In brief, says Rica Romain, manicurist and nail-care specialist, “Polygel has the power of acrylic, however is lighter, stronger, and extra versatile.”
How does polygel evaluate to common gel and acrylics?
When speaking about variations between nail merchandise, Idehen says it comes all the way down to power. Conventional nail polish and gel polish are the weakest, whereas dip, acrylic, laborious gel, and polygel are extra sturdy. “The cool factor about polygel,” Idehen says, “is that as a result of it has that gel-like consistency earlier than it’s cured, it provides it a bit extra flexibility than acrylic.”
Common gel polish is versatile and doesn’t present construction or power the way in which polygel does. “It’s simply long-lasting coloration,” says Idehen. When her purchasers wish to develop out their nails, she suggests a extra sturdy nail enhancement, akin to polygel or acrylic, “that you would be able to construct with, in order that it doesn’t snap and break on the level of stress, like the place your nail leaves your nail mattress.”
Acrylic extensions are fabricated from two merchandise: a liquid monomer and acrylic powder, which collectively create a hardened base. (Polygel additionally makes use of a liquid slip resolution to make it pliable.) Says Romain, “Polygel nails might be utilized on prime of a nail type and sculpted to create an extension of the nail, identical to acrylic.”
However acrylic and polygel differ in how they’re utilized. “[With acrylics], it’s a must to understand how a lot monomer you might want to choose up with the powder so that you just get the proper consistency for the bead earlier than making use of it to the nail,” says Idehen. This side of acrylic utility can take a very long time, with plenty of coaching to get them good. However as a result of polygel is premixed, “you don’t have to fret about ratios, and this makes it rather a lot simpler to make use of and familiarize yourself with.”
Additionally, polygel doesn’t have a scent. That is vastly totally different from acrylics, which have that intense scent you most likely affiliate with strolling right into a nail salon. That robust scent typically deters folks from having their nails completed.
The final distinction: “Polygel enhancements don’t normally have to be eliminated recurrently,” says Romain. “The nail development space can merely be crammed in with extra polygel.”
Can they be completed at house? What are the dangers?
“Polygel might be completed at house,” says Idehen; nevertheless, “it does require the entire identical abilities that doing every other nail service requires.” These embody endurance (and in case you’re a newbie, numerous it), information of what you’re doing (extra on this later), and having the fitting merchandise at your fingertips.
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