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US 2024/0389730 A1Published application
Method of Configuring and Applying Gel Nail Tips
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Abstract
A method of configuring and applying gel nail tips includes applying one or more layers of gel polish and gel art design on a set of gel nail tips while the set of gel nail tips is temporarily secured and supported on a configuring stand, and then the set of gel nail tips with gel polish applied and cured is adhered to the natural nails of the user respectively with a gel base adhesive composition under light, so as to avoid getting the gel polish on the skin and cuticles of the user.
Claims20
A method of configuring and applying gel nail tips, comprising:
- (a) preparing a set of gel nail tips sized and shaped to fit sizes, shapes and curvatures of natural nails of a user to be applied with the set of gel nail tips thereon;
- (b) temporarily securing and priming an underside contact surface of each of the set of gel nail tips on a configuring stand with the nail surface of each of the set of gel nail tips facing frontwards;
- (c) applying one or more layers of gel polish on the nail surfaces of the set of gel nail tips;
- (d) curing each of the one or more layers of gel polish on the nail surfaces of the set of gel nail tips under light;
- (e) detaching each of the gel nail tips with one or more layers of gel polish applied from the configuring stand;
- (f) applying a bead of a gel base adhesive composition to a base of the underside contact surface of each of the set of gel nail tips;
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- (g) adhering each of the set of gel nail tips with gel polish applied thereon to the top surface of the corresponding natural nail of the user by pressing and holding for 10-30 seconds.
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A gel nail tip applying and curing composition set for natural nails of a user, comprising:
- a set of gel nail tips each being made of gel material and having an underside contact surface which can be filed to form a rough affixing surface;
- a nail filing device configured for buffing at least a portion of the underside contact surface of each of the set gel nail tips to form the rough affixing surface;
- an adhesive composition adapted for adhering the underside contact surfaces of the set of gel nail tips to top surfaces of the natural nails of the user respectively;
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- a flat brush for applying the adhesive composition to the underside contact surfaces of the set of gel nail tips and to the top surfaces of the natural nails of the user respectively;
- wherein the gel nail tip applying and curing composition set is adapted for configuring and applying the gel nail tips on the natural nails of the user by:
- (a) preparing the set of gel nail tips sized and shaped to fit sizes, shapes and curvatures of the natural nails of the user to be applied with the set of gel nail tips thereon;
- (b) temporarily securing and priming the underside contact surface of each of the set of gel nail tips on a configuring stand with the nail surface of each of the set of gel nail tips facing frontwards;
- (c) applying one or more layers of gel polish on the nail surfaces of the set of gel nail tips;
- (d) curing each layer of gel polish on the nail surfaces of the set of gel nail tips under light;
- (e) detaching each of the gel nail tips with one or more layers of gel polish applied from the configuring stand;
- (f) applying a bead of the gel base adhesive composition to a base of the underside contact surface of each of the set of gel nail tips;
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- (g) adhering each of the set of gel nail tips with gel polish applied thereon to the top surface of the corresponding natural nail of the user by pressing and holding for 10-30 seconds.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.