Eid Nails
Eid is the one week of the year when every salon in the Kingdom is fully booked and the appointment you want does not exist. It is also the week when a set you can put on yourself, at home, at whatever hour suits you, is worth the most.
Eight sets in the Eid collection, and a plan for getting them on in time.
Order ten days out
Not two days. Ten.
Delivery is the smaller half of the reason. The larger half is that you want one evening to try the set on before the day — check the sizes, file anything that needs filing, and find out that the index nail needs the next size up while there is still time to do something about it. Ten days gives you that evening without any pressure attached to it.
The sets
The traditional choice — Golden Tulip at 179 SAR. Champagne-nude with gold vines, silver leaves and raised white tulips. Gold reads as celebration without being loud about it.
Red, properly — Red Blossom at 149 SAR, an ivory pearl base with raised 3D red flowers and gold bead centres, or Pink Ruby Blossom at 179 SAR if you want the red on the whole nail rather than as flowers.
If you are cooking on the first day — Berry Sparkle at 129 SAR, medium almond rather than long. Deep ruby glitter with nude accent nails. Medium length is the compromise that survives a kitchen and still looks like an occasion.
If you want white and pearl — Bridal White Flower at 179 SAR is not only for weddings; ivory, pearls and sculpted flowers work for any occasion where the rest of the outfit is doing the talking.
Two days, one box
Eid is more than one day and more than one house, and these sets are built to be worn for all of it.
Take them off the same night by soaking in warm water with a little oil for ten minutes — never by pulling. Peel the dried glue from the underside, put each nail back in its numbered slot, and the set goes on again the next morning in five minutes. That is what hand-finished means in practice: the set is made to be kept, not used up.
If you would rather not remove and reapply at all, use the adhesive tabs in the box instead of the glue for the first day. Tabs hold for a few days and come off in seconds.
Ordering for someone else
Eid sets are given as gifts more than they are bought for the giver, and the problem with that is sizing.
Buy from the colour line if you are not certain of her size. Those boxes contain twenty-four nails covering every size, so there is nothing to guess and nothing to exchange. They are 34 to 49 SAR, which also means you can give two.
Related
The size guide takes two minutes and is worth doing before you order, and application covers the five minutes on the morning.
Questions
When should I order nails for Eid?
Ten days before. Delivery is part of it, but the real reason is to have one unpressured evening to try the set on, check every size and file anything that needs filing while there is still time to fix it.
Can you wear one set for both days of Eid?
Yes. Soak them off in warm water and oil the first night, peel the dried glue from the underside, and return each nail to its slot in the box. It goes back on in five minutes the next morning, looking the way it did on the first day.
What are the best press-on nails for Eid?
Golden Tulip at 179 SAR is the traditional gold choice and Red Blossom at 149 SAR the red one. If you will be cooking, Berry Sparkle in medium almond at 129 SAR is the length that survives a kitchen.