Growing out your own manicure is often an impossible task, which is why you can use nail tips and create a manicure of the desired shape and length.
After all, one of the most important touches in a woman’s appearance is manicure. Every girl dreams of having well-groomed hands and healthy nails.
What are tips?
Many people wonder what tips are and how they should be used correctly. These are certain plastic forms of varying lengths that are attached to the nail.
These materials are very similar in shape and appearance to natural nails. They are designed to create a manicure of the required length.
To choose the right material for extensions, you should definitely take into account the structural features of the nail itself and pay attention to its shape. If the tips follow the shape of the nail plate, then they will fit well on the nail and will not allow it to deform.
When choosing this material, you should pay attention to their quality. Good quality ones should be quite elastic, bend gently, but not break. When selecting, you can try to bend them from one side to the other. If a white stripe does not appear on the fold, it means they will not break. They should also be fairly soft to make filing easier.
When choosing this material for extensions, you need to pay attention to its inner side. There should be no roughness or various nicks on it. The smoothness of the outer side determines how well they will sit on the real nail.
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What types of tips are there?
There are tips of different types and sizes. To choose the right one, you need to try them on a real nail and make sure they are the right size and shape.
If the tip is not suitable, you can purchase a little more and then file it down to the required shape.
The surface is divided into two halves, namely:
- contact form, which is thinner;
- free edge (length itself).
The length and shape can be completely different, namely:
- oval;
- square;
- round;
- pointed, shaped like a cat's claw.
Additionally, you can give it any shape using a soft manicure file. In addition, these elements can be of different colors or transparent. They can be with different patterns and stylish designs.
Read also: Nail file
Nail tips also differ in the degree of curvature, which is why they must be selected according to the shape of the real nail.
When choosing this material for extensions, you should consider the following rules:
- they must be quite thin and as similar as possible to natural nails;
- they should be quite elastic and bend well;
- they should not be sharp;
- they must be safe.
Tips are divided into ten types by size. The first number is the largest, followed by numbers in decreasing order of size. That is why it is not at all difficult to choose the optimal tip size for yourself, which will ideally suit the shape and size of your nails.
In addition, these extension elements differ in purpose. You can select universal ones, as well as tips for working with problem nails that have various convexities, or, on the contrary, are concave.
By choosing the right tips in shape and structure, you can get just the perfect manicure.
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Benefits of using tips
Nail extension using tips has a lot of advantages, in particular such as:
- ease of extension;
- extension can be done quickly;
- Suitable for those with brittle and peeling nails.
It is worth noting that those with fairly wide nails should not apply nail extensions with tips. In addition, those whose nails grow down should not do such a manicure, because they will be very curved.
Using tips, you can create an original manicure by creating a fashionable design. Using crystal options, you can make a beautiful engraving on them, which, after processing, will shine and shimmer like real crystal. You can choose absolutely any design for engraving, it all depends on the preferences and capabilities of the artist.
With the help of such a device, you can bring to life the most daring design solutions and make your fingers a real work of art.
Tips are very convenient to use because they are affordable, you can glue them yourself, and they help hide imperfections.
Materials with a pre-applied pattern on them are very popular, because you can create your own unique original manicure and do not need to apply a pattern, which requires precision and accuracy.
What are nail tips? How to use them correctly? What types are there? For those who are thinking about nail extensions for the first time and want to get an unusual manicure, these questions become relevant. Well, let's take a closer look at these small, but already indispensable details in the manicure business.
The word tips itself comes from the English word tip - tip. They are plastic parts for lengthening nails that imitate natural nails. They are produced in various shapes and lengths, and everyone can give them the desired shape, length, decorate them with a design, and paint them with the desired color of varnish. Tips are supplied in the form of sets from which you can choose the appropriate size. You can lengthen your nails using tips yourself if you have some skills, or you can also get professional nail extensions done in a beauty salon.
Tips are divided into 2 parts, one part is thinner and shorter, which is applied directly to your nail plate. The second part is the free edge, which you give the shape and length as you wish. The tips themselves can be made of white or transparent plastic; there are also colored versions available and with a ready-made design. Tips can also be distinguished by the degree of curvature.
How to choose the right tips?
First of all, pay attention to the shape and size. The ideal option would be those that follow the shape of your nail and fit well. If the required size is not available, then take slightly larger tips, and then file them to the size of your nail plate. It is also worth paying attention to how elastic the tips are; they should not be fragile and break, but should be quite elastic. Elastic options will be easier to file. When giving the tips the required length, you may decide to use nail scissors. However, we do not advise you to do this; use a special tool - a type cutter.
How to stick tips correctly?
- Treat your nail plates: file, remove polish, wipe with a dry cloth.
- Apply glue to the contact part of the tip or to the outer half of the nail.
- Attach, the tips should cover less than half of the nail. Shake the record a little to get rid of air bubbles.
- Hold it pressed for 10-15 seconds until the glue dries, apply a little glue at the junction of the natural and artificial nails for better fixation.
- Using a tip cutter, shorten the nail to the desired length, use a file to give it the required shape, buff the border of the false nail and the natural one, and also treat the surface with a medium-abrasive file to remove shine. The invoice will look like a natural one.
- Apply your preferred varnish to the surface and create the desired design. When it comes to design, everything depends on your imagination.
Now you know what nail tips are and how to use them correctly. Well, let your nails always look neat and attractive.
For nail extensions, special devices can be used - tips and forms.
Nail extension with tips
Nail tips are plastic tips that replace the free edge of the nail plate. Templates can be classic, straight, tapered, etc. Based on color, they are classified into colored, transparent and natural shades. For classic extensions, take the last two options. Whatever the shape of your nails, the tips will fit perfectly on them. This is a safe material that does not cause allergies or irritation.
When starting extensions, nails are polished, then tips are selected to the nail depending on the shape. The nail plate is degreased, the tips are glued and, if necessary, trimmed. Using a file, the connection line is made invisible. Start modeling the nail.
Nail extension on forms
There are top and bottom forms, disposable and reusable. Reusable ones are made of metal and are sterilized before each extension procedure. Disposable - made of paper. The top is coated with a product that prevents the material from sticking. There are also metal foil and polymer ones.
What is better to buy, nail tips or forms? 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, use forms. Tips are suitable for working with problem nails with rough cuticles and hard side ridges.
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In the world of the evolving beauty industry, new ways to create luxurious nails are emerging. Among girls and ladies, there is a growing demand for the procedure of extension with tips; Clients get long and strong nails at minimal cost. Tips are a godsend for those with thin, brittle nails that just don’t want to grow back. The technology is simple, accessible even to those who have no relevant experience. This type of extension can also be done at home; the necessary materials are purchased at the nearest specialized store.
Extension with tips is much simpler than extension with forms, so beginners are recommended to start with it. There are two ways to add extensions to tips: using gel and using acrylic. Both techniques are in demand and have advantages and disadvantages. When applying gel extensions, you will need a manicure lamp: UV, LED or combined. The gel on the nail is adjusted with a brush before going to dry, and will not dry without a lamp. Accordingly, you can take your time to shape your nails. When building with acrylic, there is little time, as it dries quickly. Therefore, there is no room for error. But a lamp is not needed for this procedure - the acrylic dries on its own. Tip extensions in a salon cost an average of 1,500 rubles. Private masters at home are cheaper - from 800 rubles. But the technology does not require special education, so it is quite possible to carry out the procedure at home.
How to prepare your nails
Regardless of the chosen extension method, nail preparation will be the same. Need to:
Materials you will need:
Photo gallery: materials for preparing nails before extensions
Choose high-quality and elastic tips. To check the tip, squeeze it with your fingers along the edges. A flexible tip will give way, but will return to its original shape if you let it go, while a low-quality tip will show a stripe from the bend or it will even break under pressure. Tips are selected according to the shape and size of the nail, so it is recommended to use a set of 50 or 100 pieces. The more different types you have, the more accurately you will find the ones you need. Materials are distinguished by color: there are transparent, French, colored and patterned. They buy it thinking about the subsequent design, but there is no point in taking tips with a pattern: firstly, it will be covered with a thick layer of gel, and secondly, the pattern will only be on the tip, but not on the natural part of the nail. It is better to use transparent or French-styled ones. A tip cutter is a device similar to wire cutters. They remove excess length of artificial nails. Tips are glued as follows:
This is how the nails are prepared for further extensions.
Gel extensions on tips
There are single-phase, two-phase and three-phase gel extension systems. Each requires an appropriate number of gels. For three-phase, three types of gel are used, for two-phase - two, for single-phase - one type of gel. However, it is more convenient to use one gel for all systems, but if desired, you can resort to different types.
Types of gels
There are 4 main types of gels used in extensions:
Single-phase transparent gel is used more often than others in extensions, since it is convenient to use only one type of gel. When building with it, you need to file the nail to the desired shape and additional design. Camouflage gel is suitable for extensions using a two-phase system; You need to first apply a layer of clear gel, and then one or two layers of camouflage. With this method, you need to file down the nail to the desired shape, but it is not necessary to add a design, since the camouflage gel always has a pinkish tint. Colored gel is used in the design of extended nails, it can be used to create designs, French or cover the entire nail. Stained glass gel also serves for design, is final and self-leveling and has a translucent texture, which allows you to create an unusual manicure.
Photo gallery: types of gels
Building process
To extend your nails using gel, you will need:
Photo gallery: materials for gel extensions
Having prepared everything you need, you can begin the extension process:
This is how gel extensions are applied to tips. When applying the gel, pay attention to the stress zone of the nail - the place where the natural nail comes into contact with the tip. In this area, the layer of gel should be the thickest, then the nail will be difficult to break. If desired, create a design using colored and stained glass gels.
Video: gel extensions on tips
Acrylic extensions on tips
To work with acrylic you will need materials:
Photo gallery: necessary items for acrylic extensions
Liquid or monomer is a liquid that, when interacting with acrylic, allows you to create a substance for nail extension, and also helps the acrylic dry quickly. The brush for extensions is oblong, its fibers should be rigid and not be knocked out by individual hairs.
Acrylic extensions include the following steps:
In this way, extensions are carried out on tips using acrylic. When distributing the acrylic ball, the brush is periodically wetted in the activator so that the acrylic does not harden halfway through the process.
Video: acrylic extensions on tips
Gel polish for extended nails
Extension makes nails long and gives the desired shape. Of course, on strong and smooth nails you will want to experiment with the design - a delicate jacket, a romantic gradient, luxurious rhinestones combined with designs, a “marble” pattern or “broken glass”. There are many options. But it is not in every case advisable to apply gel polish to extended nails. After creating artificial nails, the plate becomes quite thick, and gel polish thickens the nail even more. As a result, it looks unnatural. In this situation, do this:
Otherwise, the design for extended nails is created using the same technology as for natural ones:
Design examples
Painting all your nails the same tone has long gone out of fashion. Nowadays, representatives of the fair sex strive for a unique design. Rhinestones, foil, drawings, stickers, three-dimensional patterns, rivets, and sparkles are used. Nails are painted in different colors, using matte and glossy finishes and their combinations. In summer, fresh ideas with drawings of fruits, flowers, and palm trees are popular. In winter, preference is given to iridescent decorations - rhinestones, sparkles, silver stripes, foil and everything that is associated with snow and ice. Designs such as French, marble and matte are relevant at any time of the year.
Photo gallery: design ideas for extended nails
Design using stained glass gel 
Floral print on extended nails looks like spring 
Matte black combined with sequins looks chic 
Fruit manicure on medium-length nails
Nail modeling is a relatively common and routine manipulation that most modern girls perform when caring for their hands. Professional masters have various techniques for modeling nail plates, using various technologies and appropriate materials.
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 your nails as long as possible by creating incredible nail art on them.
Main characteristics of the material
Tips are plastic templates identical to the natural shape of nails. They are fixed to the nail plate using special glue. The materials used for 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 the types consists of two parts:
- A dense, elongated main part that creates a free edge of the nail of the desired length.
- A short, thin contact zone with which the tip is fixed to the natural nail.
Each person has individual anthropometric data, so the characteristics of the fingers and natural plates determine the availability of varieties of tips for extensions.
Classification of plastic linings:
- According to the contact zone: deep, shortened, non-contact. Selected exclusively according to the size of the nail plate. If you have a small nail bed, tips with a minimal contact area are used.
- Shape: classic, straight, curved, tapered, etc. The length of such products may vary. But, in most cases, the standard and most common form is considered to be classic 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 French manicure, for performing a classic French manicure.
- Intended use: universal, for modeling problematic nail plates, with a significant bend in the nail arch.
- By size: the standard division consists of 10 types depending on size. This qualification allows you to choose the most suitable tip for each nail individually.
Rules for choosing tips for extensions
Half 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 purchasing an antiseptic preparation for treating tools and hands, cuticle oil and nourishing cream. If the manicure doesn’t end with simple extensions, you should prepare materials for decorative design in advance, depending on personal preferences.
Basic 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 the substrate:
- The structure of each tip consists of three parts: the free edge, the contact zone 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 sawed off during modeling.
- Before you start fixing the tips, you should trim the free edge of the natural nail as much as possible.
- The tip 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 that you select the size of the substrate for each nail individually and lay them out in the appropriate order in front of you.
- When fixing, you should carefully apply glue to the contact area of the tip and press it to the nail for adhesion for 15-20 seconds.
- Modeling the shape and length of the tip is carried out only after it is securely glued to the nail plate.
Properly selected artificial plates fit perfectly on the nails, and with professional extensions, it is impossible to distinguish between 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:
- Treating hands with antiseptic.
- Carrying out hygienic manicure.
- Filed nail plates.
- Selection of tips for each nail, according to its size.
- Gluing the backing to the natural nail.
- Cleaning the joint between the tip and the nail, and, if necessary, modeling the shape and length of the fixed tip.
- I sawed off the surface of the tips to improve adhesion to the extension material.
- Using a brush, carefully remove the sawdust from the nails.
- The surface of natural nail plates is treated with an ether primer.
- Applying acrylic or gel over the entire length of the nail with a base coat.
- If gel is applied, it is necessary to dry the layers in a lamp, if acrylic, then you should wait for the natural polymerization of the material.
- Improving the shape of nails after polymerization of materials, by treating the sides of the nail with a file and the junction of the gel with the natural plate.
- Removing accumulated dust.
- coated in one layer with a special finishing gel and sent to a lamp to dry for 2 minutes.
- Removing the top sticky layer with a special product.
- Lubricating cuticles with oil and hands with nourishing cream.
Tips for nail extensions are usually used in this way. If necessary, you can continue to create various nail art using additional accessories. The advantage of this manicure is the increased strength and stability of the coating, regardless of the work performed by hand.
Photo gallery of nail designs grown on tips
Neat, durable nails created using nail extension tips will make any girl’s hands well-groomed and beautiful. A well-chosen design will give them elegance and exclusivity. Get acquainted with the most common types of nail art on extended nails using tips, and get an idea for a design, perhaps by looking at the photo works of famous nail service masters.
