Gel overlays are the coating of a thin gel layer (clear or pale pink) on top of your natural nails. If you are planning to get your gel overlay at home, or feel like giving it a go right at this point, scroll down for what you need! What Is A Gel Overlay On Natural Nails? Good news for short-nail lovers and nail-biting people alike, you can make your short nails look just as amazing with a gel overlay! This treatment is beneficial for your weak, brittle nails that are not likely to manage to get some more length that you always dream of. Infills – filling in grown out gaps in between cuticle and acrylic/gel.įingernails grow at an average rate of 3mm/month and the beautiful designs done will be pushed downwards, hence infills are done by filling in this gap in between to cover up the grown out portion.There is no denying that a perfect and tidy manicure will help their owners look better put-together and impressed! Manicure now is not only about nail arts and charms on those long acrylic nails. using tradition gel, soft gel (such as gelish), acrylic, or even normal nail polishes. Acrylic or gel overlay are usually done to prevent chipping when nails break in between and when adding a few coat of glue doesn’t work anymore (yes I totally feel you I always have this problem before I start doing gelish on myself).ī) Soft gel overlay (either traditional gel or new technology such as gelish or gelly polish)ģ. Overlay – a coat of polish/acrylic/gel on top of natural nails.Īnything that is applied on top of your natural nails will be considered an overlay, e.g. My gel extensions for now, done by Joe during lessons.Ģ.
#Natural nail overlay with clear gel free#
Tip overlay extension (acrylic) done during lessons.ī) Nail sculpture extensions in gel or acrylicįorm will be customized to required shape (optional), which will then be fitted just beneath free edge and finally a layer overlay of gel or acrylic will be added. Length will be customized according to customer’s request.Ĭut the form (optional, depending on nail shape)Īn example of acrylic nail sculpture extensions Thumb and index fingernails above illustrates tip overlay extensions in gel. Read about the acrylic extension I did for my mom here.īasically there are 2 types of extension: Tip overlay and nail sculptureĪ) Tip overlay extensions in gel or acrylicĪ half tip will be pasted on customer’s natural nail to give the impression of longer nails, which will then be shorten to requested length and finally an overlay of gel or acrylic will be added. Extensions – using acrylic or gel to lengthen nails to desired length.Įxtensions are usually done when customer broke 1 or 2 of her nails and to extend these nails to the same length as their natural nails, or when they want longer nails than usual for an occasion/event. Dries up and harden in seconds to minutes, UV/LED lamp not required.ġ. Acrylic – using monomer and arcylic powder to sculpture extensions, or to create embossed/3D nail art.Soak off gel is not equivalent to soft gel. Soak off gel – final gel nails that can be soaked off.
Traditional gel is not equivalent to hard gel.
Hard gel – final gel nail appears hard when extension is done.Gel – gel-like product and only cures under UV or LED lamp.(Not all)īefore I start, let me briefly point out the difference in gel and acrylic. Picture below shows the different type of extensions. So, here’s a post to clear up the mystery girls!
One fine day I decided to muster my courage and prompt one of the manicurist on the difference and meaning of each but ended up going home even more confused -_. I know, I’ve been there and I’ll always end up doing classic mani/pedi or express mani/pedi because that’s the only thing I understand from the menu hahaha. A lot of girls step into a nail salon, look at the service menu and go “what’s overlay?” or “I want to do extensions but idk to choose from gel or acrylic”.
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