I have had my eye out for Avon’s Instant Manicure Dry Nail Enamel Strips, as it is intriguing to me, but I cannot imagine that it actually works. When I say works, I mean is lasting and is pretty. There is a real nuance to applying nail polish that lasts and looks great, and I find it hard to believe that this product is going to cover all of those issues. I have questions:
Do you wear base coat? Top coat? Is is shiny after all of that pressing on it to get it into place? Can you apply top coat?
KOMO News has an article and an accompanying video that asks and attempts to answer the question - Does it work?
Instant Nails gets a thumbs up if your nails fit the strip sizes. Thumbs down for anyone with very wide finger nails. If they want it to work for everyone, Avon has some work to do.
Instant Manicure is sold in sets of 16 strips for $8.00 and comes in ten colors.
Avon says the finish lasts 14 days, and while the strips do dry to a nice hard finish, Rosie told me she found the nail tips chipped about as much as with regular nail polish.
I guess to them it worked, but I am a much tougher critic. I am thinking of giving it a try. Have you tried it?
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Miss Christina, I have been wondering the same thing since I sat across from an AVON rep. at a local craft fair I was a vendor at. She grabbed people as they passed basically demanding that they try it out and she boasted that hers lasted 3 weeks without a scratch or chip.
I’m not sure I want to fork over the $8 unless I know from someone I trust that it really works.
I am going to try it when I can figure out where to get it. You trust me, dontcha?
Thanks for stopping by LBB!! 
I am a major klutz when it comes to doing my own nails so just go for manicures when I want my nails to look nice. I used to go once a week but now that I have my baby, I don’t have time to get them done AND wait for them to dry. So you can imagine I was so psyched when I heard about this product. I just got them and put them on last night. They were a little tricky to apply because the strips are very thin and you have to be careful about applying them. You can’t really rearrange them. You also need to make sure you smooth it out well because you might get bumps.
It’s funny because they smell of nail polish. I got a beigey color and it’s very natural looking. Very shiny which I love.
Overall, I liked them because my nails look SO much better than when I do them myself but of course it’s not as nice as when a professional does them. It does take a little while to apply them but I LOVE that you don’t have to wait for them to dry.
I recommend trying them at least once but wish they were priced a little lower.
If you want to buy them, just go to Avon.com to buy online or to find a representative in your neck of the woods.