How to extend nails at home!

In order to make a quality gel nail extension at home you will need to know some rules and peculiarities of gel extension. Sometimes women extend their nails at home but ignore taking the learning course and face a problem of gel peeling. Gel might separate from the nail creating a gap between nail and gel. The reasons of such peeling can lie not only in the wrong nail preparation (wrong nail polishing). To prepare your hands you should pay attention to three main requirements: - you should use hand lotion the day you want to try nail extension. The thing is that skin cells don't absorb all the substances that a lotion contains. In some time after extension "the substances" are pushed out and the gap is formed between nail and gel; - before the extension you should remove the cuticle very properly more

About spa manicure

Manicure is one of the most popular procedures done in any beauty salon. Classic manicure and pedicure have become common among female users. This conventional care is first aid and fast effective way to get rid of dead cuticle cells and side skin around nail, callosities and corns. Besides that, modern women are willing to get more than just regular care. So what trends in this sphere are popular today?
A modern woman always suffers from the lack of time for taking care after her appearance. And often customers visit beauty salons just to relax what is very important and desired in this stressful environment. Regardless whether this is a business lady or a housewife. In professional's chair she receives pleasure just from one thought that finally she found time for herself if she is always busy. more

French manicure

Lately French manicure has become very popular. It looks elegantly in any situation and suits any style and color of clothes.
How to do French manicure right? When you are doing this kind of manicure you should concentrate on a nail tip. Using a thin brush the nail part that sticks out is painted in white color. It is usually not very long. To make the nail tip white you could also use white cosmetic pencil.
The surface of a nail is covered with clear or pearl nail polish that is why the nails with this manicure look very gentle. more

Wedding nail design

Wedding is an unforgettable event in everybody's life so on that great day everything has to be more than perfect. There should not be any unnoticed details at a wedding ceremony, everything has to be accountable and even the smallest things. The guests will admire not only the fantastic dress, wedding rings and delicious cake but also the bride's hands. For that reason the bride should pay much attention to her hands, especially to nail design, length and color as they will be observed by guests all the time. more

Nail art design, nail piercing, aquarium design

Till today nail art using the paints on water or polish base still remains quite popular. Different kinds of brushes exist with this purpose. There are so many pictures for nail design it is hard to count them. Some masters apply the picture to a nail when the polish is still not dry but the others use plexus or "marble" technique. Art masterpieces that will decorate your nails will be the result of your or specialist's imagination. more

Nail Extensions using forms

One of modern ways of nail extension is extension done using shapes. It is a special material that should be attached to the free nail edge making a base on which a modeling material (gel, acryl) is applied. After applying the material the shape is removed and the extended nail is given a special form and polished. more

Nail Extensions using tips

The nail extension using tips is the most popular. The word "tip" in translation from English to any language means the "edge". In modern explanatory dictionaries the word "tips" has the exact meaning - "fake nail". The first tips were made up in the middle of 50's by Fred Slack, a dentist from Philadelphia. During his work he damaged his nail. Right after that Fred took a piece of foil and made a little shape that reminded a nail... more

Technology of nail extension: gel and acrylic extension

There are so many nail extension technologies in the world. Acrylic and gel technologies are considered the most popular. Uv gel nail extension is one of the modern extension technologies. Gel is the special material that becomes hard under the effect of ultraviolet rays and creates a firm coverage on the nail. Fake nails, made due to gel technology look very beautiful and natural: right after hardening the gel turns into perfectly and glossy layer. more

How to take care of gel nails?

Nail extension is not a luxury anymore. Now every woman who wants to have well-attended and attractive hands and at the same time be secure about her health can afford this beauty. As due to science and modern technologies, materials which do not damage an own nail, are not toxic and don't cause an allergy were created and moreover, they improve the structure of the nail and prevent from fragility and... more

Answers to questions about nail extension

This question bothers all women that have decided to extend nails. I have heard from many women that after extension their own nails became as thin as paper (usually it's women that tried to remove their nails by themselves). Really gel doesn't damage nails. The nails are being damaged from improper preparation for extension or during removing or correction when natural nails are being filed in half. Actually for good gel fixing it is enough to remove shiny nail surface. more

Modern manicure. Manicure, tendencies spring-summer of 2010

This question bothers all women that have decided to extend nails. I have heard from many women that after extension their own nails became as thin as paper (usually it's women that tried to remove their nails by themselves). Really gel doesn't damage nails. The nails are being damaged from improper preparation for extension or during removing or correction when natural nails are being filed in half. Actually for good gel fixing it is enough to remove shiny nail surface. more