We tried the NeoNail kit for semi-permanent nail polish: here's how it went
A professional kit for the semi-permanent all for the alfemminile editorial team! Could we have turned down the opportunity to have a manicure with colleagues?
The package did not have time to arrive at the office as we were already all around the box, very curious to discover its contents, and I exclaimed:
"Girls, stop all, this afternoon let's have an aperitif and manicures!"
And so the day flew by with a thousand commitments waiting for the "hour of" unboxing.
17:30 ... finally it begins
After the toast, the girls and I gathered in the living room to finally open the box and ... surprise! Inside there is really everything! First of all the instructions, which are fundamental for those who, like us, are new to the semi-permanent.
The kit includes: cotton and acetone for removal, cleaner and nail prep to prepare and clean the nail before the polish, Base Hard and Top Hard which serve to guarantee a lasting result and an application without imperfections, colored nail polishes and, listen hear: the LED lamp, necessary for the polymerization and solidification of the enamel. But that's not all because to our great surprise we also found professional files and buffers, that parallelepiped-shaped file that serves to even out the surface of the nails. In short, a complete and perfect kit with a super professional look but also suitable for us beginners.
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Once we chose the color for each of us, we started filing our nails to give them the shape we prefer. I have focused on a classic almond nail. Immediately after, the instructions say to go to the buffer to eliminate the shiny layer, then removing the residues with a cotton soaked in cleaner, which serves to completely clean the nail.
As a last step to prepare the nails for applying the nail polish, we let the nail prep evaporate for a few seconds.
Ready for the semi-permanent!
At this point there are only three steps left, really easy to understand, but we find them also explained in the instructions.
We proceed with the hard base which makes the surface of the nail smooth and which polymerizes in about 60 seconds under the lamp.
Then we give a first pass of color, a round of the lamp and a second pass with another round of the lamp. Although the color is already bright, shiny and perfect, the last step is missing: the hard top, a top coat that further polishes the nail and protects the color - and which for each of us lasted an average of 3 weeks. much from the speed at which your nails grow, but apart from regrowth, the appearance of the semi-permanent remained intact despite our hectic lives, housekeeping and the work that requires us to click on the keyboard all day
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The removal, which we carried out in the following weeks, was also quick and easy. With wads soaked in acetone on the nail, wrap your fingers in silver paper to hold the cotton in place and wait for about 7-10 minutes. The enamel comes off immediately and any residues are filed away as for traditional enamel.
A professional but perfect kit for do-it-yourselfers
NeoNail is a complete and professional kit but for us, at the very first weapons with the application of the semi-permanent, it was an easy and fun experience not to mention that the instructions were always there for any doubt. We had fun and had our hands treated for three weeks without worrying about chipped enamel but above all we received lots of compliments from relatives and friends who could hardly believe it was all our work.
In the meantime, we can't wait to try all the colors and spend another relaxing afternoon with friends!
