salon express

Since I dont have much of a life, I watch quite a bit of tv. As I was watching one day, a commercial came on for something called Salon Express...I was in awe as I was watching this commercial! What it is is 5 metal discs of engraved designs, a rubber stamper, and a scraper...the object of this item is to get the engraved design onto your nail with the stamper and when you are finished, its supposed to look as if you just came from the salon(hence the name 'salon' express)...and of course there are those few semi-unimportant steps in the middle.
I was excited for the purchase, checked the mail everyday, and finally it came! I tried it out that night (after my daughter was in bed so that I could have some quiet mommy time, and this is how I decided to spend it). I got set up, got my nail polish, nail polish remover, the whole shabang...i got it all out. I sat down and started to do one of the designs...well I attempted and failed...I thought maybe it didnt get engraved deep enough so I tried a different design on a different disc...same outcome. What I had failed to remember was that there was a blue (how I missed this I dont know?!) plastic protector over the disc so that there werent scratches upon the receiving of the item! The man on the phone when I called and ordered even warned me NOT to forget that!!! It was very important because people were calling and complaining that their salon express wasnt what they had thought (only to find out it was due to their own stupidity...and almost to mine as I was about to make an angry phone call)...anyways, so after peeling off the blue protector, I proceeded to attempt again..this time I had (semi) gotten the hang of things. I was beginning to get the design on my nails, but they werent turning out 100% correctly...this is due to (either/or) the (small side) of the stamper being too large for my nails still, or my nails being too small for the small side of the stamper.
Its kind of a bummer deal because I do like the product, it is nice, and it does look nice when I can get the stamper in the correct spot so that most of the design is on my nail and not my skin...Overall, I think that I would recommend this to others. It would make a nice gift to a young teen/even an adult. Just keep in mind that if you have small/slim nails such as I do, it may not be the best product for you. I think it is more sized for the sizing of fake nails. Im not into the fake nails...and I cant do a thing to widen my nails...but maybe I can find a smaller stamper...thatd be nice.
If I were to rate this product on a scale of 1-5 (5 being amazing) id rate it a 3.5...