Budget Nails #3 - DAISO Edition - Halloween Sticker

〜 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?

・Nail polish (brown color)
・top coat
・HALLOWEEN jewelry sticker

2. How to use?

(1) Paint your nails with your favorite polish.
I used a brown color inspired by Autumn, since the basic color is suitable for my work, but halloween nails with orange/purple colors should be sweet!

(2) Place jewelry stickers.
I used stickers from both pumpkin design (brown package) & ghost design (green package)

(3) Cover with top coat.
It helps fix the stickers in place.

(left hand / right hand)

3. What was easy / difficult?

The process itself was simple and this is perfect for beginners. (Although I happen to paint on cuticles and fingers sometimes…)

But fixing the stickers well on the nails was difficult. Especially the large sized stickers, such as pumpkins, moons, and ghosts, did not fit along the nail’s curve. As you can see, the stickers were in the air, when I placed the moon on my middle finger and the ghost on my ring finger.

Here is one lesson. “Thumbs are the best finger for these stickers.”

I also found that those large stickers did not last for a long time. Applying a topcoat may solve this, but my covering seems to be not enough and the ghost and the moon came off the next day. Cooking and shampooing were the main reasons.

A special occasion like a party, a one day trip is recommended. These stickers make your nails sweet and pop!!

Enjoy your halloween time♪