Beautiful manicure is the dream of any woman. But not every lady can successfully cope with the task of maintaining the desired length and shape of the nail plate. Correction helps to correct the situation - a procedure that allows you to form the desired coverage without effort and a long wait for results.
There are different ways to create such a manicure. But one of the most popular options is shellac nail extension.
Features
A manicure technique involving the use of shellac does not imply additional nail extensions. This coating retains its own plate length, but makes it possible to achieve higher aesthetics, while increasing the durability of the result.
Shellac is able to last from 2.5 to 4 weeks without losing its brightness. And covering them with nails is no more difficult than with ordinary varnish.
For the first time this type of decoration appeared in 2010 and quickly gained popularity. From the salon procedure, the application of shellac gradually turned into an element of home care. Like gel, it requires fixing using a special lamp. Unlike the classic extension, there is no significant cutting of your own nail plate, and the coating itself is neat and not too thick. Elegant and accurate shellac manicure is especially popular among working women and young mothers who do not have the opportunity to regularly visit the salon procedure.
Advantages and disadvantages
Shellac or gel polish forms a smooth, effective outer coating on the surface of the nail. In addition, you can find other advantages with this application technology:
- Natural result. The applied coating looks perfect, but it does not turn out to be too thick and allows masking small defects and irregularities.
- Ability to use on short nails. You can achieve a salon effect even if growing is not included in the plans of a client of a nail salon.
- Lack of additional machining. Preliminary filing with strong abrasives is not required - it is enough to manually polish the plate with a manicure buff.
- Long-term storage of results. You can not worry about the fact that the coating will not be resistant enough. Even as they grow back, the nails look perfect up to 4 weeks without losing their strength and aesthetics.
- Easy to remove without damaging the plate. Gel polish is removed quite easily with a special liquid. After removing it, you can take care of your nails in the usual way or use classic varnishes for applying a decorative coating.
Not without flaws. Shellac is removed by a caustic chemical fluid that dries the nail plate. And the difference between your own nail and color coating is gradually becoming noticeable.
Which is better: gel or shellac?
The gel coating is mainly chosen by those women and girls who are not satisfied with the shape or length of their own nails. But for owners of a thin or brittle plate, this option is not suitable, since the base needs to be filed, removing the already small thickness of the keratinized layer. Using shellac allows you to quickly and easily solve the problem. The high drying speed of the coating and the absence of a base having a significant thickness allows us to achieve a truly impressive result efficiently and simply.
Gel coating requires much more complex processing and requires the use of additional consumables, a long process of forming and drying, the acquisition of special equipment. All this makes the use of the gel not very convenient for independent use. In contrast, shellac with careful handling allows you to create a smooth and beautiful coating. The master can work even outside the salon, providing the possibility of home modeling of the shape of the nail plate. In this case, after removing the decor, you do not have to heal the damaged surface for a long time.
Is it possible to apply on extended nails?
The nails created using the gel have a rather large thickness, and during modeling a significant part of the keratin coating of the plate is cut off. But there are more gentle building methods that allow you to use shellac in combination with them without any restrictions.
To create the most resistant coating, a combination of acrylic and shellac is used, which acts as an additional hardening component and allows you to give the desired decorative effect to manicure.
The presence of gel nails built up on tips is not the best solution for combining shellac with a structure similar to them. Together, such a combination forms an unnaturally thick plate, which will rather make the manicure heavier and make it too coarse. If the goal is not to increase the length, it is still better to apply gel polish directly on your own nails, quickly and efficiently designing them even at home.
What to choose?
To understand what is better in a particular case, a manicurist who performs the extension will help. If the main goal in the future is to grow your own nails, then shellac will be the more preferable option. Providing effective protection against mechanical damage, such a manicure helps to give your hands aristocracy and attractiveness for a long time.
But it is not suitable for use by those women who regularly expose the nail plate to intense mechanical stress - they type on a computer or wash dishes without gloves. In this case, the procedure will have to be repeated much more often, because the destruction of the coating will be permanent.
You will learn more about how to grow nails with shellac from the next video.
