Method and apparatus for enhancing UV gel nail application
OwnerFa Young Parkinventor
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Abstract
A method of applying a UV gel manicure to a fingernail and a method for achieving a UV gel fingernail extension. First a nail appliqué made of dry nail enamel is applied to a fingernail. A UV gel is then applied with a brush on top of nail appliqué and is cured using a UV lamp. The result is a UV manicure that applied faster than a conventional UV manicure and it is healthier for a nail. UV nail extensions are achieved by applying an appliqué which overhangs from a fingernail and applying and curing UV gel on top of the appliqué.
Claims17
A method of adorning and un-adorning a nail, comprising the steps of:
- adorning a nail by,
- applying a nail appliqué directly atop the nail , said nail appliqué comprising partially dried colored nail enamel and an underlying adhesive layer;
- allowing said nail enamel to fully dry after the application of said appliqué to the nail;
- removing an excess portion of said nail appliqué;
- applying UV gel directly atop said dry nail appliqué after the performance of said step of applying the nail appliqué to the nail, said nail appliqué forming a buffer between the nail and said UV gel such that said UV gel is inhibited from coming into contact with the nail;
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- curing said UV gel with a UV light so as to form a cured UV gel layer on said nail appliqué,
- said cured UV gel layer being transparent or translucent;
- wherein said nail appliqué is rigid and dry, and said nail appliqué extends past a tip of the nail in substantially the same plane as the nail, and
- subsequently un-adorning the nail by removing said UV gel layer and nail appliqué from said nail with the use of a conventional nail polish remover.
A method of adorning and un-adorning a nail, comprising the steps of:
- adorning a nail by,
- applying a nail appliqué directly atop the nail, said nail appliqué comprising partially dried nail enamel and wherein said nail appliqué includes an underlying adhesive layer;
- applying a nail tip appliqué to the nail appliqué ,said nail tip appliqué comprising a curved edge, said curved edge being shaped to substantially conform to a tip of the nail, said curved edge being applied to the a tip of the nail and a remainder of said nail tip appliqué extending past said tip of said fingernail;
- allowing said nail enamel of said nail appliqué to fully dry after the application of said appliqué to the nail;
- applying UV gel directly atop of said nail appliqué after the performance of said step of applying the nail appliqué to the nail, said nail appliqué forming a buffer between the nail and said UV gel such that said UV gel is inhibited from coming in contact with the nail;
- curing said UV gel with a UV light so as to form a cured UV gel layer on said nail appliqué , said cured UV gel layer being transparent or translucent;
- and wherein said nail appliqué is rigid and dry, and said nail appliqué extends past a tip of the nail in substantially the same plane as the nail, and subsequently un-adorning the nail be removing said UV gel layer and nail appliqué using conventional nail polish remover.
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