Ohora N Cream Moss Semi-Cured Gel Manicure

Great nail wraps, short learning curve, prep your nails for longer wear

“I wanted to take a break from press-on nails/nail glue so I bought a few packs, Cream Moss (a beautiful dark olive green), Candy Blood (cool sparkly drippy style for Halloween) and Einspanner (patterned white/espresso combo). I read a few reviews for instructions and also purchased the Ohora UV curing light (which is plenty powerful for a such a small thing) and the gel top coat. I knew nothing about how to make these nails work, but figured the prep would be similar to press-ons. My first effort with the Einspanner style stunk: I lost three nails in less than 8 hours. Second efforts was infinitely better. Here’s what I learned: 1. Shape your bare nails and buff; 2. Put on high spf on your hands to protect from the UV light; 3. Use a nail dehydrator or acetone polish remover to dry out your nails: this is a crucial step imo. I used the alcohol pad that came in the box from that first set I tried and several nails popped off in less than a day; 4. Place the strips and press firmly into your nail with a tool that won’t put creases into the gel, and be sure to spend time on area around nail bed to reduce potential hair-snagging. Unfortunately, I put a couple of creases into the Candy Blood nails, but they weren’t too noticeable because of the sparkle; 5. Trim the strips down to your nail. I discovered you can allow for a tiny “lip” if the strip to go past your nail tips, but not much more than that or they might curl slightly up unnaturally after curing; 6. Cure nails twice as long: I hit the button twice, dunno if this actually helped but didn’t seem to hurt; 7. Filed cured strips into shape; 8. Applied Ohora top coat and cured again. Overall, when you prep correctly the strips are awesome. They allow your nails to grow in, and removal is pretty easy and undamaging. The Candy Blood nails lasted 12 days and I didn’t have any snagging. The green nails have lasted 8 days, but a few nails are snagging my hair, which probably means I should do a better job pressing down by the nail bed before curing. I prefer the solid green color to the brown patterned nails I tried first because they sort of looked like they were printed, not terribly so but maybe a little I’m looking forward to buying more of these and also trying other recommended brands!”

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