A month or two ago i was getting dead in to nail art and fancied myself some nail art pens, i had seen a load of them on ebay, 24 for around £10 which i thought was really good. Obviously i was a bit skeptical as to wether they would be any good since they were so cheap but either way i bought them anyway.
I was pleased when i first saw them, nice range of colours, a few glitters, neons, and one or two with a pearl sort of effect. They have the typical fine brush at the end that you would expect from a nail art pen/brush, i'm not sure if it was just me not being able to use them very well or if they were just poor in general but i thought some of the brushes were a little too bulky for doing fine lines?! Anyway, the part of the product that i thought would be really handly for me personally was the part that let me down the most! These pens can be used two ways, if you unscrew the lid then its a brush, but if you just pull the lid, its like a metal point for sqeezing out tiny amounts of product! I thought this would be good for polka dots or something. I found that out of 24 pens, the whole of 2 of the metal ends work! The rest of them i squeezed and squeezed and squeezed until i began to worry it was going to explode on me so i gave in. Oh! and some of them seem to leak a little bit within their lids!
When i first purchased them from Ebay i thought that it would be like, one or two of them that didnt work, not one or two of them that didn't work! The thing is, i've seen my freinds with these exact ones before and im thinking maybe i got a shoddy batch of them or something. Don't get me wrong i still use the brush ends occasionally but i think it's unacceptable that barely any of them work the way they're supposed. I've even thought about buying them again to see if i did just unluckily get a bad batch of them, but i would be so mad if i wasted another £10 on something i should've learned my lesson with first time round!
I would love to hear if anybody else has bought these, and if the ones they received work okay! I would love a nice range of nail art pens but without breaking the bank, unfortunatly i would be reluctant to buy these ones again but i'm not sure where i would get them as cheap! So i am reaching out to you lot, my lovely readers to tell me where i can find some!
Love, Hol xxx
They might be blocked, this happened to my Models Own one yesterday. Just try and warm up the nib under some hot water and see if it works? It did for me yesterday :) xxx
ReplyDeleteI have seen these on lots of blogs but sorta felt like the price was too good to be true! Sucks yours don't work, have you contacted the seller? P.S The 50th cake is amazingggg it doesn't look like something you just rustled up! xxx
ReplyDeleteI should probably try that Amy! Even if they were blocked i literally squeezed them so hard im sure i couldve budged the dried up nail varnish or whatever!
ReplyDeleteAnd Adrienne, silly me isnt that part of ebay giving good and bad feedback, WHY DIDNT I DO THAT!! unfortunately i think the transaction in paypal is long gone so i wouldnt have a clue who sold them to me now! Thank you! I always get so paranoid people dont like them especially when there is money involved! :) xxx
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I bought these nail pens from Ebay about 7 years ago and I remember them doing the same thing. In fact I threw the whole lot out after a while, I've still got the black one in my collection now which I use to do nail art.
ReplyDeleteBut try getting a pin down the nib hole, I did that with a few and it seemed to clear for a while. These polishes do go gloopy after a while though, so not something that can stay in your collection for ever unfortunately :-(
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I bought some of these a couple of months ago and all but five were blocked, I did what Kate said and pushed a pin down the nib, it did the job. :) xx
ReplyDeleteI'll definetely be getting out my sewing kit to try and unblock them! xxx
ReplyDeletepretty colours xx
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