Nail care
A set is decided by the nail, not by the photograph
Extensions are built on whatever your own nail can currently carry — which is why the plate is read before the design is discussed.
What this answers
This subject covers what is looked at on a natural nail before anything is filed: the plate, the free edge and the cuticle area, and the findings that stop a set for the day rather than shorten it. It covers how gel, acrylic and overlays answer three different problems, why your work and your week decide the length more than taste does, and which shapes break least. And it covers the part that decides everything afterwards — the daily oil almost nobody uses, the refill at two to three weeks, and why a set is soaked off here rather than pulled off at home.
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What is read on a nail before any set is started
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Gel, acrylic and overlays — what each one is actually for
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Why your job and your week decide the length and the shape
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Making a set last, and the one habit that prevents most lifting
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Safe removal, and what genuinely damages a natural nail
Start here
- How Nails Are Read Before Extensions
What is looked at on a natural nail before a set is started: the plate, the free edge, the cuticle area, and the findings that stop the work.
- Choosing Between Gel, Acrylic and Overlays
How a nail system is chosen once the nail has been read: what gel, acrylic and overlays each answer, how your work decides the length, and which shapes break least.
- Making Nail Extensions Last
What keeps a set of nail extensions on: the daily oil everyone forgets, the refill window, and why a set is soaked off rather than pulled off.
Where this is practised
- Luxury nails at the salon
How a natural nail is read, how the hygiene is handled, and when a set is refused for the day.
- Nail extensions
Gel, acrylic or an overlay — chosen from the state of your own nail and the way you use your hands.
Still not sure what applies to you?
Send the question. It will be answered by the person who would do the work — with no booking attached, and with an honest answer if the treatment you are asking about is not right for you.