What Is in the Box, and What Each Piece Is For
Care
Open an ANARA box and there are four things in it besides the nails. Three are unlabelled, and in most sets that get poor wear at least one…
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Guides
The ANARA Journal
Sizing, application, how long a set really lasts, and how to take it off without wrecking your own nails. Written from working with the sets, not from a catalogue.
Press-Ons on Short or Bitten Nails
Style
Most people who want press-on nails have short natural nails, and a good number bite them. Almost no brand writes about it, because it does not make attractive…
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Glue or Tabs: Which One, and When
Care
Every box contains liquid glue and a sheet of adhesive tabs, and almost nobody uses both. Most people pick one on the first wear and never try the…
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Five Nail Shapes, and How to Tell Which Suits Your Hand
Style
Shape changes a hand more than colour does. The same nude polish on a long almond and on a short square reads as two different manicures, and one…
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Why Press-Ons Come Loose Early, and the Fix for Each
Care
A set that lifts on day three has usually failed for a reason that was decided in the first two minutes. Wear time depends far less on the…
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How to Remove Press-On Nails Without Wrecking Your Own
Care
Almost everyone who has damaged a nail with a press-on did it in the last thirty seconds, not the two weeks before. The set was ready to come…
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