Salon Acrylic Natural Press On Nails, Nail glue included, 'Rare', Nude, Short Size, Squoval Shape, Includes 28 Nails, 2g Glue, 1 Manicure Stick, 1 Mini File

I am KISS's biggest fan. I have been using their press ons for many years and am always impressed with the quality and durability.The acrylic french set are a bit thicker than their normal design press ons in my opinion, but they look great on and just like what you get done for $60+ at a salon! They come with many sizes so you can find the right fit for your nails. I have used this set as is and have also painted over it with regular nail polish before (the photo of the red nails are actually this set painted with regular polish!).I follow the application instructions and these nails consistently last 10-14 days for me:1. Nail prep: you don't need to do anything over the top here, but pushing back your cuticles (and trimming them if you want) will help give you a clean surface for application. I don't usually scuff the surface of my nails at all, but that is recommended to help the nails adhere (just a little scruff goes a long way!)2. Choose your nails: Finding the right fit for your nail is SO IMPORTANT to the durability! A nail that is too small or too big will pop off earlier. Sometimes that means I need to file down the edges of a nail that is slightly too large (two of my fingers are very close to the same size but the sets only come with 1 of each size) but it is always worth the extra few seconds to get a good fit. I always go through and layout all 10 nails in order that I will use to make sure I have the best fit possible, and if I need to adjust anything I can do that before I begin to apply.3. Prep your nails part 2: AFTER you have done all the trying on for size and other prep (incl. scuffing if you choose to do that), I use an alcohol wipe to clean off the surface of my nails to make sure they're as oil-free as possible. I then wait a few seconds for that to dry and take care to not touch the surface of my nail again. These alcohol wipes are usually included with the imPress nails (Kiss sister brand with glue sticker tabs instead of glue) but aren't included with the glue-only sets for some reason (but you can get a bulk pack for <$10 on amazon) or DIY it with rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball at home).4. Apply: I usually start from my pinky and work in. I usually leave my index and thumb for last. I am right handed so I do left pinky, left ring, left middle, right pinky, right ring, right middle, right index, right thumb, left index, left thumb. I don't think it really matters, but that gives me the best control. I use the glue provided and apply a dot to the center of my natural nail. Then I press down the press on at a slight angle to make sure the glue spreads out under the nail completely (but try not to use so much glue that it spills over the side!). Then PRESS AND HOLD while the glue dries - I usually aim for at least 10-15 seconds per nail, but I think 30-60 seconds is recommended. 15 seconds can feel like a long time when applying but this is SO IMPORTANT!!5. Clean up anything you want: there is usually a small tab in the middle of the nail from production - it's not really noticeable but I usually file it down a bit just to completely smooth it out for the salon-quality. This is more prevalent on almond shaped nails, less on oval and square. When I file, I do try to hold the nail down as I file just to help the glue hold on. I have also used many KISS nails that are longer than I prefer, so after I apply I clip them with normal nail clippers and then file down (the edges can be sharper if you clip them!). I would recommend getting a salon-quality file if you choose to do this. You CAN file the nails into a new shape with the file provided, but it is MUCH easier with a bigger and stronger file.

I’ve been doing my nails myself usually using builder gel or full cover tips but have also used acrylic and polygel before. I haven’t had the time or energy to do a full set myself lately so after watching LongHairPrettyNail’s Kiss review on these, I decided to pick up some.They’re much more sturdier than regular press ons and don’t have much (if any) give to them in the extension parts. The nail bed portion is flexible. The length is a nice medium, I’m usually a long/xlong girl but these are work appropriate and easy to handle.Sizing: I had a little issue with sizing since my nail beds are wider than my cuticles meaning that since the nail is tapered in early on, my natural nail would be exposed unless I cut them to nail biting length. I used a 2 for my thumbs, 6 for pointers, 5 for middles, 4 for rings, and 12 for pinkies.I had to file every single cuticle to fit my nail since my cuticles are rounded and the nails had a square shaped cuticle. I did the least filing on my pinkies and thumbs but had to heavily file the ring finger cuticles and sidewalls to make that 4 look decent.Application: I am keen on long lasting nails and usually have trouble with cuticle lifting when my full cover tips grow out and stop molding to my nail shape. Here’s how I prepped to really make them stay. I buffed my natural nails. Wiped with isopropyl alcohol. Applied a dehydrator, max pro bond, and primer. Put on a thin layer of gel base coat, cured, then wiped with isopropyl alcohol. I buffed the base coat lightly then applied dehydrator to it. After filing and prepping the nail, I flicked off any dust. I applied dehydrator to the inside of the nail bed. I applied the nail glue to my natural nail covering everything accept the cuticle and not putting heavy amounts on the side wall to avoid leakage. I applied nail glue to the false nail’s cuticle area. I applied by sliding down the false nail from the middle of my own nail which makes sure that the glue does not flood the cuticle and fully coats the entire nail. It also allows you to find the perfect resting spot for the false nail. I then held down the middle and cuticle for a few seconds then pinched in the sidewalls to avoid gapping and bubbles. After this, I let them rest for a few seconds then filed and shaped them better to my nails and finally wiped them Well with the isopropyl alcohol.I’m not a pro at glue on nails anymore but I know sometimes they didn’t feel the most secure with just the glue. The base gel allows you to fill any gaps from the nail not fully fitting your nail bed that you’d otherwise do with nail glue. Right now they feel like they’re apart of me and I can slam my hand into my counter and they won’t budge. Additionally, the base gel protects your natural nail from the nail glue!Cons: I couldn’t really glue and go with these, they needed a lot of cuticle alterations since my nail beds are rounded.Otherwise, the price can’t be and they honestly look like I got them done at a salon. I absolutely recommend as long as you’re ready to put in a little work to make them look their bestAdditionally, these are also nice because you could buff the shine off the surface and change the color of the nails with your own polish if you’re not into the French style (which I plan to do when I get tired of the look) or even just add one or two accent nails or apply rhinestones or stickers.

I love a French mani but I do my nails at home and don’t have the patience to make perfect lines. These Kiss nails are exactly what I was looking for! I file them to my preferred shape though - the coffin shape makes me thing too much of 2010 and I don’t want to relive that time in my style life lol. And I get them to last like acrylics and be just as strong! It took a lot of guess work in perfecting this so I want to share how I manage to do it so that others who may want to know can give it a try. I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL!! My process below:1. Prep natural nails - I clean them really well, remove cuticles, buff and cut them pretty short2. Prime - after prep, I use some rubbing alcohol on my nails and then a PH bonder. Prime and prep are how I get these nails to last for two weeks3. Glue - I don’t use the glue that comes with these nails, I find those applicators to be messy and hard to control so I have one that has a brush applicator but all nail glues are the same, pick what you like. But at this stage I take the nails that my natural nails, put a generous amount of glue on the fake nail and then press it down on my natural nail for 30-45 seconds4. Shape, file, buff - after the glue is fully dry i shape and file the nails to the shape and length I like. Then I buff them until all of the shine is gone5. Builder base gel - this is how I get these nails to be STRONG like acrylics. After they’re buffed, I apply a coat of builder gel (Aimeili #150 specifically) and cure for 60 seconds. A word of caution- builder gel is not like normal gel. It’s THICK and hard to use. I haven’t tried using just regular clear base and then top or just top, but I honestly think it would work perfectly fine if you would rather not use builder gel!6. Top coat - then I apply a gel top coat(I also use aimeili for top coat) and cure again7. Voila! Beautiful, long lasting and although it takes longer than just gluing these on and calling it a day, it takes a fraction of the time that doing a full set takes but lasts just as long! And even if you’re starting from scratch (ie needing to buy a UV lamp, gel, etc) it’s still significantly less expensive than a salon and the supplies will last a while.

The photos really can't do these justice. I stopped using these and the short square versions for a while because I struggle extra with adhesion issues- and therefore, near constant greenies infections- but I've found a fabulous solution and now I buy boxes of both styles at a time!!!Firstly though please note that I installed these nails 2 days ago, and did quite a lot of filing to make them look this way. With my method though, they look almost sculpted when viewed from the side. I'll detail everything below.What I used:* Custom acrylic powder mix of Young Nails Speed Clear and Makartt Pink Silk, fifty- fifty ratio.* Young Nails Low Odor monomer.* Size 10 Kolinsky brush.* TPO/HEMA free etc top coat.* E file.* 180 grit hand file.* Flame bit.* Standard barrel bit with 180 band.* Cuticle nippers.* Young Nails Protein Bond.* Acetone nail polish remover.* 70% rubbing alcohol.Obviously I used the Leilani nails.Before anything, I fully washed then sanitized my hands and tools with alcohol.I gave myself a cuticle remover treatment, pushed back my cuticles, then gave myself a Russian manicure. Yes, some say that's bad but I promise you, they're incredibly healthy and beautiful when done well and carefully. I've been doing them for years and as long as I'm gentile, there's no issue or risk of infection or injury. Nail Career Education has a great video about this method on her YouTube now. Anyways...After that, I thoroughly cleaned my nails with the polish remover, let them dry, then finished them with an alcohol wipe before applying primer.I chose the nails for my fingers, leaving enough estimated room for the acrylic that would go under them and ensuring that I chose a size a little bigger than my nail beds to give my nail beds a slightly elongated look when finished, where possible. Then, with the hand file, I shaped each nail at the cuticle area to match my cuticle shape as closely as possible.Time to apply the acrylic!To get a natural, light pink base that would blend seamlessly with the press ons' pink, I mixed my new custom pink. Makartt has fantastic colors but the adhesion on me hasn't been great in the past, so I now mix their powders with the clear from Young Nails. It is flawless. I apply to the whole of my nail bed and extend it a little past my nail free edge, let it set for about 5-10 seconds, and when our starts to look matte or firm, I install the press on by laying the cuticle edge down first and pushing it firmly back into it meets my cuticle edge, pushing it until it's almost under the cuticle fold. This is what makes it look like it's really my nail, growing out of my hand.The angle is about 45° as I lay the nail down onto the rest of the acrylic, which starts thin at the cuticle lounge and gets thicker towards the finger tip, as this creates an apex where otherwise there really isn't much of one to speak of, and ensures that I get even coverage for the entire pink part of the press on, which avoids the awkward delineation for it to be seen where my fingertip actually ends under the press on nail. If you use clear gel or glue on extended nail bed French tips, you know exactly what I'm talking about lol!Once this is done, I gently press all angles and make sure I'm happy with the apex height, and double check that the whole nail is secured. Then I clean up any spillage of acrylic around the nail and move on to repeat the process with the next nail.After all the nails on that hand are done, I go back to the first nail of that hand that I did, and grab my hand file. On the under edges of the sides, I file until from the root to the free edge, the angle is straight or slightly up, like what you are in my third photo with my thumb. You'll notice that all the nails have down turned side edges. I find that ugly, sloppy and unsophisticated personally, so I give all my nails that more European under shape instead.So, once that's done, I grab my drill with the sanding band and carve down my cuticle area. This way, I can get it very thin, which means I'll barely notice it when it grows out, and my hair won't get caught. It also helps prevent lifting, which is great for me, since I'm prone to lifting and greenies. This step additionally helps me define the apex a bit, too. I finish this step by using my flame bit to finish carving out my final cuticle line shape- for me, that's rather oval as opposed to the more soft square shape these nails tend to come with.The last major step is that I use the sanding band bit to trim and carve the side walls areas right by my cuticle areas. This gets rid of extra acrylic and press on nail material that I might have missed, and guarantees that I walk away with the perfect, crisp cuticle and side line fit and shape, like I really just spent a few hours in a salon chair getting sculpted acrylics. You can see up close on my right index finger the results of my filing and cuticle routine.When all of that is finished, I've spent about 30 minutes of my life, and there's very little left to do. I use the hand file to remove the manufacturer plastic usually left at the free edge of each nail, then wipe each nail and fingertip down thoroughly and carefully with my rubbing alcohol on a lint free hand towel. After my nails and fingers dry, I head over to my finishing station, where I've got my nail charms, top coats etc and my lamp.I, for this set, chose to wear them glossy, so I painted my pinky, being very, very mindful of my cuticle area and shape. I baked it for 60 seconds, then repeated with a second coat. I did the same for the rest of my fingers after, one by one completing them. Doing it this way greatly reduces exposure time and risk to raw gel products, which can be very dangerous, and it gives my nails extra volume, making them look even more plush, inviting and professional- since most press on nails are too thin where they shouldn't be and too thick where they needn't be. This way, I also am sure that my top coat applications stay just where I want them, no more rushing to clean up running gel after I paint another finger, or messing up the top coat because I bumped it on something.When all of the sealing and plumping with my top coat is done, if I want to wear them matte, I'll grab my buffing block and go to town on them. Doing this, I achieve a flawless bare, natural nail look and over the years, dozens of strangers have stopped me to ask how tf I grew such perfect, natural, strong, opaque nails.Sometimes I add charms like for this set. Pro Tip: apply charms with brush on glue only because then you can use the brush on Makartt nail remover to gently remove the charms and use them again!!!Phew. There you have it!Oh yeah, another thing to consider is that using my method gets me easily 2-3 weeks of this set before I need a fill. That's one big benefit of the Russian manicure. With this method, too, you can absolutely do an acrylic fill. You just need to file down the grown out edge, clean up your Russian manicure, sanitize the finger, then apply primer and fill with acrylic as usual, making sure to give yourself great apexes to rebalance the nail structure and avoid breakage later. The Leilani tips are fantastic for filling because when they grow out, you'll get a more dramatic, elongated oval nail bed appearance, which looks like the European preference in sculpted nail bed shapes. It's sexy and dramatic, but if you don't wanna wait, just adhere your Leilani nail up higher on your nail with acrylic and process like you're doing a fill right from the install. I do this sometimes when I want to make even more of a statement with them.Aside from all that though, I seriously hope that one day, KISS makes a whole line of these nails in different shapes and lengths, with extended nail beds and also nail bed lengths for shorter nail beds, and some with oval or round cuticle shapes, like the Dashing Diva Magic Press Long Coffin nails, or the Kiara Sky Gelly tips. I think they'd make bank. I would buy hundreds of dollars' worth in them alone!

As a one time for a special occasion - long term use, they’re not for. They wrecked my nails and made a deep grooved line down both of my thumb nails so AGAIN, one time use for a few days AWESOME NAILS - I am coming GAGA OVER THESE NAILS and get so many compliments on them but theres just no substitute for dip - way healthier long term - so in case you’re thinking these will replace dip, they will not.Beautiful finished product! The first two are post filing down and the latter two are pre. The pre nails is bc I’m growing out my nails from 2 years of dip.I painted my nail, with the KISS paint on glue 1 ordered it separately. I read so many reviews because I was so nervous to try them. No worries at all!I went in bathroom and laid out the nails on the counter after finding the right fit. I then painted my own nail (lots of ridges so i did it a little thick and then painted the back of the KISS nail and by then the glue on my nail made it a mostly smooth profile for my nails - held it with tweezers and then one it was positioned straight, I pressed really firm rolling my fingers back and forth over the nail for like a minute each nail. I then painted under the nail along the top of my nail.I didn’t rough up either my nail or the KISS nail. I just did them tonight and so if they don’t last two weeks with the glue I will update! My fingers dont hurt and the glue is not strong at all!I read a llllot of press on nail data before I bought any. And in beauty, if it’s a lot of work I won’t do it.And, dip was so pretty but ive had dip nails for the last few years and decided to try and save the money and time for winter - so my nails are still growing out. I soaked them off a few weeks ago.These are gorgeous - I ordered a multi colored nude set to try next!I tried the glue strips and nails from another brand of nails and they were gooey. It was gross.So, If it’s bad with the glue I’ll update but I ordered acetone a week ago, from Amazon to soak them off so here is to saving $60 per month if I leave them on! Look how pretty they are, I’ll cut them down tomorrow but fun!Thank you KISS! They came super fast and couldn’t be easier to apply!

These are by far the best nails I have ever used in terms of looking the most natural. I have naturally weak nails that, although healthy, never seem to grow beyond a certain point, and my quick is quite far back in my nail bed, so I have used drugstore nails A LOT over the years (I have had salon nails as well but don't like how much they damage my already weak nails, leaving them worse than before). I have never had nails turn out so nice! These are such a great match for my real nails- so much so that, if they weren't shinier than my real ones, you really can't tell much difference (other than being thicker than real nails of course). I have used many variations of Kiss nails and prefer them over other brands, but this is far and away the best version they or anyone has come out with yet. They were also already a nice length so I didn't need to trim much at all (I like to keep them where I can comfortably make a fist, so I can actually still use my hands like normal.) No one has been able to perfectly replicate natural nails yet, but these come as close to it as is possible so far, I think. They do look like salon acrylic nails for sure, but much more affordable and with far less damage. Photos show my real nails next to these Kiss tips. Really recommend for a natural, elegant look :)

I love these nails overall. But, am I the only freak of nature who has TWO THUMBS??? There is only ever ONE of the size 0 and the 1's are too narrow!! And yes, I have ordered multiple sets to make sure it wasn"t a fluke. Always only one size 0. Honestly, they are perfect in every way if I did not have to improvise or buy two sets just for my thumbs. Unfortunately, I cant just cut iff a thumb or make the 1's work. So, it has ti be a no for me. :(I cannot wear actual acrylics or nail polish because of an allergy. Aside from the size problem, these are the best nails i have used. These have a nice, soft and more natural look. They're thinner at the cuticle and thick/sturdy at the tip which makes them lay naturally on my nail bed while not splitting like nails that are uniformly thin. Usually i shy away from the glue that comes with nails, but have found that the glue with these actually works well.

I’m 52 years old and never in my life tried glue-on nails. My daughters recommended this brand (they use all the time) for ease of application and clipping-filing to length. They were right and I felt so elegant. Great value! and after 7 days only one fell off (which I easily re-glued) and the majority stayed on almost two weeks. I wash a lot of dishes and do gardening, so I expected them to last only through the weekend event (engagement party) but they kept hanging in there. I have ordered another set in anticipation of any event I might need them for now. Believe me, ladies, this is quicker than painting your owns nails and waiting for them to dry hoping they won’t smudge or chip before you arrive at your event. Small investment; great results. I ordered the French manicure and it looked so natural.

me encantaron! apenas llevo 1 día entero con ellas pero la verdad se sienten duraderas y de buena calidad, incluso fui al gym con ellas y todo perfecto👌🏼 serán mi nueva obsesión jiji

Vraiment les poses Kiss sont les meilleursManicures et pedicure avec une bonne prep elles me durent 1 mois facile (avec ménage intensif etc)La colle est vraiment la meilleure

Excelente producto

Great quality press on nails. They’re advertised to last one week but can last up to 3. They do start to wear and the shape rounds after about a week but they still look great. Definitely recommend this product if you’re looking for a lasting press on nail.I did not use the glue provided so I can not speak to that.

Nice French nails. Look great.