Uñas Postizas del Día de San Valentín — Románticas, Dulces y Llenas de Corazones

Ordered these about three weeks before our trip to Tulum because I didn't want to be refreshing tracking at the airport. They turned up with over a week to spare. Ten days of pool, sea and sunscreen and I came home with all ten still on.

I turned 30 and decided I was done waiting for someone else to make a fuss, so I designed a whole set for myself. Ordered early, it arrived with days to spare, and I opened the box on the morning of my birthday. Best decision. I felt so put together in every single photo.

Started a new role at a fairly conservative firm and wanted something that looked deliberate without being a statement. Short, clean, soft neutral. Nobody commented, which was exactly the point. My hands just looked looked after.

Graduation photos are basically all hands. Holding the scroll, hugging your mum, that whole thing. I ordered a month out because I was paranoid about timing and they came early. Every photo, my hands look great. Worth planning ahead for.

Ordered four sets for the bridesmaids, all different sizes, all in the same design. They came together in one parcel, each one labelled with a name so we weren't guessing on the morning. Small thing but it saved a lot of chaos.

Two other handmade shops I've bought from only offer small, medium, large. It's fine until you notice one nail is always sitting a millimetre off. Sending my own measurements here fixed a problem I'd stopped even complaining about.

Started with the full size set because I didn't want measuring to be the reason I never tried. Now I know my numbers and ordering anything else takes thirty seconds.

I emailed with a question that was honestly a bit stupid and got a real reply from a real person within a day. Not a template. She actually answered the thing I asked. That is so rare now that it genuinely surprised me.

The shade on my screen was a greyish taupe and I fully expected beige to arrive. It's the greyish taupe. I've stopped bracing myself when I open the box here.

Sixth set. Different designs, different seasons, same standard every time. With handmade things that consistency is the hard part and it's the reason I stopped shopping around.