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.
Claims18
A method of applying nail polish, comprising the steps of:
- applying a flowable protective coating over at least a first portion of a cuticle and a first portion of a surface of a nail adjacent the first portion of the cuticle, where the protective coating comprises rubber;
- allowing the protective coating to at least partially set;
- applying a nail polish over at least a second portion of the surface of the nail, the second portion of the surface of the nail is adjacent to the first portion of the surface of the nail;
- and
- removing the protective coating by peeling the protective coating from the cuticle and the first portion of the surface of the nail before the nail polish is completely dry to reveal the first portion of the cuticle and the first portion of the surface of the nail not covered by the nail polish.
A method of creating designs on the surface of a nail, comprising the steps of:
- applying a flowable protective coating over at least a first portion of a surface of a cuticle adjacent the nail, where the protective coating comprises rubber;
- allowing the flowable protective coating to at least partially dry;
- applying a first nail polish to the surface of the nail;
- applying additional flowable protective coating over one or more portions of the surface of the nail;
- allowing the additional flowable protective coating to at least partially dry;
- applying a second nail polish over exposed portions of the nail not covered by the additional flowable protective coating;
- and
- removing the flowable protective coating and the additional flowable protective coating by peeling the flowable protective coating and the additional flowable protective coating from the cuticle and the nail, respectively, before the second nail polish is completely dry to reveal one or more portions of the nail not covered by the second nail polish and to reveal at least the first portion of the surface of the cuticle adjacent the nail not covered by the first or second nail polish.
A method of protecting a cuticle adjacent a human nail from nail polish, comprising the steps of:
- applying a protective coating over at least a first portion of a cuticle adjacent the nail, where the protective coating comprises rubber;
- allowing the protective coating to at least partially set;
- applying a nail polish over at least a portion of the surface of the nail, the portion of the surface of the nail is adjacent to the first portion of a cuticle;
- and
- removing the protective coating by peeling the protective coating from the cuticle before the nail polish is completely dry to reveal the first portion of the cuticle adjacent the nail not covered by said nail polish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.