Rose gold sticker 'nail fail'

I can't resist rose gold so when I saw these delightful nail stickers I snapped them up. 

I was never good at contacting books in the school days & my experience with nail stickers is limited so this was possibly a recipe for disaster.  

Here's my rose gold nail fail: 

Luckily they were only essence brand at $3.50- not a big loss 

Instructions: 

The result: 

Kinda dodge and a little creasy on the sides 

 *chic-glam took a quick slide to *sad-face 

Damn! 

The instructions say to pop a top coat if you want them to look shiny- I figured why not it might even them up and disguise the edges.... 

Bababowm! Bubble town. 

Back to the drawing board! Think I'm gonna stick with regular or gel polish from now on- or a little press on falsely if I want a fun print- way easier! 

What's your worst beauty fail? 

Have you had any luck with nail stickers? 

Perhaps these are just cheap n nasty...