Sharise E.
It's hard to get a good picture of the colors since they look different in different lighting but they're a bit more pastel than shown on the site. But still very pretty! There is some very subtle glitter to them that you only see if you look closely in certain light.
I did not use a topcoat and still got almost a week of wear. I started noticing q bit of bubbling at the end of day 3 (this could be from me stretching the strips too much when applying) but it wasn't really noticable until day 5 or 6. That's also when I started noticing wear at the tips. If you use a topcoat you shouldn't have any bubbling and it will probably be a week or more before the tips start to wear.
I had an unpleasant situation while wearing these where one of my nails got hit and split a tiny bit. I have no doubt that if it weren't for these strips, it would have been MUCH WORSE. The entire tip of my nail would probably have broken off - it would have been at least double the amount that split and I had to cut off. So thank you to Nails Mailed for protecting my nails in multiple ways (these strips are way gentler on your nails than regular polish) in addition to helping them look great!
