Beautiful hands have always been part of our grooming ritual since ancient times. Women love to accessorize their hands and take care of nails. In ancient Egypt, long nails were symbolic of status and wealth. In current times, beautiful nails are part of your personality, but not everyone is blessed with strong, beautiful nails. Nail extensions is a way to get those lovely beautiful nails. Nail extension roughly means adding an artificial tip to your original nail end to give it length. It then gets covered with acrylic, gel or fiberglass. A nail can also be formed on your natural nail; in this process no tip is used. This forming is often called sculpting and can also be considered an extension. Three most talked about nail extensions are Acrylic nails, Gel and Fiberglass.

Acrylic Nails Extensions:

The acrylic nails are created by mixing liquid monomer and a powder polymer, which when combined form a hard protective layer that is sculpted over the natural nail. These nails become hard when exposed to air. To do extension an artificial tip added on nail before using acrylic mix. After that the nails extensions are shaped, buffed for a shiny finish.

Gel Nails Extensions:

Gel is hair gel type of consistency that is applied either on top of an artificial nail extension, or directly onto the natural nail bed to strengthen the nail and promote long nail growth naturally. It differs from acrylic in terms that no mixing is required to create gel and the nails must be cured in a UV lamp to create strong gel extensions.

Fiberglass or Silk Nail Extensions:

This is a less popular approach. This process involves cutting pieces of fiberglass or silk to fit the nail bed or tip, before sealing them into position using resin or glue. These are the three different types of nail extensions that can be done to get longer nails but all of them require the help of a professional artist and a proper nail salon.(of course they can be done at home but then you require to buy all those expensive products and most importantly lots of practice to get them done at home.)