Essence: new products – nail stickers (fall 2010)Essence: novi izdelki – nalepke (jesen 2010)

One of the new Essence products we got for review were also nail stickers. :w00t:

After seeing preview of Essence nail stickers I knew I had to have some of them. I did hope they’ll be more like Minx manicure style, but they’re classical nail stickers. I guess it really was too optimistic to expect Minx nails for 1,99 EUR. :angel:

Let’s take a look at all the sticker we received:

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: cool cover!, just say yes!, catwalk!

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: the real me!, light forever!, drama queen!, all or nothing!

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: just fashion!, trust me!, unexpected!, so hot!

Essence has a special Studio nails fashion file that is suppose to be used with their nail stickers. Darker side is for cleaning/preparing your nails and lighter one for removing excess sticker. Darker side smooths out the surface of the nail, so I don’t recommend you use it more than once in a while. But it looks it will be handy for removing those pesky light polish stains. :silly:

You get 14 sticker in package and this set of instructions:

  1. be sure that your natural nail are clean & greaseless, if necessary push back cuticles
  2. select correct size strip for each nail
  3. apply the predecorated nail fashion stickers onto your nails – important: place rounded edges against cuticle line, but still leave a little space between cuticles and nail fashion sticker
  4. press sticker onto nail while flatten the surface through gentle  rubbing
  5. smooth excess over nail edge. gentle file of excess of the sticker with essence special fashion file – ready!

There were 2 out of 4 my most wanted stickers in the package we received: Trust Me! and Unexpected!. :wub:

First ones I used were Trust Me! stickers. Application itself was not as difficult as I expected but I did have problems with centering the sticker and wrinkles at the side of the nail. I guess most of those with similar nails as I have will have simmilar problems (my nails are kind of curvy at the sides) … we’ll unless you’re expert at applying nail stickers. :silly:

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Trust Me! swatch
Essence – Nail Fashion Sticker: Trust Me!

You don’t really see the crisscross design in real life, but camera picks it up. That is why I blurred the second photo.

If you look at the thumb, you can see the stickers are to narrow for my nails.

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Trust Me! swatch
Essence – Nail Fashion Sticker: Trust Me!

I took more time to apply Unexpected! stickers. I made progress with centering the design, but wrinkles were driving me nuts. So I asked my boyfriend to help me out. I suspected that the main problem was the thickens and in-elasticity (besides the shape of my nails) of the sticker. I did try to heat the sticker up … but with very poor heat source.

My darling didn’t hesitate and he immediately brought in the big guns … hair dryer. :biggrin:

He set the speed to minimum and quickly heated the sticker held by tweezer (too much of heat and you end up with roll instead of sticker). OK – I got that part. But then he vertically stretched the sticker! I lost my breath – I was sure the sticker is ruined. Well – it wasn’t.  I was stunned how easy it was to apply the heated and stretched sticker. Sides were no longer problem as now I could rube the wrinkles out. And since the sticker was just slightly stretched, the design deformation was slight one. Bigger problem/deformation occurred on the thumb, where sticker had to be stretched vertically and horizontally.  But cracked design is not problematic one, so the end result was still very pretty.

My last problem was filling of the excess sticker. I had poor results with Essence file and their instructions. So my boyfriend again came to the rescue and suggested I file up to down (only in one direction of course) with crystal file and it looked better but still not perfect.

The other thing I didn’t consider was the fact that stickers will shrink a little bit after the cool down, so you have to wait with filing a bit. :blush:

I managed to combined everything I learned when I reached my thumb (let’s call others practice fingers). Next time I’ll just ask my boyfriend to put them on – he does it better and faster. :biggrin:

I think I listed most of the problems that can occur if you heat the sticker, but as always when you don’t follow original instructions – use this method at your own risk. :wink:

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Unexpected! swarch
Essence – Nail Fashion Sticker: Unexpected!
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Unexpected! swatch
Essence – Nail Fashion Sticker: Unexpected!

MAESTRA tried out Just Say Yes! stickers.

It took me 25 minutes to apply stickers on all 10 nails. I had problems finding right shape for me, but I managed in the end. I centered the sticker with tweezers and then rubed the sticker to the side with orange woodstick. I filed with medium Alessandro file and finished with cristaly file. With top coat.

Even with top coat, the tips started to lift up the same day I applied the stickers.

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Just Say Yes! swatch
Essence – Nail Fashion Sticker: Just Say Yes!
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Just Say Yes! swatch
Essence – Nail Fashion Sticker: Just Say Yes!

MAMY tested the Drama Queen! stickers.

Essence Nail fashion Sticker: this is the first time I used nail stickers and I can say it wasn’t easy. I hope you’ll learn from my mistakes and follow the instructions.

Especially no.3: “place rounded edges against cuticle line, but still leave a little space between cuticles ans nail fashion sticker”.

And no.5:  watch how are you holding file while removing excess sticker. If you don’t – white tips will be visible. Enclosed picture is very helpful.

I’m not sure I like the stickers. Images are nice but application calls for time and precision. Those with smaller nails could encounter more problems than I did.

Top coat is recommended but I didn’t use one. Maybe that is one of the reasons the sticker started to come off at the tips.

I recommend you try them out – if for nothing else than just to satisfy your curiosity.

Finished manicure looks really nice but all the mistakes I made are very visible.
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Drama Queen! swatch
Essence – Nail Fashion Sticker: Drama Queen!
  • If we draw the line under all the Parokeet reviews we can conclude that we  find the sticker appropriate for the occasions when we need special/stand out manicures like party’s and masquerades … when we need the effect and we’re not looking for staying power.
  • Other group that could benefit from the stickers are little girls and pregnant ladies that are not suppose to be in contact with harmful chemicals.
  • You can encounter difficulties with sizing the stickers (they’re to wide for Maestra and to narrow for me), but they did include 4 extra stickers so you’ll probably manage to find 10 of them in your size.
  • Staying power seems to be poor mostly due to the filing of the excess sticker.  Maybe I should add that the heated stickers lasted longer and were as easy to remove as non heated ones.

The one thing that I miss the most is the gold foil look. I hope they’ll add that one in one of the future limited editions or products changes.

How do you like the stickers? Did any of the shown designs impress you?

Med novimi Essence izdelki, ki smo jih dobile v oceno, so bile tudi nalepke za nohte. :w00t:

Že ko sem videla predogled novosti, sem vedela, da jih moram sprobati, ker mi je bilo kar nekaj vzorcev zelo všeč. Upala sem sicer, da bodo nalepke bolj podobne Minx manikuri, vendar gre za klasične nalepke. Za 1,99 EUR bi bilo verjetno res utopično pričakovati Minx šablone, ki stanejo veliko več. :angel:

Naj vam najprej predstavim vse nalepke, ki smo jih dobile:

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: cool cover!, just say yes!, catwalk!

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: the real me!, light forever!, drama queen!, all or nothing!

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: just fashion!, trust me!, unexpected!, so hot!

Za namestitev nalepk pri Essence priporočajo uporabo Studio nails fashion pilice. In sicer temnejše stran za “čiščenje” oz. predpripravo nohta ter svetlejšo za odstranjevanje odvečne nalepke. Temnejša stran rahlo zgladi površino, tako da je ne priporočam za redno uporabo, bo pa prišla prav kot skrajni ukrep pri odpravljanju zabarvanosti nohtov. :silly:

V paketku sta se skrivala dva od štirih vzorcev, ki sem jih želela preizkusiti – Trust Me! in Unexpected!. :wub:

Najprej sem uporabila Trust Me! nalepke. Sam nanos nalepk niti ni bil tako težaven, kot samo centriranje nalepk, ki so malo preozke za moje nohte. Druga težava je gubanje nalepk ob robovih. Težave bo verjetno imela večina tistih, ki imajo tako kot jaz rob nohtov izrazito zakrivljen navzdol in niso eksperti v polaganju nalepk. :silly:

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Trust Me! swatch
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Trust Me!

Fotoaparat zazna karo vzorčke, ki jih s prostim očesom skoraj da ni videti, zato sem drugo fotografijo namenoma naredila bolj “blurano”.

Predvsem na palcu lahko opazite, da so nalepke preozke za moje nohte.

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Trust Me! swatch
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Trust Me!

Za nanos Unexpected! nalepk sem si vzela več časa. Centriranje mi je šlo že veliko bolje od rok, vendar se nikakor nisem mogla znebiti gubic. Zato sem prosila dragega, da mi priskoči na pomoč z idejami. Sumila sem, da je glavna težava v debelosti in neprožnosti nalepk (in obliki mojih nohtov), vendar moji poizkusi nežnega segrevanja nalepk niso obrodili sadov.

Dragi se ni preveč obotavljal in je prinesel kar sušilnik za lase. :biggrin:

Nalepko je na hitro segrel pri najnižji hitrosti pihanja (paziti je treba, da se nalepke ne segreje preveč, ter da se ne zvije v klobčič). OK – do tukaj sem še sledila. Potem je pa nalepko raztegnil pod dolžini! Sem ostala kar brez sape – prepričana sem bila, da je nalepka uničena. Vendar na srečo ni bila. Sem kar debelo pogledala, ko sem jo lahko na 1x zelo enostavno nanesla, robove pa enostavno pogladila. Ker je šlo le za rahel  razteg ni prišlo do hude deformacije vzorca. Večja težava/deformacija je nastala pri nalepki za na palec, kjer jo je bilo potrebno močno raztegniti tudi po širini.  Vendar pa so razpoke eden izmed bolj hvaležnih vzorcev kar se tiče deformacij le tega, tako da je bil končni rezultat vseeno lep.

Zadnja težava je bilo piljenje odvečne nalepke. Z Essence pilico in njihovimi navodili mi ni uspelo. S kristalno pilico tudi ne. Spet je dragi priskočil na pomoč in svetoval navpično piljenje od zgoraj navzdol … in le v eno smer seveda. Rezultat je bil boljši, a se vedno ne tisto kar sem želela. Druga zadeva na katero sem pozabila je to, da se nalepke, ko se popolnoma ohladijo, tudi za malenkost skrčijo. Drugič moram s piljenjem počakati vsaj nekaj minut. :blush:

Celotno tehniko sem osvojila šele pri palcu. Vendar bom drugič prosila dragega, da mi jih da kar on gor … nekako mu gre celotna zadeva bolje in hitreje od rok.  :biggrin:

Mislim, da sem naštela večino težav in pasti tehnike s segrevanjem nalepk, vendar saj veste kako gre – vsako odstopanje od originalnih navodil je na lastno odgovornost. :wink:

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Unexpected! swarch
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Unexpected!
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Unexpected! swatch
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Unexpected!

MAESTRA je preizkusila Just Say Yes! nalepke.

Za vseh 10 nohtov sem porabila približno 25 min. Rahlo sem imela probleme najti pravo obliko zase, a se je izšlo. S pomočjo pincete sem jih namestila na sredino nohta. In potem od sredine navzven drgnila/gladila z orange woodstick. Pilila sem s srednje grobo Alessandro pilico in na konci spilila še s kristalno pilico. Z nadlakom.

Kljub nadlaku so se robovi nalepk pri konicah nohtov začeli dvigovati še isti dan

Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Just Say Yes! swatch
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Just Say Yes!
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Just Say Yes! swatch
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Just Say Yes!

MAMY je stestirala Drama Queen! nalepke.

Essence Nail fashion Sticker: moja prva uporaba nalepk za nohte nasploh, ni bila ravno enostavna. To fotografijo z napakami prilagam z namenom, da res sledite natančnim priloženim navodilom za uporabo.

Zlasti upoštevajte tč.3, ki poudarja, da vseeno pustite malenkost prostora med nalepko in obnohtno kožico.

Tč.5: ko odpilite višek nalepke, pazite, kako držite pilico. Sicer se bodo poznale bele konice. Slika v navodilih je zelo nazorna.

Ne vem, če so me nalepke prepričale. Vzorci so sicer lepi in veliko njih bi imela. Lepljenje nalepk ni ekstra težavno opravilo, zahteva pa natančnost in striktno sledenje navodilom. Tiste z majhnimi nohti bi lahko imele malo več težav.

Nadlak je priporočen, jaz ga nisem uporabila. Najbrž so se mi zato že čez nekaj ur začeli malenkost vihati robovi na konicah.

Vredno preizkusiti, da potešite svojo radovednost. Morda vam postanejo všeč.

Končni izgled mi je všeč. Vse napake v postopku so zelo opazne.
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Drama Queen! swatch
Essence - Nail Fashion Sticker: Drama Queen!
  • Če potegnemo črto pod vse ocene, se Parokeetke strinjamo, da so nalepke zelo simpatična zadeva za takrat, ko želimo doseči poseben efekt od katerega pa ne pričakujemo dolgotrajne obstojnosti. Torej so primerne predvsem za kakšne žurke, maškare …
  • Ni pa mogoče odveč omeniti, da so nalepke primerne za punčke in nosečnice, ki naj ne bi bile izpostavljene hlapom organskih topil in drugih kemikalij, ki se nahajajo v lakih za nohte.
  • Težave se znajo pojaviti tudi pri širini nalepk (Maestri so nalepke preširoke, meni preozke), vendar so pri Essence priložili 4 dodatne nalepke, tako da bo večina verjetno našla 10 ustreznih velikosti zase.
  • Obstojnost pa očitno šepa ravno na račun piljenja odvečne nalepke. Kajti kljub uporabi nadlaka, nalepke zelo hitro odstopijo pri konicah. Naj dodam še to, da so segrete nalepke ostale dalj časa na mestu.

Mogoče pogrešam še kakšen zlat folijast vzorec.

Je vas zamikal kateri izmed vzorcev? Boste poizkusile nalepke?

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  1. :nails: I love the look of your nails in these stickers.  They are pretty amazing looking.  A pain to use but I do like the.  I don’t own them and don’t know if I’d buy them.

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  2. Sliši se komplicirano ampak bom vrjetno vseeno probala zadevščino, sploh zaradi kovinskih vzorčkov :wub:  Glede da so tako poceni se splača experimentirat :yes:  Z kakšnimi dražjimi bi me že bilo strah da bom kaj zaj**** in pol bi šlo vse k vragu :blush:  Pri teh pa mi bo vseeno, pa če si jih moja tamala na koncu po sebi zalepi :silly:
    .-= Lyra´s last post … Ciate- Cookies &amp Cream Konad =-.

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  3. Zagotovo se sliši zanimivo, ampak zaenkrat berem samo slabe ocene  :undecided:
    Ampak je za poskusit, sploh nekateri vzorčki so super simpatični :thumb:

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  4. Vzorčki so mi zelo všeč vendar pa se mi zdi metoda preveč komplicirana da bi se je lotila. Bi pa z veseljem držala prste če bi to naredil kdo namesto mene :whistle: (samo še žrtev moram najti :idea: )

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  5. Uh, me sploh ne potegnejo. Niti mi niso všeč vzorčki, niti sistem. Očitno sem tu bolj old-fashioned. Tole z lepljenjem in piljenjem pa sploh odpade, imam preveč “v roki” navadne lake za nohte. :) Slaba obstojnost je še en velik minus zame, vsaj tri dni bi morale zdržat, da bi jih sploh vzela v poštev. Ampak hvala za super reportažo in oceno!

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    • Meni so vsi kovinski vzorčki zelo všeč, ostali pa bolj tko. Že planiram “zaporniško” manikuro s So Hot! nalepkami za eno izmed rojstno-dnevnih zabav. :biggrin:

      Obstojnost bi res lahko bila boljša. Me zanima kakšen bi bil rezultat, če bi na konicah uporabila lepilo. :think:

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  6. Uh, tudi jaz se bojim, da bi bile nalepke preozke. Še posebej na palcih. Bom pa zagotovo poskusila! Catwalk mi je všeč :3
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