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A composition for adhering to human nails includes a mixture of a cyanoacrylate compound and/or graphite fibers. Such composition can take the form of either an artificial nail extender or a nail coating. The composition for forming an artificial nail includes graphite fibers, a cyanoacrylate, and a hardening accelerator containing a mixture of trichlorotrifluoroethane and N,N-dimethyl-P-toluidine. The accelerator is adapted to be sprayed onto a base material containing the graphite fibers and cyanoacrylate in the form of a mist.

A method for adhering an artificial nail to a natural nail by the use of an adhesive comprising at least one of .alpha.-cyanoacrylates of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, methoxyethyl, ethoxyethyl or etrahydrofurfuryl. This method does not generate heat and assures easy removal of the adhesion with a conventional solvent.

The invention relates to a method of applying a nailwrap to a human nail. The method includes depositing an effective amount of a polymerization catalyst on the nailwrap, placing the nailwrap on a portion of the nail, and depositing a first layer of a monomer over the nailwrap to simulate a human nail. By depositing the polymerization catalyst on the nailwrap, polymerization of the monomer occurs from the bulk, i.e., the surface of the human nail, and proceeds to the surface of the artificial nail structure.

A method and kit for providing a tack-free artificial nail surface. The tack-free artificial nail surface may include an acrylic layer and a barrier layer. The acrylic layer may comprise an odorless monomer. The barrier layer may be of any material impervious to oxygen. The tack-free nail surface may be formed by application of the acrylic layer to a fingernail nail bed. The barrier layer may then be applied over the acrylic layer. The barrier layer blocks oxygen from the acrylic layer so that the acrylic layer may polymerize in the absence of oxygen.

A nail lacquer composition comprising a film-forming agent, a compatible solvent, and an auxiliary resin present in an amount sufficient to increase the wear resistance of the composition when dry and selected from alkyl cyanoacrylates, styrene-acrylonitrile-acrylic terpolymers, or mixtures thereof.

The present invention provides an improved activator and method of utilizing same in applying durable protective coating on natural or artificial nails. The activator utilized for curing a gel component has a viscosity of approximately 10 to 5000 centipoise. The activator preferably includes a solvent, a polymerization initiator, and a viscosity modifying agent. The present invention also provides a method for applying a protective coating on a nail surface.

Improved composition for a fingernail coating having an acrylic binder, a peroxide catalyst, a tertiary amine accelerator, and a polymeric filler at least partially soluble in the coating. The acrylic binder contains a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising at least a major proportion of methoxyethyl methacrylate. A polyfunctional monomer may be present that copolymerizes with the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, for crosslinking and toughening.

An aqueous, alcoholic or hydroalcholic composition containing one or more oligomers or prepolymers that are polymerized in-situ, while the oligomer(s) is in contact with the hair, for in-situ formation (polymerization) of a polymer. The oligomer compositions contain essentially no toxic, hazardous or harmful monomer(s), such as resorcinol.

Emulsions, solutions and coatings comprising nitrocellulose are stabilized against yellowing on thermal aging when treated with boric acid or borax or hydrogen peroxide or 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of a chlorinated hydantoin such as 1,3-dichloro 5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DCH). Boric acid or borax may be added as aqueous solutions during nitrocellulose manufacture. Combined treatments and/or additions of boric acid and DCH give optimum stabilization against yellowing.

Nail polish is disclosed, based upon a film-former, a resin component and a solvent system, containing as film-former and/or resin component an O-benzyl-N-hydroxyalkyl chitosan of the formula (I) The polish film obtained with the nail polish posesses a high luster, outstanding adhesion, as well as an increased hardness compared to nail polishes based upon nitro-cellulose, with even more sufficient elasticity. Also includd in the present invention are the new O-benzyl-N-hydroalkyl-chitosans of formula (I).