Broadway ImPRESS Nails - Wear Test

Regrettably, I don't know the specific style name, as I tossed out all of the boxes to save space and this pattern appears to have been discontinued. :( The closest is the current line's Holla, which keeps the lace-on-nude scheme but uses a simpler floral pattern and has no cheetah print.

I applied them Wednesday night. I'll give a review if anyone's interested. The sizes I wear (from thumb outward) are 0, 5, 3, 4, 9.

No flash, indoors.

Flash, indoors. Can you tell I use a camera phone?

My only complaint is that the index fingers are a little longer than I like, but this brand is flexible and can easily be trimmed down and filed. I did the dishes, washed my hair, etc. Decent amount of submersion and gripping.

Wear Test:

First nail (left index - really? left?) fell off Saturday morning. I also noticed the right index starting to get loose Friday evening. I squished it down and dried the exuded water with a paper towel, and it seems to have re-adhered. I also have consistent tip wear across all nails, with the design faded on the tips (the base color is the color of the plastic the nails are made of, so it's not super noticeable.)

Right after the first nail fell off. 

You can see the tipwear (and my real nails peeking out!), and that my nail bed was unharmed by the nails. The yellowing is a stain from October, it's unrelated to this mani. 

Sunday afternoon: I lost my right index nail in the shower (well, I know where it is, but it came off.) The rest of the nails are all still pretty securely attached! I'm willing to bet that if never removed the pinky nail it would stay on until it grew out, and that next time they will wear better if I trim down my index nails. 4 days gave some noteworthy tip wear, but they stayed pretty sturdy. I'm taking them off now for a new mani.

 I have several more pairs of these, and do recommend them. They retail for $5.99 plain and $7.99 patterned at most drugstores, though you can often find them on clearance or sale. I got the Halloween Disney Villains set (6 pairs) for $10 on a sale! Super psyched for them to arrive.

I also got my first linear holos (!) and I can't wait to wear them :O