Rubbish Item: Donna Michelle 4 Piece Manicure/Tweezer Set

In our household we are always losing tweezers. So last week, when I was in the Dollar Tree Store, I picked up a Donna Michelle Salon Basics 4 piece manicure/tweezer set. It comes in a see through plastic hanger, so you can check it out before purchasing it.

I lifted it out of the plastic, and the 4 nail basics, are set in a rose colored piece of plastic, that has a felt feeling to it.

There is a small pair of scissors that measures 3 inches in length. I thought that they would be perfect for taking to England with me. I would use them for the 3 weeks, and then throw them away. The blade is half an inch, and is curved.

When I opened them up there was a cheap feel about them. They made a rubbing noise when I opened and closed them.

If I am buying cheap, no brand products for $1, then I would expect this, but normally the name brand products from the Dollar Store, work as good as if I had paid full price.

I wanted to try them out, but didn't want to try them on hard nails. I swam 80 lengths of the pool, and my nails were soft, so I got out the scissors. I opened them to cut a small broken area on a nail, on my left hand. When I did, they didn't meet up, and I wasn't able to do it. I think I would have broken them if I had tried them on hard nails. This went into the trash can.

Next it was the tweezers. I lifted them out of the backing and cut the tape off, that was keeping them together. These too are so thin, that they are a joke. When you press them together the ends don't even meet up. I didn't bother to try plucking my eyebrows because this thin metal could have dug into my skin. This went the same way as the scissors.

The final 2 products were nail clippers. The small clippers that are one and three-quarters of an inch long, are thin, cheap, and nasty too. However, the larger ones, two and three-quarters of an inch long, are sturdy, and work great. They are as good as any other brand that I have used.

I thought I was getting 4 travel items for $1, but ended up keeping just one of them. I am not complaining, because that is still inexpensive, for nail clippers.

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