Now it's time to press down and hold then sit in the light for 60 seconds. Nails are ready for your favorite polish and nail art. Both acrylics and gel can be used to create nail extensions. They also usually have a similar look, although gel tips may feel lighter.
It's mainly about the structure of the nail, but the real difference lies in the polymerization process, ease of removal, and density. Davis alerts that some salons have manicurists upselling their gel extensions when they're really acrylic. Know the difference," she notes. Acrylics tend to be harder than gel, which also means less flexibility.
They also tend to be more damaging to the nail, especially as it requires more difficulty in removing it with soaking in acetone and buffing off. Too much buffing also means thinner nails over time. According to Davis, the lifetime of gel tip extensions depends on how you use your hands—for some people, they'll last two weeks; for others, they'll last four to five. Davis says they're only detrimental to your nail health if they're not removed properly.
However, like regular gel nails, Davis does recommend getting gel extensions removed by a professional—preferably the one who applied them so that they know exactly which type of gel they're removing so that damage is less of a possibility. Removal should take you minutes the very most," says Seney. If applied and removed properly, gel extensions are very safe. You just need to be sure to find a professional you trust and one who has good reviews.
Much like any other manicure look, the benefit of gel nails is personal. While they undoubtedly create more room for popular nail art, Davis reminds us that nails of all lengths can get in on that trend. Therefore, in the end, Davis boils it down to one simple question: "Do you want your nails long? Thank you [email] for signing up. Please enter a valid email address. Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for Byrdie. It's not a particularly affordable beauty treatment, either, so it's important to know exactly what you're asking for when you go into a salon.
As nail artist and gel-extension specialist Brittney Boyce tells Allure , it's important to understand that the difference between gel extensions and acrylic nails comes down to the polymerization process, ease of removal, and the nail's density.
It's typically done by mixing a powder polymer and a liquid monomer to create that dough-like consistency that can then be filed and molded into shapes," Boyce says. However, dip powder tends to be more damaging to the nail, especially as it requires more difficulty in removing it.
It's also harder and less flexible. Some gels, like Orly's GELFX range , are removable by soaking," Boyce says, noting that the chemical difference between gel and acrylic is that gel is already mixed and needs to be cured with an LED or UV lamp, while acrylic requires mixing as you go.
View on Instagram. Cheng often suggests gel to her clients due to the flexibility of the nail extension. While a glass cup might seem harder, if you drop the glass, it will break, while the plastic cup will be fine," Cheng says. Like any product in our great capitalist experiment, nail extensions can be the subject of misleading marketing, customer misinformation, and even outright fraud. If your nail tech can't tell you exactly what the product is called, if it comes out of a labelled mystery pot, or [they] insist it's gel even though it's powder, you're probably sitting in the wrong chair," Robyn Schwartz , a nail technician and Akzentz Certified Educator, told me.
I experienced this the first time I got acrylics, after walking into a random cheap salon and asking for gel nails without knowing what I was talking about. Most damage attributed to nail extensions is actually caused by over-filing the nails, which is most likely to happen when a technician forgoes a hand buffer in favor of a drill fitted with a file tip to remove the top layer of natural nail.
Over-filing is no joke. Some over-filing can be attributed to history. In the bad old days, fake nails were often made out of methyl methacrylate, or MMA, more commonly used for making tooth crowns and cementing hip and knee replacements to bone. It is also the raw material for making Plexiglas. After the nail is filed down that far, it is much weaker than the MMA. If the fake nail catches on something, the damaged natural nail is more likely to give way than the super-rigid plastic, resulting in injuries — including the whole natural nail tearing off the finger.
Many states have banned using MMA for fake nails. Unlike MMA, modern enhancement products can stick with just enough roughing up to take the shine off your nail. While MMA has largely been "hounded out of the industry," as Bryson put it, some nail techs still over-file nails into that very rough texture, which can seriously damage the nail, and even the skin underneath. But even with the over-filing, I loved my acrylics. I wore them for months and never lost one, despite being incredibly rough on my nails.
So knowing that picking between gel, acrylic, and dip is a matter of opinion, your lifestyle, and your nails — as opposed to safety — I talked to some people who prefer dip or gel over acrylics. Giselle Guerra, a senior in psychology at St. A week and a half is a long time for me with acrylics," she told me. If I press down on it right now, it bends a little. Amanda Mull, a fashion and culture writer in Brooklyn a friend of mine who, incidentally, introduced me to the idea that professionals can have crazy-ass fake claws , gets her gel extensions done at a salon that specializes in fakes, rather than regular manicures.
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