so my very first try was with the feathers from my local craft store ,they were about $2.00 for the bag and the feathers are all in pretty colors but one thing they are large in size , so you know what that means you have to cut them down to size ,so you cut away to make it fit the nail that you want....thats exactly what i did but i found for me that its harder that way the plumes on the feathers fall apart from the cutting and i found out that feathers try to resist that coat of acrylic at first, but once you pile on the acrylic your good ,whew! but the filing i had to do after!lol so all in all my experience with the big all purpose feathers was exhausting
so since i was not happy with my first results with the regular feathers i figured its time to go ahead and and use the feathers that i bought from shebanails.com its only six to a pack for $1.99 and they come in a variety of colors ,so you see why i didnt want to experiment with those first ,but since i now have some experience im ready.... i took the time to go threw my acrylics and picked the perfect blend umm... alittle like the shade of the feather which was a big mistake !lol....so the shebanails.com feathers are tiny nail size feathers ,i had no problems at all with these i love them!the only mistake was choosing the wrong darn acrylic mix ,so it is real easy to work with feathers when using the small ones hand picked for nails ....
i hope that you guys found my blog to be informative and r ember its only my opinion threw my own experience ...
please have a blessed day