A pedicure you can do sitting down

Yes, and toes are actually the easy case. Fingernails get knocked, typed with, and put in and out of pockets all day; toes spend most of their time held still inside a shoe or a sock, which is far less work for an adhesive. The two things that shorten a wear are a poor size choice — a tip narrower than the nail leaves an edge for a sock to catch — and getting them wet in the first hour before the tabs have settled. Get both right and a set stays put through ordinary days, showers included. If you have a week where they absolutely cannot move, use nail glue instead of the tabs.

There is nothing in the process that damages a nail, which is the main practical difference between this and gel. Nothing is drilled, nothing is filed down to a rough surface, and no acetone is involved. The light buff at the start is exactly that — a scuff to take the shine off, not a sanding. Removal is a few minutes in warm water and then lifting gently from the side. The one way to cause damage is to force one off dry because you are in a hurry; give it the soak and it releases on its own.

This is the single most common press-on problem and the reason the set has twenty-four tips rather than ten. You are looking for the tip that meets the sides of your nail without pressing into the skin on either side. If the closest one is slightly wide, file the sides down before you stick it on — a few strokes takes it in and the shape stays clean. If it is slightly narrow, go up one and file the length back instead. Very wide big toenails are the genuine edge case here; if nothing in the tray sits flat on yours, that is exactly what the 30 days is for.

Classic French is the plain one — a nude bed and a clean white tip on every nail, and the one that reads as a straight salon pedicure. Cherry, Butterfly and Gilded are that same French base with one detail on the big toe: a little cherry charm, a rhinestone butterfly, or a curved arc of gold and opal beads. Lilac is the one that changes the colour rather than adding a charm — the whole nail is a soft lavender with a white tip, and a line of stones on the big toe. Because the detail sits on the big toe rather than all ten, the difference is noticeable close up and subtle in a shoe. If you are buying two or three sets, the sensible split is one Classic for ordinary weeks and one of the others for whatever the occasion is.

Yes, and the bundle price still applies. The two- and three-set prices are based on how many sets are in the basket, not on them being the same style — so a Classic plus a Lilac comes to the two-set price exactly as two Classics would. Add the first style, come back to the page, pick another and add that. It is the same box of twenty-four graded nails either way; only the design on the big toe changes.

Honestly, it depends far more on you than on the product. Toes worn mostly in shoes, kept out of very hot water and long soaks, hold well for days at a time. Daily swimming, long hot baths, or a job that has your feet wet will take a tip off sooner — and because you have spares in the tray, replacing one is a thirty-second job rather than starting over. Anyone quoting you a single guaranteed number for every person is guessing. What we will say plainly is that the first hour matters most: keep them dry then, and the rest looks after itself.

Yes, and this is the part that changes the arithmetic. When you take a set off, the jelly tab peels away from the back of the tip and the tip itself is undamaged. Give it a wipe, and a fresh tab puts it back on. That means a box is not one pedicure — it is several, with the tips getting a little softer at the edges each time. Buying two or three sets at once is less about needing three pedicures and more about having your sizes already sorted the next time you want it done in four minutes.

Write to us within 30 days of delivery and we refund the order. Thirty days is far longer than you need — the honest test takes about four minutes — but it means you can order now and try them the week you actually need them rather than the day they land. There is no form and no set of questions to get past; reply to any email from us. Orders are processed in 1 to 3 business days and ship tracked, so you can see where the parcel is from the moment it leaves.