Monday, November 10, 2014

What I'm learning about Jamberry

I'm on day 4 of my Jamberry challenge, and I'm learning a few things about how the wraps hold up:

  1. Because I had a little bit of excess hanging off from my nail, due to not wanting the tips of my nails to be white from filing, it finally caught on my laundry as I was lifting it out of the dryer today. I went to the bathroom, turned on my hair dryer, and re-stuck (and actually filed) the nail tip.
  2. While the nail wrap was heating up, I was able to MOVE the entire thing; sliding it across my nail, and I was able to fix how it was covering more area on one side of the nail than the other.
  3. When I applied the nail wraps initially, I didn't have a cuticle pusher as is recommended for the application. I don't think I applied enough pressure with just my finger.
  4. After the initial heat application 4 days ago, it's become harder to keep a certain spot on my wrap down. I think that spot got some oil or fuzz under it, and that's why I'm having a hard time with it.
  5. (Updated 11/11/14) Something I forgot to mention, and may be the cause of my wraps lifting a little bit (see above): The day I got my wraps applied, I also washed my face with a DIY scrub that includes a LOT of olive oil, brown sugar, and vanilla. I'm pretty sure washing my face, getting the nail exposed to the olive oil for a few minutes, did NOT help them stay on... since, ya know, you soak your nail in olive oil to REMOVE them. I guess I should have mentioned this in my first post. :)
  6. (Updated 11/18/14) Today I took off my nail polish and Jamberry wraps and holy cow were my nails stained! Most of the time when I paint my nails, the nail polish I use doesn't stain my nails at all, but this time... It was crazy. The orangey color I used on my ring finger died my nail yellow - it's like a highlighter colored my nail. This time around, I'm going to use a solid nail wrap and see how it does against my bare nail. 
I'll update this list as I learn more about these nail wraps! :)

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