Buckle up, this is gonna be a long review, but I'm sick of the bad rep false nails get. These are truly nail savers. Yes. They save your nails.These are the best size fake nails I have found. They fit the nails I most want covered best - they don't have as extreme of an arc as nails which aren't labeled "active" and best of all, they aren't too short! Meaning I don't have to file my nail down before putting them on... If that statement is confusing to you I'll explain: I wear these to PROTECT my nails.I've been using Kiss brand nails for about a year now, and I find the quality to be excellent. That said - I have never really used any other brand. I don't wear fake nails constantly, and lately, I wear fewer and fewer. The reason being that I only wear these nails when one of my actual nails has broken, when one of them is damaged or weak (and I fear it may break), and during heavy work periods. I work in an office, and during busy seasons, there's a lot of paper handling, typing, and just reckless behavior which is not conducive to maintaining strong, beautiful nails.That said, I have not always had strong beautiful nails. In fact, I would not say my nails are strong at all. A year ago, I severed a tendon. I wasn't able to touch anything with my left hand for months. This resulted in my nails becoming super long and seemingly strong on my left hand. The nails on my right hand also grew longer, but my nails break pretty easily, especially when not polished. BUT - with these fake nails on top of them, THEY GROW LONG AND STRONG. Most people think that fake nails ruin your nails but that's just NOT true.Here's what you do:1...... Don't buff the bejesus off the top of your nail. In fact, don't buff it at all - any uneven surface may actually help when it comes to the glue adhering properly. I do push my cuticles up with either an orange wood stick, or one of those rubber cuticle pushers, usually after washing my hands to soften it a bit. No need to get cuticle crazy here.2...... Find the nail closest in arc-shape to the nail you are covering. Meaning, that when you put the false nail on top of your real nail, and you look at it from the front (not top), you don't see any large gap between your nail, and the false nail. That said - that may mean that these particular nails (Active Square) aren't the best shape for you. But trust me - the arc is the most important factor when it comes to false nails. In fact, I wish they were all medium to long length, because filing them down is so easy, there's really no need for "short" nail sizes.3...... File the false nail to your desired width. This means that sometimes, depending on your nails and which nail, you may end up using one that matches the width of your thumb nail, for your index finger. For example, my index finger nails are flatter and less arc'd than my ring finger nails.4...... Alcohol swabs are your best friends. Truly. I use them for EVERYTHING. But mostly: for cleaning the surface, sides AND underneath my real nails, AS WELL AS the underside of the false nail. **Be sure you do this AFTER filing the WIDTH of the nail down to the size you want (but NOT the length - I repeat, not the length).5...... Wait about one minute, and don't touch anything with the nail you just cleaned. Oil is everywhere, all the time. Your skin, your hair, even your clothes probably. You don't want anything to interfere with this short process. So just, wait literally 1 minute.6...... SUPERGLUE!! The bottle of glue I actually received with this - well, I couldn't get it open. It didn't matter to me because I don't use that glue for my nails anyway. Instead, I use Kiss' Nail glue that comes in the bottle that looks like nail polish. I not only find this glue as the easiest to apply, but I have NEVER had a nail come off. EVER. And I have left these on up to 2 weeks before (which I know you're not supposed to do but I actually forgot that I was wearing a fake nail).7...... Open another alcohol swab, leave it alone. Paint your real nail with the glue, then paint the fake nail, then press the two nails together WITH THE ALCOHOL SWAB. Now, I'm real thorough. I don't leave the chance of any unglued space when it comes to fake nails. So there's ALWAYS some glue that gets squeezed out. And if you're not ready with an alcohol swab when pressing the fake nail onto your real nail, then you're going to get stuck to yourself. So you need to have an alcohol swab ready. And you need to be ready to wipe that excess up. Press firmly down from the center of your nail, and squeeze til your fingertip hurts. You'll get over it and you'll be fine. It's worth it. You don't want ANY air gaps - because if water gets in there, it's game over and you'll probably get a fungus or something. I have not gotten a fungus, or any other weird nail disease thing - and I attribute that to my air-tightness (My hands are in water a lot - my showers are disgracefully long).8...... Okay that's it. Ta-da! You have a fake nail!REMOVAL: Buy one of those jar nail polish removers with the sponge thing. Dump out the liquid that's in there, go to a drugstore and buy their generic store brand acetone. Not Cutex. Nothing fancy sounding. Plain. Regular. Boring. Effective. Acetone. No frills. Just acetone. Then, fill the jar with that stuff. When it's time to remove your nail (by choice, OR because it's seal is no longer sealed, meaning water can get in it and yes you need to change it if that happens): just stick your nail in the jar, let it sit for about 30 seconds, and then just start wiggling your finger around. It'll be off in about 1 minute. If it's not, you're doing it wrong.I've attached a photo of my nails that I painted about 8 days ago. I'm TERRIBLE at painting my nails. And at this point I should've done them again, because they're looking rough around the edges - as clearly evidenced in said photo. But I'm adding it to show that fake nails, don't have to look fake - so long as you file the width down appropriately - and also, that they can help your other nails grow too! There's only one fake nail in the photo. I dare you to spot it (hint: it's the one with the perfect looking cuticle).Sidenotes: The reason my nails and nail polish lasts so long (and why they probably look like Chiclets in the photo) is because I paint the edges, and underneath. I do that with a base coat (OPI Natural Base), the coats of color, usually 2 but sometimes just 1 (I think I used Essie's Blanc here), AND the topcoats. And then every other day, I add more topcoat (OPI Speed Dry, Essie's Gel Topcoat [not an actual gel], and Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri in the RED bottle). I add topcoat until my nails start to look weird - which is about where they're at currently. BUT - they don't chip. And they don't break. They're rock solid. And they're amazing.By the way, I also refurbish furniture, handling wood and sandpaper often, do dishes and wash my hair, every day - and my nails are still awesome. I'm a Benny Benassi video in the making. Bye!UPDATE 9-17-2016:THESE NAILS ARE STILL GREAT. So great, that I now have to find an even LONGER nail alternative, because one of my natural nails broke, and the length of the rest of my nails are so long, that these BARELY match up to my real nails. I also REALLY WISH I could buy single sizes - it seems that I only use sizes 5 and 6. It's worth the price of buying a whole package just for those sizes, but I have a lot of excess false nails sitting around that will probably never be used. I did get resourceful and use some larger sizes (4 and 3) and filed down the sides, bent them into more of an arch, and they have actually matched up even better than the normal size 6, mostly because the 4s and 3s are longer. Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there. YAY LONG NAILS.