Milady's Chapter 27 & 28 - Nail Tips, Wraps, No-Light Gels and Acrylic Nails

Nail Tips

Plastic, premolded forms adhered to natural nails to add length or support nail enhancement products

Overlay

Nail tips break easily without this reinforcement

Abrasive Board

A rough surface tool used to shape, smooth, and remove the surface shine on a nail

Viscosity

The term used to describe the thickness of nail adhesives

1/3

Nail tips should never cover more than ___ of the natural nail plate

Well

The shallow depression area of the nail tip

Stop, Rock, Hold

The technique used when placing nail tips on the natural nail plate

Flat

When blending a nail tip at the contact area, the fine-grit buff block should be help ____ across the surface of the nail plate

Slide off with Pusher

The action used with a wooden pusher to remove softened nail tips

Nail Wraps

Nail enhancements using nail-size pieces of cloth or paper bonded to the nail plate

Linen

The strongest material used as a nail wrap

Activator

A product that accelerates the curing process of resins and adhesives

Nail Dehydrator

A product applied to the surface of natural nails to remove moisture and improve adhesion

Flexible Plastic Sheets

A product used to prevent the transfer of oil and debris from the technician to the client while applying nail wraps

4 weeks

You should wait ___ before rebalancing nail wraps with resin and new fabric

Repair Patch

A fabric piece cut to completely cover a crack or break in a nail wrap

No-Light Gel Application

A gel-like material that requires an activator to cure

Nail Bed Damage

The result of improper use of activators

Nonacetone Remover

Product used to avoid damaging nail wraps when removing existing polish

Tip Cutter

An implement similar to a nail clipper, designed especially for use on nail tips

Polymer Powder

Combined with monomer liquid, used to create acrylic (mathacrylate) nail enhancements

Acrylic Nails

Nail enhancement sculptured with the used of polymer powder

Natural Hair

Types of brushes recommended for the application of acrylic (methacrylate) product

Dry Polymer Powder

When applying product, the brush is immersed into monomer and the tip of the brush is touched to the surface of the ______

Bead of Product

The product formed at the tip of the brush as monomer liquid absorbs a polymer powder

Polymerization

Special chemical reaction used to make polymer powder

Long Chains

Created when trillions of monomers are linked together in the process of creating acrylic (methacrylate) nails

Complete Cure or Set

Additives are responsible for the product durability and color stability of the product, and they ensure ______

Catalysts and Initiators

Additives used to control the set or curing time in monomer liquids

Long Polymer Chains

Formed when initiators in polymer powder cause monomer molecules to permanently link together

Benzoyl Peroxide

The initiator added to polymer powder

Manufacturer Product Lines

Do not mix ____ to ensure the proper curing when using nail enhamncement products

All The Time

Acrylic (methacrylate) overlays and nail enhancements can be created using one color powder if the client wears nail polish _____

Mix Ratio

The name of the amount of monomer liquid and polymer liquid used to create a bead

Not Curing Correctly

The result of the consistency of the bead containing too little powder

Nail Antiseptic

Used to remove surface moisture and oil on the natural nail plate

Skin Burns or Injury

The possible result of using acid-based nail primers

24 to 48 Hours

The amount of time it takes for acrylic nail enhancement to reach their ultimate strength

Cyanoacrylate Monomers

Nail adhesives used to secure nail tips to natural nails are all based on ____

Tightly Fitted Lid

What a dappen dish must have to prevent product contamination

6 months

The shelf of life of nail adhesives can be as short as ____

Contamination

Caused by unused monomer poured back into the original container

Hyponychium

The area that should not be cut when applying multiuse nail forms

Nitrile Polymer

The type of glove recommended for nail salon services

Medium

Type of consistency that the bead of product for shaping the free edge should be

Read The Manufacturer's Directions

How to determine the time required for a product to properly clean brushes

Center

When placing the second ball of acrylic on the free edge, used a medium consistency and place on the nail plate below the first bead and next to the free edge line in the _____ of the nail

Side Walls, Free Edge, and Eponychium

Where the product application must be smooth and thin in order to achieve natural looking nails

Apex

In rebalancing acrylic (mathacrylate) nail enhancements, the nail is thinned down and reduced in thickness and the ____ of the nail will be removed

Ledge

The area between the existing acrylic product and new growth of the nail plate