Review: Ciate Caviar Rainbow

I mentioned that I had managed to get two Ciate Caviar manicure sets a while ago, and now I have had a chance to try the first one out of them, the set called Rainbow, with a light pink base and multicolored pearls.

Since I had been dying to try these manicure sets for a long time, my hopes were obviously quite high, but I must say that even though I followed all the instructions that came with the set very carefully, this manicure set was rather disappointing for me. I mean, it was very easy to apply the polish and the pearls and make it look nice, but the look really doesn't last for very long. My pearls started falling off the same evening, and the next day (which is when I really wanted to have cool nails), over 80 % of the pearls had fallen off, leaving the nails looking rather ugly, since you could see little traces of the pearls where they had been, but the pearls were long gone.

So I would only apply the products from this set again if I needed to have "caviar nails" for a very short period of time only, like when I am going to this wedding that I wanted to have white caviar nails for in a while. But generally, I prefer for whatever I add to my nails to stay there for quite some time, meaning at least a week, so I don't think I will be using this set on a regular basis. Because not only do the pearls fall off very quickly, it also takes quite a long time for the manicure to dry completely so that you can use your hands again after you've applied the polish and pearls, much longer than it takes for a regular manicure to dry.

So if very short term results are ok for you, and you have a lot of time to spend on waiting for your nails to dry, the Ciate Caviar sets might work for you, but I would say most women would probably prefer something else in their day to day lives.

The look is very pretty though, so I really can't complain about that at all, and I've read other Ciate Caviar reviews that say that you get better and more durable results if you use this set on your feet, as a pedicure instead of a manicure, so maybe I will try that before I give the sets away.

Finally! Two Ciate Caviar sets are mine

I have been wanting to try a Ciate Caviar set since I first heard of them. But it's been hard for me to get a hold of one, since the online stores that sell them don't ship them to where I live due to some regulations, and because most cosmetics stores where I live don't have these sets yet. So I looked really hard for these sets when I was travelling recently, but didn't manage to find them. So imagine my surprise, after having spent so much time looking for these sets all over the world basically, when I noticed that my local beauty parlor actually started selling these sets!

I was thrilled, however, and decided to get 2 sets to start with, one multicolored one, and one white, pearly one. I plan on using the multicolored one as soon as I can (meaning when my manicure that I had a couple of days ago goes bad), and the white one for a wedding I am attending in a couple of weeks.

So I will be reviewing these sets a bit more thoroughly soon, but even though I was thrilled to get these, I haven't actually had a chance to actually try them yet, so I have no idea what I think about them yet, I am afraid, except that they look really cool.

I can't believe I forgot this on my wishlist!

(that I just published)

Since this is actually the main product I want to try right now:
Ciate Caviar Manicure

It just looks amazing! But I doubt I could do this on my own, but perhaps my salon could give me a hand if I decide to buy the set?

(pic from Eleven)