End of Summer Harvest Fimo Nail Art and Nailene Ultra Adhesive Tabs Review

Here's another mani with the fimo veggies and fruits.

 I applied the artificial nails to my nails with Nailene Ultra Adhesive Tabs

Nails I used:

This kit has been in my nails box since 2009. Back then, I was trying so many different types of nails to find the perfect french tip full cover nails for me.  The nail beds are very opaque. I think I paid $2 for these on clearance, and I couldn't pass them up for that price.

When I opened the box, I found a drugstore sensor pad inside, and this...

It was folded up very small and taped shut. The tape was yellow with age. The coupon expired in December of 09. I've never seen RED by Kiss on the shelves. Have you?

 The nails are still good, but the sizes are crazy. There are more size 6 than anything else. I may be able to get 2 manis from it. Not sure though.

Polishes:

China Glaze 931 Foxy, Sinful Colors 832 This Is It

I picked up the China Glaze in the clearance bin at Ulta awhile ago. I haven't used it yet. The Sinful Colors was an impulse buy at Albertsons. I paid $2.49 for it. I know they're only $1.99 at Walgreens, but I figured for .50¢ more, get it now because I don't know when I'm getting to Walgreens again or if they'll have that color.

I started by filling in the french tip curve with Lavender Cloud (not pictured). Once that was dry, I brushed This Is It over the Lavender Cloud. It's really not that light yellow.

After this dried, I sponged Foxy over This Is It 2 times. I brushed Foxy on the tips of the nails. Finally, I brushed on some more This Is It adding to what was already there.

After adding the veggie and fruit slices and rhinestones, I made dots on the nails with Piggy Polish Mystic.

From my "Garden":

Apples, Corn, Pears, Tomatoes,  Mushrooms, and Zucchini

Now to the Nailene Ultra Tabs, initial review...
The packaging

 The tabs are clear and sit on pink background paper so you can see them.

Before applying the tabs, I took the polish off my nails, and scrubbed my hands with this.

H20 Spa Hand and Cuticle Scrub

With tweezers, I selected tabs sized to my fingers. and peeled them, one by one off the backing paper. 

Clear Tabs on Nails

I thought I could put tabs on all my natural nails, then peel the plastic off the tops and put on my fake nails. The plastic coverings start to lift off after the tabs are placed on the nails. One on them came off my thumb tab, and it's so sticky, it grabbed another plastic covering, somehow. I had to remove that tab and get a fresh one, because the plastic covering would not come off. It was stuck to the tab.

The directions say to smooth down the tabs, pressing out air bubbles. Then remove the plastic covering and place the nail on the tab.

So far, they feel very snug. The packaging claims the tabs are water resistant. They are guaranteed up to 5 days of wear. I'll do an update in a few days, and let you know how they go.

Have you tried these Nailene Ultra Adhesive Tabs?

Photo Flowers

This mani is inspired by one of my favorite Japan nail salon catalog apps.  The Japan nail salon photo showed a white french tip mani with multiple tiny flowers, in different colors all over the french tips. When I saw it, I believed I could recreate the look with all these stickers I have.

I chose this box to use as the french tip manicure base.

The kit comes with glue, nail file, and orangewood stick

When I first started wearing drug store nails, in 2009, there wasn't much choice in my area except french tips. I bought several boxes of this brand, size and peach color because I liked the base color best against my skin.

Then around the beginning of 2010, the drug store/glue on nail world exploded. Suddenly we were getting designs, prepolished nails, and french tips with colors and designs, and stickers, and then nail art paint. It's become really exciting to see what Broadway/Kiss will come up with next.

Still I have a big box full of mostly white french tip nails. Back when I started, it never occurred to me to do anything more than to wear the french tips, try to avoid air bubbles, and then try to hide the air bubbles that inevitably showed up. I got so discouraged about the air bubbles, I put the white french tips away, and bought other nails with different designs. And then I discovered blank nails and started buying polish again.

Ok. So much for the trip down memory lane.

I can't remember if I bought these stickers or won them in a give-away because my stickers seemed to have multiplied in the dark. Even though stickers cause me troubles at times, with curling or bleeding, I still love them. They've given me the ability to be creative even though I'm not artistic.

 I had a close up of the stickers I selected but my iphone had a little hiccup earlier and I guess I lost the picture. The top section of stickers, the photo quality-like flowers, are the ones I used for this design.

I selected the nails I would be using. The tabs came in really handy to hold the nail while I placed the stickers on them.

 I used tweezers to remove the stickers from the sheet, and place them on the nails. At first, I used a dab of clear polish and then put the sticker on, but then I found that wasn't really necessary. After the stickers were layered, I put a clear top coat over them so they wouldn't curl.

And here they are on my hands!

Once again, I had some air bubbles because I'm trying to shove my flat nail beds into arched drugstore nails.  I used Confetti Dreamdate, an iridescent pink polish over the base of the nails, up to the stickers, to cover any air bubbles.

Thanks for stopping by! Tell me what you think in the comments below. 

Hope you all have a great week!