From "cheap replacement" to "expensive replacement"? Wearable armor that costs thousands of yuan a set, do you still like it?
2024-08-07
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Huasheng Online Omnimedia Reporter Tian Tian Correspondent Cheng Dan
In recent years, wearable nails have entered the consumer's field of vision as an alternative to manicures. When they first entered the market, they quickly captured the hearts of veteran manicure enthusiasts and first-timers with an affordable price of 10-30 yuan per pair, becoming a "convenient artifact" for quickly changing fingertips fashion.
However, many consumers have recently discovered that the price of wearable armor has been "rising straight up" to an exaggerated price of hundreds of yuan or even higher, and "cheap replacement" has suddenly become "expensive replacement". In order to understand the true situation of market changes, on August 4, a reporter from Sanxiang Metropolis Daily conducted a visit and investigation.
The price is so high that "I forgot my original intention"
Xiao Liu, a 21-year-old girl, is an avid wearable nail enthusiast. In just this year, she has bought nearly 30 pairs of wearable nails. She said that wearable nails are easy to put on and take off, and the style can be changed at any time, which can meet the changing aesthetics of young people. "Traditional manicure takes 3 to 5 hours, while wearable nails only take more than ten minutes, which is really cost-effective." Because of this, wearable nails have gradually squeezed out the nail market.
Zhang Yunhui, a manicurist born in 1988, has been engaged in the traditional manicure industry for 13 years. Now she has also switched to the business of wearable nails. In her impression, wearable nails have become popular since 2022. Today's wearable nails can be roughly divided into two categories. One is factory nails, which are usually mass-produced by machines, and the patterns are all printed by machines. They are cheap but have poor quality. The other is handmade nails, which are tailor-made by manicurists with ingenuity. Whether it is material selection, craftsmanship or creative design, they are far superior to the former.
Xiao Liu said that he had just witnessed the change from preferring economical factory nails to pursuing personalized handmade nails, but this process was also accompanied by the "gradually outrageous" prices, which made people sigh: "It was originally a decorative item for wear, but now it has forgotten its original intention."
"I've long had my eyes on a pair of diamond-stacked nails, priced at 588 yuan a set. Even though I'm a loyal fan, I hesitated because the budget is far beyond my expectations."
The reporter found through searching that handmade wearable armor that costs four or five hundred yuan a set is not a small number. Some wearable armor with unique shapes or high handmade costs even soar to around a thousand yuan.
"Purchasing goods is a personal preference. All I can say is that I advise everyone to consume rationally," said Xiao Liu.
Pay attention to the hidden safety concerns behind beauty
The pursuit of beauty should not only be done within one's means, but also the health problems that may be caused by wearing nail polish should not be ignored. Xinyi, a 19-year-old college student, once suffered from nail fungal infection due to long-term wearing of nail polish. She admitted that she had mistakenly believed that only frequent manicures would cause nail damage, but she never expected that wearing nail polish also had risks.
The reporter learned that these seemingly exquisite wearable nails may hide many problems. Many wearable nails are made of chemical materials. If they are attached to the nails for a long time, it is easy to cause the nails to be deprived of oxygen, yellowing and thinning. In addition, if they are worn improperly or changed frequently, they may irritate the skin around the nails and cause inflammation such as redness, swelling, and pain. Xiao Weirong, a doctor at Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, reminded consumers that when choosing wearable nails, they should mentally consider the balance between their own needs and nail health.
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