Orly Nail Rescue Kit

My maternal grandmother was blessed with nails so thick normal clippers couldn't cut them. My mother and - to a slightly lesser extent - I, however, were cursed with my grandpa's family's paper-thin nails. I've only in recent years gotten into nail strengthening supplements & base coats, but there's only so much you can do! Hence growing my nails out comes with relatively frequent heartbreak as my nails inevitably break. One particularly bad break WAY down on the nailbed of my thumb had me temporarily "patching" the issue with gel polish until I could research a better solution; letting it break wasn't an option, as it would expose half my nail bed and be INCREDIBLY painful. This was one fairly well-rated product from a brand I trust so I decided to give it a go. In short, this worked EXACTLY as described and did precisely what I needed it to! The break in my aforementioned thumb nail occurred several weeks ago and has held up (with minor re-patching as it grows out) since. You can see it in the first two pictures with just the Orly Nail Rescue Kit & sanding (thumb photo with the dark background) and then with a clear nail patch sticker and clear basecoat (thumb photo against teal background) as I wasn't initially sure which option would work best to patch the break. Spoiler alert: it's this one! As you can see, in a modest 2-3 layer application where you carefully follow instructions and sand, it becomes darn near invisible. I've included a third photo of another broken nail (photo with the red arrow pointing to where it broke) that received a semi-sheer light pink base. Both patches have held and both nails still intact, with an unfortunately long growing out process ahead of me. If you're going for completely bare nails, you WILL notice a difference between your repaired nail and the others, but only if you're really looking. Under polish, however, you can only really tell that the repaired nail is slightly thicker than the others if you look at it edge-on. Some tips: 1. After you've applied the glue and dipped in the powder, do be sure to give it a minute to dry before you sand it. I recommend using a little nail cleaning brush (the stiff kind you'd use at the sink) to remove excess powder first, then the included sanding pads. This actually gets it pretty darn smooth. 2. I recommend against applying it to the underside of your nail, as tempting as it may be. I did so out of determination to avoid breakage, but I needn't have: repairing the top was enough to hold it. Even with an e-file I couldn't sand the underside of my nail completely smooth & it drives me crazy. 3. If you see the far edge as your nail grows out, you can absolutely glue / dip the new growth to fill the gap. This worked fine for me as long as I filed the top nail bed edge of the existing "patch" to taper it down towards the outgrowth, then filed everything flat carefully after applying the new glue / powder. If I don't do this, the edge is lumpy and I'm inclined to pick at it until it comes up. 4. I'm not an Orly spokesperson (I promise!) but I do happen to really also like their Calcium Shield base & top coat that I highly recommend using on top of the fully cured repair kit to strengthen your nail further. I really have no downsides to this product: it's SUPER quick & easy to apply, the instructions are clear & effective, it sets hard, lasts as long as you need it to, and while my nails haven't grown out far enough for me to completely remove it yet, it gets tacky with a little acetone so I feel it would come off easily when the time comes. I've already recommended this to my mother and will absolutely be keeping some on hand for any future nail breaks!

WOW!! This works so much better than I expected. The nail on my left index finger began ripping on the inside edge right where the nail bed ends. I tried fixing it with nail glue and coffee filter material... no luck. My hair would get caught in it while blow drying and that would pull the tear even further. Then I noticed the outside edge was starting to tear as well, to the point where only about 25% of the nail was still intact in the very middle. I cut down the length of the nail to take the stress of it, put some Scotch tape over the whole nail to stabilize it, and prayed this Orly nail repair kit would arrive quickly. Once it arrived, I prepped the broken nail by removing the gel polish I had on it, taking care not to increase the rip. I cleaned the nail well with alcohol and contemplated putting my gel bonder on it as well, but decided not to. I followed the instructions on the Orly kit, which are quite simple -- paint the entire affected nail with a glue-like substance, dip the entire nail into the little tiny tub of powder it came with, shake/brush off the excess powder, and voila -- no more rip!! Per the instructions, I repeated this process twice since the rip was was bad. The immediate result was a somewhat thick and lumpy surface, somewhat like a poorly applied acrylic nail. I used the little buffer that came with the kit and a fine grit file to smooth the whole thing out. I then cleaned the whole thing again with alcohol and a lint-free wipe to prepare it to reapply the gel. The gel seems to have adhered to the repaired surface just fine. I was able to use all the normal coats of the gel system without issue and there was no burning or anything under the UV light (which I was a little apprehensive of). The price for this kit seemed a little steep, but given the results, I'd say it was worth it. It seems like you could many, many repairs out of the amount of material included. I am so, so glad I found this or I would have had to cut the affected nail all the way down to the nail bed (I am approaching a Kardashian-esque level of nail obsession so this just was not an acceptable option!!). I am really hoping this fix lasts for at least a week or two when I strip the current gel color and reapply.

Easy to use. Nail glue that comes with it dries quick. I prefer my nail file though. It comes with a small nail file which is better than nothing.

EDIT: This layer started flaking near the string contact in my thumbnail. Five stars for an effective cosmetic if that's your use case. WARNING: would not work if you need the back of your nail - i.e., flamenco techniques etc! Don't let the glue get on the underside of your nail, either. The texture comes out like sandpaper. Review: Yes, it's pricey. That's why I give four stars. Could have been less than $10, but I needed something in a hurry. I recently started studying classical guitar and tore the edge of my thumbnail. I was able to file it back for the most part, but it always seemed to flake near the tear. Just when I thought I was out of the woods, my nail took an impact and a small chunk of the top layer completely popped off. I was able to crazy glue it together for a few days, but the slow peel and flake at the tear kept happening. I decided to give this stuff a shot. I didn't want any kind of wrap or overlay because I want to file the result into shape. It's ugly, and it's rough, but I feel like I have an enamel thumb claw.

It works! Most reviews are for long nails but mine are very short - maybe 1/8" and it still works

så enkelt. stryk på nagellim på nageln, doppa nageln i pulvret, skaka av, låt torka, fila med en buffer klart. nu har du förstärkt din nagel där du hade en spricka :) bara att måla nagellack över

I have weak nails. They break easily and flake off in layers. I love having painted nails, and until recently, I have managed to keep them fairly long and looking decent, with the occasional use of nail saver patches. I started to get breaks in my nails really low down on the nail plate during the winter weather (nails always seem weaker in the winter!) The nail patches weren't enough to keep them together for the whole time it took for them to grow to a cuttable/fileable length, and someone recommended this product to me. My first thought on opening was how small the glue bottle is. I don't know how many repairs it will do before running out, but I'll edit at some point and let you know. I read the instructions, and had a go. The nail glue smells exactly like the stuff used in nail salons to mix up acrylic paste, so it might be easy to replace with that? I will probably try it when the tiny glue bottle runs out. Anyway, I painted the glue on, dipped the finger into the pot and the horizontal break in my nail, which is more han half way across the nail, completely disappeared! The instruction say repeat the process 2 or 3 times for extra strength, so I buffed the surface and did it again. By this point, my nail looked a little 'cloudy', so I used my own very fine buffer, which brought it back to looking about 90% the same as my other nails. This was 4 days ago, since when I have had my nails 2 different colours, and even using (acetone free) nail varnish remover hasn't hurt the repair. Once varnished, the repaired nail is completely indistinguishable from my other nails. No lumps, no visible thickness. Brilliant! I have taken 1 star off as the glue pot is so tiny, so the value for money is questionable, but I'll let you know!

Llego antes de tiempo así que fenomenal. Funciona a la perfección. Repara la uña y dura muchísimo tiempo lo cual permite que vaya creciendo la uña sin problema de que se continúe rompiendo. Es bastante difícil retirarlo quizás la próxima vez no lo aplicaré en toda la uña. Muy contenta con la compra. La única pega la lima que viene que es malísima. Por lo demás de 10! Muy útil para tener por casa. Viene en el kit un esmalte y un polvo endurecedor. Se aplica el esmalte y se sumerge inmediatamente en el polvo. También viene con una lima para dejar una textura más suave en la uña (queda como rugosa por el polvo). La lima que viene no es muy útil pero acabe usando una mi y fenomenal. Durará muchísimo tiempo pero repetiré seguro cuando se acabe.

Great product, worked straight away, I had a split nail and was in pain as it seem to catch everything, this product worked as advertised and set fast, very happy

Blij met pakketje maar dat was snel voorbij....geen kwastje...hoe ik het ook probeerde.... Dus kan geen recentie geven...