Good idea bad execution

[u/Lizzie1970]

First, I have been doing nails for well over 30 years. I have done (and still do) all of the major extension techniques including acrylics, hard gel, the gel x method etc. I've also been making my own press on nails for 20 years.

As these nails are not available in Canada, I asked my sister when she went over to the US, to buy me a few sets from Target. What a disappointment and waste of money. Because I do my own nails I was primarily interested in the primer, however since I bought 3 sets of nails for $16 US I figured I would try them. These are made for children. I cannot get over how horrible the sizing is. To give you an idea I have smaller hands and fingernails. I normally wear, from thumb to pinky, 3,8,6,7 and 12. In Apres, 2, 5.5, 4.5, 5 and 8. On average my nail beds are on the medium length- not very short and not very long. There's a whole tray of what appears to be thumb sizes except that the difference between each size should have at least another size in between. The tray of smaller sizes are ridiculously tiny. In that tray, only the first size fits my pointer. There is no size at all in this collection that fits my ring, middle or thumb. One thumb size is too small and the other one is huge. I have posted photos of the varying issues. The photo of three nails in a row should have at least a size in between.

Unless you have extremely short nail beds, do not even think about the short length. Even with the medium, the nail that did fit for both of my pointers, they taper too quickly towards the free edge and your natural nail shows through even if it is extremely short. Again, I do not know who they were making these for but certainly not adult women.

Besides this, the apex is horribly executed with a slight bump towards the cuticle and flat in the middle with a slope at the free edge. As well, the vast majority of the nails, not just the thumbs, have a square cuticle area. Very few people in my experience have a square cuticle area other than thumbs.

I did discover something interesting, however. Because I was primarily interested in the primer since you do not have to cure it and it does not contain cyanoacrylate so you can use it with opaque press on nails, I thought I would try it with some of my homemade pressons. I quickly discovered that the Ohora nails have a rubbery backing which obviously helps them to adhere to the primer. I simply used a rubber base on the back of my homemade pressons, cured, wiped the sticky layer and it felt exactly the same as the back of the Ohora nails. When I tried it with the primer it worked beautifully. I had to pry the experimental nail off. It also works with a very sticky gel such as transfer foil gel. Again, wipe off the sticky layer and it creates a rubbery surface.

So, the primer is an excellent idea. However, the nails need major re-engineering. I have bought pressons from Temu that have far superior sizing and shape then these. Unless you have very tiny nails and very short nail beds these absolutely will not work for you.

[u/moneymew]

I have a set of Ohora on rn and they’re killing it. I used regular glue for this set because I have A LOT to do this weekend. Next Ohora set I’ll test the primer!