ohora Semi Cured Gel Nail Strips (N Afterglow) - Blue, Glitter, Works with Any UV/LED Lamps, Salon-Quality, Long Lasting, Easy to Apply & Remove - Includes 2 Prep Pads, Nail File & Wooden Stick

My nails get brittle & break off easily when I repeatedly get gel manicure. It became so bad that I had to stop doing my nails to let it grow out (I hated having bare nails). I’ve been seeing Ohora for a while and thought I’d give it a try. I’ve tried the glue on extensions but they kept coming off so easily. I didn’t have high hope. It turned out these are much better than the type you glue on.Mind you, they will occasionally come off but not as easily as the glue on type. Also if you keep them longer than your natural nail, it will chip off more easily because they are not very strong without your natural nails.But I love how these don’t require filing off your natural nails & don’t make my nails brittle. I’m sticking to Ohora from now on. I’ve ordered a bunch of them already & will be ordering more!<Pros>* Easy to apply* They do last ~2 weeks (but a few might come off & you may need to replace them)* Fantastic patterns that can’t be accomplished by regular manicures* They don’t make your natural nails brittle because you don’t need to file them off.* Professional looking nails for a fraction of nail salon cost<Cons>* You have to make sure the edges are securely adhered. Otherwise, hairs get in between when you wash your hair. It’s quite annoying* They will chip if you keep them longer than you natural nails. They require your natural nail backing for strength.* You do need their primer for better adherence.* You end up wasting the ones that don’t fit your nails. You can stretch them slightly if they are a bit narrow. But there are a few that are way too small to even stretch. They just don’t get used.

I have absolutely fallen in love with semi cured gel nail strips. I had previously been doing my own gel nails for 13 years. It's very time consuming from start to finish to do gel polish. Removing the old, prepping, painting, curing - it's like a 1 to 1 1/2 process to do it really good.These semi cured strips have made it into like a 20 to 30 minute process. Plus, there are cute designs that you just can't get with paint (at home at least).Removing the old is fairly easy with this brands removal solution. Then a quick nail prep. Putting on the new stickers, curing and shaping. So easy! I use a gelish nail lamp and it works great. My favorite part is if I have one break I can just throw another one on in a few minutes. In my picture I've had these nails on for 9 days, but the pointer finger broke, so I put a new one on, hence why it's closer to the cuticle.Overall, I'm a life fan of these. I don't foresee myself ever going back to gel polish.

I work a lot with my hands with mom life and I also play guitar so I needed something that will last and not break my bank. I had seen ads for these for a long time and I finally caved. I was so fed up with my nails constantly chipping but I wanted to have prettier looking hands.PROS: a great solution for long lasting nails, especially with how busy I am day to day. This package comes with two full sets for basic wear (short nails) or Point wear. And the designs are so beautiful!!Cons: As I said above it does come with two sets for nail length BUT there are limited sizes available and I have to pull from each set different sizes to get a full set on my nails. I have wide nails and it was very limited especially with my thumb nail size. (i have man hands like my dad). Another con was there are 4 designs and this makes it very difficult to have both hands match because of how the nail sizes went. (so each nail will have a different design in weird order) I'm okay with that but this might be a problem for the ladies with OCD or are more specific with design placement.Application takes a little time as you have to make sure you put the right size on and you can't peel the sticker off your nail and try to re-stick it and expect it to stay on your nail. the adhesion is more of a one time stick. I did one nail at a time just to make sure it was done right and would last.I HIGHLY encourage investing in the ohara pro glossy top gel to go over the strips once you've cured and sanded down the strips to your nails. be very careful though, I learned the hard way if any of the top gel touches your skin it will burn you under the UV Light.This set lasted me a week and a half before showing that they were starting to peel up from the nail and removal was super easy at that point.Overall though, I do like this product and I do plan on continuing to purchase this product.

I'm an esthetician, so my hands are in water and product a lot. I do structured gel manicures on myself about every week and a half or two weeks. I grabbed these to see if I could cut my time down, and still have cute nails. The answer was yes! Application was super easy, and they look adorable!

The only thing I don't like about these gels nail strips is that their pictures on amazon don't show the actual nail strip color very well. Besides that, I love them! They are super convenient, easy to put on my nails, and very long lasting.I can get my manicure done in way less time than using the dip powders that I used to use. Even though I got pretty good with the dip powders, the gel strips end up looking much better and have lasted longer for me Thant 2 weeks. I've removed them to change the color before they came off on their own. I love that they are better for my nails than the dip powders and my nails are growing out stronger under the gel strips.Before trying this brand I bought the brand in the local beauty supply store. This brand is way better because of more consistent quality where the gel strips come out of the box very flexible and easy to shape to the nail. Even if the size is a little smaller than the nail, it's very easy to stretch the gel strip and cover the nail and it's still just as strong after using the UV light. Also this brand is way better because my hair never catches or gets pulled by the edges of the nail because it doesn't have those edges.I've found the positives to be consistent after several orders and recommend these gel strips 100%

I have very weak, splitty nails, so I can never grown them, or if one does actually get past the nail bed, it's so weak that it's useless, and just splits and snags. So, I've always had to wear acrylic nails, etc. But acrylics, dips, gels... all use a super-glue type product and do so much damage! I've even had some snag and tear part of the nail off down to the nail bed. OUCH!But now I've found these! I find them very easy to put on and they last at least a week. When it's time to take them off, they just peel off with no damage! Yay! My method is to put on all the stickers of one hand and smooth them down to the nail, then cure, THEN clip and file. Then do the other hand. This allows them to finish a little longer than my own nails. If I am careful to push the cuticles back and not get the stickers on top of them, I have no problem with lifting.Pro: EASY! Last a week. Look very nice; natural. Don't destroy the nail bed. 2 full sets per package.Con: Doesn't last 2 weeks like other "fake" nails. Will lift and snag if you place them on top of the cuticle.

I feel like these are more work than they should be. I had to cure them multiple times and they’re still a little bendable. After I started filing one nail it broke off at the middle. Some of them don’t fit the nail bed all the way. I made them a little longer than my natural nail hoping they would harden. They’re over all just ok and worked for the time being. I’m going to stick with the press ons vs this.

Love these! Way better than nail polish, regular or gel. Easy to apply, lasts the same as gel nail polish but without peeling and cracking. This color combination is very pretty.

Terrible quality. It is not at all worth the hype. It does not look good either.

Went on a trip for 2 weeks where I was in either in a beach or pool for 1-2hrs at a time and they stayed on the entire time! Didn't lose a single one and none cracked. They weren't hard to apply, and when it came to removing, it was pretty easy too!

Saw a version of these on tiktok. These are pretty, but unfortunately they started to chip, break and split after two days. They also don't lie flat with the nail so my hair constantly got stuck under the edges. Was also frustrated with the instructions on the website. Video said curing times vary with each design but then didn't tell you what that time was!

bad quality

Pleasantly surprised. I use gel trips often but always go for plain colours and patterns. Had the perception that the glitter ones would be thicker and not last as long. This totally wasn’t the case they lasted just as well as any others and are perfect for a festive look.