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2. Artificial nails - Wikipedia

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   Artificial nails, also known as fake nails, false nails, acrylic nails, press ons, nail extensions or nail enhancements, are extensions placed over fingernails as fashion accessories. Many artificial nail designs attempt to mimic the appearance of real fingernails as closely as possible, while others may deliberately stray in favor of an ...

3. Nail art - Wikipedia

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   Nail art is a creative way to paint, decorate, enhance, and embellish nails. ... Acrylic nails are created using a mixture of acrylic powder and liquid monomer. They ...

4. Nail polish - Wikipedia

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   Nail polish remover is an organic solvent that may also include oils, scents, and coloring. Nail polish remover packages may include individual felt pads soaked in remover, a bottle of liquid remover used with a cotton ball or cotton pad, or a foam-filled container into which one inserts a finger and twists it until the polish comes off. The ...

5. Cyanoacrylate - Wikipedia

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   Acetone, commonly found as a fraction of nail polish remover (or at hardware stores in pure form), is a widely available solvent capable of softening cured cyanoacrylate. [36] Other solvents include nitromethane, dimethylformamide, [37] dimethyl sulfoxide, and methylene chloride. [38]

6. Keratin - Wikipedia

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   Microscopy of keratin filaments inside cells. Keratin (/ ˈ k ɛr ə t ɪ n / [1] [2]) is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.It is the key structural material making up scales, hair, nails, feathers, horns, claws, hooves, and the outer layer of skin in vertebrates.

7. Nail (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   Painting the nails with colored nail polish (also called nail lacquer and nail varnish) to improve the appearance is a common practice dating back to at least 3000 BC. Acrylic nails are made out of acrylic glass . When it is mixed with a liquid monomer (usually ethyl methacrylate mixed with some inhibitor) it forms a malleable bead.