you stick it on your nail and smush. Heat again and smush again, just to make sure I guess. So I didn't buy their tiny "Jamberry" heater and I don't have a hair dryer .. (I'm low maintenance haha). So heating it was a PAIN in the butt. I had to hold it next to my curling wand

without burning my fingers or getting to close to the strip in case it stuck.

I took me two hours to figure it out (after even watching the official application video three times) just for TWO NAILS and painting the other eight nails. So I put them on one night. Washed dishes. Cooked some hamburger egg rolls. Still good. The nails were too ha!

Side note: the strips were not wide enough to completely cover my nails.

All in all they lasted me ~4 days before the edges started to wear down. But once the edges wore down, they looked awful. The edges continued to wear down.

This pic was taken four days later. Note the worn edge.

 When my nail grew, there was a visible GAP. This happened relatively quickly, within a week or so, because my nails grow so fast because I take awesome vitamins. Other people may not experience a gap forming that quickly from new nail growth, but for me, it was a bit frustrating.

Note the huge gap. This was taken after about two weeks when I took off the mint polish.

This is what the edges looked like after two weeks.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by how long they lasted (not the edges though). I literally left them on for a while. I was testing to see how long they would last. I removed them after two weeks, only because the edges looked so beat up and my nails grow so fast there was a gap. Also, after about a week and a half,  the edges started to peel up a bit away from my nail. But they lasted longer than I thought they would. I was very disappointed that the edges started to show wear so soon. Four days? Really? My plain polish usually lasts longer than that before chipping.

HOWEVER, it was too much trouble. I wold rather just paint my nails. It took two hours to put on TWO strips...I can base coat, paint, and top coat all my nails in two hours myself. 

I do NOT recommend JamBerry strip wrap things. 

They're just like Sally Hansen nail strips. BUT more annoying because you need heat. You can read my review of Sally Hansen nail strips by clicking HERE. I was not impressed by them either! I would much rather just paint my own nails! They would look better and last longer. 

Have you tried JamBerry? Hopefully you did have as many issues as I did! Please comment below and let me know about your experiences! 

* Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own. I am not affiliated with JamBerry in any way. I did not receive any compensation. I do not represent JamBerry or make money by the opinions stated here. I don't sell them, don't plan to, and don't want to sell them.