Types of nail extensions and their features

Beautiful and well-groomed nails have already become an indispensable attribute of a successful woman who cares about maintaining her own image. A regular visit to the nail salon is a pleasure and makes it possible to avoid delamination of the varnish or the appearance of unaesthetic chips. But far from all, nature has endowed with its own supply of keratin, sufficient to form a strong stratum corneum of the nail plate. And growing the length sometimes turns into real flour. The use of additional tools to correct the natural shape or thickness of the plates helps to avoid possible problems.

Learning about useful thematic materials helps to learn more about what types of nail extensions exist.

Professional masters of manicure never confuse two concepts: nail extension and modeling. The fact is that both of these procedures do not exclude each other, but solve completely different problems. Which ones should be considered in more detail.

• The extension is aimed at increasing the intrinsic length of the nail plate. It can be used as part of the care process.If independent achievement of the desired length is impossible, it is worth paying attention to the possibility of a quick and effective solution to the problem using artificial materials.

• Modeling is aimed at designing the appearance of the nail plate. It allows you to ensure the elimination of visual defects, to correct the failed shape. But with the help of modeling, it will not be possible to produce extension and extension. Only fix those shortcomings that prevent you from getting an excellent result when performing regular manicure.

All existing types of nail extensions involve the use of additional components. When using the gel, tips are more often used that are familiar to those who at least once wore false nails. On their basis, a base is formed for further decoration. Another option is the use of foil forms. They are considered more difficult to work with, but they allow the use of both a gel and acrylic base without restrictions.

Different methods of lengthening the nail can provide not only the correction of not strong enough and strong base. They also quite successfully make it possible to obtain the desired length without long and tedious growth and expensive treatment of the plate. Plastic tips and foil molds are easily fixed in the place intended for them, while observing the technology they do not move, remaining in place for the entire service life. As a rule, the removal of the old coating and new building is done at least once every 3-4 weeks, it all depends on the growth rate of your own plate. But there are also limitations. Due to its low hygroscopicity, acrylic is not recommended for longer than 21 days in a row.

There are a number of restrictions to minimize the possible harm from the procedure for girls and women. It is safe to wear nails grown with gel, acrylic or silk only if the manicure and all other manipulations are performed in a salon and by a certified master. To ensure sterility at home is simply impossible. There are certain restrictions on the procedure for some lovers of manicure.

1. Women in the first few days of the menstrual cycle and 48 hours before it begins.
2. Pregnant, especially in the first and third trimester, when contact with chemically active substances can affect the development of the fetus.
3. Girls who are taking hormonal drugs continuously or short-term (for asthma, as a contraceptive). Similar recommendations apply to those who use antibiotics. During treatment, it is better to forget about nail extensions.

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

The acrylic coating of the nail polymerizes itself - it is often considered as a way to easily perform summer correction of the shape of the plates on the arms and legs before the vacation. Fast results, a wide selection of decor options make it a seasonal favorite.

Silk technology is often called fabric.Indeed, building can be done on flax and fiberglass. Preliminary immersion in a special solution allows you to save the 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 the silk 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 the next flap of tissue, with a 1 mm deviation from the cuticle.

So step by step the complete covering of the nail to the free edge is formed. After that, the result is sent for polymerization. During this procedure, the edge of the nail plate in the form of Latin C is formed with tweezers. Then the gel is again applied, the free edge is filed, a modeling gel is applied, which allows you to change and improve the overall shape. At the end of the master’s work, a protective coating is applied to the surface both for the nails themselves and for the nutrition of the cuticle.

Perfect salon manicure is created on the basis of a gel. It makes it possible to form an aesthetic smooth coating with a glossy sheen without unnecessary difficulties. The naturalness of the appearance is also emphasized by obtaining a more regular, natural shape of the edge of the nail plate.

The gel extension procedure is carried out in the following order.

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 of the own edge of the nail plate, grinding of the keratin coating from the surface.
4. Drawing a basis on which layers of gel will lay down. After it dries, the tips are glued or the mold is laid.
5. The prepared gel is laid out for work, the nails undergo a thirty-second treatment under the lamp.
6. Using a special composition, the desired length is formed, and the drying process takes place.
7. The edge of the gel nail is filed to the desired shape, a transition is made to the appearance of the appearance.

Using acrylic polymer as a tool for nail extension allows you to get a ready-made color coating that looks aesthetically pleasing and not too catchy. The material itself polymerizes without requiring long and complicated drying, has high strength, and is not too picky about length. The preparation of the nail plate in this case requires quite intense filing to obtain a flat, flat surface without grooves and bulges. The dust free working area is covered with a special degreasing base - a primer.

Then the shape is fixed on your own nail or fixed tip. On top of it, a primer layer is again applied, and then acrylic, forming a new length. After the polymer has dried, the mold is removed, the edge is filed and its alignment is made. The surface is covered with a layer of transparent protective composition. If you plan to do further decoration, you can proceed to it almost immediately after the completion of the main stage of work. The finished coating of extended nails looks aesthetically pleasing, lasts a long time, does not require special care or correction at home.

Shellac coating, popular today, is a UV-curable composition for correcting the shape of a nail plate. But experts quite successfully use it with an increase in length. Work with the material is carried out mainly on tips and differs little from the classical gel building. In this case, the nail is injured much less. It is believed that shellac provides a more gentle effect on the surface of the plate.

How to build up nails with a gel system, you will learn from the video below.