Nail Tips and Forms

4. Specifically designed to not put pressure on the nail tip as it is being, cut.
9. Thin resin applied into the well area of the tip and used to adhere the tip to the natural nail.
11. Long and extremely tapered nail shape with a square end representing a ballet pointe shoe.
13. Where the natural nail grows beyond the finger and becomes the free edge; _______________ area.
16. Extends the length of the natural nail.
17. Very long and completely tapered nail shape with a sharp point at the end.
20. Enhancement Product added to the natural nail to increase strength and beauty; nail.
21. Made of preshaped plastic or aluminum that can be disinfected between clients; ______________ nail form.
22. Tip that is usually altered at the well line to expose more of the natural nail.
25. Tough plastic used to make pre-molded nail tips.
26. Prep product used to remove surface debris, moisture, and tiny amounts of oil on natural nail plate, Nail ____________.
28. Tips that are cut like a smile line at the contact point.

1. Layer of nail enhancement product over the entire surface of the natural nail to provide strength, structure, and support.
2. Tips that cover the entire apex area and usually covers more than half of the nail plate.
3. Tip that covers the entire nail to the cuticle.
5. Stop, Point where the free edge of the natural nail meets or stops inside the well.
6. Placed under the free edge of the natural nail, used as a guide to extend the nail enhancement product beyond the fingertip.
7. Shallow depression in a nail tip that serves as the point of contact with the nail plate.
8. Area on the side of the nail plate that grows free of its natural attachment to the nail fold and where the extension leaves the natural nail.
10. Prep product that temporarily stops the nail from producing moisture on the natural oil.
11. Common ingredient in a nail dehydrator.
12. Type of alcohol; common ingredient used in nail cleansers.
14. Tip that has no position stop and no well.
15. Nail form made of mylar, coated with an adhesive back.
18. Strong, thin polyester film used to make nail forms.
19. Pre-molded nails made from ABS plastic.
23. Very tapered oval nail shape that comes to a sharp point.
24. Highest point in the nail; also called the arch.
27. Manicure used prior to enhancement services to prepare the cuticle and nail plate without soaking in water.