so the salon express nail stencil kit doesnt work at all????
61902
I had no luck with it. I have read several other post that say to file the stamper and use a thick polish. I haven't tried it yet though.
61903
It did not work at all. I followed the instructions and it still did not work!
61904
No it does I wish I could return it. it's hard to explain but it comes with the designs and the way the designs are made it won't transfer the design to the stamped so your just left with a mess. Please don't buy it it's not the real salon express kit like you see in stores.
61905
Not for my daughter no. She did ex actly as it said multiple times and all it did was smeer. Couldn't even tell there was a design
2140225
Go to youtube and type in nail art nail foil. The video will give you step by step instructions
451726
Try with the konad I used and it work very good i use konad plate , konad stamping and konad polish
1505987
Yes, I have never actually used the strips that came with the kit. I've only used it with polish. Takes awhile, but it works!
1408015
We used 3 coats, on 3 separate doors, and then let it cure for a week, and they all work fine. I will say that certain brands of marker did not work, while others worked great. The Office Depot brand markers didn't work, but the Expo ones have worked perfectly. I have read that if the product is old, it doesn't work. But if you have certain colors working and others not working, I would check the brands?
1613367
Do you have the kit ? These are just plates. You have to have the whole kit. You need the scraping blade and the puncher. Firt you remove the blue film from the plate. Then choose the design you want and paint over it with nail polish. The quickly (bevore it dries) scrap it off then roll the stamper over it and roll it on your nail. They say to only use their brandof nailpolish but really and dark colored thick consistency nail polish will work. Light colors don't show up to well and thin consistency nail polish doesn't work.
583087
I use the pure acetone and put it on a cotton ball then wrap the tip of my finger with tin foil and let it do its thing for about 15-20 minutes then use an orange stick to scrap off the polish it should crackle up when you take the foil off, make sure that you take a buffing block to rough up the top surface of the polish so that the acetone will work. DONT use an emery board type file you may get carried away with filing and damage your nail bed. The buffing blocks sold at Sally supply or any drug store works great just rough enough to take of the top coat off. DONT get anything to abrasive or like I said you may damage your nail bed and believe me that is quite painful! I am assuming this is your first go at the gel polishes? Did you have them done or are you thinking about doing them yourself either way I'm sure you know the steps to applying the polish and really taking the polish off is no big deal just a little time consuming because you can only work on one hand at a time. I hope I helped answer your question if you have any more I would be happy to help.
917693
It does work but for the stamper to pick up the entire outline you have to use a thicker nail polish, the really thin kind doesn't work at all.
442170
I'm not a great expert but the instructions on the base coat bottle says to cure one minute, polish (twice) for one minute each and 2 minutes for the top coat. Other instructions I have seen suggest only 30 seconds for each stage. I have a large clock with a second hand on it nearby, set the light for several minutes and then just pull my hands out when the time is done. It is hard to get it exact. I noticed in the salons they don't seem to keep exact time either! My biggest problem is keeping the stuff off the edge of my nails and getting it on my fingers when applying to the nails. It doesn't take much to make it look really messy. I'm not a great expert but the instructions on the base coat bottle says to cure one minute, polish (twice) for one minute each and 2 minutes for the top coat. Other instructions I have seen suggest only 30 seconds for each stage. I have a large clock with a second hand on it nearby, set the light for several minutes and then just pull my hands out when the time is done. It is hard to get it exact. I noticed in the salons they don't seem to keep exact time either! My biggest problem is keeping the stuff off the edge of my nails and getting it on my fingers when applying to the nails. It... » Read More I'm not a great expert but the instructions on the base coat bottle says to cure one minute, polish (twice) for one minute each and 2 minutes for the top coat. Other instructions I have seen suggest only 30 seconds for each stage. I have a large clock with a second hand on it nearby, set the light for several minutes and then just pull my hands out when the time is done. It is hard to get it exact. I noticed in the salons they don't seem to keep exact time either! My biggest problem is keeping the stuff off the edge of my nails and getting it on my fingers when applying to the nails. It doesn't take much to make it look really messy. « Show Less
1585379
We called Mattel directly. Spent ETERNITY on the phone with them. Out of hundreds of attempts, one, and I do mean ONE, nail turned out correctly. The rest sprayed jibber jabber all over the nail. My daughter was heartbroken. It is truly not worth the effort. It doesn't work properly. Read the hundreds of reviews online. It's sad because potentially, it should have been a great toy. I wish I could have gotten the thing to work. I wish you well.Our download didn't work either. It was like, Windows 5 or 6 at that time. I think Mac is too up to date for downloading this type of a program. Call Mattel and ask.
589154
I used blue poster squares they come in small squares real good to work with and you can push the fake nail down more, hope this helps, God Bless
1648745
I was wondering the same thing Stephanie. I found some tutorial videos on Youtube about cutting stencils from plastic and the heat tool she uses is the same brand, but I'm not sure which one. I wondered if this one would work. It seems like if it does it may be the most versatile since I want to use the plastic binder pages like she does in her tutorial, and then may try to make some from posterboard as well. I wonder if it works on that too.
551103
I also have this foot pedal and use it with Express Scribe daily. It will not work until you initialize it. You have to go to the pull down menu, Options, and pick Controller and run the controller wizard. It asks you to tap the left center and right pedals and then finish and it works as others say.
1698061
It does come with about 5 plates of stencils.But I have to tell you tht this is not the real Salon express. Ots a copy and hence doesnt even work
907962
I purchased 'MASH' brand nail glue. This glue works super good!!! Just make sure you use just a little, cause a little goes a long way. Also my nail was breaking, I didn't want to lose my nail, so I decided to place just a dab of 'mash' glue, and it WORKED! I didn't want to have that odd short nail while the other nine where long a pretty :) Hope this works for you.... goodluck
429695
I don't know--my experience is that it did not work for me at all, and I was trying to transfer a pattern to needlepoint canvas. It did not show up at all.
1759352
Hi Colleen, What kind of lamp are you using? I have the cheap Sensationail LED one and I only do 60 second per coat - 2 minutes seems highly unnecessary unless you're using a UV lamp (which I recommend you get rid of... UV lamps tan/age your hands, go for LED!). What brand are you using for the polish colour? If it's not OPI, that might be why you're having issues. A lot of brands aren't super compatible, especially if you're using a drugstore brand (non-pro) with OPI. I use the OPI base & top coats mostly with OPI colour and it always lasts until I remove it or it grows off. If you find yourself frequently wetting/drying your hands (e.g. a weekend spent at the beach frequently in and out of the water) you might find it starts peeling because that amount of expanding and shrinking of your nails is going to make it difficult for the polish to stay adhered. If you have naturally oily skin/nails it might just mean that gel polish isn't going to work for you. But if you've had gel polish done at a salon and it's worked just fine, then something in your technique isn't working. Finally, get the OPI bond-aid - if that doesn't help the gel polish stick to your nails (I don't use it because I find it makes it too hard to remove), then I think you're out of luck with gel polish. Try shellac (chips like crazy on me but I know it works for other people really well).