Seven Day Jamberry Challenge

I'm sorry the lighting in my images aren't the best. I took these with my iPhone AND it was already dark outside, so there was no natural light to work with.

These pictures are only to help you get an idea of how Jamberry nail wraps compare to nail polish:

The above picture is right after I had applied the Jamberry wrap and nail polish. We'll call it "day 1". I didn't even get around to cleaning the excess nail polish to make it look pretty.

Day 2 isn't showing much change on any of the nails. It looks slightly more cleaned up around the cuticles, though.

Finally day 3 my cuticles look a lot better, but there's already slight chipping on the tips of the nail?! Whaaaaat?! I used OPI nail polish, by the way. I also didn't have enough time to add a protective clear coat, which could be why they're chipping so early. Usually I don't see chipping in my nail polish until days 4 or 5.

Day 4: I did a lot of laundry today, which made the tips of my nails chip a little more than yesterday, but it's still barely noticeable. I did have to touch up my jamberry nails slightly because a little corner started to come up. It was my fault because I chose not to file my nails as much as I should have, so I went ahead and filed it after re-heating the wrap. Read about what I did about it, here.

I took the photos for Day 5, but they looked the exact same as Day 4, so I'll do you a favor and not post superfluous photos. :)

Day 6: The area around my cuticles is looking rough on the fingers with nail polish, but the Jamberry nail hasn't changed much. You can see where I snipped a little of the Jamberry wrap after filing some more (after I took the pictures on Day 4)

Day 7: I did some more laundry and some heavy duty cleaning, and my fingernail polish is "officially chipping". The Jamberry nail still looks like new. I'm going to take my nail polish and jamberry nail off soon and try an entire manicure with the Jamberries and see how that goes.

Day 10-ish: Today I removed my nail polish and Jamberry nail wraps and I have to say.. My fingernails were pretty stained. The orange nail polish made my nails a highlighter-yellow and the burgundy color made the tips of my fingers a purplish, magenta color while I was removing them. A little later in the day, about 3 hours later, the dye has gone down on my actual fingers, but the nails are still tinted. I'll take a picture when my husband gets home with the phone.