Review : Monkey Nail Dryer

Danas sam dosla kuci, i pogodite sta me je sacekalo? Paketic iz Born Pretty Store-a. Stigao je jos pre 2 nedelje, ali mene nije bilo kuci tako da… Pored mnogih stvarcica za dalju prodaju, tu je bio i moj majmuncic :). Kada sam ugledala kutiju, za malo mi srce nije stalo, posto znam koliko nasi postari znaju da budu “nezni” :

Today when I got home, guess what waited for me? Mail from Born Pretty Store. It was here 2 weeks ago, but I wasn’t home so… Between lot of things for sale, there was my little monkey :). When I saw a box, my heart almost stopped to beat, since I know how “gentle” my postman knows to be :

Ali na srecu, majmun je preziveo :D. Posto baterije nisu ukljucene, u momentu sam izvadila baterije iz daljinskog, i stavila ih. Baterije se stavljaju sa zadnje strane, na majmunovoj glavi. Malo ih je teze staviti, ali kada imate musku ruku kao pomoc, veoma je lako ;).

Luckily, monkey survived :D. Since batteries aren’t included, I pulled out batteries from TV remote and putted them in. Batteries suppose to be putted on the backside, on monkeys head. It’s a little bit hard to put, bud when you have male’s hand as help, it’s very easy ;).

Ono sto je mene jako zanimalo kod ovog susaca laka pre nego sto sam ga kupila, bila je velicina. Zato sam ga stavila pored 4 laka za nokte : Essence, Isabelle Dupont, NYC i FlorMar, i kao sto mozete videti, majmunce je samo malkice veci od njih.

What I wanted to know about this nail polish dryer before I bought it, was the size. So I putted it next to 4 different nail polish : Essence, Isabelle Dupont, NYC and FlorMar, and as you can see, monkey is just a little bit bigger then they are.

A sada, sigurno se pitate kako ovo radi. Teorijski, prst stavite na nacrtane banane, pritisnete, a vazduh izlazi iz majmuncetovih usta i time vam susi nokte. U praksi : morate staviti minimum 2 prsta (ustvari, treci ne bi ni stao, posto je plocica veoma mala) i sa njima cvrsto stiskati plocicu gde su banane. Usput, cujete motor koji, po mom misljenju, preglasno radi. I koliko sam ja uspela da opipam, vazduh kao da ni ne izlazi iz usta, nego odavde :

And now, I’m sure you wonder how this works. Theoretically, you put your finger on painted bananas, press the button, and the air comes out from monkey’s mouth, and dry your nails. In praxis : you must put at least 2 fingers (actually, 3rd one can’t fit because plate is small) and press really hard on plate where are painted bananas. At the same time, you hear motor, that is, at my opinion, too loud. And I as I saw, air doesn’t come out from mouth, it comes from here :

A onda sam napravila eksperiment. Namazala sam jedan sloj Essence – In style, dva prsta sam stavila da se suse na normalnom vazduhu, a dva prsta susacem, i ukljucila stopericu. Posle 30 sekundi, svi nokti su bili suvi. Sledece, drugi sloj. Opet sam ponovila isti postupak 2-2 za susenje, i posle 2 minuta i 45 sekundi (proveravala sam na svakih 15 sekundi), svi nokti su bili prividno suvi. Ali samo prividno. Palcem sam probala da poguram lak sa noktiju, i… Sa nokta koji se susio normalnim putem, uspela sam da skinem veoma malo laka, samo deo povrsinskog sloja. Sa nokta koji se susio pod susacem, skinula sam veci deo laka, pa cak i prvi sloj.

And then I decided to make an experiment. I applied one coat of Essence – In style, I left two fingers to dry on normal air, and other two with a nail polish dryer and I started my stopwatch. After 30 second's, all nails were dry. Next, second coat. I did the same steps 2-2 for drying, and after 2 minutes and 45 second's (I checked it on every 15 second’s), all nails seemed to be dry. But they were not really. With my thumb I tried to pushed out polish from nails, and… From the nail that was regularly dried, I managed to take down small amount of polish, only from second coat. From the nail that was dried with dryer, I took down most of the polish, even first coat.

Zakljucak : Iskreno, ovaj susac ne sluzi svojoj svrsi. Plocicu na koju treba staviti nokte je tesko pritisnuti i motor je preglasan. Ipak, presladak je, a cena mu nije velika, oko 600RSD (6€). To je i razlog zasto cu ga zadrzati. Takodje, smatram da je ovo sladak poklon za neku devojcicu (kao sto sam ja u dusi :) ) kojoj su ove stvari interesantne. Za malo ozbiljnije devojke koje se bave noktima (ne, ja sam i dalje sa devojcicama :D), ovo nije pravo resenje.

Ako se ipak odlucite da ga kupite, mozete ga naci u Born Pretty Store-u, zajedno sa jos mnogo jeftinih potrepstina za vase nokte :). Salju besplatno po celom svetu, cak i kod nas.

Conclusion : To be honest, this dryer doesn’t do what it suppose to. Plate on which you need to put your nails is really hard to press and motor is too loud. But, it’s very cute, and price is not high, about 6€ / 8.15$. That’s the reason why I will keep it. Also, I think this is very nice present for a little girl (as I am in my soul :) )  that is interested in this stuffs. For big girls who care about their nails (no, I’m still with little girls :D), this in not solution.

If you decide to buy this dryer, you can find it in Born Pretty Store, with all other cheap accessories for your nails :). They ship free worldwide.