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