Review: Primark Unicorn Bae Adhesive Nails

I'm quickly turning into one of those girls who always has to have her nails done. My acrylics had barely been popped off five days before I spotted this gorgeous set of adhesives in Primark. As soon as I laid eyes on the tiny, holographic unicorn I knew they were going straight in my basket. 

Usually, anything featuring the word 'bae' would have me running for the hills, but I had heard amazing things about Primark nails, so I figured that for just £2 they were definitely worth a try.

I hadn't actually used stick-on nails since I was about ten, struggling with a pack of Claire's accessories finest which came complete with squares of double-sided sticky tape. Compared to those, these are a huge glow up.

The packaging for these nails is absolutely adorable and for only £2 you get a box of 24 nails, which I found to be plenty enough to find the sizes I needed. The box includes 4 nails with unicorn designs, 4 yellow and pink, 2 green and yellow and the rest are rainbow coloured. I am a super girly girl who is loving the whole unicorn trend right now, so these 'My Little Pony' esque nails are perfect for me.

The nails also come with a tube of glue included which made them easy enough to use. I simply applied a thin layer of glue on the underside of each nail, waited for it to become tacky, then applied them to my natural nail. Strangely, they didn't actually come with any instructions, but I suppose it is pretty self-explanatory.

I applied the nails on Thursday 17th, but after only an hour both my thumb nails had popped off. Granted I was trying to open a can of vodka and lemonade at the time, so I simply glued them back on. I then had the 'genius' (turns out not) idea of painting a UV gel top coat over them to make them last longer, however all this resulted in was making the above photos look super messy round my cuticle. Fail.

The next morning I was peeling the gel top coat off when the nail on my right index finger popped off. I accidentally slipped with the glue when reapplying and messily stuck my nail down wonky and onto my cuticle itself. It stuck fast and hurt when I pushed up from underneath the nail tip, so I left it. 10/10 for the glue though, very impressive stuff.

In all, these nails lasted a whole week before I got annoyed with them catching in my hair and popped them off with dental floss. I have to say I never expected Primark nails to be this good, but I can't wait to get some more.

Have you tried Primark nails?