Each lady would like to look well-groomed and perfect to the tips of the nails. Unfortunately, for many women they do not always differ in strength and a beautiful natural form, but you can correct the current situation with the help of building.
Currently, two methods are used - on tips and on forms, but only the latter allows you to create really beautiful marigolds, which can not be distinguished from real ones.
Method Description
The forms are small substrates with a hole in which the nail is placed. A special gel is applied to it, which creates an additional length of the natural plate. For convenience, a graph paper is drawn on the substrate, thanks to which you can choose the optimal parameters. After the extension process, the form itself is removed, and thin nails remain.
Forms can be disposable or reusable. The former are also called soft, since they are made either of paper or of flexible plastic and are used only once. They are suitable for nails of any shape, but can slightly change during the procedure, that is, wrinkle. Reusable forms are made of metal or hard plastic. Such substrates are much more expensive, but they allow you to not be puzzled by buying new ones for quite some time.
The reusable shape guarantees a more reliable build-up procedure without deformations or gaps. The only thing, at the very beginning of the work, you will need to choose a substrate that perfectly matches the natural shape of the nail.
Thanks to the use of forms, it is possible to obtain square, oval, round or pointed nails that look as natural as possible. The technique allows you to make an almost imperceptible transition between the plate itself and its continuation, as well as eliminate unnatural excessive thickening.
By the way, experts today use two methods of modeling: upper and lower. In the first case, the gel is applied to the template, and after it is attached to the nail itself. In the second case, the template is first fixed under the nail tip, and the material is distributed on top.
Advantages and disadvantages
Many women prefer the extension with just such a gel, since the process itself does not last long - about one hundred and twenty minutes, and the nails turn out to be natural and strong. The necessary correction will last thirty minutes from the force, but the elastic structure of the plate guarantees a rather long service life. It is important to mention that the cost of this type of building is much cheaper than the use of other materials. If we talk about tips and forms, then with forms the nails are much more natural, but working with tips is easier.
Other advantages of this type of building include getting a beautiful glossy shine, the ability to align the nail plate, protection against dryness and surface damage. The composition of the gel used does not cause allergies, on the contrary, it prevents the development of the fungus.
Finally, it is easy to create a variety of designs on the nails extended in this way, requiring the use of numerous techniques.
If we talk about the minuses, it may cause unpleasant sensations during operation, as well as unexpected metamorphoses with marigolds due to temperature changes.
Gel polish can neither be removed nor repaired on its own, so in both cases you will have to contact a specialist. By the way, in case of a nail breakdown, you will have to re-build it.
Necessary tools and materials
To build up nails on gel forms, you need a number of specific items. To process the cuticle, a pusher or a wooden orange stick is used, as well as an express remover or a bath. Just in case, you will need to prepare an antiseptic to avoid the appearance of a fungus - for example, medical alcohol, chlorhexidine or a special manicure. As always, nail scissors, tweezers, nail files and buffs come in handy. An optional, but recommended, brush is also considered to remove nail dust.
The dehydrator will degrease the nail plate and allow you to remove the sticky layer of gel polish, and the primer will provide the best contact of the nail itself and other materials. Of course, you can not do without a base, top and colored gel polishes. To perform the main task, that is, to build up a nail, you will need a modeling gel, suitable brushes, as well as forms. Finally, the process of building manicure is not possible without a UF lamp, since the LED device in this case will not work. In addition, it is worth stocking up with lint-free napkins for convenient application of the dehydrator.
Shape selection
For those who want to carry out this procedure, it is possible to choose the most suitable form of extended nails. In addition to the above soft disposable and hard reusable, there are several more types. Universal square shapes are suitable for both long and short nails.
They are comfortable to wear, and also look simple, but with dignity. “Pipe”, “stylet” and “age” have rather unconventional shapes and sharp tips, therefore they are used exclusively on long nails.
“Oval” and “almonds” look elegant and neat, so oval patterns are suitable for any nails.
They are characterized by parallel lateral lines and rounded tips. Visually oval patterns lengthen short nails, while wide ones make them miniature.Round shapes are usually used for short nails. The “ballerina” template is a kind of transitional option from a square to a triangle and is considered very trendy. Some people compare the shape of the nails with the ballerina's pointe shoes, where the name comes from.
Preliminary preparation
Even before the start of building, both the nails and the fingers themselves must be treated with an antiseptic substance. Then a regular hygienic manicure is performed: the cuticle is cut off or pushed back by an orange stick, and the pterygium is removed. The free edge of the nail is filed, and the entire surface is sanded with a buff. It is important that the nail has a free edge equal to 0.5 mm, for which the substrate will be fixed.
All excess dust that has appeared is brushed off with a brush. Using a dehydrator and lint-free wipes, the nail is degreased, after which a primer is immediately applied to the surface. Once it dries, the plate will have to be covered with a thin layer of the base, which is then dried for two to three minutes in a UF lamp.
Step-by-step instruction
Direct nail extension begins with the placement of the form on the nail. It is worth putting it on carefully and using step-by-step instructions, otherwise all further steps will not make any sense. It is usually much easier to put a reusable solid form, because it is enough to just pick it up to the size of the nail itself and tightly fix it. In the case when a disposable form is used, then first you will need to “cut” a hole in it, ideally suited to the size of the subungual arch. If the technology is disrupted, unnecessary gaps will appear where the gel will leak over time.
When the shape is fixed, it will be important to create beautiful bends on the sides and from the end. Otherwise, you may get "beak nails" or resembling a springboard. Nail extension is first done on the four fingers of one hand, then the four fingers of the other hand, and finally on the thumbs. This design is recommended to prevent the gel from draining from the thumbs to the others. By the way, if single-use forms are inconveniently soft, then you can glue them in pairs for greater stability.
Using a modeling gel, in accordance with the markup, an extension is carried out. The cuticle area is covered with a thin layer of substance, the thickness of which increases towards the stress zone, consisting of the remaining two third of the marigold and one third of the shape itself.
In the stress zone, the gel is applied as thick and thick as possible. Finally, the free edge of the plate is also formed into a thin layer. The extended nail is dried from two to three minutes in a special lamp.
Concluding this process, it is necessary to remove the sticky layer and shape. To keep the plate level, it is also recommended that it be sanded and filed if necessary. At this stage, you can already paint the nails with colored varnish, which, as a rule, is applied in two or three layers, each of them must be dried in a special device. If necessary, the nails are decorated in some way, and then covered with a fixing top and must be dried twice as long as the previous layers were dried. Sticky excesses are again eliminated, and the cuticle is oiled with special oil.
Care Features
It is important to remember that you can remove extended nails with a special device. An exception may be only biogel, which is soaked and thereby prevents damage to the natural nail plate.
Caring for helium nails is allowed only by means that do not contain aggressive components, but have healing nutritious oils. Also, one should not allow temperature differences and try to independently adjust the shape.Experts advise regularly moisturize the cuticle, use cream, be careful and regularly clean the space under the nail itself. Correction, as a rule, is carried out once a month.
Masters Tips
Work will go much faster, easier and more efficiently, if you properly prepare the place where everything will happen.
You need to grow your nails on a flat horizontal surface, for example, on a desk, next to which for convenience there is a socket for connecting a lamp.
The light source must be artificial, because ultraviolet light negatively affects the state of the gel. In addition, it is believed that the building process is very complex and long-term, so it should be divided into two parts: first, a hygienic manicure is done, and after a day or two - direct building from the right hand to the left.
A step-by-step instruction with illustrative examples on nail extension on forms is presented in the video below.
