French manicure––Spraynails tips––has anyone tried these?

I was doing a search on the internet for tips on doing French tips
(pun not intended), when I found this article. Has anyone tried
these? It looks like it might be a great product.––Abby
Cheap and Easy Way to a French Manicure

Jun 6, 2003 4:13 pm US/Mountain

Now here's a Fresh Idea, if you don't like what it costs to get your
nails done, invent a way to do it yourself.
A West Jordan woman did just that. She developed her own product for a
French manicure that was not only cheaper but also easier. Lea Ann
Lobb shows us this enterprising woman's Fresh Idea for beauty.
"I did this last night and it took me five minutes."
Andrea Messer is seeing the results of hard work right at her
fingertips.
For the past year, Andrea has been developing Spraynails a
do–it–yourself French manicure product.
This mother of two from West Jordan says she got the idea because she
couldn't afford a professional manicure and the current do–it–yourself
kits were too hard for her to use.
"So I said if I could do it myself at home it would save me a lot of
money and I could still have pretty fingernails," Andrea said.
So, Andrea got to work spending hours looking for someone to help her
develop stencils and a sprayable nail polish.
"I ended up contacting a chemist and a packaging company," she said.

Andrea says the resulting product is easy to use with stick–on
stencils.
"You just stick it on like that."
And spray–on nail polish.
"You just pull the stencil off and there's your French tip."
Andrea is proud to wear her invention and ready to put it on the
market.
"Well for one thing, it works. And it's a lot cheaper. You can do 20
manicures for about 20 dollars," she said. "So basically it saves you
time and money. You can do your toes."
Right now, Andrea is selling her product through the Internet and home
parties. If it takes off, you could soon see Spraynails at a store
near you.
Andrea says she wants to add other colors and nail art to her product
line.
For more information on Spraynails
The website is http://www.spraynails.com

"aanv" <a...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I can't comment on the spray, but I've used the stencils and they were
messy. In fact, I still have some that I don't use, want them? :) (serious)
I didn't like them because no matter what quantity of polish I used I still
got a distinct crease between the lower colour and tip colour. Not only
that, but very often, when peeling the stencil off, if the polish wasn't
absolutely dry it would stick to the stencil and streak.
–julie

I throw away the stencils and do the tips freehand. It takes a little
coordination, but you can wipe away mistakes if you get to them immediately.
It would be easier to do with a paintbrush than the brush that comes with
the polish, but I haven't tried that yet because I don't want to deal with
cleaning the brush. Use 2 thin coats on the tips. Use 2 coats of all–over
polish and the line where the white ends will look really natural.
That's just my experience. I had no luck at all with the stencils for the
exact reasons stated below. I have about 5 sets of guides cluttering up my
nail polish box (okay, it's a bin –– a great big bin).
Jay


"Julie" <eur...@therealdomainisxs4all.nlIHATESPAM> wrote in message
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still

When my daughter had them done recently, they put on a nice thick coat on the
tips freehand and then used a little brush dipped in remover and cleaned up the
line, rather than trying to get a couple coats applied perfectly. It's easier
to remove the excess than to paint them perfectly.
Made sense to me.