The first extended nail appeared in the USA in the middle of the last century, when the dentist F. Slack, having damaged his nail, could not accept clients. To correct the situation, he made an element from a piece of foil that fits the shape of the nail, and fixed its tip on the fingertip. On the nail, the doctor placed the filling material, waited for it to harden, and sawed off. Thus, the future element of the fashion industry appeared from ethyl medocrelan. Since that time, technology has stepped far forward and today you can create perfect hands using gel, acrylic, biogel or gel polish.
An extended nail on each finger, for example, before a holiday or a celebration, is suitable for those women who cannot afford to constantly wear long “accessories” of this kind. This may primarily refer to musicians, surgeons, etc.
For short-term wear, you can choose the biogel extension technology, the obvious advantage of which is that the extended nail is removed by dissolving with a special liquid, i.e. probabilitydamage to the hands is close to zero. Bio-gel artificial nails can be either clear or pre-pigmented, eliminating the need for additional nail polish.
The technology of the procedure is quite simple: the hands are treated as with a standard manicure, then the master places the gel in several layers. Fashionable extended nails (2013 was the beginning of such a technology) are made with miniature pieces of silk fabric and other elements superimposed in a layer of transparent material to obtain interesting effects. After each application, the nails are dried for 1-3 minutes under an ultraviolet lamp. Creating this type of manicure can take up to two and a half hours and usually ends with rubbing oils into the cuticle or hand massage.
For those women who cannot boast of perfect nails, as well as those whose hands carry a constant significant load, an acrylic procedure can be recommended. The extended nail in this case is formed with the help of tips. To do this, an artificial element is glued on pre-treated hands (irrigation with an antiseptic, cuticle removal, grinding), which later receives the desired shape by trimming. After that, the seam at the place of gluing is softened with a special composition for a natural look, and the tips are ground. The natural part of the nail is treated with a degreaser and filled with gel with a brush to the border with the artificial part. The result is fixed under an ultraviolet lamp.
Extended nails at home are easier to remove than to create on your own. In order to remove biogel and acrylic nails, you need to cut off the top finish layer, then soak cotton pads in nail remover (with acetone!), put them in place and wrap them with foil on top. You need to wait from half an hour to 40 minutes, after which the softened acrylic is gently scraped off and your hands washed. Gel nails can only be filed. It is worth noting that all extended nails need periodic correction to prevent damage to their own nail plates.
