Acrylic Nails Vs Uv Gel

This is the basic information about acrylic nails vs gel nails.

Acrylic nails vs uv gel. Acrylic nails can cost more or less 30-60 depending on the variation of the designs and products. Cheng often suggests gel to her clients due to the flexibility of the nail extension. The only difference is that hard gel hardens through UV light.

The treatment is applied like gel starting with. Gel nails can last up to 14 days without any chipping. Nail gel can be activated without the use of UV light you may use special gel activators for the curing instead.

Gel is made up of the acryl ester resinurethane acrylates a photoinitator starts the curing process from UV light photons. You need to place the gel under a UVA light to fully cureharden the gel. Hard gel is a nail enhancement like acrylic nails except it cures in a UV light.

Long gel nails have a good amount of strength and flexibility. Gel nails look more natural than acrylic nails but are more expensive. Soft gel is resin-like and can also be removed with.

You can extend the length of the nail with hard gel just like acrylic. LCN is the brand I use and is made with High performance light curing nail resins. However the procedure is odorless whereas acrylic mixtures have a strong smell.

Gel nails are safe to have with respect to the products. Think of a plastic cup gel versus a glass cup acrylic. Acrylic nails usually only last about a week or slightly longer if you take care of them well.