Today I had the gracious idea of painting my nails... Whoever put that idea in my head, I don't know but I have not done this in years and today I realized why I have not haha!!!
It is a freaking pain in the ass to do your nails. I am not the kind of person that paints their nails all one color but I do what they call "French manicure" which is even harder to do.
While attempting to get this right, the only thought that came to my head was: now I know why people swear by this Jamberry nails stuff. Those little nail wraps that are becoming increasingly popular and that my mother keeps telling me that I need to sell.
Here is the deal, when I signed up for Jamberry I attempted to get those wraps to work on my nails but even now, they still not last too long. People kept telling me how these wraps lasted for 2 weeks or more and here I was not being able to make them last for more than a couple of hours lol. What was I doing wrong? I was taking my time and tried many different methods of putting those things on but it never worked... My fingernails just don't like them and you know what that's ok... Finally I tried them on my toe nails and they lasted over a month, they looked really cute.
Now back to my wonderful idea of doing my nails today. They came out great! I am not gonna lie, for someone who has not done this in years, I did a pretty good job. However it was a long and exhausting job. It took me just as long (if not longer) than it did when I was frustratingly trying to put those Jamberry wraps on. And on top of that it's been like 2 hours and I am still waiting for the nails to completely dry. The nail polish is super messy, so once the nails dry I will have to clean up my desk and well I am pretty sure that they will probably last about a day (longer than the Jamberry wraps but still). Then there is the smell, my office still smells like nail polish and boy I had forgotten how distasteful that smell is.
I really wish now that the Jamberry wraps would work on my nails. I have to admit it is not for everyone, my nails just don't like them. Maybe it is that my nails have a high pH level or maybe it is because they are very curved. (yes I have tried many different ways of applying them but they still bubble up and fall off) Ask my mother though, and they last on her nails for over two weeks, they don't bubble up, they don't fall off, she has to actually take them off.
So here is the deal, if I had a choice when it came to getting Jamberry wraps on or doing my nails with regular nail polish. I would definitely go with the Jamberry route, they are just as much of a hassle to put on when you first do them as it is nail polish and you have to take your time but... They do not smell like the nail polish does, they are not messy and you don't really need to wait for them to dry.
If you are like me though, you are not going to take my word for it, so I dare you to try them both. Do a French manicure with regular nail polish, and then when it's time to get your nails done again do one with the French manicure Jamberry wraps and see the difference.
I did do my toes with regular polish too, those were faster to get done properly but the smell is still not worth it. It suddenly dawn on me why I stopped doing this a long long time ago lol.
