In fact, sometimes one glance at woman’s hands is enough to draw some conclusions. Do not allow people making wrong conclusions about you - take care of your nails and beautiful manicure.

To date, it is much easier, because you do not need spending hours for manicure. Technology is ready to take all our concerns and simplify our lives to the maximum. We are talking about artificial nails.

Nail building technology

There are many technologies to build nails. The most popular are gel and acrylic ones.

Gel nail extension - one of the modern building technologies. Gel - a special material that is hardened under exposure to ultraviolet rays and forms a robust coating on nails. Artificial nails made of gel technology look very nice and natural: immediately after solidification gel forms a perfectly smooth and shiny layer.

Gel transmits moisture, products of metabolism and does not suppress natural nail’s biological system does, allowing it breathing (gel sometimes is referred to as a “breathing polymer”). And ultraviolet rays emitted from the lamp preclude development of fungal diseases, and affect nail plate favorably. These features, as well as a universal chemical composition, which does not cause irritation, makes gel one of the best materials.

Gel nails are made on tips (a special plastic “billet”, which is attached to free edge of nail), on forms (special paper, plastic or metal stencil, which is attached under free edge of nail), or on your own nails. If you want long nails, you will like tips or forms. And if you just want to emphasize brilliance and healthy look of your natural nails - no problem: a master will apply gel on them and correct them in a way that they would have a magnificent look.

Despite the fact that gel - a fairly strong material, however, you need to learn how to care about gel nails: beware of direct strikes. Otherwise, nail may crack and you will have to replace it.

Acryl - powder, which, when mixed with monomer (a special liquid) turns into a thick mass (acrylate), hardening in the air rapidly. Acrylic nails are usually stepped up in the forms, an artist should apply acrylate quickly, as after 1-2 minutes it will harden. Then a nail is modeled by means of file and then polished. With good performance, acrylic nails are very similar to real, and with help of special additives you can easily adjust nail color.

Acrylic nails are stronger and cheaper than gel, but you should not deceive yourself: acryl contains methyl acrylic and acrylic acids, which can cause skin irritation and make your nails weak and brittle. In addition, in the process of building you will have to live with a sharp odor, which acrylate has.

Choose technology by yourself. Beautiful nails can be made both from gel or acryl, but quality of nails depends on many factors: materials, native nails’ structure, complexity of modeled form and, finally, master’s qualification.

Length

Well-groomed long nails look beautiful, and if you decided to buy long nails immediately, you should consult with master, especially if you never had long nails. In this case, you just need to learn wearing long nails. Originally you should try average length nails, getting used to them will be gradual. After second-third correction you will not want to return to average nail length, as you’ve already gained experience of treatment with long fingernails.

Even after you’ve got used to new long fingernails, you should not forget that nail bed length should be greater, than length of free edge of nail. Otherwise, such nail will be fragile and may break, following a simple law of lever. All the trouble is that not only edge of nail can break down, but also native nail together with artificial, causing much inconvenience.

Thus, the most successful nail length is, when proportion of nail bed length is 2 / 3 in relation to free nail edge length, in rare cases - 1 / 1.

Toenails

A new service - toenail building becomes increasingly popular in nail business today. When building toenails they use gel and acrylic. The principle of toenail building is the same as on hands. French style is more popular, but aquarium design also looks very beautiful. Masters use gel more often, than acrylic. For the simple reason that gel is applied over a thin layer, it has a small percentage of shrinkage and such nails look well-groomed. Acryl is used mainly to remove some defects.

Before proceeding to toenail building, you must do a pedicure. They use hardware, SPA, or classic pedicure.

Technology:
• toe pedicure
• degrease nail surface
• remove lipid film from nail plate
• disinfect nail plate
• using forms, tips, or a natural nail, apply material (acryl or gel)
• gash and polish

Correction is made after a month and a half, because toenails grow slowlier. If your feet sweat less, you can wear nails for the whole summer. They will look very neat and well-groomed.

Artificial nails - care

And finally, if you wear false nails, do not forget they require care. First, the process of getting used to new nails takes place. It is important to avoid strikes, and do household work using rubber gloves.

Regulation of care for fake nails:

-Basic under-coating lacquer - necessary
-It is desirable to use a professional varnish, which does not contain acetone (in case of acrylic nails)
-Top-coating on lacquer - necessary
-Remove varnish with acetone-free liquid (in case of acrylic nails)
-It is desirable to use creams and lotions for hand skin
-Lubricate cuticle with nail oil
-Do not use iron file.