As you may have read from my other post, I was selected to receive the Holiday VoxBox from Influenster. Influenster is a great website that allows you to test awesome products for free. One of the products that I was able to test was Kiss Nail Dress, which are kind of like blinged out stickers for your nails.
I was so excited to see that I would be able to test the Nail Dress, because I have seen similar products in the stores and always thought they were pretty. The design I was sent is KDS15, which is a solid black topped with gold dots that spiral in different patterns. I usually don't wear black nail polish, but they looked very decorative, and reminded me of something I would wear with a cute little black dress.
The application of the nails is fairly easy. The package includes a wide range of sizes, so there is something to fit everyone's nails. They also are made to fit either finger or toe nails, so you can choose where you want to place them. I decided to do a nice manicure on my fingers, so I shaped my finger nails before hand and made sure they were really smooth and clean. It says to clean your nails with alcohol before hand, which I did. It was a little hard to figure out which size sticker I needed for which nail. They come on a plastic sheet, and I had to cut each nail sticker out so that I could bend it around my nail easily to see if it was the right size. I am a bit of a perfectionist, so I spent quite a lot of time choosing the size for each finger. When I started applying them, I realized that even thought I put a lot of effort into picking the right sizes, the stickers still appeared a little small on my nails. If you pulled the side of my finger down, you could see some nail that wasn't covered by the sticker. But just by casually looking at my nails, the stickers appeared to fit great.
After you place the sticker on your nail (which are really long at first), you bend the end of it over the tip and then file off the excess. It takes a bit of filing, depending on the rhinestones, or designs that are on the stickers. The stickers are also a little rubbery, so I had to hold the sticker in place while I filed so it wouldn't pull and get looking weird or wrinkled.
I know Kiss says that the nails are a fast manicure but it took me over an hour to put all 10 stickers on. Like I said before, I was being a perfectionist, but it still took a bit longer than I anticipated.
The manicure looked great! I have never had my nails done with anything other than plain nail polish, so I was in love! The design is very pretty, and looks perfect for a night on the town! The only little flaw with them at the beginning was that the edges of my nails were they were filed felt very rough. It took me til the next day to have them feel more rounded off and natural.
As the days went on I was amazed at how well the Kiss Nail Dress stayed put! I was really worried that they would fall off as soon as they got wet. However, I washed my hands over and over, and took many showers and they never even moved. Towards the seventh or eighth day, the edges where they were filed began to peel up and chip a bit. It started to bother me that they felt rough and would stick to things so I took the Nail Dress off at that point.
The one downside to this product is what happened to my nails when I took them off. The stickers pulled up parts of my nails along with them, which left my nails flaky and peeling. On my thumbs it actually pulled full strips of my nail layers off with the sticker. That really disappointed me because I had loved the product up to that point! I put some really strong hand cream on my nails and they are recovering now, but it did hurt them quite a bit!!
I still have to say I love this product, but because of the sore nails afterwards, I will only use them occasionally. I can see myself buying Kiss Nail Dress if I am headed for a weekend in Vegas or for a special event like a wedding. The designs look amazing, and people thought I really had a professional manicure! There are also so many designs available, there is sure to be one that you would love!
Visit the Kiss website here: http://bit.ly/SipR5S
And read about what other members on Influenster thought here: http://bit.ly/11cEdY7
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Disclaimer: I received Kiss Nail Dress for free via Influenster in return for this review. The product was free but that opinions are my own!
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