Nail Extensions & Overlays
Nail extensions and overlays at VIP Nails & Beauty in Thorpe Astley, Leicester are designed to add strength, structure, and optional length while still looking natural and well balanced. I work with BIAB, Builder Gel, and Acrygel, choosing the most suitable option based on your natural nails, lifestyle, and how you want your nails to look and wear over time.
Whether you’re growing your nails out, need extra support for weak or brittle nails, or would like added length each set is carefully built, shaped, and finished with longevity and comfort in mind. My approach focuses on tidy cuticle work, controlled application, and results that last, without unnecessary bulk or damage with HEMA-free options available for all treatments.
New clients: a 50% deposit is required to secure your first appointment. Aftercare advice can be found here.
New Set of Extensions or Overlays
Starting from bare natural nails, you can choose to add length with nail extensions or keep your natural length protected and strengthened with an overlay. Each option is tailored to your nail condition, lifestyle, and desired finish.
What's Included:
Full nail consultation performed
Meticulous prep and cuticle work to ensure long-lasting nails
Tips or sculpted length added if desired
Created using BIAB, Builder Gel, or Acrygel depending on lifestyle and desired length
HEMA-free options available
Includes colour gel polish with a choice of over 300 shades
Extreme shine gel top coat for enhanced, lasting shine
Finished with nourishing cuticle oil
Approximate Treatment Timing
75 - 90 mins
Maintenance
Infill and rebalancing is recommended every 2-4 weeks
£45
Optional add-ons
Free gel colour
Nail art options including french, fades, glitters, and designs from 50p per nail
Infill & Rebalance
As your natural nails grow, your nail enhancements grow with them. Infills focus on rebalancing the structure of the nail by filling the regrowth at the cuticle area and refining the stress area and tip.
This maintains strength, shape, and your chosen length while keeping the enhancements looking neat and well-supported.
What's Included:
Full nail consultation performed
Meticulous prep and cuticle work to ensure long-lasting nails
Infill and rebalancing of existing nail enhancements
HEMA-free options available
Very minor repairs to existing enhancements where appropriate (See repairs)
Includes colour gel polish with a choice of over 300 shades
Extreme shine gel top coat for enhanced, lasting shine
Finished with nourishing cuticle oil
Approximate Treatment Timing
90 mins
Maintenance
Recommended every 2-4 weeks
£38
Optional add-ons
+ £10 for Gel colour
Nail art options including french, fades, glitters, and designs from 50p per nail
New tips, reconstruction, or reinforcement repairs are charged separately.
Extension & Overlay Removals
Safe removal is essential to maintaining strong, healthy natural nails. Nail enhancements should never be pulled or torn off, as this can remove layers of the natural nail and cause thinning or damage.
My removal service is carried out carefully and professionally, ensuring enhancements are removed safely with minimal stress to the natural nail.
What's Included:
Safe removal of nail enhancements
Natural nail file and reshape
Finished with nourishing cuticle oil
Approximate Treatment Timing
60-75 mins
Maintenance
N/A
£25
Optional Add Ons
Removal is £15 when removing my own work and a new set is applied at the same appointment.
Repairs
Nail repairs are available both during existing nail appointments and as standalone repair-only visits. Very minor repairs can often be carried out during infills, while more extensive repairs are priced separately depending on the work required.
What's Included during a standard infill:
Very minor repairs to existing enhancements, like rebuilding a chipped corner, may be included where appropriate.
Mini Repair-only appointments
£5
What's Included during a Repair-only appointment:
Includes one nail repair. Additional repairs are charged as listed below.
This covers time, preparation, and disposables.
Repair pricing
New tip or extension repair: £2 per nail
Fibreglass/Silk reinforcement of a broken/split nail: £1 per nail
Nail full reconstruction: £3.50 per nails