The present invention relates to semi-permanent gel nail polish application systems and, specifically, to UV semi-permanent gel nail polish.
As known, for centuries, women decorate their nails, applying different nail polish colors. It is also known that traditional nail polishes have the disadvantage of chipping in a few days.
To obviate to the above disadvantage, semi-permanent gel nail polishes are more and more used due to their long-lasting duration, up to three weeks. This prolonged duration of the nail polish is achieved thanks to the use of particular nail polishes which polymerize when exposed to the action of UV rays.
Today, UV semi-permanent gel nail polishes are applied through the brushes with which the nail polish bottles are normally equipped.
However, the use of the brush to apply the polish on the nails presents some disadvantages such as imprecision of the stroke, color dripping, especially when the polish is not applied by cosmetics professionals.
In particular, the use of brushes involves a considerable waste of time since the average time for the application of the polish on all the hand nails is not less than 40 minutes.
Moreover, the use of a brush for applying the polish, when used in a beauty salon, can cause fungal infections including yeasts or molds.
Among the prior art, Patent No.
The main objective of the present invention is to provide a tube-shaped pen for the application of semi-permanent gel nail polish, which obviates the above-mentioned disadvantages, and, in particular, which can also be used by inexperienced users still obtaining an excellent result, with no color smudges.
A further objective of the present invention is to reduce the application time of the semi-permanent gel nail polish.
Another purpose is to provide a pen for the application of semi-permanent gel nail polish which prevents the occurrence of fungal infections such as yeasts or molds, when used in a professional beauty salon.
To achieve the above and other objects, a tube-shaped pen for the application of semi-permanent gel nail polish, according to the present invention, is provided with a perforated silicone tip, which releases the semi-permanent gel nail polish and which can be easily cleaned after each use, through suitable devices, such as, for example, antifungal products, without contaminating the product contained within the pen.
Finally, a further object is to provide a tube-shaped pen for the application of semi-permanent gel nail polish, comprising a cap provided with a small Plexiglas lens, which allows the immediate recognition of the nail polish color contained within the pen itself
The tube-shaped pen for the application of semi-permanent gel nail polish is characterized by its micro-perforated silicone tip that allows the release of the polish through a slight pressure of the fingers, so as to allow a quick and precise coloring of the nails, without color smudges quite common with the brush, and lasting over two weeks.
These and further purposes are achieved by the tube-shaped pen for the application of semi-permanent gel nail polish, according to claim 1, which is hereafter described, in a preferred embodiment which however is not limiting further developments falling within the scope of the present invention as described by the appended claims, with reference to the accompanying drawings:
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The pen 1 comprises a tube 2 preferably made of COEX or other similar material, and a micro-perforated tip 3 made of soft silicone.
In order to avoid leakage of the nail polish due to accidental squeezes of the tube 2, and to make the color of the nail polish contained within the same pen 1 immediately recognizable, the pen 1 is provided with a cap 4, on which a small transparent lens 5 of Plexiglas, or other similar material, is applied, said lens 5 being engaged by means of wings 51 to the head of the cap 4 opportunely provided with slots 41.
The transparent lens 5 has a cavity to allow it to be filled with the nail polish of the same color as that contained in the tube 2. This makes possible to show multiple pens 1 on display units by color shading so obtaining a faithful color chart which cannot be obtained through the normal printing processes.
The application of the semi-permanent gel nail polish is obtained through a slight pressure of the tube 2 and the consequent leakage in small doses of the nail polish, through the micro-perforated tip 3 in soft silicone.
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