Nail Art: Where a girl can be a girl
Published: Jul 28, 2010 16:57 Updated: Jul 28, 2010 18:57
Gone are the days when nail care and décor simply meant a manicure finished with base and top coats of nail polish. These days you don’t even have to wait for your nails to grow long!
With artificial nails and elaborate pictorial adornment, nail care has become nothing less than another integral part of the female desire to be completely beautiful — hand to toe.
Today, acrylic and gel nails give nail-biters and girls cursed with brittle nails an escape from the tomboyish hands they have always had to endure.
Nail Art, located on Al-Kayyal Street in Jeddah, is one of the few beauty salons that do artificial nail sets — and do them well.
The process is long, but worthwhile. Artificial nail tips are glued onto your natural nail, and then gel or acrylic is placed over it to smooth it out. The amazing part is that the nails look natural even sans nail polish!
The set usually lasts around two to four weeks, depending on the individual. The pros of acrylics are that polish lasts longer on them, nails are stronger, and you can indulge in whatever length you desire without the hassle of having to wait and grow them out.
The cons are the price and the effect on your nail bed. Nails are usually filed so that the tip sits on perfectly.
This means once removed your nail is weakened from being filed and covered. The upkeep of the nails entails the refilling of the gap from your cuticle to the acrylic.
Nail Art charges SR15 to refill a finger and SR35 per finger for the whole process (SR350 for a whole set). This is expensive, especially compared with prices abroad.
Nail Art also specializes in — well, nail art. This entails elaborate miniature designs painted on the nail using a fine-tip applicator, called a stylus, or a Nail Art Pen — which are definitely part of a global trend.
Ladies can get flowers, butterflies, and even leopard-print designs on their fingertips, making even this minuscule part of their body an eye-catching accessory or canvas for art!
At a cost of SR20 per nail, this too is quite a cost for beauty. A complete set with designs is a little youthful, while more sophisticated women might opt for just a single nail art design for some added flair.
You can also have your artificial nails pierced and wear nail rings as well. Glitter and crystals can also be glued on.
Nail art is definitely a younger trend, while artificial nails have no age appropriateness because depending on the person, you can either get natural-looking French manicured ones, or if you are a preteen, acrylics decorated with miniature portraits of Miley Cyrus!
The Nail Art salon is an ultra-girly place. With its deep pink interior and bubbly staff, it is the ultimate girl hangout.
Targeted toward the younger crowd with its trendy service and nail decadence, Nail Art is one of the few places you can walk into with bitten, short nails and walk out of with flawless, feminine ones in less than two hours!
For more info, call 02 667 551.
Comments
SAHAR
Jul 30, 2010 19:07
Report abuseMOHAMMAD
Aug 2, 2010 20:58
Report abuseAs our saying goes " Cleanliness is a part of Faith "
SAMAR
Jan 3, 2011 11:31
Report abuseand to Mohammad there's a different between long normal nails and really sickening long nails.. a girl can grow her nails just to make her hand look more feminine it doesnt mean to grow to the extend of looking weird but a lil bit of nail makes the girl's hand looks pretty...