- Gel nails: the secret of the perfect manicure
- The procedure
Gel nails, today, is one of the most popular methods of artificial nail extensions. They hold two to four weeks, look great, and quite durable. Nails can be made of a transparent gel and gels from a variety of colors (in the latter case, you will be able to forget for a few weeks that is peeling off with nail varnish). The most popular "French" gel nails - they are made in the style of a French manicure
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: The nail bed pinkish-beige, and white tip.
Before applying the gel on the nails, the master handles the nail plate, and causes them an ad hoc basis. Then a layer of gel is applied and dried using a special ultraviolet lamp for about three minutes. This step is repeated two or three times until the desired result is achieved. After that, gel nails rasp and paint.
When deciding from what you'll be doing gel nails, think about how they then have to be removed. Conventional gel nails have to file down, which can lead to more or less serious damage to the nail plate. Recently, a gel that can be removed with a special solution - it reduces damage to the nail and facilitates the work of the master.
Benefits
Gel nails look natural, they were strong and kept long enough. The gel used to make nails, no smell, unlike, for example, from acrylic, which smells strongly and unpleasant. This gel is considered to be environmentally friendly - at least safer than other means of artificial nails.
Gel nails dry pretty quickly, so that the procedure of building did not take long.
If your own nails are not in the best condition, and you will be an important event on which you want to look their best, gel nails can be a lifesaver. However otraschivaniya its healthy nails gel nails is still no good.
Finally, gel nails provide a wide field of nail art lovers
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. This durable canvas on which you can create virtually any masterpieces of painting on nails.
Disadvantages
While creating gel nails using ultraviolet radiation, which are aware of the dangers of almost everything. In devices that use manicurist, are the same lamp as in tanning salons, but less power. Of course, the impact of ultraviolet radiation in the nail will not bring harm to you instantly, but it will be added to the total 'amount of' ultraviolet, the effects of which you are exposed to during their lifetime, and the increase of that amount is potentially dangerous.
When using the nail color gels can acquire a yellowish tint.
Chemicals used to create gel nails and then removing the hardened gel may lead to a serious deterioration of your own nails. Even if you go through this process only once or twice a month, as a result of the nail plate can lose moisture, begin to stratify and crack. Gel capacity is recommended only when healthy nails; when weakened nails, nails can increase only if it is absolutely necessary.
Acetone, which is used to remove the gel may lead to the development of dermatitis in the skin around the nail. If, after using acetone on the skin shows signs of irritation - rash
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or itching, you need to give up a gel capacity.
Another significant disadvantage of gel nails is that they remove you always need to apply to the master - which means that you can not get rid of them as soon as they stop you like.
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