Shape Me Up
Straight on the sides with a flat edge.
What is square?
A polymer that is mixed with a monomer to create a hard surface.
What is Acrylic?
The thickened layer of living skin at the base of finger and toe nails.
What is the Eponychium?
Tapers inward on the sides with a flat edge.
What is Coffin?
A thick, glossy, non-porous, self-leveling product that is more durable than polish but more flexible than acrylic.
What is Hard Gel?
The entire area of skin from the distal finger or toe joint to the nail plate where it folds under.
What is the Proximal Fold?
Tapered sides with a rounded edge.
What is almond?
A color coat that is cured in a led or UV light.
What is Gel Polish?
The formative layer of cells at the base of the fingernail or toenail composed of dividing keratinocytes, which matures and keratinizes to produce the nail plate.
What is the Matrix?
Straight sides with a wider edge.
What is Duck?
A non-porous combination of hard gel and polymer acrylic and is cured in a led or UV light.
What is Hybrid or Poly Gel?
The visible portion of the distal nail matrix that extends beyond the proximal nailfold.
What is the Lunula?
Extremely tapered sides with a pointed edge.
What is Stiletto?
Any coating or overlay of product that is applied to create strength and beauty.
What is a Nail Enhancement?
The skin beneath the nail plate. It is the area of the nail on which the nail plate rests. Nerves and blood vessels found here supply nourishment to the entire nail unit. Like all skin, it is made of two types of tissues: the dermis and the epidermis.
What is the Nail Bed?