Hello! I'm Heather and this is my very first post on a blog! Rachel (Sunhyoung) and I have been in talks of getting this blog up and running for a while, but as always, I take a while before I take any action if I do at all--something I am trying to correct before the habit deters me from any more future opportunities. I always let fear get the best of me, and Rachel has been giving me pep talks and lots of motivation to swallow that fear and take action. Anyways, while we plan on posting about self-motivation and ways to overcome our fears as we figure them out, we also want to post about some of the things that make us happy. Rachel is very talented with her make-up skills, and while I certainly need more practice (a LOT more practice) in that area, I love and am curious of cosmetics and make-up. I hope to post about my success and failures on this blog on some of these purchases made out of curiosity.
Moving on to my actual post!
I am always intrigued by the Ciaté nail polish sets, but I've always wondered on the practicality of the caviar and velvet nail kits. When I saw the flower kit, I thought I'd give it a try! Not long after purchasing this kit, I purchased a gel nail kit, and I couldn't go back to regular nail polish for over 6 months! So this kit has been sitting on my dresser for a while, until I took it out to finally test it out! (I needed a break from gel polish because my habit of picking them off has been horrible to my nails!)
The kit comes with a mini polish in ferris wheel, a full size of speed coat pro, two pots of dried flowers, a nice tweezer, and a nail file. I originally painted my toes with this kit, thus the toe separator made its way in this picture.
This was my first try using the kit on my nails. The nail polish was disappointing! It was thick and difficult to put on an even layer. I used three layers of polish before getting it to look less blotchy. The flowers were more 3D than I thought, and it was difficult to have all the petals of the flower stay on my nail.
So my first attempt did not last long, and the flowers started cracking at the ends. I removed the polish, and tried another look. This flower was much easier to apply, and it definitely helped that the polish I used only needed two thin layers.
Overall, I think dried flowers are a fun way to change up your nails, especially in the spring :) I don't think I would purchase this kit again, but I will surely look to buy some dried flowers come next spring.
