How To Avoid Breaking Acrylic Nails

The second is with a Manicure Brush like this which works really well.

How to avoid breaking acrylic nails. Choose a length that will work for your lifestyle. This article was originally published on Jan. Prevent sculpting monomer from contacting soft tissue during application.

Avoid filing the nails excessively as it can cause damage to the nail plate leaving it too fragile and thin. Always be adamant about protecting the integrity of the natural nail during services to prevent damaging the natural nail. Gel is better because its thicker and will hide the crack more.

Make sure that the nail plate is dehydrated prior to applying the nail products. Moisturizing the cuticles and massaging oils or vitamin creams into nail beds and the nails themselves actually can strengthen nails by preventing drying. It is one of the best tools that you can use to protect your acrylic nails from breaking or tearing.

Let us know your favorite nail hacks for long nails in the comm. Also the use of acetone is one of the major causes of nail discoloration. It may seem counterintuitive but nail polish can actually be beneficial to weak nails.

If you have never gotten acrylic nails before heres what you need to know. Today Steph shows you 3 of the most common ways that long nails break- and how to avoid them. Pump it with the swipe and then cleanse from the bottom of the nail to the top.

The first is with a Lint-Free Wipe. Long acrylics those that extend more than 05 in 13 cm past. Keeping cuticles pushed back and filing nail tips in one direction versus back and forth also prevents nail splitting and weakening that can lead to breakage.