Fashion

7 Nail Stickers For Girls Who Hate Nail Polish

Oct. 5, 2016

At-home manicures are great... until it comes time to paint your dominant hand. If you're anything like me, you end up with a goopy mess of polish all over your right hand and end up giving up and taking an acetone bath. Thankfully, for those of us who are complete slobs with an OPI brush, nail stickers have our backs.

Nail stickers are faster, easier and way less expensive than a traditional manicure (and don't even get me started on gel). They stick onto your individual nails and last for up to 10 days... which is a lot longer than a regular, three-day manicure. Plus, there's no risk of smudging them, and you'll never have to sit under UV lights while reading an outdated version of US Weekly waiting for them to dry.

To apply the stickers at home, give yourself a basic, DIY manicure with a cuticle pusher and a file to prep your nails. Then, clean them with a nail prep wipe to make sure the surface is pristine so the sticker will stay on. Cut out the sticker, gently peel off the protective backing and place it on your nail. Press the rounded side into the base of your nail, then press outwards to smooth the sticker flat. Finally, trim off any excess material that's hanging off of the side of your nail. ... And that's it. Then, you'll have a pristine manicure complete with geometric shapes and decorations that you probably wouldn't have been able to manage with a polish brush.