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The modified formula and textural features have given polygel a truly unique set of properties:
hypoallergenic and non-toxic, high safety due to less dust, simplicity of the working technique, wide possibilities in professional use, reduced time for extension and correction procedures, minimal filing needed to achieve the final shape.Acrygel works great for beginners, who often find it hard at first to adapt to gel or acrylic: the former spreads, the latter hardens too quickly. The new material is free of these drawbacks. It has a thick consistency, does not run, and does not dry in the air. You can take as much time as you need to build up the nail. Once a satisfactory result is achieved, the nail polymerizes quite quickly under a UV lamp.
With polygel, even clients who previously avoided the procedure due to health reasons can now get nail extensions. With correct nail modeling, skin contact is excluded. In addition, there is no liquid fraction, which penetrates body tissue the fastest.
30% less dust in the air
The whole trick is that the filings produced when working polygel with a file or bit have a much higher density. Simply put, they are much heavier than dust from gel or regular acrylic. So the tiniest polygel particles do not fly up into the air at the slightest breath, and those already airborne do not stay suspended long and quickly settle down.
This extra 30% in dust weight gives a remarkable effect: when filing the new material, especially with the extractor fan on, the technician and client barely inhale microscopic polymer particles (unlike with traditional extension materials). This dramatically reduces the risk of allergies, occupational diseases of the respiratory system, and asthma attacks.
Add to this the absence of toxic fumes during acrygel polymerization, and you get a material that is practically ideal in terms of safety.
Reduced risk of skin contact
The most dangerous moment in terms of allergies is contact of non-polymerized extension materials with the client's skin. In their initial state (before hardening), both gels and acrylics are a fairly impressive mixture of various substances. Some of them are allergenic. During hardening they become "embedded" in the material's structure and can no longer cause harm. So how is polygel better in this respect?
By design it hardly lets material get onto the client's skin. A drop is placed in the center of the nail, spread over the nail plate with smoothing motions, and, following the nail modeling technique, stays 0.5-1 mm away from the cuticle. That is why skin contact is excluded.
Gels, especially in the hands of beginners, often flow onto the cuticle and side folds. When working with acrylic, the modeling brush, soaked in monomer, touches the skin. This does not happen with polygel. Yes, the brush occasionally needs to be dipped in a special liquid for better glide, but this is far from the toxicity of monomer.
Comfort of the material to work with
It is no wonder technicians have come to appreciate the convenience of polygels. These materials let you focus entirely on laying down the material and achieving the perfect geometry of the nail plate. There is no need to be distracted by avoiding gel run-off, or by measuring out the right amount of acrylic powder and mixing it with monomer. You work with a fully ready-made, pliable, and very comfortable mass.
The technician no longer needs to worry about accidental polymerization of the product. Polygel does not dry in the air, does not change its consistency in sunlight, and especially not under certain desk lamps (as can happen with gel polish). Polymerization is selective - it occurs only under UV lamp exposure. The main thing to remember is that with polygel you are curing a fairly thick layer of material in one session. So it is worth strictly following the manufacturer's recommendations regarding curing time. Pay special attention to white polygels with a high pigment density.
Extremely simplified application
Unlike most gels, acrygel lets you work with a single drop. You simply pick up the required amount of material, transfer it to the nail and carefully spread it over the surface. With the right approach, there is no overuse of modeling materials and auxiliary liquids.
The natural nail preparation stage is identical to what is required when working with acrylics, gels and gel polishes. If you have no trouble preparing for these coatings, polygel will not be a problem either.
A correctly distributed, "stretched" drop on the nail gives a smooth, lens-like surface once cured. So only minimal filing is required. Next comes applying a decorative or clear finish coat - no pitfalls here either.
Incidentally, acrygel is much more practical for correction and nail repair thanks to its thick, pliable consistency.
And what about the client?
For the client, polygel is also more comfortable than acrylic and regular building gel. It practically causes no burning sensation when curing under the lamp - even if the material layer is fairly thick and the modeled nails are long. For many women this is critical.
Fans of acrylic nails love them for their high strength. Polygel nails wear at least as well as acrylic ones. Plus they look lighter (and in fact are). Since it is easier for the technician to work with this material, and the technology does not involve lengthy stages, the extension or correction procedure itself takes less time. Which is very important for many clients.
How acrygel nails wear
The specialists who developed the polygel formula achieved something incredible: in strength the material surpasses acrylic, while being lighter and far more elastic. Incidentally, in elasticity acrygel even surpasses most of the best professional-brand building gels. What does this mean for the client?
Nails modeled with the new material will not be prone to cracking. They do not chip from a careless knock and feel close to the natural nail plate. This also reduces the likelihood of injury to the natural nail (for example, from an unfortunate fall). Elastic acrygel absorbs the maximum load itself.
These features allow acrygel to be applied without fear even on thin and brittle nails. So the material can serve not only as a building material but also as a strengthening one (for example, a thin layer can be applied under gel polish).
A few more advantages of polygel
Lifting is practically excluded in this case. Acrygels have excellent adhesion and bond very firmly with the base and primer layer. This same property ensures excellent wear of a gel polish decorative coating applied over polygel. The extension result with this new material looks very natural. Polygels come in different shades, so it is always possible to choose the one that best suits a particular client. The fairly dense pigmentation in volume fully masks all imperfections of the nail plate. At the same time enough translucency is preserved for the nails to be perceived as light and delicate. Lower overhead costs. The technician gets all the benefits of working with acrylic, while being able to work in the common salon area - there are no fumes or strong odor, so sanitary norms are not violated. Working with polygel does not require buying new "super-unique" brushes - the ones the technician already has for gel or acrylic work are enough. At the same time the material is not at all demanding about the origin of the bristles - it can be modeled equally well with synthetic or natural brushes. Polygel can be used to build nails using any technique - on forms, on tips, and even without them at all (if you have mastered the method of extending the free edge that way).Features and limitations
These are specifically features of the material, not drawbacks. So such qualities can be compensated for with the right work technique. For example, you will need a reliable lamp powerful enough to cure a thick layer of material. But there is also a definite plus: the lamp can be either a classic UV lamp or a modern LED one.
It is very important to consider that, by formula, acrygel is a so-called soak-off material. This means it produces practically no dispersion, or only a minor sticky layer forms during polymerization. Keep this in mind when choosing a base and top coat ("liquid glass" is not suitable here). This same factor also limits the technique for removing built-up nails: such materials are practically not dissolved by acrylic or gel polish remover. So a drill with a suitable bit is used to remove polygel.
Practicing specialists recommend buying a special liquid for wetting the brush during work right away. It minimizes the tool sticking, improves glide, but is not a solvent or a component required for polymerization. It is needed purely for modeling convenience.
Polygel - a versatile material
Versatility is exactly the quality so valued by manicure technicians. The more procedures that can be performed with one material, the more willingly it is used. Given the capabilities of polygels, they can be used to create:
one-color nude nails, a built-up French manicure (even without additionally filing the smile line), colored French (acrygel is easily tinted by mixing with gel polish and pigments), "baby boomer" design, volumetric decor, a strengthening layer under gel polish, a missing section of the nail in case of damage.Given the fairly decent range of camouflaging polygels, you can always choose a denser or more transparent material in any natural shade. Manufacturers' palettes include both cool and very soft warm tones. White material is very bright with a high concentration of pigments. That is why it gives an exceptionally sharp transition line from the nail bed to the free edge. These qualities, incidentally, are ideal for creating a competition French manicure.
Meets all client expectations
Polygels will help you work with clients who, for one reason or another, previously avoided nail extension or strengthening of the natural nail plate:
when a person cannot tolerate the smell of acrylic, if the client has thin or brittle nails, when working with trapezoid-shaped nails, when a woman's hands constantly come into contact with water or chemicals.In addition, polygel is very helpful when a nail needs quick repair, if a crack has appeared or a piece has chipped off. Clients will definitely appreciate this express repair.
Correction, incidentally, is also faster. The technique itself is entirely the same as the gel or acrylic procedure. But the thickness and pliability of polygel allow you to quickly fill in the missing section of the coating, smooth the surface and immediately "cure" it. A couple of strokes with a file, and the corrected nail is ready.
Restoring fungus-damaged nails
Another important procedure that receives unjustifiably little attention, but which can be very much in demand with the right approach to clients. This is about restoring nails "eaten" by fungus during pedicure. This is a case where a health issue leads to a cosmetic defect, and many middle-aged and elderly women suffer greatly from it.
Until now there have been 2 main techniques - acrylic and gel. With acrylic restoration the procedure cost is low and the result quite decent. But there are 2 significant drawbacks here.
There is a strong odor that can literally drive clients out of the salon. Far from all pedicure technicians master the technique of working with acrylic.Gel restoration also has drawbacks, which mostly come down to incomparably more expensive special materials and a complicated technique for creating the "prosthesis".
Polygel is the ideal solution in this case, eliminating all these problems at once:
requires little consumption, models beautifully, does not smell, has neutral, translucent shades, is elastic (which is very important for toenails).Therefore, to pedicure specialists looking to expand their range of services, we recommend taking a closer look at polygel and practicing nail restoration specifically with this material.
