Nail extensions on tips: materials, step-by-step instructions and nuances

For those who wish to quickly add length and shape to their nails, nail extensions on the tips are a popular option. This method offers a simple way to achieve beautiful results, making it great for both novice and seasoned nail technicians.

We’ll go over the necessary supplies and provide you a step-by-step tutorial in this post to make sure your nail extensions look real and last a long time. We’ll also go over some crucial pointers and subtleties to help you steer clear of typical blunders and achieve the greatest outcomes.

Nail extensions are an excellent choice if you want to dress up your regular outfit or are getting ready for a special event.

Types of tips

Master artists use tips, which are plastic overlays or template forms, as a substrate or stencil to form an artificial nail plate.

For novices, this is the most practical and widely used extension option. Skilled artisans also find it popular, particularly when expediency and simplification are required. There are various kinds of tips, and each has unique characteristics related to work and subtleties in design.

Artificial nail plates can be created using acrylic, gel, biogel, and acrylate acrylgel, a gel and acrylic blend. Acrylic gels in a lamp after drying in the atmosphere.

Tips-tips

These are plastic nail tips designed to provide excellent adhesion along the smile line, featuring a handy transition zone. Throwaway. attached with a unique glue that can be bought separately or in a set with them.

Come in various sizes all within the same set. Each nail must be chosen separately, and if needed, the width must be pre-filed to ensure that it precisely matches the plate’s width. The length is filed and cut after it is adhered. To create an externally complete nail plate, everything is then covered with a camouflage material.

An extended French manicure with white tips is incredibly practical. This is a pre-made, perfect smile line; all you have to do is paint a thin layer of base, camouflage, or acrylic nail polish on it, followed by a top coat to add shine.

Upper forms

Upper forms: these are utilized when working with biogel, acrylic, gel, and acrylate. After applying the material to the form and pressing it against the prepared nail all the way along—either from the center of the plate or under the cuticle—it is dried under a lamp and filed.

Compared to more flexible liquid forms, upper forms are more curved and composed of denser material. This enables you to create a bend zone, also known as a convex stress zone, which is prone to the highest loads during wear, starting from the initial layer. Upper forms can be used again. They usually cover between 100 and 250 extensions.

Liquid tips

They get their name from being used for extensions with all liquid materials. matte in appearance and frequently opaque. feature short "removal handles" on the extremities. Liquid templates are flatter and more flexible than upper forms. They only form the initial base layer and do not immediately form a stress zone. The architecture must then be manually laid out using a brush and camouflage gel or acrylate.

Applying liquid tips involves pressing the substance onto a form and pressing it up against your nail plate. When planning a French manicure, it’s very convenient for beginners because the smile lines are already drawn in the form. The plate is filed and the tip is taken off after drying under a UV or LED lamp. Like upper forms, liquid tips can be reused.

You can use any of the three types of tips, depending on the desired outcome. Try each one in turn to determine which is most practical and convenient for you.

Basic set of materials

Apart from the templates per se, you’ll require:

• glue for extension
• tip cutter for removing length
• milling machine for filing
• UV or LED lamp
• file and buff
• pusher
• brush
• lint-free wipes
• material of your choice: gel, biogel, acrylic, acrylic of base and camouflage shades
• degreaser / dehydrator
• acidic or acid-free primer
• base
• top or finish for adding shine
• varnish and decor as desired.

With simple-to-apply materials, nail extensions on the tips provide a quick and easy way to get longer, beautifully shaped nails. We’ll walk you through every step of the procedure in this post, from selecting the best tips to applying and polishing them for a natural appearance. We’ll also go over important pointers and strategies to guarantee that your extensions are perfect and long-lasting.

Preparation of the nail plate

This phase, which is the same for all tip types, entails the following necessary actions:

1. Manicure. Before extension, it is necessary to do a trim, hardware or combined manicure to remove the cuticle and remove the pterygium. They are most often the cause of peeling of the artificial material.
2. Filing the top layer of the nail. To improve adhesion to the artificial material, it is important to remove the top layer of the natural nail. Don"t get carried away, it will be enough to just remove the natural shine. Experienced professionals use either a buff or a file for natural nails for this.
3. Degreasing and dehydrating. First, apply cleanser to a cotton pad and remove dust after filing. Then apply a special degreasing agent to the nails with a brush.
4. Applying a primer. This agent lifts the scales of the nail plate and ensures adhesion of the artificial material. After applying the primer, wait until it dries completely, otherwise peeling is possible in the future. When working with gel, an acid-free primer is used, and with acrylic – an acidic one.
5. Applying the base. The base is applied in a thin layer under the cuticle, especially if the extension is not on the old layer of material, but on your own nail plate. Dry in a lamp. You can leave the sticky layer on.

We now go straight ahead and use different tips for the extension procedure.

Extensions on tips – step-by-step instructions

1. We select templates according to the size of each nail
2. We glue the tips with glue to the pre-prepared nails
3. We remove the length with a tip cutter, file the edges
4. We apply camouflage gel with a brush, build the architecture, dry in a lamp. When using acrylic, we apply a material of a translucent or pink shade and distribute it evenly with a brush, wait until it hardens
5. We remove the sticky layer from the gel
6. We file the length and thickness
7. We apply a top coat or decorative varnish and design as desired

Advantages

• The fastest extension option
• The ideal smile line when extending a French manicure
• A simple and convenient way for beginners to practice

Cons

• Sometimes nails peel off due to poor-quality glue or incomplete gluing of the artificial nail
• Template blanks still look artificial, experience and skill are needed to achieve naturalness in their design
• Gel and acrylic can flow at the tips, which makes the nails excessively thick in these areas, additional filing and understanding of the architecture are required to achieve a natural result.

Extension on the upper forms – step-by-step instructions

1. Select the forms by size, slightly file the width at the side rollers, if necessary
2. Apply acrylic, base gel or acrylate to the form with a brush, distribute in a thin layer and apply to the nail. Apply the form slightly shifting from the tip to the cuticle, so that the material is not squeezed out at the cuticle
3. Remove excess material with a brush
4. Send to dry in a lamp or dry in the air (for acrylic)
5. Remove the upper forms
6. Apply a layer of camouflage acrylic, gel or acrylate with a brush, build the architecture of the nail
7. Dry in a lamp for 2 minutes, acrylic – in the air until it hardens
8. File the length and width
9. Apply top or finish, dry in a lamp

Advantages

• Easy to use
• Nails are more durable, unlike tip tips, due to the lack of an additional adhesion zone along the line smiles
• Reusable
• Due to the characteristic volume in the stress zone, it is possible to form it already at the first stage of work with acrylic, base gel or acrylate

Cons

• When building up very long nails, they may initially have a “pecking” shape
• Absence of a drawn smile line in the inner part of the form, which is inconvenient when forming a French manicure

A thorough explanation of the upper form’s extension technology, along with guidelines for well-liked designs:

Extension on liquid tips step by step

1. Select liquid tips by width
2. Apply the material for building up the base layer to the inner part, distribute, remove excess along the edges
3. Apply the form to the surface of the nail, press a little
4. Remove the excess squeezed out onto the surface at the cuticle and side ridges with a brush
5. Dry in a lamp or in the air, if it is acrylic
6. Remove liquid tips
7. Apply the second layer of camouflage with a brush, form the architecture of the nail
8. Dry in a lamp for 2 minutes or in the air (for acrylic)
9. Apply the top or finish
10. We make a design with varnish at will

Advantages

• Durable, flexible, convenient forms
• Reusable, will withstand up to 250-300 uses
• The presence of a smile line marking on the inside for easy French manicure
• Easy to remove by special "tips" on the sides of the tips
• Indispensable for beginners to practice
• Allows you to make natural nails that are outwardly indistinguishable from natural ones, unlike tip-tips

Cons

• Unlike the upper forms, they provide a flatter base-plate, without a reinforced stress zone

Tips are the best material for beginners if you have never attempted to extend your own nails. Begin with the adhesive tips and proceed to the liquid or upper forms after that. Are you prepared to begin? If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments section.

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One comment on “Nail extensions on tips: materials, step-by-step instructions and nuances”

Lydia

Good night! Make sure to push extensions under the cuticles if they are on the tips. or you can use the file and nail from the middle?

An elegant, long-lasting, and practical method of achieving long, gorgeous nails is with nail extensions on the tips. Even novices can become proficient in this method with the correct tools and a cautious approach.

You can make sure that your extensions look natural and last longer by carefully following the step-by-step instructions and paying attention to the subtle details. Always keep in mind that preparation is the key to a successful application, so proceed slowly with each step.

Knowing this technique opens up a world of creative possibilities, whether you’re looking to improve your own nails or offer a service to others. You’ll be able to create gorgeous nail designs that perfectly capture your individual style with patience and practice.

Topic	Description
Materials	Tips, nail glue, primer, nail file, buffer, UV lamp, gel polish
Step 1	Choose the right size of tips for each nail
Step 2	Apply glue to the tips and press onto the nails
Step 3	Trim and shape the tips to the desired length
Step 4	File and

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