Nail Tip Types
Pre molded nails shaped from tough plastic made from ABS
What is Nail Tip
The highest point of the nail is referred to as the
What is Apex
A group of products that include nail resin to build strength and structure over a natural nail or nail tip
What is Nail Resin Systems
The term used to indicate the nail enhancement needs to be serviced.
What is Maintenance
Products added to the natural nail to increase strength and beauty
What is Nail Enhancements
layer of nail enhancement product over the nails entire surface to provide strength ,structure and support.
What is Overlay
The underside of the nail extension
What is Nail Extension Underside
Or activator, assists in speeding up the resin drying time.
What is Resin Activator
Applying the enhancement product onto the new growth
What is Fill / Backfill
Prepares the cuticle and nail plate without soaking them in water
What is Dry Manicure
Many nail tips have a shallow depression called a
What is well
Where the natural nail grows beyond the finger and becomes the free edge
What is Stress Area
Nail Resins can be easily removed by
What is soaking in acetone
A fabric strip applied across the nail where the nails free edge meets the nail bed
What is Stress Strip
Use on nails to stop them from producing moisture & natural oil
What is Nail Dehydrator
Covers the entire apex area and usually covers more than half the nail plate.
What is full-well tip
The nails curvature or arch when looking at the nail from the tip down the barrel
What is C-Curve
Nail Resins are made from
Cyanoacrylate
Made from thin natural material with a tight weave that becomes transparent when wrap resin is applied
What is Silk Wrap
The point where the nails natural free edge meets inside the well
What is Position Stop
Smile line at the contact point
French Tips
What is the most important thing the C-Curve provides to the nail
What is Strength
A colorless liquid acrylate monomer easily cured and used as a powerful, fast acting adhesive.
What is Cyanoacrylates
Made from a thin synthetic mesh with a loose weave
What is a Fiberglass Wrap
Nail Dehydrators are commonly made from a chemical called
What is Butyl Acetate