Nail Tips and Forms

5. point where the free edge of the natural nail meets or stops inside the well.
7. covers the entire nail up to the cuticle.
8. product used on a clean nail to temporarily stop it from producing moisture and natural oil.
11. provides structure to the nail.
12. made of paper or mylar to form a nail extension.
16. layer of nail enhancement product over the entire surface of the nail to provide strength.
17. usually altered at the well line to expose more of the natural nail.
22. Has straight sidewalls with a very straight square edge with sharp corners.
23. any product added to the natural nail to increase strength and beauty.
24. applied to the well area that is used to adhere the tip to the natural nail.

1. used prior to an enhancement service without soaking.
2. long and tapered to a sharp point, resembling a long skinny carrot.
3. natural nail grows beyond the finger and becomes the free edge.
4. pre-molded nails shaped out of tough plastic made from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.
6. the shallow depression that serves as the point of contact with the nail plate.
7. covers the entire apex area and usually covers more than half of the nail plate.
9. stress area becomes the highest point in the nail.
10. very tapered, with an edge that comes to a soft rounded point.
13. cut like a smile line at the contact point.
14. similar to square, with straight sidewalls; however, has a rounded corner.
15. has no well at all, and therefore, no position stop.
18. edge that usually mimics the cuticle line and may be slightly tapered on the sides.
19. similar to stiletto except the edge is square.
20. similar to oval, very tapered but has a sharp point.
21. process of adding length to the nail, using a tip or a form.