Types of tips. Nail extension on tips at home with video and photo

For nail extension, special devices can be used - tips and forms.

Nail extension on tips

Nail tips are plastic tips that replace the free edge of the nail plate. Templates are classic, straight, narrowed, etc. By color, they distinguish between colored, transparent and natural shades. For classic extensions, the last two options are taken. Whatever the shape of the nails, the tips fit perfectly on them. It is a safe material that does not cause allergies and irritation.

Starting to build, the nails are polished, then the tips are selected for the nail, depending on the shape. The nail plate is degreased, the tips are glued and, if necessary, trimmed. With the help of a file, the connection line is made invisible. Start modeling the nail.

Nail extension on forms

There are upper and lower forms, disposable and reusable. Reusable are made of metal, before each extension procedure they are sterilized. Disposable paper. The top is coated with an agent that prevents the material from sticking. Also available from metal foil, polymer.

What is better to buy, tips or forms for nails? It all depends on the skill, condition and structure of the nail plate. Some nail masters believe that the former are used for lengthening, the latter for modeling. But this is not entirely true.

For a wide nail bed, forms are used. Tips are suitable for working with problematic nails with rough cuticles, hard side ridges.

Nail modeling is a relatively common and template manipulation that most modern girls perform when caring for their hands. Professional masters have different methods for modeling nail plates, using various technologies and appropriate materials for this.

In the nail beauty industry, there are two methods used to artificially lengthen the free edge of the nail plate. One of the most durable and practical is nail extension using tips. With their help, you can model the nails as long as possible, making incredible nail art on them.

Main characteristics of the material

Tips are plastic templates that are identical to the natural shape of nails. They are fixed on the nail plate through the use of special glue. The materials of their manufacture are ABS plastic, nylon and polyflex, which provide increased strength and elasticity of the artificial free edge of the nail.

The structure of types consists of two parts:

Dense elongated main part, creating a free edge of the nail of the desired length.
A short, thin contact zone, with which the tips are fixed to the natural nail.

Each person has individual anthropometric data, therefore, the characteristics of the fingers and natural plates determine the presence of varieties of tips for building.

Classification of plastic overlays:

According to the contact zone: deep, shortened, non-contact. They are selected exclusively according to the size of the nail plate. In the case of a small nail bed, tips with a minimum contact area are used.
In shape: classic, straight, curved, tapered, etc. The length of such products can be different. But, in most cases, the classic and most common form is considered to be the classic one with a slight bend, which is identical to the natural bend of natural nails.
By color: natural shade, transparent, colored, decorated with a design and with a jacket, to perform a classic French manicure.
By appointment: universal, for modeling problematic nail plates, with a significant bend of the nail arch.
By size: the standard division consists of 10 types depending on the size. This qualification allows you to choose the most suitable tips for each nail individually.

Rules for choosing tips for building

Half of the success of a beautiful manicure depends not only on the level of professionalism of the master, but also on the competent selection of consumables. When buying tips, you should give preference to well-known and trusted manufacturers of this type of product.

It is also worth buying an antiseptic preparation for treating tools and hands, cuticle oil and a nourishing cream. If the manicure does not end with a simple build-up, it is worth preparing materials for decorative design in advance, depending on personal preferences.

The main subtleties of working with tips

In order for nail modeling to take place at the highest level, you should pay attention to the following features of working with a substrate:

The structure of each tip consists of three parts: the free edge, the contact area and the fixation line.
The numbering of the substrates from 1 to 10 determines the size of the product, where 1 is the widest and 10 is the narrowest width. This characteristic is indicated on the tip of the tip, which is cut off during modeling.
Before you start fixing the tips, you should trim the free edge of the natural nail as much as possible.
Tips should not be located on the nail plate for more than 2/3 of its area.
For convenience in working with tips, it is recommended, having selected the substrates by size for each nail individually, lay them out in the appropriate order in front of you.
When fixing, it is worth gently applying glue to the contact area of the tips, and press it to the nail for adhesion for 15-20 seconds.
Modeling the shape and length of tips is carried out only after its reliable gluing to the nail plate.

Properly selected artificial plates fit perfectly on the nails, and with professional extensions it is impossible to distinguish them from natural nails.

Stages of modeling on tips

Nail extension using tips is a series of manipulations to artificially increase the length of the free edge of the nail, which require special skills and the ability to use special tools.

Step-by-step instruction:

Treatment of hands with an antiseptic.
Carrying out hygienic manicure.
Sawdust of nail plates.
Selection of tips for each nail, according to its size.
Adhesion of the substrate to the natural nail.
Cleaning the joint between the tips and the nail, and, if necessary, modeling the shape and length of the fixed tips.
Filed the surface of the tips to improve adhesion with the build-up material.
With the help of a brush, the sawdust is carefully removed from the nails.
The surface of natural nail plates is treated with an essential primer.
Application of acrylic or gel over the entire length of the nail with a backing.
If the gel is applied, it is necessary to dry the layers in the lamp, if acrylic, then you should wait for the natural polymerization of the material.
Improving the shape of the nails after the polymerization of materials, due to the processing of the sides of the nail with a nail file and the junction of the gel with a natural plate.
Removal of generated dust.
covered in one layer with a special finish gel and sent to the lamp to dry for 2 minutes.
Removal of the upper sticky layer with a special tool.
Lubrication of cuticles with oil, and hands with nourishing cream.

Tips for nail extension in the standard case are used in this way. If necessary, you can continue to create various nail art using additional accessories. The advantage of such a manicure is the increased strength and stability of the coating, regardless of the work performed by the hands.

Photo gallery of nail designs extended on tips

Neat strong nails created with extension tips will make the hands of any girl well-groomed and beautiful. A well-chosen design will give them elegance and exclusivity. To get acquainted with the most common types of nail art on extended nails with the help of tips, and get an idea for a design, perhaps by looking at the photo works of famous nail service masters.

tips are made of durable, but very elastic and light materials in the form of natural nail plates. From this material you will learn what tips are needed for and what varieties of these manicure accessories exist. Tips are used to build nails and give the free edge the desired shape. Unlike modeling with gel on molds, this procedure is considered easier and is great for lengthening weak and thin natural plates at home. In addition, many beginner nail artists often use tips for training, performing graceful drawings, ornate curls and monograms on them.

Tips for nail extensions differ not only in the material from which they are made, but also in colors, texture, and the shape of the free edge. When choosing the right option, be sure to consider the shape and width of your nail plates. But if your manicure set has a tips cutter and nail files with varying degrees of abrasiveness, then the size and proportions of the template can be adjusted to the parameters of natural plates on different fingers. The inner side of the template blank is divided into a free edge zone and a thinner contact zone, which is smeared with glue and attached to a natural nail. Between these zones, a "stop" line is applied - a ledge for tight and accurate fixation of the tips. For a more detailed study of how to build nails with gel or acrylic on tips at home, go to the video tutorials for beginners at the end of the article.

Quite hard and heavy old-style tips are still on sale, which are very inconvenient to work with, and any deformation of the artificial free edge can lead to damage to the natural plate. Therefore, choose impact-resistant and elastic tips made of nylon, ABS plastic or polyflex, which are very resistant to detergents and temperature changes. As a rule, these artificial nails for extension are sold in sets of ten different pieces, which are numbered. Therefore, it will not be difficult to adjust the dimensions of the tips to the size and shape of the nail bed on different fingers.

♦ VARIETY

Forms:

❶ Classic.
A good option for home nail extension. Suitable for any type of nails, easily adjusted with a tips cutter, has a natural curve;

❷ Curved.
Pronounced C-bend, often used for building on nails with a high arch;

❸ Straight.
With a deep arcuate notch instead of a thin contact zone. It is convenient to use non-contact tips for building up a free edge in the form of a "smile line" l for a fashionable jacket;

❹ Almond-shaped.
The free edge has an almond-shaped shape, which does not need to be further corrected with a tips cutter and nail files;

❺ Skinny.
The free edge is made in the form of a bridge, stiletto or "cat's nails".

Color spectrum:

❶ Nude (flesh) shades.
Often used to perform a monophonic manicure in natural tones in tandem with a camouflage gel to lengthen the nail bed;

❷ Transparent.
The most common option for any gel or acrylic nail design. Usually transparent tips are sold in a set, the length and width can be adjusted with a tip cutter;

❸ White french tips.
Overlay templates with already traced "smile line" on the free edge. The color of the "line" is white or made in pastel colors;

❹ Colored.
Usually one-color or two-color, there are patterns with a gradient transition. It is enough to cover the extended nails with a fixing (finishing) gel without the use of colored varnish or gel polish;

❺ With an image.
Plates with already applied drawings, patterns, monograms or other elements of nail art. A ready-made nail design allows you to save time on painstaking work.

Contact area:
The area on which special glue is applied to fix the tips on natural nails can have different lengths (from 3 to 6 mm) and shapes.

❶ Round;

❷ V - figurative;

❸ With multiple slots;

❹ Large;

❺ Small;

❻ Deep.

Liquid Tips:
This technology has appeared quite recently and is somewhat different from the traditional methods of building on tips from a plate or on forms. Liquid tips are forms-containers of different sizes, consisting of a polymeric material. The kit also includes a special gel liquid consistency. The container form is filled with this gel, and then applied to 2/3 of the natural plate

We will not go into details - why did you decide to stick tips. Someone has weak nails, someone just wanted to, there can be a million reasons - the goal is one - to stick nails with high quality and remove them as easily as possible. And the main thing is that all this goes without much harm to the nails. And so we start...

How to stick tips, care for them and how to remove them from nails.

Our goal - put tips on nails at home, in other words, at home with a minimum of knowledge and tools. Do not think that it is very difficult, no matter how frightened you are by various consequences in a beauty salon - they need clients, and we will learn how to save money in a crisis, but we will never refuse beautiful nails.

A small digression - what are tips.

This is the tips, you can click on the photo to enlarge it.

It is possible for someone to know what tips are from what they are made of, and yet I repeat, whoever does not know, read it, let the rest skip this section.

Tips, in translation, the tip is a synthetic template that has the shape of a nail, is very similar to it in composition and, most importantly, it is easy to stick, adheres well to the nails and can be easily removed, practically without damaging the nail.

It is easy to process it with a file or a tips cutter - but still, I advise you to select tips in shape that repeat your own nails as closely as possible, the choice is now great. Tips are sold in packs of 10 pcs. It is always worth taking with a margin, suddenly spoil it, not at first with novice masters this happens often.

Buy tips of the shape you like and the right size, in extreme cases, a little more (well, why tell me, you need extra work with filing). A suitable size is when the tips fit snugly, without fitting, on your nail, do not protrude beyond its edges. And also pay attention to their elasticity, tips, as well as natural nails.

How to properly and quickly stick tips on nails.

And so we will assume that we have chosen the tips for ourselves, how to stick them now.

To do this, you need glue for tips, you can use any, but I advise you not to use strong fixation glue, it is more difficult to remove it, but if God forbid you get hooked on something, it will come off along with the nail, and this is already a disaster, no one will you wish. By the way, personally, that's why I prefer gluing tips.

You will also need a standard manicure set, disinfectant, and a tip cutter. Lacquer is up to you, if the tips with a pattern are a transparent fixative. The main thing is not to apply varnish on tips with a thick layer, you can easily damage them and the pattern on the nails.

We do everything as usual in stages:

We adjust the tips on the nail, they should fit tightly, and be, as it were, one with your nail.

We process the nail with a file, so that it becomes slightly rough and does not shine, degrease.

We take the previously prepared tips, apply a thin layer of glue to its inner side, it is thin, thick will not stick.

If the glue says that you need to apply it to the nail, then also apply glue to the nail thin layer, and then gently push the tips over the nail from the tip to the cuticle, the main thing is that there are no air bubbles under the tips. When you reach the cuticle in this way, align it with it and firmly, for a few seconds, press it against the nail. The harder you press, the stronger it will hold - this is an unspoken rule.

You can apply thin glue to the joints of the nail with tips, but this is not necessary, if you did everything correctly, you will automatically get a joint together, which will then become invisible.

Drying time is always on your glue, be patient and better increase it by 10 minutes - this is my advice to you from my own experience.

How long does it take to dry glued tips.

Next, you need to shorten the glued tips to the length you need. You need to use only tips cutters, they will not split the tips and be sure to leave a couple of millimeters for sawdust nails, however, if you have a lot of experience, you can leave less, leave less, torture yourself and your nails less, it will turn out more reliable.

How to care for glued tips?

Tips can be worn for a long time, but I advise no more than three weeks and not bring to correction. Why I decided so - when you remove the tips, you will see for yourself, under the tips the nail loses its color, becomes dark, as if dead. After that, the nails necessarily require restorative physiotherapy. After three weeks of wearing tips, a mandatory correction is necessary, and with it it is very easy to undermine the nail - you need it. Especially if the tips glued themselves, did not spend money - let's better take pity on the nails.

While wearing tips, be sure to take care of the cuticles by moisturizing them with special oils.

How to remove nail tips yourself.

If you have never seen how tips are removed in the salon, it is better not to do this yourself, there is a high risk of undermining the nail. Still, I'll try to tell you.

The main thing is to know whether your glue was based on acrylic or helium in order to choose the right liquid for dissolving tips. Yes, girls, it’s dissolutions, the composition of almost all liquids for removing tips includes acetone, it softens the tips and glue under it almost completely and for a very long time.

One nail takes about forty minutes, so it is better to use an artificial nail remover such as EzFlow Artificial Nail Remover.

The composition of this wash also includes caring components that at least somehow soften the cuticle.

And the technology for removing tips is like this.

To speed up the process of removing the tips, lightly file its surface, then moisten a cotton pad with the remover and wrap your finger, and then the cotton pad with a nail, with aluminum foil. From time to time, you will have to moisten the cotton pad with a wash.

Sold also washes in the form of a container with a sponge system called Artificial Nail Remover. According to the manufacturer, this liquid does not injure nails, although it is based on the same acetone.

To remove the tips with this liquid, it is enough to place the nail in the center of the sponge and scroll your finger there until the tips dissolve.

My dear readers, now you know what tips are, how to stick them on your own nails, wear and care for them, and how to remove them from your nails. And if you don't feel like doing it yet, go for it. And I advise the rest, it best preserves and heals our nails, and looks great.

Long beautiful nails are one of the signs of a well-groomed woman. But not every girl can boast of natural long and strong nails.

To solve the problem, tips were invented, with the help of which the masters can create the perfect manicure of the length that the client wants. Photo tips will be presented in this article.

What are types?

Tips are plastic dummies of nails that exactly repeat their shape. They are superimposed on natural nail plates, giving them a perfect look. Fastening is carried out using special glue. Do not worry about the strength of the tips: they are made of high-strength plastic that can withstand everyday stress.

Each tip consists of two components:

base - a strong and long part, which is the free edge of the nail and is responsible for the desired length;
the short part, with which the tips are attached to the nail plate.

By the way, for the first time, tips began to be used back in the 70s of the XX century. True, such a complex technology for fixing them was not used then, and they were simply glued over the entire nail with glue. These are the so-called false nails, which were especially popular in the 90s. Now building with tips is also in demand, they are non-traumatic for natural nails. But still, some people prefer gel extensions using cardboard forms to such plastic templates. Although the end result of the procedures carried out by these two methods is no different.

Varieties

Tips are not standard templates with the same parameters and suitable for all nails. They are classified according to various parameters:

Size. According to this indicator, 10 types are distinguished, each of which corresponds to a specific nail of each finger.
The shape of extension devices is also diverse: classic, curved, straight, pointed. The length can be any: from 1 cm onwards. But more often on sale you can find more similar in shape to natural nails.
Contact zone: deep, short and non-contact. This parameter will depend on the size of the nail plate itself. The smaller it is, the shorter the contact zone will be.
The color is also presented in several versions: transparent, nude, multi-colored, with a decorative design, with a jacket, etc.
Purpose: universal, for the correction of bad nails, with a strong bend in the arch of the edge of the nail.

How to choose the right tips for building

High-quality nail extension on tips is, first of all, a high-quality choice of the material itself. If the procedure for lengthening the plate is no longer the first time, then preference should be given to already known and proven products.

In addition, the following must be taken into account:

To give extended nails the most natural look, tips should be chosen with a thinner edge of the plate, but at the same time durable.
The material from which the accessory is made to increase the length must be distinguished not only by high strength, but also by flexibility. This factor will facilitate the extension procedure, eliminate the appearance of defects on the tips and extend their service life.
Tips should not contain a large amount of harmful substances. Therefore, you should not buy cheap material, but give preference to more expensive ones.
If tips are bought for yourself, then you need to choose those that will ideally repeat the natural nail plate. A professional master should have a large amount of material in order to be able to choose a form for each client.
The design of the substrate should match the future design of the nails.

On sale there are whole sets of tips, which include templates, various in size and shape.

Additional materials

To build tips at home or in the salon, you will need a set of additional materials, without which it will be impossible to carry out the process. These include:

the tips themselves;
a special tool with which the length of the tips is cut - Nail cut;
gel-based glue, through which the templates are attached to the nail plate;
a variety of nail files with different surfaces for grinding, leveling and other things;
buff - a kind of nail file for adjusting the nail;
primer;
extension gel or acrylic;
brushes and sponges to remove dust from cut nails;
UV or LED lamp;
solution to remove the sticky layer;
antiseptics for hands, as well as for wiping and disinfecting tools;

It is necessary to control the presence and quantity of the listed materials, because if something runs out during the build-up process, then it will not be possible to complete the process.

How to build on tips: stages

Nail extension with tips is carried out in stages.

Apply disinfectant to hands and nails.
Nail hygiene: removal of dirt, trimming to zero length, cutting the cuticle.
A selection of tips in accordance with the natural nail.
Applying glue and fixing templates to the nail plate.
Alignment of joints between tips and plates, giving them a single look. Adjusting the shape and length of templates.
Filed off the entire surface of the tips.
Removal of dust and saw residue.
The surface of the natural nail is wiped with an essential primer.
Application and uniform distribution of gel or acrylic on all surfaces of the nail plate together with tips. After each application, drying in the lamp is carried out.
Aligning the edges of tips with nail files.
Design layout.
Applying a top coat on extended nails for a stronger hold.
Removing the sticky layer.
Applying oil to the cuticle area.

Some nuances

Working with tips requires compliance with some nuances:

Before starting to attach the template, it is necessary to trim the edge of your own nail as much as possible.
The size of the tips should correspond to the width of the nail plate.
In order for the material to be firmly fixed on the plate, you need to apply glue to the contact zone and press for 20 seconds.
Tips should be given their final look only after it has been glued.