Method for nail manicuring
OwnerJacqueline A. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A nail manicure method comprising applying a protective coating to portions of the surface of a finger or toe nail or a cuticle adjacent thereto where the application of nail polish is not desired, optionally manipulating the protective coating into a desired shape, and applying nail polish to regions not covered by the protective coating. Once the nail polish has at least partially dried, the protective coating is removed to reveal an underlying area with defined regions of nail polish.
Claims17
A method of creating a design on a nail surface, the method comprising:
- i) applying a flowable protective coating over a cuticle surface adjacent the nail surface, the protective coating including natural rubber, synthetic rubber or a combination thereof;
- ii) allowing the protective coating to at least partially set;
- iii) applying, by using one or more of a brush, a sponge-tip, or a squeeze dispenser, a first nail polish over the nail surface;
- iv) applying the flowable protective coating over a first portion of the nail surface on which the first nail polish has been applied;
- v) allowing the protective coating over the first portion of the nail surface to at least partially set;
- vi) manipulating the at least partially set protective coating on the first portion of the nail surface on which the first nail polish has been applied into a desired design;
- vii) applying a second nail polish over a second portion of the nail surface and over at least a portion of the protective coating positioned on the first portion of the nail surface;
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- viii) removing the at least partially set protective coating from the first portion of the nail surface, wherein the removing the protective coating from the nail surface includes peeling the protective coating from the nail surface;
- wherein the design formed on the nail surface is defined by distinct colored regions formed in steps iii) and vii).
A method of creating a design on a nail surface with a first nail polish and a second nail polish, the method comprising:
- applying a flowable protective coating over a first portion of the nail surface, the protective coating including natural rubber, synthetic rubber or a combination thereof and one or more volatile solvents to enhance drying;
- allowing the protective coating to at least partially set;
- manipulating the at least partially set protective coating on the first portion of the nail surface into a first desired shape;
- applying, by using one or more of a first brush, a first sponge-tip, or a first squeeze dispenser, the first nail polish over an exposed portion of the nail surface which is not covered by the protective coating on the first portion of the nail surface;
- applying the flowable protective coating over a second portion of the nail surface;
- allowing the protective coating over the second portion of the nail surface to at least partially set;
- manipulating the at least partially set protective coating on the second portion of the nail surface into a second desired shape;
- applying, by using one or more of a second brush, a second sponge-tip, or a second squeeze dispenser, the second nail polish over an exposed portion of the nail surface which is not covered by the protective coating on a second portion of the nail surface and over at least a portion of the protective coating positioned on the second portion of the nail surface;
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- removing the at least partially set protective coatings on the first and second portions of the nail surface by peeling;
- wherein the design created on the nail surface is defined by distinct colored regions formed in the steps of applying the first and second nail polishes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.