An artificial nail tip having a plurality of smile line guidelines embedded on the surface of the artificial nail tip, which allows a user or a nail professional to easily create smile lines of varying depths on the artificial nail tip is described.

A dry powder-based nail polish composition is disclosed. The composition includes a plurality of ingredients including predetermined weighed amounts of kaolin; sericite mica (uncoated and coated with carnauba wax); magnesium myristate; micro fine silk powder; delaminated talc; and mixed tocopherols, with each ingredient being present as a powder. Also disclosed are methods of applying powder-based nail polish compositions to nails of people and of manufacturing the nail polish composition from select powder ingredients.

A dry powder-based nail polish composition is disclosed. The composition includes a plurality of ingredients including predetermined weighed amounts of kaolin; sericite mica (uncoated and coated with carnauba wax); magnesium myristate; micro fine silk powder; delaminated talc; and mixed tocopherols, with each ingredient being present as a powder. Also disclosed are methods of applying powder-based nail polish compositions to nails of people and of manufacturing the nail polish composition from select powder ingredients.

A device for applying or removing nail polish or nail art has a replaceable cartridge with a distal end removably coupleable to a proximal end of a handle. The cartridge has a reservoir that contains a liquid, such as nail polish or nail polish remover and a flow control member (e.g., valve) actuatable to allow flow of the liquid out of the distal end of the cartridge. The handle has a flow path therethrough that extends between its proximal end to an applicator implement (e.g., brush, sponge) attached to its distal end, the flow path in fluid communication with the flow control member when the cartridge is coupled to the handle. Selective actuation of the flow control member by the user (e.g., by squeezing the cartridge) allows fluid to flow out the reservoir and through the flow path in the handle to the applicator implement for application of the fluid by the user to a finger or toe nail.

A device for applying or removing nail polish or nail art has a replaceable cartridge with a distal end removably coupleable to a proximal end of a handle. The cartridge has a reservoir that contains a liquid, such as nail polish or nail polish remover and a flow control member (e.g., valve) actuatable to allow flow of the liquid out of the distal end of the cartridge. The handle has a flow path therethrough that extends between its proximal end to an applicator implement (e.g., brush, sponge) attached to its distal end, the flow path in fluid communication with the flow control member when the cartridge is coupled to the handle. Selective actuation of the flow control member by the user (e.g., by squeezing the cartridge) allows fluid to flow out the reservoir and through the flow path in the handle to the applicator implement for application of the fluid by the user to a finger or toe nail.

Photopolymerizable topcoat and color coat gel compositions suitable for forming a photopolymerized nail coating are described. Both gel compositions include a mixture of one or more pre-formed polymers, a (meth)acrylic monomer, a multi-(meth)acrylate crosslinker, a UV photoinitiator and an antioxidant. The color coat gel composition includes pigments, a smectite clay and silica.

Photopolymerizable topcoat and color coat gel compositions suitable for forming a photopolymerized nail coating are described. Both gel compositions include a mixture of one or more pre-formed polymers, a (meth)acrylic monomer, a multi-(meth)acrylate crosslinker, a UV photoinitiator and an antioxidant. The color coat gel composition includes pigments, a smectite clay and silica.

A nail tip curing composition includes an Extend Gel, an edge-off flat brush, a nail filing device, a plurality of GEL-X tips, a pH Bonder, and a Non-Acidic Gel Primer. The pH Bonder forms a pH Bonder layer on a surface of a fingernail. The Non-Acidic Gel Primer forms a Non-Acidic Gel Prime layer overlapped on the pH Bonder layer. The Extend Gel forms an Extend Gel layer overlapped on the Non-Acidic Gel Prime layer. The GEL-X tip is filed by the nail filing device and the Extend Gel is applied on an underside contact surface of the Gel-X tip by the edge-off flat brush. The underside contact surface of the Gel-X tip is contacted with the Extend Gel layer on the fingernail in such a manner that the Gel-X tip is firmly affixed on the fingernail.

The invention relates to an artificial nail tip having a plurality of smile line guidelines embedded on the surface of the artificial nail tip, which allows a user or a nail professional to easily create smile lines of varying depths on the artificial nail tip.

A cosmetics carry system include a carrier that has an elongate body with openings at the opposite ends of the elongated body. At each end there are retaining features to non-permanently retain a small container of product in each end of the carrier. The containers can include a cap having an applicator that extends into the container. The retaining features are designed to allow the user to change the containers carried in the carrier so that the user can, for example, match color for lip gloss and nail polish. The carrier is a permanent member that can have decorative artwork on the outside, while the containers that are carried in the carrier can be disposable.