False nail tips

Here is a random post where I tell you some really pointless useful stuff about false nails.... Allow me tah shur sum stuffs

Firstly, the nails themselves - people don't know what they're missing by not shopping around, seriously. My friend showed me a box of about 50 nails with a piddly tube of glue and about ten nails in each size (less sizes too obviously, aka less likely to even be useful) maximum that she said she got from a supermarket for about £8, and I've seen more expensive ones in drugstores/online. If you browse, you can often get a bag of false nails for £3. You can get 500 nails in sizes 0-9 , and roughly 20 nails for each size. Naturally, you wont use all of those sizes, but the same goes for the more expensive ones, of which you have even less. And you can buy some good quality glue from most drugstores/supermarkets for about £2.

I always see people on Youtube tutorials using orange sticks or whatever to stick false nails on when they paint them, but whenever I tried it the varnish from the edges just went all over stuff whenever I put it down. It's also annoying to pick up and the nails moved around on the stick whenever I tried to paint them. Instead I use this cork-board (which I made all cute and sparkly with whipped silicone cream so that it doesn't look half as ugly), and stick each individual nail onto it's own thumbtack. I picked up these super cute pink and purple ones from Wilkinson for £1. They match my board! \o/ They're raised off the surface, the board catches any drips/glitter, is easily portable and multipurpose. Obviously I use mine to stick random junk to that I can't be bothered to put elsewhere.

Nails lined up for painting

I've also tried a fair few quick drying solutions as well (I did a Diploma in hair and beauty, and not even the professional products they had were as good) but Avon liquid freeze is the most decent. It has an oil like consistency that wears off quite fast, and can be painted over the polish almost straight away. Also super good for smoothing creases in wet polish (better than topcoat I found). Mine was a gift, so I've no idea how much it would be or if Avon still make it.
Leave nails to cure for about two days if possible - when you glue them on and press them, they'll just squish. Stick them then paint them if you want to wear them right away.
Glitter: I actually think makeup glitter is better for nails, because unlike normal glitter, it's super fine and doesn't give the texture of sandpaper half as much. It also comes off a lot more easily than chunky glitter.
I got way too bored too fast ( I like to paint my nails in sets so I don't have to worry about painting any more for about a month, but it's a bit time consuming) and so I only did one set in a shoddy fashion.

I left the tips a little empty because I still hadnt cut them to size...that was me being lazy, I should have cut them first.