Made by the same techs, on the same shapes, in the same tiers. The difference is that these come off in ten minutes and go back on next month, which suits a lot of lives better than a three-week commitment does.
Ten pieces, almond, tier-one chrome finish. The most-reordered set in the shop.
Ten pieces, squoval, micro-French. The set people buy for a wedding and then keep using.
Ten pieces, square, hand-painted line work. Tier two, done once and cast.
Ten pieces, coffin, hand-painted florals on a muted base.
Your shape, your length, your design, sized from a fitting kit. Two-week turnaround. Priced by tier, like anything else.
Ten sizers, posted or collected. Send back the numbers and the eight dollars comes off the set. Sizing from a photo of your hand next to a ruler does not work, and every studio that offers it knows it does not.
Both come in the box. Tabs are gentle, come off with warm water, and give you three to five days, which is the right answer for a wedding, a holiday, or a week where you want nails and then want your hands back.
Glue gives ten to fourteen days and needs a proper soak to remove. Used properly it does no damage; used impatiently it takes the top layer of your nail with it, which is the entire reason press-ons have the reputation they do.
Because they are made on a form rather than on your nail, so there is nothing on the underside to destroy when they come off. Soak the tab residue off, wipe the inside with alcohol, and they go back on. Three times is conservative; regulars get five or six out of a set.
People who cannot sit still for two hours. People who need bare nails for work on Monday and want them on Saturday. Nurses, chefs, anyone whose employer has a policy. And people who travel, because a set in a bag is a set you have wherever you land.
If you size with the kit, yes, to within a millimetre. If you guess, no, and the most common failure is a size too wide, which lifts at the sides within a day.
Two weeks. It is a person hand-making ten pieces, not a machine, and it is booked into the same queue as the tier-three work.
Yes. They are made on a form rather than on your nail, so there is nothing on the underside to destroy. Three wears is conservative.
The set does not. Impatient removal does. If a press-on will not lift after a soak, soak it longer; it has never once been the right move to pull.
Length yes, shape a little, with a fine file. They are cast in gel, so heavy filing will go through the finish.
Eight dollars for the kit, refunded against the set. Custom sets are two weeks.
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