Beetles Tipex Instant Apex Nail Tips, Almond Medium, 192pcs 16 Sizes, Pre-Etched Pre-Building Strong Thicker Acrylic Tips

These ended up not being my cup of tea BUT if you like nails with apex/ sculpted nails these are great. easy application, they are already prepped so you dont need to grind the inside of the nail tips (unless you want to). the look great and actually blend into the natural nail really well. They also last a long time - i believe with good nail prep these should last about 4 weeks minimum but i have heard of people saying they actually last much longer than that. Very comfortable nail tips, strong, and not very bendy/flexible. I'd say these are a great APRES sculpted nail tip alternative.

Love these nails! My nail beds are flat. These give me the apex needed to make my nails look amazing. They are also thick and durable.

I’ve been DIYing my nails for like 6 or 7 years now and so far, these have solved almost every complaint I’ve ever had with other nail systems. I was a loyal Gel X user for about half of that time, but after one use these have outpaced that (significantly more expensive!) system. I used these with the Beetles gel glue and after only ~15 seconds in the lamp they were ON there and I couldn’t reposition or remove them if I wanted to - the adhesion was instantly just that good. I love that these are pre-etched so I was able to save a ton of time and effort by skipping that step and so far have not had any issues with the tips not adhering well to the gel (I frequently had that issue with my gel x tips, even after etching, generous use of primer, and generally meticulous, time consuming prep). I also love the sturdiness of these tips, they are extremely strong feeling and the apex is very high. I prefer the rigidity of these tips to the flexibility of a soft gel tip like gel x and I feel these will last better against the abuse I put my nails through. I like the look of a high apex but these are almost too thick of an apex even for me so keep that in consideration if you’re someone who likes a more natural, flush look to your extensions. With the thickness of the apex, these tips are also very flat inside, so if you have a very deep c curve or downturned nails, these will likely not fit you very well. My nails are kind of in the in between area of the spectrum of nail flatness and they fit, but I did have to use a little more gel glue than I was expecting to fill in some gaps. Because of the relative flatness of the inside of these tips compared to my nails’ slight curve from cuticle to free edge, they did end up angled upward more than I generally would prefer because that angle was required to maintain contact by the cuticle area. That said, I still found these easier to work with than gel x in terms of the quantity of gel required, and found that the fact that the rigidity of these tips won’t let you accidentally squish or twist the nail and the wet gel into a weird shape while curing made it easier to control. Update - I have now bought a few other shapes of these and I am still obsessed with them. They last the absolute best of all of the nail products I’ve had sets with (polygel, acrylic, hard gel, and soft gel tips/gel X). My magic combo is apres primer, modelones gel base, and beetles gel glue and this allows them to stay for weeks with no lifting.

LOVE these tips! They're sturdy but lightweight. I've found they seem to be staying on longer than the thinner nail tips I've used. I'm buying the larger pack this time!

Applation is a bit tricky but I found this incredible I absolutely loved the final result! They are extremely strong! First photo is the day I applied them I did a refill about 3 weeks in chance the shape but left the same tips they are still going!

Very sturdy but the apex was a bit large for my personal liking.

These are thick tips! I'm allergic to gel so I have to put them on with glue. I also have some wide flat nail beds, but they are still shaped oddly, they like to curve downward. To glue these with the least amount of bubbles possible, you have to push HARD until the glue dries. If you can, I recommend using gel glues or builder gels to adhere these bad boys. They're very stiff, not much bend to them at all. Which is a given since the apex is built up already. Apex and nail shape is fantastic. I got the almond mediums and I love how these are shaped. I don't even need to reshape them. So far these are my favorite apex tips. The only con is a personal con. I think the cuticle zone of the tips should be slightly thinner. It might be because my nails are shaped oddly, but I had a hard time pushing these tips on so the cuticle end is flush with my nail bed and also make it so the nail tips isn't pointing at the sky trying to make it flush. My nail beds are wide but mostly flat. Some of my nails have a natural apex to them. This made the glue only seem to touch the middle/apex of my nail so I had to push HARD for full nail bed contact. I did not knock any stars off because I believe this is just my weird nails, and Beetle was clear in saying that these are best for flat nail beds.

I have waited to leave a review. I currently have on my third set of these. I've been wearing acrylic nails for 30 years. I've always had them done, but I can also do them myself and have played beauty parlor many of times. I've always had the hardest problem with shaping of the nail. And so I've spent so much time when I've done them myself filing to get the shape right. So of course, this product is fantastic in the fact that it is already shaped perfectly no need for filing anything to get the shape. Beyond that this whole system of nail, glue, UV light is perfect. I have worn each of the sets for a solid two weeks before I take them off. I've been using a little glue remover pen that I also bought from Amazon to help loosen the glue. Anytime I've ever taken off my acrylic nails the damage to my actual nail bed is always so horrible. They are paper thin and they hurt for days. Taking off this product because I move so slow takes me about 20 minutes, but I've seen some videos where girls can pop their nails right off. So I've done the prep work to my nails, I get all the sizing laid out before I even start. And then I literally glue these nails on cure them in the UV light and just paint them. The gel cures rubbery and if you use too much it smooshes out underneath, so practice with amount. With the prep work, which is just cleaning my nail bed, scuffing it up a bit, and using a bit of acid free primer it takes about 10 minutes. The first set I put on I followed the directions that I watched on TikTok, 1 million different videos and I used the acid free primer. I used a coat of foundation on my nail before I glued/cured them on. The second set, I forgot to use the foundation, guess what everything was fine. This third set I decided not to do the acid free primer or the foundation just to test it see what happens see if that's a step I can cut out and guess what I'm a week into this third set and they are fine. it's nothing short of amazing. I've been paying $60 every two weeks to have my acrylic nails filled. I think these come out to about $1.50 a set. I can honestly say I don't think I'll ever have another set of acrylic nails again. I bought these medium almond and they are absolutely beautiful. I have realized with this third set. They're just a little bit too long for me so I just ordered the short almond and they will be the next set I put on. I can't say enough about how amazing this product. From a nail girl, I absolutely rate it 10 out of 10.