Beauty trends are often cyclical and the latest to make its triumphant return to popularity is acrylic nails. But these aren't your mother's acrylics: As nail designs continue to boom in popularity, ...

Getting your nails done in 2025 looks a lot different from circa ten years ago (as do many other things, natch). Today, many flock to gels, BIAB or even press-ons, with acrylic seeming like a thing of ...

What are acrylics made of? Acrylic nails are created from a man-made chemical called PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate). PMMA is made from methyl methacrylate (MMA). In general, PMMA itself is usually ...

One drawback to shellac, Seney points out, is that because it has traditional polish mixed in the formula, gel nails last ...