A practice hand can come in really handy during your journey of being a press on nail business owner. For instance, if you’re tired of having to use your own hand to take photos of your nail work then you may want to try a realistic-looking silicone practice hand instead.
In this review, I’ll be going over a few features of the practice hand I purchased from Red Iguana. This hand is made of a silicone material which helps it to look so realistic…so much like a real hand. This hand would be great to use for your nail photos in your press on nail business and save you so much time. When you want to display your press on nails on a hand and not always in the box, but are tired of using your own hand to model, then this would be a great option.
This post is about a review of a silicone practice hand.
The cost is about $179 or you can break up the cost into 4 payments of $44.75 with Afterpay.
The shipping only took a few days.
The packaging was really nice and included a full hand inside a mesh pouch, instructions, a bracelet, and a ring.
FEATURES
The hand is available in 6 different skin tones.
The nail sizing of the hand: thumb 1, pointer is 5, ring and middle finger 4, and pinky is size 8. There is a bit of wiggle room on the nail sizing if needed you could go down 1 or up one and still be fine.
The hand looks so much like a real hand. You can even add a few rings of your own or use the ring that comes in the packaging. I’ve tried putting a few different shirt sleeves on mine to show that nail sleeve look.
The fingers are poseable. But be careful with the hand since the hand is made of silicone it is best to be gentle. When moving the fingers I would be careful not to be too rough as there is metal behind the silicone that allows it to move into posable positions and you don’t want to cause any damage.
You don’t really need glue or anything to hold the nails down for photo purposes. I’ve taken many photos and never glued the nails down. I slide them into the cuticle groove a bit and they just stay in place.
Cons
I really can only think of one con for this hand. Since it is a rubber-like material it can catch a bit of lint/dust…but you can wash the hand in warm soapy water as needed. You can also lessen the chance of lint/dust by storing the hand in its pouch inside the box when not in use.
I don’t really have a lot of bad things to say about this hand. For the purpose that I needed it for which was taking nail photos, it worked great. I purchased this hand hoping for it to look as realistic as possible and hoping that it would photograph well and hoping that it was not a waste of money. I freaking love this silicone hand and definitely believe it was worth the money spent. If you are interested in using it for the same purpose as I did then I definitely recommend it.
This post is about a review of a silicone practice hand.
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