Topic : acrylics

KUPA Inc. Divinity Pink & White Application

February 19, 2013  | Video

Guest artist and master nail technician Vicki Peters shows the traditional application process of The Divinity Acrylic System by Kupa, which provides versatility and strength and ease of application when creating pink-and-white nails.

Troubleshooter: Proper Mix Ratio

February 1, 2013  | Video

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI educator Dawn Sharp shows how to get a proper acrylic mix ratio.

Troubleshooter: Acrylic Pink-and-White - Part 3 of 3 - Finish Filing

January 16, 2013  | Video

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI educator Dawn Sharp shows how to finish file an acrylic enhancement in the final step of a traditional acrylic pink-and-white manicure.

Acrylic Pink-and-Whte Part 1 | Acrylic Pink-and-Whte Part 2

Troubleshooter: Acrylic Pink-and-White - Part 2 of 3 - Applying Pink

January 9, 2013  | Video

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI educator Dawn Sharp shows how to apply pink acrylic in the second step of a traditional acrylic pink-and-white manicure.

Acrylic Pink-and-Whte Part 1 | Acrylic Pink-and-Whte Part 3

Troubleshooter: Acrylic Pink-and-White - Part 1 of 3 - Applying White

December 26, 2012  | Video

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI educator Dawn Sharp shows how to apply white acrylic in the first step of a traditional acrylic pink-and-white manicure.

Acrylic Pink-and-Whte Part 2 | Acrylic Pink-and-Whte Part 3

Troubleshooter: 3-D Acrylic Flower

November 29, 2012  | Video

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Thao Nguyen shows how to build a 3-D acrylic flower.

self-leveling

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

The property, usually used to describe gel products or some acrylic products, that allows it to even out on its own, without being pulled or patted or sculpted into form; products that are self-leveling usually require less filing than those that are not.

sculptured nails

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

Artificial nails created by fashioning or “sculpting” acrylic over the underlying natural nail or on a nail form without an artificial tip.

sculpt

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

Sculpting nails is the technique used to create a nail extension without the use of a tip; sculpting requires a form to be attached underneath the natural nail’s free edge, then product is applied in nail shape to extend the length; called sculpting because it starts with a ball of product that is molded or “sculpted” into the shape of a natural nail.

powder

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

Materials that have been finely ground or pulverized into very small, individual particles; the term typically refers to the polymer powders used to create acrylic (liquid/powder) systems; these substances are usually blends of finely ground methacrylate polymers. Acrylic powder was already in use in dentistry before it was ever applied to nails.

polymer

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

Polymer refers to the chemical bonding of many smaller individual organic monomers into a large structure, i.e. hair is a polymer of thousands of amino acids connected into chains; also refers to the powder part of an acrylic system.

pink-and-white

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

An acrylic service, usually with acrylics, incorporating both white and pink powders so a nail technician can create a realistic-looking acrylic nail; the process uses white powder on the tip and pink on the nail bed.

overlay

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

Any coating created by fashioning acrylic, fiber wraps, or gels over the underlying nail or artificial nail tip.

odorless acrylics

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

A term used to describe acrylic systems that are not easily detected by the human sense of smell; the procedure for working with odorless acrylic systems is not exactly the same as “traditional” acrylic systems.

monomer

November 20, 2012  | Encyclopedia

An individual, reactive chemical unit that may be linked to one another to form a polymer; the liquid component in acrylic systems.