Nail Art, the Practice of Painting Decorative Designs on your Fingernails.

Beauty is not just about the hair and face, but also the nails and other parts of the body. There are many women who have a problem with growing their nails to a fashionable length due to various reasons. This may include brittle nails, working conditions, lifestyles, or inability to overcome their habit of biting their nails. Whatever maybe the reason, long nails remain envy for many. However, to help them overcome this, and enjoy the beauty of long nails, nail technicians, down the years have with the option of nail extensions. Basically these are artificial nails that are fixed on top of the natural nail. And as and when the base nail grows out, the gap is filled with the artificial nail material. Today, nail art is not an exclusive beauty treatment for the rich and famous, and celebrities from all walks of life, but in fact, is something enjoyed by women of various ages, social status, as well as professional backgrounds. It does not end there with teenagers and children enjoying the world of nail art. For young girls, during vacations is all about stickers and fancy nail designs. And for nail technicians there is a lot of creativity and innovativeness involved in creating something different and outstanding. Designs on nail extensions, is like creating designs on the natural nail base. Not much of a difference so to speak where designing skills are concerned. However, there is a limited number of times one can change the designs, as the polishes and agents to remove the design can damage the nail extension base. One needs to be careful when removing a design and replacing it with a new design. The range of designs includes the two-color nail painting to psychedelic designs. Then there are the nail tattoos and nail stickers, as well as the nail piercing. Amongst the stickers there are the rhinestones, which are colored tiny stones with a sticker base. They look a little like semi-precious stones. Designs can be further highlighted with glitter and a glossy topcoat.