Throughout the Ocean and Again Once more

Good day! I’m again from my month-long trip which took me to/by means of 15 states plus one nation exterior of the U.S. It was a journey with quite a lot of totally different occasions and modes of transportation which took me and Mr. Karen to locations each acquainted to us and new. I put impartial (however a tiny bit sparkly as a result of I am me) polish on my toes and packed faux nails for my fingers and off I went.

A number of days earlier than we left, I placed on this set from imPress known as Wash Away. It has mild blue stable nails, mild blue with tiny iridescent glitter nails, and light-weight blue with a turquoise and navy flower and butterfly design nails. These began out medium size and sq., however I reduce and formed them in order that they felt extra comfy and sensible for me, as I usually do with the longer faux nails.

 

Nonetheless trying good on day 6 (with the restricted version “XP Flavored” Coke restricted version).

 

I had just a few nails loosen and wish new adhesive tabs in the course of the week I wore the blue set, so fairly commonplace.

The following set of nails I used had been from the Kiss Gel Fantasy Attract line. The field did not have a reputation on it, however I appeared on-line and these seem like known as How Dazzling. They’ve multi-sized iridescent glitter on a translucent ivory base. (The field was a bit worse for put on after being stuffed in a pocket of my suitcase for every week at that time.)

 

I used adhesive tabs for these, not the glue that got here with them. I clipped and formed them as I had the blue set. On the left, as they got here from the field. On the proper, how I wore them.

 

I wore the glittery nails for the entire second week of the journey. When it was time to vary, I reached for a set I would gotten off the Temu app, the place they had been described as “Press On Nails, Brief Sq. Pretend Nails, Beige French False Nails with Glitter Design, Shiny Clear Full Cowl Acrylic Nails for Girls and Women; Shade: Beige Cat Eye, Fashion: Mild”. The image did not seem to match quite a lot of these phrases, however for $3.48 I used to be keen to danger it.

 

These got here with adhesive tabs. They weren’t quick, so I clipped and filed them. They had been a bit sheer, so earlier than I shortened them, a touch of my pure nail suggestions confirmed by means of the faux nails in robust mild.

 

Six days later, I hadn’t misplaced a single nail. These adhesive tabs had been robust. I am certain it helped that I did not have my laptop computer with me, so wasn’t banging my nails on a keyboard for just a few hours a day like I are likely to do at residence.

 

I would deliberate to vary my nails once more earlier than the following part of our journey, a seven-night transatlantic cruise, however they had been holding up so nicely, I nonetheless had them on the day we boarded, every week after I would utilized them.

 

I figured I would change to the final set I would packed once I began to lose the beige cat eye ones because the adhesive obtained weakened, however they simply stored hanging in there, so I ended up sporting them for the entire cruise and the multi-day drive residence from New York to Idaho. There was positively a niche on the base of my nails by that point, however given the impartial coloration of the nails it wasn’t too noticeable.

 

On the journey, I used to be actually making an attempt to deal with experiences reasonably than shopping for issues, so although I noticed polish and faux nails I haven’t got easy accessibility to at residence, I purchased none of them. I am form of amazed at my self-control. I’ll have a show put up up as soon as I get by means of all of the pictures; hoping that will not take too lengthy.