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GEL NAIL EXTENSION

Gel extension is a process that involves hard gel built on a natural nail and cured with UV light. Like acrylics, gel extensions require an overlay to lengthen your nail. The manicurist uses a nail form, which is a sticker that goes under the free edge (the tip) of the nail, to extend the length of the nail.

The rest of your process will flow like regular gel mani: your color is applied with standard soft gel polish and cured layer by layer. If you're getting nail art, your artist will decorate your tips, and then your nails are sealed with a gel topcoat.

Pros of gel nail extensions:

Thin, but strong and durable.
Easy to maintain and has a high gloss finish.
Flexible and lightweight.
Gel extension can be easily soaked off and is good for people with natural nails who want to improve durability, without the extreme hardness and heaviness of hard gel.
Can be easily applied over your natural nail for a thin natural looking nail.
If applied and removed properly, gel extensions are very safe.

GEL POLISH

Gel polishes are half regular polish and half gel that is brushed onto the nails. When applying gel polish, apply like a regular application – base, polish color, and topcoat. The only difference is that each coat must be cured or hardened under a UV or LED light for up to two minutes.

DIPPING POWDER

If you google the best nail salon near me in Mission Viejo, you could see that dip powder has been more and more famous and chosen by a lot of clients. SNS, in particular, is especially popular in states like Florida, Texas, and California where dipping powder is replacing acrylic as the go-to nail enhancement.

The dip powder manicure process is fairly simple: The nail techs dip each finger into the clear, finely-milled powder, brush off the excess powder, set it with a protective clear polish, and repeat these steps until your nail is fully coated and hardened. And then the manicurist seals each nail with a gel top coat and places your hands under a fan dryer. The process takes about an hour and a half in total.

Pros of dipping nails:

There are so many dipping colors to choose from. They’re bright and vibrant, and your nails are shiny and have the hardened feel of acrylics.
You can do nail art and add nail tips using dip powder. Companies like SNS provide different kits that help you achieve the traditional Pink & White, French manicure.

Don’t have the strong smell that the acrylic nail application comes with.

Advice for getting an SNS dip manicure in any nail salon near you:

When looking for an SNS nail salon in Mission Viejo, make sure to ask which application method is used. If the nail tech doesn't have a fresh jar to use, you can ask them to sprinkle the powder over your nails using a brush instead of dipping nails completely.