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I was told that I got gel nails, but it feels like its acrylic to mel. I thought gel nail is suppose to be softer and that they mold a nail using gel instead of glueing the fake nail on to the tips of my finger.
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I think your main confusion is that you aren't sure what was used on you due to lack of proper explanation from professional.
To help I will walk you through the different styles of nail enhancements that are most confusing to most customers cause of lack of knowledge on part of there nail professionals.
1) Gel enhancements aka " Light concepts (LCN), permanent french, forever french etc" - are a UV light cured products.
*FYI- Light Concepts (LCN) is actually a brand name a company based out of Germany and has a high price tag attached to service and not a service description or type of service. One of the best gel products out there but costly!
Gels mean all parts of the service is using a product that needs to harden under the UV light source, product looks like a honey consistency normally in a jar not glue. Glue is ONLY used as part of gluing on tips, NOTHING ELSE!!! Product colors include traditional pink, white, clear, companies are now coming out with every color of the rainbow from basic colors like black, red ,blue to pastels. Service is done by tech using a brush to apply either sculpturing your nails by using a form, overlaying the product over natural nails to "wrap" them or using a tip and then overlaying the product on top, tech files, shapes nail then tech's finish the look by applying a light cured product to give long lasting shine.
"NAILS CANNOT BE REMOVED WITH ACETONE POLISH REMOVER " Nails are Acetone proof, removed only by filing off or chipping away at it. meant for long term use. NEVER has to removed or new sets applied if done correctly. Maintance done every 2 to 3 or 4 weeks accordlingly to nail growth
UV LIGHT IS USED THROUGHOUT ENTIRE SERVICE
***If service doesn't involve a UV lamp ("almost looks like a tanning bulb") throughout the service and not only at the end. You didn't get gel nails***
***(The following scam is found to be a common practice among asian salons here in NYC and maybe in other cities across the USA)
***BEWARE of Salons that say "Gel" nails and then service includes brush on glue and then dipped into powder etc maybe even followed by UV Cured polish sealant aren't Gel nails in fact you just got powder and glue nails one of the worst things you can do to your nails as well as it doesn't last long and needs to be replaced every couple of weeks as well as being filled in on a weekly basis***
2) Acrylic Nails - aka pink and whites etc - Every Color you can imagine they come in for the powder component. Colors used as well as traditional pink, white, clear, natural etc
Service is done by tech either sculpturing your nails by using a form, overlaying the product over natural nails to "wrap" them or using a tip and then overlaying the product on top. Product is a two component system by combining a liquid and powder to create "acrylic" by dipping the brush into liquid then followed by powder to form a ball and placed onto nails either by using 3 or more balls to create a nail then filing the nails when dry. Most tech's finish the look by applying a light cured polish product to give lasting shine. Nails become Acetone proof when done with UV topcoat!!!
ITs NOT to be Confused with UV Gel services totally two diffrent services but if done by a pro can look the same but its not!!!!
***BEWARE again of Salons that say "Acrylic" nails and then using brush on glue and then dipped into powder etc aren't Acrylic nails in fact you just got powder and glue nails one of the worst things you can do to your nails as well as it doesn't last long and needs to be replaced every couple of weeks as well as being filled in on a weekly basis.
I hate the fact that some "nail professionals"that feel it is necessary to scam there clients into thinking they got something good meanwhile they use crappy products!!!
I have that problem here in NYC only with "Salons" saying that they do LCN and then they use some other product that looks nothing like the real thing or what was mentioned earlier in my post ot the above persons post. It further confuses the costumer into believing she got this great product and then she questions why she has mold, her nails are breaking etc.
Hope this helps! Contact me if you have more questions
what is the history of nail polish?
jennifer s
what is the history of nail polish? where did it originate from? what is a factoid about it? whats a different variation of the origin?
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Nail polish seems to have been originated by the Chinese around 3000 B.C. The Japanese and Italians thought to have been the first ones to actually to use nail polish.[citation needed] The Chinese used a colored lacquer, made from a combination of gum arabic, egg whites, gelatin and beeswax. They also used a mixture consisting of mashed rose, orchid and impatien petals combined with alum.[citation needed] This mixture, when applied to nails for a few hours or overnight, leaves a color ranging from pink to red. The Egyptians used reddish-brown stains derived from the henna plant to color their nails as well as the tips of their fingers. Today, some people still use henna dyes to draw intricate, temporary designs on their hands in a practice known as Mehndi.
During the Chou Dynasty of 600 B.C., Chinese royalty often chose gold and silver to enhance their nails. A fifteenth-century Ming manuscript cites red and black as the colors chosen by royalty for centuries previous.[citation needed] The Egyptians also used nail color to signify social order, with shades of red at the top. Queen Nefertiti, wife of the king Akhenaton, colored her finger and toe nails ruby red and Cleopatra favored a deep rust red.[citation needed] Women of lower rank who colored their nails were permitted only pale hues, and no woman dared to flaunt the color worn by the queen or king.[citation needed] Incas were known for decorating their fingernails with pictures of eagles.[citation needed]
It is unclear exactly how the practice of coloring nails progressed following these ancient beginnings. By the turn of the 19th century, nails were tinted with scented red oils and polished or buffed with a chamois cloth, rather than simply painted.[1] Even a century later, women still pursued a polished, rather than painted, look by massaging tinted powders and creams into their nails, then buffing them shiny.[1] One such polishing product sold around this time was Grafâs Hyglo nail polish paste.[1] Some women during this period painted their nails using a clear, glossy varnish applied with camel-hair brushes.[1] When automobile paint was created around 1920, it inspired the introduction of colored nail enamels.[1] Michelle Ménard is credited with inventing the beginnings of our modern day colored nail lacquers.[citation needed]
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