Nail repair with silk under gel polish. Silk nail extensions

Many ladies spend a lot of time caring for their hands. This is especially true for nails. What beautiful young ladies don’t use to give them the necessary length and create natural beauty. The use of various cosmetic preparations, nourishing masks and restorative therapeutic baths - all this is used.

But there are situations when a nail or several at once can break. However, you shouldn’t despair right away. There is a very simple and effective solution - silk for nail repair. It will help you easily and quickly solve the problem, and you can do it yourself and at home.

Restoring a broken nail

It happens that a crack occurs closer to the middle of the nail plate, and not at the edge. This can not only be uncomfortable, but also cause pain. In this case, removing the nail will be very painful and also unsafe. You need to give the nail time to grow at least a little. To do this, you need to strengthen it and seal it.

Repairing your nails with silk will only take a few minutes. And if you already have some skills in this matter, then the process will speed up much. The result can last for about a week. It will be possible to perform these manipulations again before it becomes possible to trim the nail at the fracture site.

Often ladies use silk fabric to get rid of the fragility of their nails. This is achieved by applying several layers of glue and silk, which makes the plate harder, minimizing its breakage.

Step-by-step recovery process

Now let’s look at the diagram itself on how to repair a nail with silk step by step. It is used to repair it in nail salons, where qualified craftsmen can handle it in a couple of minutes. But you don’t always have the time and money to turn to a professional. In this situation, you can help yourself.

First you need to prepare the tools:

• The main “ingredient” is silk for nails;
• Glue with a special bio-composition. The standard kit usually comes with glue that is not of very good quality, so it would be preferable to buy it separately;
• Don't forget about the anti-adhesive compound. It will come in handy if you suddenly glue your fingers together or apply bioglue incorrectly;
• Manicure scissors;
• Files or buffs of different abrasiveness. 120 and 220 grit are suitable;
• Disinfector is a means for disinfecting and degreasing the surface of nails. It eliminates severe drying, so the nail becomes normal after half an hour.

In addition to silk, linen and fiberglass are also used. The first type of fabric is used in rare cases. This is due to its rough texture, which does not go well with the claw. Fiberglass is slightly more popular than linen, but still inferior to silk fabric.

It is better to purchase the material in rolls with a sticky paper base. To achieve the desired result, the price of the fabric including glue should not be less than 100 rubles. This will allow you to repair your nail with silk more efficiently.

Let's study step by step instructions on how to use silk to repair a broken “claw”:

1. It is necessary to prepare the broken part of the plate. To do this, make a few light movements using a cuticle file towards the free edge. This will help smooth out the edges of the crack and get rid of the shine of the surface. Then you need to degrease with a disinfectant;
2. Cut the required amount from the fabric roll to cover the resulting crack. It happens that the material suddenly runs out. Therefore, it can be replaced with a regular medical fabric plaster. But it should not be rubberized so that the nail can breathe. Tea bag paper is also suitable, which can be used after shaking out the tea leaves;
3. Treat the broken area with a small glue strip and place a cut-out piece of “rag” there to fit the size. Place it flat on the surface using an orange stick;
4. When the glue is completely dry, remove any excess. To do this, use a nail file to process the resulting tubercle, making the plate smooth. This will hide damage when applying varnish;
5. After repair, cover all the fingers with a textured varnish with shiny or small sand particles. This will help hide all the irregularities and strengthen the adhesion of the fabric and glue to the crack. You can disguise the location of the breakdown with a rhinestone or some other designer item.

You should not repair a nail with silk if the breakage causes damage to the skin or bleeding from the wound. This can only do harm. Therefore, contact a specialist immediately.

Scheme for strengthening nails with silk

Using a similar technology, nails are strengthened with silk if the plate is particularly thin. Artificial nails will last longer than natural ones. This is due to the difference in thickness. If you are not a supporter of the extension process, then this procedure will come in handy for you.

To do this, you need to follow these simple steps:

1. Remove shine using a nail file;
2. Align the silk piece with the nail bed and cut out the desired shape;
3. Disinfect and degrease the plate;
4. Apply a glue strip to the nail and attach the cut fabric;
5. Trim the edges with an orange stick;
6. After the glue has dried, polish the surface with buff;
7. Cover with a layer of varnish.

The procedure must be performed several times a month. This will help strengthen and grow nails that will not break or crumble.

Extensions using silk fabric

Silk is not suitable as the main material in this process due to its softness. But it will serve as an excellent substrate for gel or tips and will help speed up the extension.

• First, you need to process the plate with a file and degrease it;
• Glue on a strip of silk. Once dry, stick the tip to the end of the free edge of the fabric;
• At the last stage, the surface is sanded and the joint is treated with gel or acrylic.

The process of strengthening or building up can be easily done at home, without going to studios or salons.

Where to buy and how much it costs

You can purchase silk fabric for repairs at any specialized manicure store or on the Internet. The cost depends on the form of release - in strips or rolls, as well as on the length. On average, one set costs 100 rubles. At the same time, other tools can be sold either separately or together with silk fabric.

Repairing nails with silk is a quick and easy way to independently eliminate the “breakage” of your favorite claws. The procedure can be carried out at home without having any serious skills in the art of manicure.

Video: Repairing a nail with silk

A broken nail is a reason for frustration for any woman, because it not only spoils the manicure, but can also cause a lot of inconvenience and even pain. And if before there was no other choice but to cut it down, now such a breakdown is not a problem, you just need to make an appointment at a salon where they will restore it or increase it for you. I recently had to find out how nail repairs are done and what is needed for this.

Why do nails break?

Brittleness of the nail plate can be a sign of a host of disorders in the body - temporary or permanent, a lack of various substances (for example, calcium) or recent surgical interventions with general anesthesia. My case is just the latest - after rhinoplasty, not only the condition of my skin, but also my nails, which usually do not peel or break, sharply worsened.

After the operation, I managed to break three nails at once (and even mine couldn’t save them), I had to urgently run to a nail technician and have them repaired.

Types of nail repair

You can fix something broken in different ways, depending on what kind of damage it is.

1. The tip is broken off. Then the easiest way is to build it up using gel and then cover it with gel polishes just like everyone else. If this is done by a competent master, then he will not be different from the rest.
2. The nail has peeled off. Then it needs to be strengthened so that in the place where it has become thinner, it breaks completely. This can be done using .
3. The nail plate broke “alive,” that is, not at the regrown end, but in the middle, forming a wound and a hangnail. This is very painful, the hangnail clings to everything, and if nothing is done, it will catch on something and finally come off. There will be a lot of blood and possibly tears. Therefore, such damage must first be treated with something disinfectant, covered with a band-aid and waited for several days for the wound to heal. Then you can contact a specialist who will restore the plate using silk, a base for gel polish and acrylic powder.
4. The nail breaks not across, but along. Unfortunately, most often this happens not due to mechanical damage, but due to internal problems of the body. If you notice a longitudinal crack, then you urgently need to start strengthening the nail plate using any of the above methods. A small one can be removed with gel polish, but for cracks that have already begun to spread, you will have to use “heavy artillery”: nail repair silk, gel or acrylic.

How to repair a nail using silk

My case falls under the third point, so silk was used to repair my nails. Here's what you need for this:

• silk for manicure
• gel polish base
• acrylic Powder
• LED lamp
• nail file
• nail scissors

If your nails are prone to brittleness, then all this can be purchased for personal use and you can do nail repairs when you need it. Here's how it happens:

1. We remove the old gel polish (you can file it off or).
2. We file down the hangnail to remove its protruding part, and also remove the cuticle.
3. Apply the first layer of gel polish base.
4. We cut off a small piece of silk and glue it on top of the base on the part of the nail plate where there is a break, and trim off the hanging edges of the silk.
5. Cover with the base again until the silk is completely wet.
6. Sprinkle generously with acrylic powder and shake off any remaining residue.
7. Dry the nail under the lamp for 2 minutes.
8. We file the hardened coating along the edges to remove excess silk, and polish it on top so that the surface of the “patch” is level with the nail plate and there is no “sill”.
9. Once again we cover the entire nail plate with the base, carefully level it and dry it under the lamp to get a smooth glossy surface.

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The silk under the base becomes transparent and almost invisible, and the acrylic powder, falling on the texture of the fabric, evens it out and makes it smooth. Now you can do any manicure, but the coating must be thick to hide the consequences of nail repair, which may still be noticeable.

Features of manicure after nail repair

You can do any manicure on a repaired nail - regular polish, gel, acrylic, gel polish. But you should consider how you will remove this manicure. You need to file it down carefully so as not to remove the silk. But it is better to refuse gel polish remover, because it can dissolve not only the color coating, but also the base on which the “patch” is held, then the nail repair will have to be done again.

I have tested the durability of this type of nail repair many times – it lasts until it grows back. As it grows, this entire “structure” can be filed off in the same way as other nails; it is quite hard, and if done correctly, it does not peel off or crumble.

You can repair a broken nail using paper, silk, linen, powder, or artificial fabric covering - fiberglass. Or you can use modeling materials. For example, acrylic, gel. They are used both as protection applied on top of the “patch” and as an independent type of repair. With the help of the listed materials, repair of a broken nail will be performed as quickly and comfortably as possible.

Which method should I choose?

When choosing, take into account:

• crack size;
• what part of the nail is broken;
• is there a break?

Any procedure begins with disinfection of the hands of the master and client. Then you need to remove the remaining varnish, degrease the nail, treat the desired area with a file, sanding the edge of the break. The grinding process is necessary for better adhesion of the material to the nail surface.

For small cracks, silk is most often used. In this case, a kind of “patch” made of a small piece of silk is placed on the crack. It is held in place by special glue.

If a more global restoration is necessary, it is recommended acrylic nail repair. First, glue is applied to hold the broken area together. On top of it is acrylic powder. They react with each other, the powder becomes hard, forming a dense layer on the surface of the nail plate. The hardened material must first be sanded with a file, and only then the coating must be applied.

By the way, gel nail repair is also done quite often. Biogels with high elasticity have been in particular demand recently. The procedure for restoring a nail in this way is very simple, but in this case you will need a UV lamp to dry the biogel on the nail.

Each described process has its own tricks, so you can’t do it without the experienced hands of a master.

How long will a repaired nail last?

A nail that has undergone restoration will delight its owner for 3-7 days. Acrylic and gel last longer, silk - a little less. The procedure can and should be repeated regularly until the broken area has completely grown back. Nail repair usually takes up to 10 minutes.

Long nails and a beautiful manicure are the standard of female beauty. And breaking a nail is a big nuisance for every woman. The chipped area looks unsightly and scratches the skin.

What to do if a nail breaks off and you want to return it to its former beautiful appearance?

Broken nail: what to do

What to do next with a broken nail depends on how it broke: slightly cracked or completely torn off. An uneven edge or crack will cause trouble - scratching and clinging to clothes.

Possible actions for a broken nail:

• Trim the nail or file it down.
• Glue the crack on one's own.
• Ask for help to a specialist.

If you want to solve the problem yourself and save a broken nail yourself at home, then you need to choose the right gluing technology. It depends on where the crack is: in the overhanging part of the nail or in the middle of it. The size of the crack is also important.

• If the breakdown small, then you can seal the problem area with a special patch made of natural fabric or paper plaster. This repair is used for any cracks on the side of the nail, along the “smile” line or along it.
• At complete breaking off nail from above impose acrylic artificial material – tips.
• Tips are also applied when a crack appears along the axis of the finger, in the middle.

It makes sense to repair a broken nail if it is cracked no more than 1/3 of its length. Otherwise, the repair will be short-lived.

Sometimes the crack goes so deep that it injures the finger under the nail. In this case, it is better to carry out treatment and recovery in the salon.

What can't be done:

• Glue living natural nail for superglue. The synthetic composition corrodes living cells of the nail plate. Only extended acrylic plates can be repaired with synthetics.
• It is forbidden treat the nail with acetone or other nail polish remover when breaking it down to “meat”. Aggressive chemical solutions should not get into the wound.
• It is forbidden delay repairs nail if you have a crack. The nail may crack further and break off completely. The sooner you start fixing the problem area of ​​the nail, the smaller the crack that needs to be repaired.

Tools and materials for nail repair

Often, materials for gluing damaged nails are sold as a set, like a professional kit for repairing nail plates. It includes:

• Silk for repairing nails on an adhesive basis.
• Glue for natural and artificial nails.
• File and buff for natural and artificial nails.
• Any disinfectant: hydrogen peroxide, medical alcohol, or even better - a professional manicure product.
• Orange sticks for a manicure.

All these tools and materials can be selected separately, depending on availability in the store and personal preferences. It is worth noting that although the special nail repair silk is self-adhesive, its adhesive base is not enough to glue the crack, nail glue is required.

In the absence of silk for nails, it can be replaced with a piece of natural or synthetic silk, a paper napkin, a tea bag, filter paper or a paper plaster - whatever you have at hand at home.

Natural nail repair

Most often, the nail plate breaks at the point where it attaches to the finger. This line is called a "smile". The repaired nail loses its strength, but retains its appearance. The repair technology is as follows:

• Remove varnish And handle nail antiseptic.
• Treat uneven areas with a buff on a broken nail.
• Prepare a piece of fabric - cut it so that it covers the crack by 2-3 mm on each side.
• Apply glue And impose on top of the nail piece of fabric, press it carefully. To level the patch, use a toothpick or an orange stick with a pointed end.
• After the glue has dried, smooth the edges of the fabric with a buff.
• Glue in the same way 1-2 more layers of fabric on top of the first, depending on the size of the damage, carefully filing each layer
• Cover the nail with varnish to completely disguise the crack.

You can learn more about how to repair a broken nail by watching this video:

When gluing tips, the technology is similar. Instead of three layers of fabric patches, an acrylic tip is glued over the damage. After the glue has dried, the tips are cut to the required size.

Crack under gel coating

In order to glue the nail under the gel polish, you need to remove the polish. You don’t have to remove all your fingers, limit yourself to just the broken nail, and leave the rest alone. For removal, use special means for removing Shellac or biogel - depending on the coating of the nail. If you can’t remove the gel polish, you can glue a patch over the old coating.

A “patch” is applied to the place where the nail is broken.

The technique of applying a patch to gel polish is the same as for a natural nail, and it is covered with a new varnish, which is dried under a UV lamp. For home repairs using gel technology, you need a UV lamp and gel polish.

If the crack is located along the edge of the nail, then it can be cut and re-grow with biogel. To do this, use a special form or foil, which is placed under the nail and used as a support for applying the biogel. After the biogel hardens under a UV lamp, the foil is carefully removed.

How to build up a broken nail with biogel or a rubber-based base coat, see the video instructions:

Repair of extended nail

Extensions are done acrylic tips. They do not have a living structure, so if they break off, they can be glued with synthetic glue for plastic (superglue, “Moment”). The fastening materials are the same - filter paper, silk strips, paper plaster.

The technology for gluing the extended plate is as follows:

• Drip on the nail glue And attach cut out on top of it paper strip.

  Place a drop on top of the strip glue again. Third layer of glue apply over the dried second one.

• Process repair place nail file.
• Apply varnish on top.

Another repair option is to replace the broken tip with a new one.

What to do if the nail breaks off to the meat

If the nail breaks off very badly, you must immediately handle him by any antiseptic: hydrogen peroxide, chlorhexidine, miramistin and others. It is very difficult to glue such a crack yourself. It is better to contact a competent and experienced specialist at the salon.

The repair procedure is done after relieving inflammatory symptoms and complete healing of open wounds of the nail plate.

Professional restoration of such damage involves the use of special biogels. They contain proteins to restore the nail structure and also protect the chipped area from infection.

Some biogels dissolve when exposed to detergents and acetone. Therefore, after such treatment, when washing the floor and dishes, you must wear rubber gloves.

A broken nail is a big nuisance. However, you can return it to its previous appearance: seal the crack and cover it with varnish. If you cannot perform the repair yourself, then seek help from a professional nail technician.