Budget Nails #2 - DAISO Edition - Gel Nail Seal

〜 This is a column where a beginner, Ayano, tries DIY manicures on a low budget. 〜

【Today's shop】 ”DAISO"

Daiso is one of Japan’s 100-yen shop brands, known for offering a variety of useful products. Almost everything can be bought for 100 yen (less than a dollar!), with only a few exceptions. You will find everything you need to enhance your daily life.

【Today’s budget】 ~300 yen

1. What I used?

・“GEL NAIL SEAL”
There are a variety of colors. This time I could only find 2 colors, you are lucky if you find more colors!
・Nail file
You can use any kind of nail file :)
・Top coat
Better to cover!

2. How to use?

(1) Check which sealer fits on each nails. Most of my nails could be fit
(2) Peal off the sealer and put it straight 1mm inside of cuticle.
(3) Press it with my finger.

(4) Using a nail file undirectionally, remove the extra sealers.
(5) Cover with top coat so that the sealers last longer.

Following these steps, I could make my nails fancy. Some friends ask me if I visited salons! The stickers at least last for 1 week.

3. What was easy / difficult?

Whole process was actually easy, far more easier than usual polish. Putting sealers on nails itself was easy enough. When I placed wrongly, I could try again. Filing was also not difficult too,but I tried not to cut too deep.

The most difficult step was to judge the best position to place sealers. The instruction said 1mm inside of cuticle. If sealers covered on my cuticles, they can easily peal off. 

Here you can see my misplacing. The sealer cover my cuticle and not fixed.

A tip to keep it longer is to shampoo carefully. If hairs go between sealers and nails, they might scratch them.