Acrylic Nails

Acrylic nails are the latest craze, defining the fashion and taste of today’s women. The reason behind their popularity can be related to their variety of colors and designer patterns, customized to suit the taste of every woman. They are ideal to sport in special occasions and can also be used as a signature of your regular day to day style. Wonderful to look at and easy to use, they can be an ideal solution to cover up short and brittle nails.

Acrylic nails are made with polymer, a powdered acrylic product and monomer, a liquid acrylic product. The mixture of these two products are applied on the fingernails with a brush which takes just a few minutes to harden up, resulting in the most durable, thickest and strongest among all the other kinds of artificial nails. One of the most recommended among the available products is Ethyl Methacrylate or EMA. However; it is important to apply the mixture in a proper way, failing which it might not produce a realistic appearance and instead appear to be fake and thick.

As your nails grow you will need to fill in Acrylic nails in every two to three weeks. However, you may need to visit the manicurist even before that to avoid loosening of your nails depending on how hard they are. Loosening of the nails can allow water to get trapped underneath the nails, which in turn leads to mildew. A professional help to remove them in such cases would ensure very little damage to the nail plate.

Apart from serving the fashion statements, Acrylic nails also serve a number of practical purposes. Acrylic nails are very difficult to break or cut and thus no matter how much you chew or bite them in times of stress or depression, you can hardly affect their look and shape. Therefore, these nails can be very helpful for breaking the ugly habit of nail biting. Moreover, they are great substitutes for split or weak nails and can be a perfect companion for all those who travel a lot as they can be easily repaired or filled in. All you need to do is maintain them on a bi-weekly basis and leave it on them to take care of the looks and appearance of your nails.

Acrylic nail care is quite similar to your natural nail care. It is advisable to avoid soaking them in water for a long period as it might lead to water trapping, causing infection and nail fungus. Just the way you do for protecting your natural nails, wear rubber gloves while cleaning the house or washing dishes.

Both getting and removing Acrylic nails at beauty parlors and salons can be quite expensive. Alternatively, you can do both of these even at home to avoid extra expenditure. To wear Acrylic nails on your own purchase a kit from the drugstore. While removing them you may either have to buy a professional Acrylic nail remover kit from the local drugstore or buy a nail polish remover. However, you may need to buy a large bottle and make sure that it is not a regular and gentle nail polish remover but rather contains acetone.