Very Long Fingernails

Do you want very long fingernails? Acrylic fingernails can be the solution. Invented in 1970, acrylic fingernails are fake nails, of different color and length. Practically they are a mixture of polymer powder and a liquid monomer, as ethyl methacrylate. Once applied on the nails, it gets hard in maximum one hour. They can be applied both in specialized salon or at home with the help of an acrylic nail kit. When removing them, one must soak hands in a solvent for about half an hour. If you try to snap them down you can seriously harm your nail.

Learn how to apply acrylic fingernails! You will need a little practice, but the results will be astonishing.

First clean the nail bed. The cuticles must be reduced and the nail polish removed from the nails. This is the most important episode in the application of acrylic nails, because you can prevent germs enter the blood stream, ending with an infection. In order to dissolve grease and oil, and to kill all the germs, you have to clean the nail bed with isopropyl alcohol.

Cut short your natural nails. If snagging acrylic nails, they can tear your natural nail. This can be painful but also you can catch an infection. In the same time, if natural nails are visible under the acrylic one, one may think that your fingernails are dirty.

Prim the nail, so the acrylic would well adhere on it. Methacrylic acid dissolves a very thin coat of the real nail, so the nail bed becomes rough and the acrylic will anchor deep into it. Some experts believe that this step isn't necessary at all, because you end up by seriously damaging your nail bed.

Acrylic resin is prepared short time before it is applied, because it gets hard quickly. After an hour it can be shaped.

When shaping, a nail form, made of plastic or metallic foil, must be applied on the fingertip, so the acrylic resign would not move. The acrylic nail will be shaped with a file. The form can be removed after the resin is hard enough.

The filing and manicuring of the acrylic nails are the last two steps. The acrylic nails must be filled from time to time with resin, in order to cover the natural nail growth.

Learning how to apply acrylic fingernails is not complicated at all. You can save money, by doing it at home! Putting them on is fun and also interesting. You will have beautiful, lasting and very long nails. If you got bored and want to remove them you just have to file the top of the fake nail in order to break the protective coat. Take care not to force the nails and trim them. Pour in a bowl a nail polish remover that contains acetone and soak your fingers in it, for about 10 minutes. Wipe the nails, and repeat the operation, until you removed the glue and the plastic of the former acrylic nails.