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, he applied the sealing material
over it. The pain has gone away at once, and his
own nail grew back pretty soon and was completely
restored.
Tips
are usually made of plastic and are used to make
a nail longer. Before the extension the nails
are filed and the tips are glued on the top covering
approximately one third of nail bed. Every nail
has a special channel that is smeared with glue.
A regular kit includes tips of 10 sizes. After
the tips are being glued the nails are given form
and needed length, the bumps are being removed
and the very tips and the free nail surface are
filed to stick better to the material (for example,
with the glue) and the material is applied on
the surface.
For the first nail extension the masters usually
prefer tips (shapes - as the tips alternative).
First, the nail should be given the desirable
form. Second, tips already have the even shape
and it only has to be corrected. And finally,
when a customer has very short nails, it is much
easier to glue the tips than adjust the shape
(form).
