DRY MANICURE

The LUX-SPA waterless manicure:

The LUX-SPA dry manicure method keeps nails stronger and polish lasting longer. Traditional manicures usually involve soaking the hands in a water solution to soften the skin, but this can weaken nails and cause polish to chip prematurely. All LUX-SPA manicures use a waterless manicure system that ensures a stronger nail bed as well as longer lasting polish.

Here's why. The human nail is made up of layers of scale-like cells. If the nail is soaked (water, solvents, detergents) it will act like a sponge and absorb up to twenty times its own weight in liquid. This causes the nail to expand and then contract as it dries out, loosening the bonds between the individual cells. As the cells loosen, they start to split apart and peel. If polish is applied to a nail that has been soaked with liquid, as the nail dries out and contracts, the polish will buckle and chip much faster.

At LUX-SPA, we use a dry manicure method to keep nails at optimum strength and prolong the life of your polish - and use alternate methods to soften hands.