These are really pretty but they dont last long. I am a regular user of the Ciate manicure with the beads, and I only use it for going out somewhere because the manicure lasts maybe two days tops. So the con is its expensive and is short lived, but its a unique manicure and very pretty and ppl will compliment you, which are the pros. I mean, beads just don't stay on very long, if you do dishes or even just work, your nails chip, the same way nail polish chips but the beads come off faster thus making you change polish in two days versus regular nail polish can last a week or so. I initially bought a kit, but I realized that at the craft store, they sell the microbeads, the velvet, and the chunky glitter you're looking at in so many colors and a lot cheaper. So now I bought every color microbead, that's the Ciate kit I like, and I use my own polish. I have way more color options and I do this manicure very often becaus I don't feel bad about how much it was, I will do this manicure without a special occasion, even though I only get two days out of it. If I paid $25 for the very small kit, I would think twice about if its a special occasion or not. Let me kow if you have any ore questions. Also, YouTube has a ton of tutorials about each of the Ciate kits, try googling them. That's how I realized the craft store sold the same thing in more colors.