Maybelline Color Show Nail Sticker in Divine Crocodile Review

I realize that nail sticker/decal/thinger-ma-gigers have been around for some time, but I have been slow in joining in on the fun.  My main drawback was that I couldn't justify spending around $8 for one time use products no matter how cool they look.  That said, since these were on sale $2, I just had to try them out. These nail stickers apply much in the same way as other similar products.  You peel the sticker off, fold the excess over the nail edge, and file the left over off.  There are plenty of sticker sizes to choose from to fit your nails properly.

For my review and nail swatches, click the link.

The instructions were simple enough to follow, but I must say that I had a hard time executing them.  The nail file that was included in the package was worthless.  I was filing away at the edges and the excess wouldn't separate from the rest. I ended up having to cut the excess off.  Now this might very well have been more difficult because I keep my nails short and trying to file the nail when it doesn't extend past the finger is a little difficult. On the bright side, despite never using nail stickers before, they were easy to lay down and I didn't have any issues with crinkling.  However, that was about the only good part of it.  Even with a top coat (which probably did nothing), my stickers peeled off at the edges and got caught on clothing, hair, etc.  I had to peel these off the next day because it drove me batty.

Swatches

Divine Crocodile is a metallic green crocodile print of varying size "scales".

 Shade Pic

Sunlight Pic

Bottom Line: On first go, this is a definite pass for me.  The stickers didn't stay on very well and the included nail file didn't do what it was claiming it would do.  Of course this is most likely due to user error, so I will have to reserve my true "official" thoughts on this until I've used these again.