Types of nail extension and their features

Beautiful and well-groomed nails have already become a must-have attribute of a successful woman who cares about maintaining her own image. Regular visit to the nail salon is a pleasure and makes it possible to avoid peeling paint or the appearance of unaesthetic chips. But not all nature has endowed with its own stock of keratin, sufficient for the formation of a strong stratum corneum of the nail plate. And growing the length sometimes turns into real flour. Avoiding possible problems helps the use of additional tools for the correction of the natural shape or thickness of the plates.

Learn more about what types of nail extensions exist helps the study of useful thematic materials.

Professional manicurists never confuse two concepts: building and modeling nails. The fact is that both of these procedures do not exclude each other, but they solve completely different tasks. Which ones should be considered in more detail.

• The extension is aimed at increasing the own length of the nail plate. Can be used as part of the care process. If the independent achievement of the required length is impossible, you should pay attention to the possibility of quickly and effectively solving the problem with the help of artificial materials.

• Modeling aims to design the appearance of the nail plate. It allows you to ensure the elimination of visual defects, correct unsuccessful form. But using modeling will not be able to build and lengthen. Only correct those shortcomings that prevent to get an excellent result when performing a regular manicure.

All existing types of nail extensions involve the use of additional components. When using the gel, tips are used more often, well known to those who wore false nails at least once. Based on them, a base is formed for further decoration. Another option - the use of foil forms. They are considered to be more complex in their work, but they completely allow the use of both gel and acrylic bases without restrictions.

Different ways of lengthening the nail can provide not only the correction is not sufficiently strong and durable base. They also quite successfully make it possible to obtain the desired length without long and tedious growth and costly treatment of the plate. Plastic tips and foil forms are easily mounted on the place intended for them, if the technology is observed, they are not shifted, remaining in place the whole service life. As a rule, the removal of the old coating and the new build-up are performed at least once every 3-4 weeks, it all depends on the growth rate of the own plate. But there are also limitations. Due to the low hygroscopic surface, acrylics are not recommended to be worn longer than 21 days in a row.

There are a number of restrictions that allow minimizing the possible harm from the procedure for girls and women.Wearing nails with gel, acrylic or silk nails is safe only if the manicure and all other manipulations are performed in the salon and by a certified master. Provide sterility at home is simply impossible. There are certain restrictions on the procedure for some lovers of manicure.

1. Women during the first few days of the menstrual cycle and 48 hours before it starts.
2. Pregnant women, especially in the first and third trimester, when contact with chemically active substances can affect the development of the fetus.
3. Girls who are constantly or in the short term taking hormonal drugs (for asthma, as contraceptives). Similar recommendations apply to antibiotic users. During the treatment period it is better to forget about nail extensions.

Consider what methods of extension are and what is better to do on short nails, as well as whether there are sparing methods of lengthening. Being in search of their own ideal solution, visitors to nail salons are forced to choose between the three main formats of work. Gel extension involves the use of a polymer that hardens under the influence of ultraviolet rays. This method leaves more room for the master of fantasy, makes it easy to correct the form in the process.

Acrylic nail coating polymerizes itself - it is often considered as a way to easily perform summer correction of the shape of the plates on the hands and feet before release. Quick results, a wide selection of decor options make it a seasonal favorite.

Silk technology is often referred to as tissue. Indeed, building can be done on flax and fiberglass. Pre-immersion in a special solution allows you to save material from excessive softness. It becomes much stronger and more convenient to use. Getting started, the master processes and shortens the plate to the length he needs, prepares silk by half the length, and fixes it, completely covering the surface from edge to edge. Next, a layer of gel is applied, on top of it is the next piece of tissue, with a deviation of 1 mm from the cuticle.

Thus, the complete coverage of the nail to the free edge is formed step by step. After that, the result is sent to the polymerization. During this procedure, the edge of the nail plate in the shape of a Latin C is formed with tweezers. Then the gel is again applied, the free edge is sawn, a modeling transparent gel is applied, allowing to change and improve the overall shape. At the completion of the master's work, a protective coating is applied to the surface both for the nails themselves and for the nourishment of the cuticle.

Impeccable salon manicure is just created on the basis of the gel. It allows you to easily form an aesthetic smooth finish with a glossy shine. The natural appearance is also emphasized due to the more correct, natural shape of the edge of the nail plate.

The procedure for increasing the gel is as follows.

1. Mandatory disinsection of the working field - hands.
2. Careful selection of tips, allowing you to find the desired length and shape for the nail.
3. Removal or displacement of the cuticle, filing your own edge of the nail plate, grinding the keratin coating from the surface.
4. Application of the base on which the layers of gel will fall. After it dries, glued the tips or encloses the form.
5. The prepared gel is laid out for work, the nails undergo a thirty-second treatment under the lamp.
6. With the help of a special composition, the desired length is formed, and the drying process takes place.
7. The edge of the gel nail is filmed to the desired shape, a transition is made to the design of the external appearance.

The use of acrylic polymer as a means of nail extension allows you to get a ready-made color coating that looks aesthetically and not too catchy. The material itself is polymerized, without requiring a long and complex drying, has high strength, is not too picky about the length. Preparation of the nail plate in this case requires a fairly intensive filing to obtain a flat, flat surface without grooves and protuberances. Freed from dust, the working area is covered with a special degreasing base - primer.

Then the form is fixed on its own nail or on a fixed tipus. A primer layer is applied over it again, and then the acrylic forms a new length. After the polymer has dried, the mold is removed, the edges are filed and it is leveled. The surface is covered with a layer of transparent protective composition. If you plan to do further decoration, you can go to it almost immediately after the completion of the main stage of work. The finished coating of the enlarged nails looks aesthetically pleasing, lasts a long time, does not require special care or correction at home.

Popular today shellac coating is a polymerizable in UV rays composition for correcting the shape of the nail plate. But experts quite successfully use it with increasing length. Work with the material is carried out mainly on tips and differs little from the classical gel building. The nail in this case is injured much less. It is believed that shellac provides a more gentle effect on the surface of the plate.

How to grow nails with the gel system, you will learn from the video below.