Features of using acrylic powder for nails

Many modern materials are used to care for your nails and create trendy nail art. Among this list, one can single out a rather useful and universal acrylic powder, which is actively used both for correcting and strengthening the nail plate, and for creating an interesting design, combining it in different manicure techniques and directions.

Some features of the nail plate, which relate to fragility, interfere with the active use of gel varnishes and other materials to create a beautiful manicure, since defects in the nail itself lead to premature peeling of the applied coating, and in some cases - of the whole plate. To minimize the risk of such situations, acrylic powder was developed, thanks to which a strong base is formed on the surface for the subsequent application of other coloring compositions, which also has a beneficial effect on the structure of the nail, strengthening it.

It is very easy to use the product, so it is possible to take care of the health of your nails and a beautiful manicure at home, without resorting to the services of masters. The application of powder both under gel polish and under acetone varnishes for coloring will be relevant. At the very beginning, the composition performed only a decorative function - the powder was produced in a wide color palette to create a design involving the decoration of nails with drawings, giving a voluminous and velvety structure, creating a "knitted" manicure or a beautiful "snow" jacket.Today, the functionality of acrylic powder has expanded significantly, so it is recommended not only to decorate, but also to strengthen nails.

The offered products can be of several varieties.

It is a universal composition that is recommended for working with extended material, strengthening your own nail or creating a jacket. Colored versions of such products are in demand in nail design.

The main purpose of this product is to use it under a colored coating to eliminate obvious flaws on the nail plate and to strengthen it. Even a very thin layer of matter can cope with such a task.

Such a tool can be monochromatic matte or contain color inclusions in the composition in the form of sequins of various sizes and colors.

Like any product, acrylic nail powder has advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of the product include such material properties.

• The main component - acrylic - has the ability to penetrate even into microcracks on the base, masking and strengthening them, and the additional effect of the UV lamp helps to reliably fix these areas, not only smoothing out defects, but also removing the source of their occurrence.
• The use of the composition is recommended for thin plates that are bent during the growth process. In this case, the material acts as another layer on the nail plate, which eliminates deformation.
• In the course of using the powder, the nail retains its natural attractiveness and shape, without creating the effect of built-up material and additional density.
• The composition is very malleable to correction, so any defects during work can be correctly corrected without damaging the appearance of the manicure.
• Everyone, even an ordinary amateur, can work with the composition.

Despite the many undeniable advantages of acrylic powder, the product is not without some disadvantages.

• It is very rare, but still there are situations when acrylic is chipped off the nail plate shortly after application.
• The most significant drawback is the difficult way to remove the composition from the nail, since acrylic can only be removed mechanically - by cutting. This option of removing the material, with inept handling of the tool and working materials, can lead to serious damage to the nails. Therefore, this issue should be approached with all seriousness, and the material should be removed correctly.

The manicure products in question have a synthetic base that has thermoplastic qualities. Powder is realized in a powdery state of different consistency. The main component of the material is acrylic acid.

As for the cost, the products belong to affordable formulations and are sold freely in specialized departments and salons with materials, tools and equipment for manicure. There are quite a few options for the proposed powder, ranging from colorless composition to colored means for nail design. You can find different names: velvet sand, powdered sugar, velveteen coating, etc. These names mean the same product for the nail service, identical in composition.

The technology of working with powder involves the implementation of a step-by-step algorithm of the master's actions.Since acrylic powder has several functions - application in order to strengthen the nail or the creation of a certain design when processing the composition over gel polish - the order of work will be slightly different.

However, these two options are united by the mandatory preparation of the nail plate for coating, which consists of the following steps.

• First of all, it is necessary to do a hygienic manicure, which involves removing the cuticle, shaping the nail plate.
• The next type of work is polishing nails, due to which gloss is removed from them, and the surface is also cleaned of dust and other contaminants.
• The last stage of the wizard's actions is considered to be the use of an antiseptic for processing. Such a product is mandatory for application, since it is very important to remove possible pathogenic flora from fingers and nails before working with powder. As a rule, Miramistin or any other disinfecting composition is used for these purposes.

Instructions for applying strengthening acrylic powder consists of the following steps.

• Before rubbing the base material into your nails, you need to degrease them.
• After that, you need to apply the base. You should try to keep its layer thin and neat; there is no need to dry it under a lamp.
• Next, you need to sprinkle the nail with strengthening powder, it is best to arm yourself with a brush for work and work with each finger over the jar with the composition so that the excess material immediately crumbles back.
• In this form, the nail plate must be dried in a lamp. Then brush off the remaining material from your fingers with a brush.
• The final, but not required, step is to coat the nails with the selected acetone varnish or gel varnish according to the standard algorithm for working with such manicure compositions.

To do a manicure, using powder as a decorative material, follows after the standard mandatory manipulations with nails. An approximate instruction for work consists of a number of stages that may differ based on the use in a particular case of one or another method of designing the nail plate. The work technology looks like this.

• First you need to apply a primer to your nails. Its main task is to improve the adhesion of the applied compositions to the surface of the nails, where the artificial substance and natural keratin will interact. When choosing a base gel coat, it is best to use a thick silicone compound. Today, such products are offered by many manufacturers of manicure products.
• Then comes the turn of using acrylic powder, in this case the product can be either multi-colored or colorless, it all depends on the further composition. The main thing is to make the layer ideally even and dense during the coating so that even minimal gaps and voids are absent in it.
• Further, the nails must be dried in an ultraviolet lamp. As a rule, it will take about two to three minutes for the components to set. After the polymerization process is over, you will need to remove excess acrylic from the nails and fingers with a brush.
• In situations where defects were found in the formed coating - this applies to both grooves and bumps - the plate requires mandatory correction by grinding to an ideal state.
• After that, coating with top gel polish is carried out, which also undergoes mandatory drying in a lamp.
• The final point will be the application of the color coating, as well as the design of the plate using the same acrylic powder before drying on a sticky base. All colored layers require mandatory curing in the lamp. After that, the nail is covered with a finishing glossy or matte finish, which will give the manicure a complete look.
• The finished nail art requires the cuticles and skin to be treated with nourishing creams or oils.

In light of the fact that acrylic powder is presented on the shelves of salons in a large assortment, in order to purchase a suitable material, it should be clearly understood for what purposes the products will be used in the future.

• If the powder is needed only for the correction of the plate and its strengthening, for the work of a professional craftsman or an amateur at home, it is more correct to purchase a classic transparent powder. In the future, such a composition can also be successfully used to create a French manicure.
• As for the purchase of acrylic composition for creating various decor on nails, you should choose 2-3 units of different materials with glitter or neon at once. Such products can be used as an independent decorative composition or in composition with others.
• Professionals in their field are supposed to have in their arsenal a set of such materials so that they can work on problem areas on the nails with camouflage powder, and make various decor with multi-colored materials.
• To eliminate the risk of purchasing low-quality products, you should pay attention to the manufacturer and the country of exporter. In addition, you should visually check the quality of the purchased product. It is worth giving up powder, which will have a pronounced aroma of chemistry.

There is a large number of reviews from professional craftsmen and clients regarding the result of using acrylic powder for solving various problems. In general, the responses about the material are distinguished by positive characteristics regarding the functionality of the composition. First of all, there is a clear strengthening effect on the nail plate, too thin nails become denser.

In some cases, the advantages include the versatility of the composition., which can be simultaneously used for camouflage work with the nail plate, as well as for the design of a beautiful and voluminous nail design, without resorting to additional expenses for the purchase of separate formulations. As the practice of working with powder shows, with minimal skills, not only a professional, but also a beginner at home will be able to successfully use the material.

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