Hot Designs Review

 I had been eyeing these for some time, but never ponied up the $14.95 a box, in fear of it not working.  When I saw them marked down to $9.88 each, I decided to go for it. I bought both the color sets that were on sale.
Hot Designs, here I come!

 Of course, my nails were super short at the time, so I figured I'd just wait a couple weeks for them to grow out before using these for blog pictures and review.  My daughter was going insane seeing the boxes just sitting here on the end table, so on a day when her brothers were being "big jerks" to her, I decided it was time for a Girly Day and opened them up.  (Turns out that was a good thing because my nails are still awful 2 months later.)

The tip I broke by not reading instructions

I have to admit that I didn't read the instructions that stated " if no product comes out use the included pin to remove any possible clog" or something like that, and I ruined the white pen by pressing it on the table trying to get it going.  THAT was when I looked at the instructions and quickly fixed the three others that didn't work straight out of the package.

You can twist the pen open at the middle to get to the standard nail polish brush, or remove the end caps to get to the pens.  Some of the polishes were good with one coat, some took two, but all dried swiftly and didn't require a long wait before starting in with the art pen portions.

 I did one of her hands as closely as I could to what was in the pictures, and she did the other hand herself.  I have to say they worked pretty good!  Even the nails my 6 year old daughter did came out halfway decent, and she loved them all.  Definitely easier to use than standard nail art brushes.

I will say they do leave a rather raised effect to the designs which may seem odd if you are new to nail art which absolutely requires a good layer of top coat.  Without it, my daughter's designs only lasted a couple days.  (She was tired and over it by then so she didn't want to wait for top coat to dry.)  I do think that if I had used a good base coat and finished off with top coat they would have lasted a lot longer.

All in all, I think these are a good buy for novices in nail art, girls, or for a special occasion like a holiday or festival.  I totally plan on using these again to rock some cool Halloween and Christmas nails because they only need to look nifty for a day or two.