What will happen to the manicure after planting flowers

Under the heading "Experiment", the Wonderzine editorial board recreates the extreme life situations that girls get into and tests various cosmetics. In the first issue, we plant flowers and check five varnishes for durability.

From left to right:Zoya - Blu, Deborah Lippmann - Do the Mermaid, OPI - My Vampire Is Buff, Essie - Maximillian Strasse-Her, Christina Fitzgerald - Jess T, base Christina Fitzgerald (complete with varnish)

We have done Manicure models with five varnishes from spring-summer collections of brands Essie, OPI, Christina Fitzgerald, Deborah Lippmann and Zoya. The durability of a manicure depends on whether the base, the lacquer itself and the top coat work together; whether the surface of the nails were degreased before they were painted; from their thickness (the thinner the nails, the more often they bend, and the lacquer will peel off). We chose the most realistic option (without degreasing, but with a base for lacquer) and for greater expansiveness covered with top-drying only one hand - the right one. All varnishes, except for Zoya and Christina Fitzgerald, were painted in two layers (the two in three) and dried without any adaptations.

Worst of allEssie - on the ring fingers at the tips, the lacquer was strongly peeling off and, despite drying, it did not dry well in an hour and a half and even "bubble" a little. Never sufferedDeborah lippmann (that's what glitter is, so it's not good to wash off and hold well) and OPI, butZoya andChristina fitzgerald (the latter - with the "native" base) a little bit of a bit of a bit of rubbing. In general, almost any varnish will at least endure the transfer of one flower, but protective gloves are required for large-scale planting.